(see Weapons)Directional guidance, like a subliminal road map showing you the way to go. Watch where the arrow lands to see if you’re making or missing your mark.Power over, or...

(see Church, Music) Happy occasions; ringing out the old and welcoming the new.Protection and warnings. Bells were used among the ancient Hebrews and medieval Europeans to frighten off mischievous spirits,...

(see Bread, Eating)A favorable sign of accomplishing your goals and having continued good health. Selling butter portends small gains in business (e.g., making your “bread and butter”).Spreading butter may indicate...

(see Incantation, Languages)Dedicated religious observance. Numerous civilizations recognized chanting as a viable expression of veneration, or a means of communing with greater powers.The Om chant from Tibet acts as a...

(see Baking, Candle, Disaster, Forge, Hearth, Hell, Red, Sun, Torch)A predominantly masculine symbol associated with the sun and intense passion. Native Americans additionally believe the condition of the fire appearing...

The guru can represent our higher self and our innate wisdom. In dreams, she often takes a religious form—like Buddha, Shiva, or a saint—or appears in a long-bearded old man...

To dream of a hospital can be, to a certain point, alarming, since it manifests the fear of being sick.If in the dream you visit someone who is sick, you...

Native Americans, Tibetan Buddhists and others claim that all people have a light body that can leave the physical body during sleep. The light body can travel great distances and...

The circle or disc is often a solar emblem. It also symbolizes, in many cases, heaven, perfection, and eternity. According to Jung, the square represents the pluralistic state of the...

In dreams, monsters take much more terrifying dimensions and shapes than any horror movie or novel. However, in spite of fear that they can provoke, if the figure reappears frequently...

Buddhism, far more than Christianity or Islam, has a very strong pacifist element. The orientation toward non-violence has played a significant role in the political history of Buddhist countries. In...

In China and Tibet, dreams that are a sign of good fortune are called‘auspicious dreams’. These may include dreams of holy or famous people, a clear lake, a spotlessly white...

“Everything serious comes to us at night.” CICERO What happens when we sleep? Why do we sleep? The answer is not as simple as it seems. We sleep so that our body can...

Unlocking the Secrets of Lucid Dreaming: A Journey into Conscious Dream Control "In the state of wakefulness, dreams subtly encroach upon the individual, giving rise to a...

It represents death, aridity, and nonexistence.If you dream of being in the desert, without water and suffering from the heat of the sun, it means that you feel lonely, unloved,...

Imagining that you are flying signals the arrival of change that will be very beneficial for you. The action of flying, however, implies the desire to evolve, to connect with...

Tibetan Buddhists call these‘dreams of clarity’ because such dreams go beyond everyday situations and concerns into a space of‘the divine’. You may wake up from such a dream with a...

A lucid dream is simply one in which you realize that you are dreaming. In one form or another, lucid dreaming has been practiced with great seriousness in certain religious...

From a Sanskrit word meaning ’magic circle or disc’, a mandala is a circular visual representation that is used as a focus point for the practice of meditation. When creating...

A near-death experience (NDE) is a phenomenon reported by people who have been declared clinically dead by medical experts, or passed close to death through accident or illness, but are...

Throughout history, dreams have been believed to possess extraordinary powers that transcend scientific and physical boundaries. As early as the eleventh century, Tibetan holy men practiced dream yoga, a combination...