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| This morning after a snow... Not exactly snake weather! |
Saturday morning I woke before dawn to a weird dream. I was somewhere South, by a woodpile where
there was a brownish looking copperhead (poisonous snake). There was another guy there that I am pretty
sure who he was even though I never got a good look at him, but he picked up
the copperhead and thrust it at me. I
quickly grabbed the snake a few inches behind it s head, but the snake
slithered backwards, trying to free its head.
Although it happened in an instant, I knew that if it’s head got free,
he’d bite my hand so I camped down, catching its mouth between my thumb and
index finger. It’s not the best way to
hold a snake, but I knew I was safe and could let it go where it wouldn’t
threaten me or anyone else. I then woke
up and was unable to get back to sleep.
It seems as if I have been dealing with a lot of metaphorical
snakes lately. Although I am not
particular afraid of snakes, except for the heart rate jump that comes when I’m
startled by one, I also don’t make a habit of handling them. But I have been dealing with a lot of stuff
lately, and although I haven’t thought of it as dealing with snakes, when I
woke up I knew right away what the dream was about. I also had a feeling that I am going to be
okay as I was able to let the snake go free and where it wouldn’t be a danger
anymore.
Anxiety dream. Possibly precognitive. But you know where the poison is and how it's delivered. Just today, I learned I'm a victim of ID theft --been trying to figure where to grab that. New experience but I'm sure my dreams will try to advise me.
ReplyDeleteMarvelous how the mind can heal itself even when the person himself doesn't realize there's a problem. It's no mistake but any time I ever totally ignored instinct it ended badly.
ReplyDeleteThere and back to Mars for a married couple ?. 17 months stuck in a tin can !. You'd wonder if the fellow likes married people or has ever met a few.
On the snake, in Ireland and the Celtic region generally, the snake was a metaphor for the native peoples. And when used in the St Patrick myth where he has driven the snakes for the island, it's the priests, poets and sages of the Celtic religion that are being referenced.
It's not a Scot you've the problem with :-D.
Your subconscious knows it's stuff.
ReplyDeleteAloha
Why not just fling it back to the one who gave it you? Let their poison be theirs.
ReplyDeleteNow there's an idea. Apparently I was not vindictive, but there was another dream in which I was...
Deletethis is like the thrid vivid dream i have read this morning....something in the ether...smiles....i can handle snakes as well...but would rather not if i did not have to....hopefully the snakes coming your way are ones you can...
ReplyDeleteWow...vivid for sure. It's amazing how our minds work...especially when under more than the average amount of stress.
ReplyDeleteGlad you came to a solution to at least this one "snake".
Take care you.
(Love the beautiful snow pictures. Could be postcards...)
Dreams are an incredible amount of fun, to have, to talk about. Strangely, I was talking about copperheads to a friend of mine today at lunch, about a dog we had that got bitten by one.
ReplyDeleteIn your dream you took care of the problem with the snake. Did you also take care of a real problem, or maybe you are trying to figure out how to solve one?
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid, I used to dream about snakes all the time. In my case, I'm sure it was because my mom always told me that there were snakes who spent the night under my bed. If I got of bed, they would bite me. Lovely woman...
Gosh, it's amazing how the subconscious translates and interprets the events in our lives - and often, as with you, in a helpful (if weird) way. You woke and immediately recognized what the snake symbolized. Perhaps you might run with that, and tackle the actual cause of this "snake"? I hope you can.
ReplyDeleteSage: Understandable. I once asked my CPA who is a pastor how he deals with bad dreams. His reply was to leave them in the wastebasket of history, where they belong. That gave me some relief! I know this isn't analytical, but offer it from a simpler perspective. Have a good weekend!
ReplyDeleteYou remind me of when my son was little. A few times, he would come to come wake us up to inform us he had a bad dream. He'd be offered an invite to come into bed with us but each time he said that he just wanted to tell us about the dream. He had a knack of resolving ridiculous situations in his dreams.. always turning out to be okay in the end. Then he'd say "goodnight" and go back to bed. I always admired that ability. It would appear your dream resolution was similar.
ReplyDeleteWow what a dream to wake up from :/ At least you had that gorgeous view to help wash it away! :)
ReplyDeleteI used to have lots of snake dreams. Not so much anymore. I hope they don't start back now after reading this post.
ReplyDeleteI do love attempting to interpret dreams though.
That you dreamt of copperheads bespeaks a Southern upbringing. Copperheads and cottonmouths were the fearsome serpents of my youth, though I felt that if I were close enough to form an opinion of the inside of a snake's mouth that I was already closer than I wanted to be.
ReplyDeleteIt is my experience that I behave in my dreams as I hope I would in real life. Thinking about it in the morning, I sometimes wish I had behaved more roguishly, but, alas, I am what I am.
As a matter of my responsibility to others, I would never release a poisonous snake, just as I would not return a weapon to a criminal. I know this is not an attitude approved by well-intentioned persons, but I feel my higher obligation is to my fellow humans.
Oh my - that is wonderful that you recognize the metaphorical content there. But I hate snakes - I hope I never dream about them. :)
ReplyDeletehoping your week is going well man...
ReplyDeleteHow did you get into my backyard! Ha! Ha! I'm so happy to see you enjoying some of the pretty white stuff too! Now for snakes, never in my dreams, well possibly once, but I'd rather leave them alone. My grandfather who lived in Florence, AZ had too many of them and one actually found his way up the drain into my grandfather's shower! Yikes!
ReplyDeleteWhile snakes as a sinister, evil symbol are relatively new in human culture, archetypally they are also seen as a symbol of self-transformation throughout our mythological history. Something to do with shedding the skin and reemerging as a new, improved creature. So perhaps that offers a little key to a way to interpret this.
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