The Unconscious World of Dream Basic Meaning - A source of meaning/wisdom/energy. (1) A god or goddess figure may represent a source of meaning/wisdom/energy. Look for that source within yourself, where it is usually covered by layers of emotion. (2) Male god figures may represent the animus in a woman's dreams, and goddess figures may represent the anima in a man's dreams (see Glosary of Jungian Termnology on main page). They may lead you to deeper into your psyche. (3) Sometimes god/goddess may represent father/mother, functioning as a part of your own (unconscious) psyche. In such cases it is likely - though not invariable - that your feelings towards the parent are ambivalent, with fear or awe as well as affection. A stern Old Testament type God may symbolize your super-ego, whose origins often lie in irrational prohibitions imposed on oneself in childhood as a reaction to real or imagined threats of punishment. (4) God(dess) may represent your true self, your potential wholeness. (5) The god figure in your dream may be - God! Don't be surprised if your unconscious comes up with god images from a more ancient tradition than the ones you were brought up with: the unconscious seems to have a memory that reaches back to humankind's remotest past, and even beyond (univesral dream images such as that of God are from the primitive unconscious, therefore images will go beyond the traditional images you know from religious teachings). At a certain level of your psyche you may go beyond everything that is merely individual and experience oneness with life itself: an experience that may cause you to live authentically - for inner wisdom/ values - instead of merely role playing. Reference: Eric Ackroyd Gifford Fence-Middle Tennessee Gifford Fence Orlando |