Bring to consciousness; reveal to oneself or realise; become aware that you have buried feelings about a past love, old hurts, etc. ...

1- There are two ways in which a chrysalis can be interpreted within a dream. Firstly, as potential for action, which has not yet been realised, and secondly protection in a situat...

Example: ‘I am sleeping rough in a garden with a woman I do not love. I think I should try to make the best of the situation, but my feelings against it are too strong. Then I de...

Example: ‘I am given an animal to look after (usually somebody’s pet) while they are away on holiday. I then completely forget the animal, go away and when I return the animal ...

The male within the female, shown as a man in a woman’s dreams. Physically a woman is predominantly fe­male, but also has a clitoris and produces some male hor­mones. Psycholog...

Example: ‘I am in a strange town—usually where there are shops and lots of people. I don’t know where I am or how I got there, but I suddenly realise I have lost my handbag. ...

Example: ‘I sit on a bed. Near me, looking at a book I am holding is a woman I know, Jane. I realise as we talk that her foot is touching mine. As my wife is on my left across th...

Example: My son comes in and I see he is unwashed and seems preoccupied and as if he has not cared for himself for some days. I ask him what is wrong. He tells me his mother is dea...

The symbols of death or the fear of death can be: sunset; evening; a crossed river or falling in a river, a skeleton; snarling dogs; sleep; anaesthetic; gravestones; ceme­tery; bl...

Example: ‘She continues to attack him and, to my horror and feeling of helplessness, his head comes off. But the neck is made of some son of material with a string hanging off it...

Sigmund Freud was the founder of modern therapeutic analysis of dreams. Freud encouraged clients to relax on a couch and allow free associations to arise in con­nection with aspec...

One of Carl Jung s most interesting areas of thought is that of individuation. In a nutshell the word refers to the processes involved in becoming a self-aware human being.The area...

To realise something; to ‘wake up’ to one’s situa­tion; to come out of a period of withdrawal. Idioms: rude awakening; wake up to something; wide awake. ...

1- To experience some form of brutality in a dream can be frightening until we realise that we are connecting into the darker, more animal side of ourselves. We may- need to deal w...

1- To be aware of water in a dream and then realise that it has evaporated is to recognise the transformation which can take place once emotion is dealt with properly.2- By raising...

Usually we live on the surface of our mind. In sleep we dive down deeper but lose our sense of self.If we maintain some awareness in these deeps of the mind, it is somewhat like sn...

Example: ‘I went into a cellar. It was rather cavelike. I had to scramble to get into it.The entrance was difficult to find, but I had discovered it many years before and been in...

Example: ‘I was sitting in the living room at home and my mum was sitting there like we do when we’re relaxing in the evening. From nowhere in particular my dad was there. He h...

Things we repeat over and over, like habits; move­ment towards greater awareness or insight.Example: We walk around, go upstairs, and I notice a staircase leading to a room or roo...

1- There is an obvious connection between Mummy and mother is a play on words. In many ways our mother must ‘die’, or rather, we must change our relationship with her, in order...