What’s in a Dream

weather-seasons-moon_sleepingI used to never remember any of my dreams.  As I began to explore more about the metaphysical world that changed.  Over the last couple of years I have had many dreams that I have been able to hold onto after waking.

Some of that is due to making an effort to remember and some of it is just being more open to the dreams and their meanings. 

Finding the meaning of dreams can be quit the challenge.  There is general help available from many books and websites,but who knows the answers for sure.  Usually I don’t worry the meaning until I’ve had the same type of dream several times.

Recently I’ve been dreaming about family and houses, linked together in the same dream many times.  What it all meant I had no idea.  So I did some research today.

Since all the family interaction (parents,grandparents and cousins) are positive it seems to mean nurturing and protection.  I’ve always been close to my family, so I agree with the research.

The houses are homes I’ve never lived in but the places themselves are inviting.  The houses look normal but they have rooms that can expand and bathrooms behind sliding closet doors.  Some of them have long passage’s.

According to my research to seems that I could perhaps be on the verge of something new or some changes in my life. 

There have been some changes in my life lately.  Most of them at work.  But there are also some changes going on at my own house, minor kitchen remodeling and a lot of cleaning out of some old junk. 

So are the dreams and waking life related?  Who knows for sure.  Dreams are still one of the unknown human mysteries.

Color of the Day

real_color_wheel_4752Thanks to my witches calender I no longer have to stand in front of my closet and wonder what to wear today.  So how can a calender decide my clothes you ask.  With the color of the day feature.  On a witches calender the color of the day is chosen according to the alignment of the planets for that day.

Some people won’t walk out the door before they read their horoscope.  Well I check the calender to help me pick my clothes.  I use it as a jumping off point to pick clothes and jewelry. 

If I don’t have coral I don’t crawl back into bed it is just a suggestion after all. But I’ve noticed that if I am wearing something that does have the color in it I feel better.

Journey Part 1, Alternative Religion

mercury2I grew up with generations of Christan traditions.  We didn’t just go to church we served the church.  Pastors, deacons, music leaders, bible teachers, piano players.  If you can name it, my grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, siblings and cousins were involved in it or leading it.  Including myself for many years.

But then out of no where life threw me one it’s famous curve balls and all the traditions and service wasn’t enough.  I was left with to many questions and a hollow feeling.

I guess some people would have gone to their doctor, gotten a prescription for depression and continued on.  Instead I went to the library.  And I found a wonderful new word, metaphysical.  

I read some books by Sylvia Browne to get started.  They didn’t seem to weird and the gave me the courage to search some more.  Then I found a really good book about chakra’s which led me to reading almost anything I could find about Buddhism and Hinduism.  I started meditating on a regular basis.

I was feeling better very day.  I was finding the answers to questions I hadn’t even realized were bothering me.  I was sleeping better.  But I didn’t stop there.  I found another new word Wicca.

No Wicca is not witch craft.  It is considered an earth based religion by most people.  (The status of “religion” is debated by a lot of people.)  What ever it is, it made a lot of sense to me.  I connected immediately with the earth based and nature part of Wicca.  I connected with the herbs, teas, oil and candles.  One reason I think felt so “at home” with Wicca was because the medicines of teas and herbs reminded me of my grandmothers.  But I still wasn’t done.

Wicca led me back to of all places the controversial lost books of the bible.  The Gospels of Thomas and Mary Magdalene to name a few.  I’ve read them and others.  I feel they are just as valid as any other book that is in the bible.  And I’m saddened about the politics of the church, then and now.

I’m more comfortable now with many of the Alternative Religions than I ever was with Christianity.  I still read, explore and research almost daily.  I doubt this part of the journey will ever be over.