(Vienna - woman, age 27)
I'm in a very green area, the leaves and grass around are the healthiest green colour I've ever seen. It reminds me of a meadow but not exactly. There are very high hills in front of us. I'm with my brother and mum. On the top of each hill there are statues of people, like some kind of heroes and each hill has them in groups. I'm trying to take a nice photo but I can't find the right spot. Somehow the branch of a tree is always in the way.
“We have attachments. But even without a family, I can promise you that, that yearning to be with other people is powerful. That emotion is the foundation, of what makes us human. (Dr. Mann, Interstellar)” - Christopher Nolan
In the end I give up. I'm still in the same place but now it feels like it's from a different perspective. I can see a castle on the hill. I'm there with my mum and brother and we decide to go up but before that we want to take a photo. It feels lovely because we barely, or if ever spent such a nice time together. I take a photograph and I notice that, there is waterfall on my left side and strangely when I look straight in front of me, I can see the very same waterfall with three pictures which appear on its surface in the form of holograms. Now my cousin is standing next to me and we are looking at the pictures together. On the first picture it is both of us, and also there is a cat. I don't like cats and I know that this is not a real memory. We are younger in the photos but they definitely are not based on real memories. We laugh as we say we look funny. On the next picture we are sitting next to each other and I pay attention to my clothes. Just the bottom part. I'm wearing black ankle strap high heels and black trousers. It's elegant but also sporty and doesn't seem like my style. Third picture is blurry and I can't see anything. Then I am alone and I walk to the castle. Inside I find my dog whom I lost years ago. Together we go up on a board made of wood to the room and we lay down and rest. I give her so many kisses and so much love and I'm just happy that she is with me again. I feel how warm she is and the smell of the top of her head.
Dream interpretation:
Attempts to photograph statues at the hills are likely a reflection on dreamer's struggle to connect with the collective unconscious or if you like an allegory for the dreamer to find her place in the world. She describes it as “I can't find the right spot” somewhat literally; because the tree branch is in the way every time. The tree is a symbol of the self and this indicates an inner conflict. Left side is associated with unconsciousness; the heart is on the left and things that are coming from that side tend to be uncontrolled. That's why the waterfall which she sees on her left side is most likely an aimless stream of thoughts. The very same waterfall straight in front of her brings to light an intuitive interposition of three pictures as they appear in a form of holograms. She can not recall these pictures from her life and describes them as amusing yet surprising. Holograms ought to be taken as advice for the dreamer resembling an answer for a question asked on the subliminal level. On the first one she is surprised to see herself with the cat because she doesn't like cats and this could be an overcoming of some sort of superstition or prejudice. On the second one she is surprised with an outfit she wears. She describes it to be not quite her style and sporty but elegant. This could hint at the need for adaptation to something in reality. Last picture remains blurry as the future is not yet to be known and so not all can be said at this point. Castle is a symbol of a well-protected place and its inside resembles perception of the depths of the self or the soul if you like. She approaches it completely alone and there she finds a long lost dog. Board of wood brings up a thought of the tree as the self; earlier as a form of an obstacle, now manifested as a bridge to the room where she comes to the state of completeness. Deep and vividly experienced connection with her dog reveals a deep need to be loved.
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