Dream journal: alligators
Tue, Apr. 18th, 2006 08:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Dreamed last night that I was living somewhere that had flooded (Seattle?) and that I stood on the end of a pier catching alligators with my bare hands and chopping off their heads with a chainsaw. This was a neater process in my dream than I suspect it would be in real life; the chainsaw behaved more like an electric knifeno fuss, no muss. Things got a little weird when I discovered that one of the alligators I picked up was purring; suddenly taking a chainsaw to it became a sad and cruel thing.
I don't know where this came from. I'm not sure I want to find out.
(Anyone ever notice time-stampy weirdness on LJ? I posted this at 8:38 AM, and LJ originally marked it 2:38 PM--before I manually corrected it. My profile is set for PDT; why would LJ do that? How weird is that?)
I don't know where this came from. I'm not sure I want to find out.
(Anyone ever notice time-stampy weirdness on LJ? I posted this at 8:38 AM, and LJ originally marked it 2:38 PM--before I manually corrected it. My profile is set for PDT; why would LJ do that? How weird is that?)
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Date: Tue, Apr. 18th, 2006 03:50 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: Tue, Apr. 18th, 2006 04:26 pm (UTC)That's Great!
Date: Tue, Apr. 18th, 2006 04:42 pm (UTC)The fact that these threatening things are represented by alligators is significant (unless you happened to channel surf through a documentary on allligators recently ;) ). These are "sneaky" or hidden dangers. Alligators sneak up on ya-or hang about looking like harmless logs. So, the issues being dealt w/ in your dream aren't obvious in your face problems.
At the very least, they're lurking around the edges of your life-you catch a glimpse and then it either submerges or you wonder to yourself. "Hm, was that just a log?" It's also very (more?) that they represent INTERNAL issues. In either case, I'm glad your subconscious so easily dispatched them-not even making a mess!
Re: That's Great!
Date: Tue, Apr. 18th, 2006 06:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Tue, Apr. 18th, 2006 06:03 pm (UTC)The purring alligator is clearly an indication that somewhere out there in the swamp we call life, there is a good soul or two. I believe you will eventually find that purring alligator. Soon.
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Date: Tue, Apr. 18th, 2006 06:28 pm (UTC)Where can I get your contact info?
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Date: Tue, Apr. 18th, 2006 06:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Tue, Apr. 18th, 2006 08:06 pm (UTC)Gator Dream
Date: Tue, Apr. 18th, 2006 07:26 pm (UTC)If they represent Sobek, then you are rejecting his aspect of divine reincarnation, in favor of punishment of yourself (the flirtation with Sekhmet/Bast, the cat purring, unless this is the aspect of Bast for good health)
But if they represent Ammit, who after all only had the head of a crocodile but with sometimes the mid-quarters of a cat, then you are celebrating your victory over death and damnation.
(and don't anyone flame me for the fact that gators and crocs aren't exactly the same reptile; I know that!)
Re: Gator Dream
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Date: Wed, Apr. 19th, 2006 02:30 am (UTC)Purring
Date: Wed, Apr. 19th, 2006 06:53 am (UTC)When I started college I kept having weird dreams that blue cats were climbing all over me. One morning I woke up and looked at my quilt and it suddenly dawned on me that my quilt was covered with blue cats. I never had the dream again. Hmmmm....
Re: Purring
Date: Wed, Apr. 19th, 2006 02:04 pm (UTC)Oh, I'm almost sure that's what happened. Both my boys are aggressive about getting affection, especially in the morning (after I've spent a whole night just lying there, not petting them! The nerve!). It was weird, however, to pick up a vibrating alligator.