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ABORTION, SUICIDE, REBIRTH: by Christine Downing; 1974, a suicide dream preventing a suicide! I was pregnant with a child not my husband's. I wanted to leave him, but not to join my lover; I was done defining myself through men. Nor did I want the child. I got a knitting needle, and... CAUTION: READ THE TITLE! |
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BLACKBIRD: by Anna Halprin; 2002-2005?, a recurring dream of a spirit guide. At first I was afraid of the blackbird, who asked me to come away with him--I wasn't ready to die-- but now I see him as a friend and guide. One day when I'm ready, we'll fly--and I won't be back. |
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INTERNAL SCROLL: by Carolee Schneemann, 1975, an embarrassing dream acted out on stage I dreamed I was pulling a scroll out of my vagina and reading it like a tickertape. I was reluctant to perform the dream--I knew I'd get into trouble!--but I felt compelled... CAUTION: NUDITY |
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KORE: by Ann McCoy; 1986, a dream of the Goddess inspires an epic drawing My guide to the archeological site was veiled, but soon she revealed her scales and gills. A little girl led a procession in, to reconsecrate the Temple of Isis... |
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THE MADONNA SPEAKS: by Carolee Schneemann, 1971; a Goddess-encounter dream
The Labyrinth of the Madonna's Tears provoked a dream of the Goddess telling me "My forgotten sanctuaries are all around you now. You have only to see with your own eyes... |
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NEW LIFE: by Deena Metzger, between Sept. 1982 & Sept. 83, an apocalyptic dream Nuclear holocaust. Outside, an ashen waste. I decide to cut my wrists in the tub. But a corpse already fills it. A man drives up. A voice commands "Make a child!" I protest--the world's gone--but the voice says... |
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SISTERS' PSYCHODRAMA: by Christine Downing; before 1986, recurring dream of a Hadean abduction In psychodrama, my sister/lover did a happy childhood scene--till the actors took her down a trap door into the underworld. And I knew I'd have to go down after her... |
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TAMALPAIS: by Anna Halprin, 1979, a dream inspiring annual healing ceremonies A murderer was stalking Mt Tam. I dreamed I met the murderous spirit; only by allying with small dancers from inside the mountain could we defeat it... CAUTION: NEW AGE |
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