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I Dream a World
By Langston Hughes I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn.
Wolf as a dream symbol
When I asked for dream symbols to discuss here, one of my friends offered this: “I dreamed a lot about wolves after 9/11, and I

People from the past in dreams
Dreams often bring people to mind whom I haven’t consciously thought of in weeks, or months, or sometimes years. Some of these dreams ignite a
Blow Wind
By Nancy Powell The wind blows its eternal questions Scattering down the path Of this dear river Streaming across my feet As crows caw endlessly
Guardian Angel Eggplant
A couple of weeks ago I asked some friends for suggestions of dream symbols they’d like to see me discuss here. One of the most

Chambered Nautilus
By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main,— The venturous bark that flings On the
Spiral as a Dream Symbol
Any time a spiral shows up in a dream, it carries with it the resonance of all spirals. In An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols,
Spiral Life
We in Western culture tend to have linear models for progression: moving from point A to point B. We use phrases like “the straight and
Mom’s Chore
By Laura K. Deal Rarely, yearly, by some magic she would open the oven beyond its usual limit laying the door down flat against