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Interpreted by Jane Teresa Anderson

(Real dreams collected worldwide)

DREAM #18

BLACK GRAPES

I was offered black grapes by a man. What does it mean to eat black grapes as opposed to white?

INTERPRETATION

Unfortunately a dream dictionary approach is not really useful. There is no one meaning for any symbol that applies to everyone. Why is this?

Firstly you may have your own personal associations with grapes, or with black and white as a theme. Our own personal associations are always more important, in interpreting a dream, than more generalised associations.

Also, you can often get a better insight into the meaning of a dream if you look at the whole dream story, how the symbols interact, what feelings come up and so on.

Your unconscious mind chose to put black and white grapes in your dream as symbols of how you currently (pun almost intended) see the world.

A great way to get in touch with your OWN unconscious PERSONAL dream dictionary is to do a dialogue.

You’ll see how this works in this Dream Alchemy Practice I’ve suggested for you:

DREAM ALCHEMY PRACTICE

Dialogue:

Your dialogue is between a Black Grape and a White Grape. Start with the Black Grape saying, “Call yourself white, do you?” and see what the Black Grape automatically answers. Keep it going for 20 minutes.

How to do this:

Give yourself no longer than 20 minutes. When you do this exercise do NOT think! Don’t plan ahead. Just let whatever happens happen. Let the two entities speak to each other on paper using whatever words come up. It’s a bit like writing a film script or play – but without the brain being involved.

How does this work?

By not thinking, by keeping the words flowing, you are letting your right brain and unconscious mind do most of the work. They created the original dream so they know what these symbols mean for you. They will reveal. You will be surprised.

More details on Dialogue as a Dream Alchemy Practice in: “Dream Alchemy” by Jane Teresa Anderson, pages 321-4 and 333.

Jane Teresa Anderson

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