Sampson's Dream Journal

The hearth is a lonely hunter.

Date of dream: Monday, June 09, 2008

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It is daytime and have been walking through an immense forest for what feels like such a long, long time, the weather is fine and the sunlight dapples the leaf carpeted forest floor. I eventually come to a peaceful and serene clearing amongst the trees where something catches my eye causing me to pause and rest a while.

At the heart of the little glade I see a huge living oak tree which has a very large hearth formed into the base of its trunk which has a large old medieval style stone mantel work surface surrounding it. It would appear that the towering tree’s trunk serves as the chimney, I find that the hearth creates a very homely and natural little focal point. I stand a moment and listen to the crackling and snapping of the lit fire catching the occasional lucid waft of the woody smoky.

The little natural scene has a very endearing, warm and homely cosy feeling which attracts me greatly even though it is completely exposed and is out in the open, I can see some pots of stew or broth simmering away on the hearth but nobody is about. I sense that the person who lives out in nature here has momentarily gone into the woods to pick some herbs for the food they are cooking.

The openness of this wonderful place is so welcoming and I like it so much that I decide to stay in the hope that I will meet the person who lives here when they come back from gathering their ingredients from nature’s pantry.

I try my hardest to wait for the person to return but my tiredness and weariness overcomes me so I nestle down in the natural cradle provided by the large roots of a big old tree and fall asleep amongst a blanket of leaves.

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Thoughts: I had quite a lot of fireplace and hearth dreams a while ago and never really figured them out until this dream, I think the hearth symbol has to do with a feeling of belonging, friendliness and homeliness amongst lots of other things it also serves as an important focal point too for things such as nourishment, conversation, warmth and energy too. I guess the dream is a sort of searching dream as well in some respects. The openness of the little wooded hearth and the fact that it was so close to nature was extremely profound, I think that it was the fact there were no walls or roof there and the living outdoors so close to nature which gave it a very natural feeling which made it so appealing and comforting. Dream 2: An embarrassing tale – Daytime and I find myself in an unfamiliar but pleasant well lit bedroom I’m rolling around on a large bed in a close embrace with a beautiful woman making passionate love, the experience is transcendent and wonderful but there comes a point when my legs feel strange sort of paralysed causing me to stop and see what the matter is. I look down and am shocked to see that the lower half of my body has transformed into that of a fish. Feeling very awkward, clumsy and embarrassed I quickly and ashamedly try to pull the white bed sheet over my lower body in order to try and hide my flapping tail from the lady I’m with, it’s no use though as its too clumsy a thing too hide, I put my face in my hands and cringe with terrible shame at my predicament.

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Forest
Tree
Hearth
Fire
Herbs

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Wandering
Searching
Homeliness
Natural
Weariness

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Winston’s teeth.

Date of dream: Sunday, October 14, 2007

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I find myself inside what feels like a cross between a gentleman’s smoking room and an old wood panelled library in a stately home, the room is quite dim and is lit by the flickering flames of a fire burning in a large fireplace.

I see a very elderly and frail man sat down in a high backed old style easy chair in front of the fire, at first I don’t recognise the man but then suddenly realise its Winston Churchill, he looks very aged in his 90’s or even over 100 years old very poorly and close to death.

He seems to be in a great deal of pain and discomfort which is brought about by problems with his teeth, he is so frail and weak though all he can do is sit there immobile and put up with the terrible pain. As I stand looking down on the sickly man a young female nurse comes in to help him and try to relieve his agonising pain.

(The nurse could have been a personal helper and maybe the special library was a room in an exclusive old people’s home?).

The nurse puts her hand into his mouth and removes both his upper and lower teeth just as if they were dentures, they look a bit metallic, sort of shiny but black in places perhaps even bad and rotten it’s difficult to tell as the light is very dim. He seems more at peace now that his teeth have been removed and in less pain and gently falls asleep. The nurse strikes me as being very professional and thoughtful to have done such an unappealing but helpful thing for the old man.

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Library
Hearth
Winston Churchill
Nurse
Teeth

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Quietness
Pain
Aged
Dying
Peace

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