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john
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19:22 21/02/2001 

My car was infested with tiny baby spiders. When I tried to shoo them away they became stuck together like ants would to sugar.

The mother spider was black and had a bubble-like back which looked like glass and had a perlized effect on it.

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JuliA
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04:10 22/02/2001 

Hi John

I'm starting at the end here but "perlized" = personalised?, peril? I wonder what the pun is on? Do you have any personal associations with perlized, do you own anything with this look or know any one who does?

I suppose the other thing is..... how do you feel about spiders. Personally I associate them with money, work (depending upon the dream) and also fears, death and being "caught" up in something.

If a car represents your direction in life, your motivation, I wonder what the tiny baby spiders are in your waking life? Is it a feeling of peril? is it money or work problems? Whatever it is, you're trying to shoo it away but when you try to get rid of all the spiders they all come together to one big clump.... one big problem or situation?

Interstingly you said the "mother" spider had a "bubble" like back which looked like "glass"...... a bubble can be burst! and glass is very fragile too - I wonder if the "mother" of your situation is actually more fragile than you think, I wonder if its going to be easier to burst the bubble or whoever or whatever it is that those tiny baby spiders represent!?

JuliA

Jane Anderson
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09:40 22/02/2001 

Hi John,

In addition to JuliA's perfect thoughts:

I saw 'mother' and 'pearlised' and immediately saw 'mother of pearl'. (Mother of Pearl, in my upbringing, is a type of shellfish which produces an especially colourful layer of pearl inside the shell.)

Then, take the concept of trying to shoo away an irritation (the spiders) with the result of them becoming clumped together in a sticky, sugary substance ... and you have the story of how pearl is formed:

A piece of grit (irritation) gets lodged between the two shells of a shellfish, and the way the animal deals with this is to produce a sticky pearl substance which covers the grit until it becomes a smoother pearl shape. So, something that was extremely irritating and uncomfortable is transformed into something comfortable and (to humans) beautiful and valuable.

This is, in essence, what JuliA is also seeing in your dream: that something which is irritating you can be turned from an irritation into something wonderful and valuable. This is done not by shooing it away (denying it, pushing it away...) but by transforming it (facing it).

In any case, your dream shows that shooing it away doesn't work ... the spiders ultimately get even more stuck to you/your life the more you try to shoo them away. And isn't this just true for all of us?

If you're going to be 'stuck' with an irritation (like ants stuck in sugar), you might as well face it and work with it to transform it into something much more valuable and comfortable.

The mother spider produces babies ... she creates ... and even though you see her creations as irritations, they are, in the end, miraculous creations because they prompt you to transform them into 'pearls of wisdom'.

What is irritating you in life? What seems to be stuck with you the more you try to shoo it away? How can you turn this situation into something of great value?

Sugar is sweet ... what is too sweet and sticky in your life?

I also saw 'pearlised' as a possible dream pun on 'paralised'. Is the situation which is irritating you leaving you feeling paralised? Paralised, stuck .. like being trapped in sugar? Makes sense, doesn't it? Are you feeling paralised, in a sweet (sugary) situation and irritated by it?

Spiders can also, for many people, represent power ... especially the kind of powers often associated with our 'female' side: intuition, nurturing and so on.

Any other thoughts, anyone?

Let us know how this feels for you, John.

Jane Anderson

babbleon
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14:05 22/03/2001 

I beleive that a sider generally symbolizes an overbearing, manipulative Mother/ feminine figure. The car is obviously a means of transportation. So the question is: Is your Mother or a woman standing in the way of one of your goals, trying to control you, inhibiting your efforts to move foward? Is this woman clinging to you, like an ant on sugar? You have tried to get rid of her but you have your doubts because she is interesting to you, maybe even attractive in a bizzare way? Your confusement is paralyzing you. You do not know what you want.

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