Dream Oracles Wanted

[Rod Sprague]

I was in a dream interpretation group, once. The proper etiquette when interpreting someone else’s dream is to start with something to the effect of "If it had been my dream; ", as dreams can be deeply personal and the dreamer is the one in the best position to understand the dream in their personal context. It is also not a good idea to share deeply personal things such as dreams with outsiders, so things are completely out of control, now.

[Denny]

...sure Rod...wait 'till page four to tell us...

[Nanohedron]

Jeez. I had another dream where my flute cracked, big time. I mean, from one end to another, and not just a split, but in all sorts of directions. Panic, sweat, despair.

Does this mean anything, or should I cut back on midnight snacks?

Were Archie Campbell and Gordie Tapp singing in the background? ("Gloom, despair and agony on me...")

I think it was more like the track from the shower-stabbing scene in Psycho.

[jsluder]

Jeez. I had another dream where my flute cracked, big time. I mean, from one end to another, and not just a split, but in all sorts of directions. Panic, sweat, despair.

Does this mean anything, or should I cut back on midnight snacks?

Were Archie Campbell and Gordie Tapp singing in the background? ("Gloom, despair and agony on me...")

I think it was more like the track from the shower-stabbing scene in Psycho.

Ah. Then it's definitely just the midnight snacks.

If you had dreamed to a Hee Haw soundtrack, then your precious flute would've been doomed.

[Nanohedron]

"Precious"?? It's the only one I've got, mister. I suppose that's precious, considering I can't just snap my fingers and *presto* -- new flute.

YOU'RE precious, though.

[Innocent Bystander]

I was in a dream interpretation group, once. The proper etiquette when interpreting someone else’s dream is to start with something to the effect of "If it had been my dream; ", as dreams can be deeply personal and the dreamer is the one in the best position to understand the dream in their personal context. It is also not a good idea to share deeply personal things such as dreams with outsiders, so things are completely out of control, now.

Makes a change, doesn't it?

I agree, dreams are personal and the interpretation is likely to be personal too. And I've done this before. That's why my replies tend to be in half-rhetorical questions. The dreamer should answer them, but not post the answers. With any luck (or rather, with any accuracy) the questions should provoke an "aha!" insight. In my own way I'm trying to follow a similar etiquette to Rod's.

[Rod Sprague]

My comment was meant as humor, hence the “completely out of control” bit at the end. I have a rather dry sense of humor much of the time. Some people that don’t realize this often assume I’m simply insane, including much of the local kitsune community.

[jsluder]

YOU'RE precious, though.

Worth my weight in gold. (But only if I die in an accident.)