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Dream Interpretation
Front-Ranger:
What a lovely dream, Chuck! So, did your grandmother "wear the pants in the family", was that part of the friction?
CellarDweller:
Well I had a doozy a few nights ago, that I'm just getting the time to tell now.
::) :laugh:
It was like being in a movie.......I was a member of a church, very large, but there was something....evil, about it. I tried to do some investigating, but needed help from someone I could trust.
For some reason, that turned out to be Andy Griffith. I have no idea why, since I almost never watched his show, but there he was, in his young, black and white days, while everyone else was in full color. The two of us paired together discovered that there were people being held captive in the church above where the organ was. They were in chains and abused, but we couldn't figure out how to rescue them. We went back down to the main church, to find that they had just captured Barney Fife, and that their plan was to use evil magic to kill leaders in the organized Catholic church.
Andy and I were about to leave when we were attacked from behind. Andy was turned into their slave, his mind wiped clean. I was killed. Turns out that Andy was key to their plan, he was needed for some reason, and without him the entire plan was destroyed.
The dream ended when my spirit took over Andy's body, and I forced Andy to grab one of the ceremonial daggers and slit his own throat, thus destroying all their plans.
And that's when I woke up.
lol
Front-Ranger:
Wow! That was pretty intense, friend!
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on January 17, 2015, 07:22:07 pm ---It was like being in a movie.......I was a member of a church, very large, but there was something....evil, about it. I tried to do some investigating, but needed help from someone I could trust.
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The beginning of your dream echoes a common theme of distrust in institutions, especially long-established ones like religions.
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on January 17, 2015, 07:22:07 pm ---For some reason, that turned out to be Andy Griffith. I have no idea why, since I almost never watched his show, but there he was, in his young, black and white days, while everyone else was in full color. The two of us paired together discovered that there were people being held captive in the church above where the organ was. They were in chains and abused, but we couldn't figure out how to rescue them. We went back down to the main church, to find that they had just captured Barney Fife, and that their plan was to use evil magic to kill leaders in the organized Catholic church.
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Of course you turned to good ol' Andy! This is another common theme, that the days of black-and-white TV were all innocent and wonderful, and all of the world's ills could be cured by just going back to the values of 1950s US of A. (I'm not criticizing your dream but this is a bit of a pet peeve of mine, when I run into someone who thinks this way. He's invaryingly a white, older, straight male, of course.) Then, when you two discovered the persecuted people, it reminds me of other dreams you told us about where there were cruel overlords taking masses of people prisoner.
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on January 17, 2015, 07:22:07 pm ---Andy and I were about to leave when we were attacked from behind. Andy was turned into their slave, his mind wiped clean. I was killed. Turns out that Andy was key to their plan, he was needed for some reason, and without him the entire plan was destroyed.
The dream ended when my spirit took over Andy's body, and I forced Andy to grab one of the ceremonial daggers and slit his own throat, thus destroying all their plans.
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So, I'm interpreting that the cruel overlords wanted to use the body of Andy Griffith to seduce the masses into thinking their church was as beloved as he was. And TV has been called the opiate of the masses, so that plays into the plan as well. You foiled the schemes by killing Andy, and you were the hero! Interesting that you actually died in your dream. That hardly ever happens.
Your dream touches on several of the popular fears about modern life: distrust of institutions, the suspicion that things are not as they seem and that we're living in a dystopia. It's probably not a coincidence that many recent movies and TV shows ping on these fears and cover the same topics. Your dream would make a great show on the order of Hunger Games...you should license it!
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 28, 2015, 05:13:06 pm --- Your dream would make a great show on the order of Hunger Games...you should license it!
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lmao! My mom said the same thing.
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