Quest Dream Interpretation: Insights from 11 Unique Sources

1- The Hero’s Quest is an archetypal image (See Archetypes) which can appear in many guises in dreams.

To be searching for something usually indicates that we arc aware that we must undertake a frightening task in order to progress. Many fairy stories and mythological tales have as their main theme the search for something rare or magical (e.g. Jason and the Argonauts). Such themes can be translated into dreams in a personally applicable way.

2- Often, the trials and tribulations we have to go through in achieving something we feci to be important are translated in dreams into a quest or search.

The way these events are faced is as important as the actual achievement itself.

3- The pursuit of the Spiritual and undertaking a spiritual quest Is a way of developing oneself spiritually.

Gives gender-specific: The hero’s quest for both men and women is a fundamental pattern of human experience which can appear in many guises in dreams.

It is a rite of passage and usually signifies some kind of initiation.

To be searching for something usually indicates that we are aware that we must undertake a frightening task in order to progress.

Material aspects: Many fairy stories and mythological tales have as their main theme the search for something rare or magical (e.G. Jason and the argonauts). Such themes can be translated into dreams in a personally applicable way. We eventually find the rare and magical within ourselves.

Psychological / emotional perspective: Often, the trials and tribulations we have to go through in achieving something we feel to be important are translated in dreams into a quest or search.

The way these events are faced is as important as the actual achievement itself.

Dreams of a quest are a sign that it is time for you to courageously engage upon your mission and connect with your higher vision. Perhaps you’ve already begun courting your higher attributes and fulfilling your most noble destiny.

To dream of being on a quest suggests that you have reached a stage in your life where your regular routine is no longer interesting, and you need to find new challenges to excite you.

A quest indicates an attempt to achieve some kind of goal.

The dreamer may have reached a stage in life where the status quo is no longer acceptable and some adventure is beckoning.

Undertaking a spiritual quest in order to understand our place in the world and the pursuit of spiritual knowledge is a way of developing our own personal attributes.

An attempt to achieve something very important, almost bib­lical in character.

Searching for self in all the wrong places; look within.

See Search