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Dreaming of dancing
Read two ways. Let them disagree, the truth often sits between.
Artemidorus · Oneirocritica
Drawn up, it speaks of To dance well among friends at a feast foretold joy, weddings, good news arriving with music. For the poor and the burdened it promised relief, a lightening of the load.
Drawn down, it warns of To dance in a strange place or before strangers was read as exposure, your private matters performed in public. For the sick, the old texts held it an unquiet sign.
Jungian · the collective unconscious
Drawn up, it speaks of Dancing is the body and the unconscious keeping the same time for once, instinct and awareness in step. It often arrives when a split-off part of you is being welcomed back into the room.
Drawn down, it warns of Dancing you cannot stop, or dancing alone at the edge of a crowd, may be motion standing in for feeling, a mask over grief. The shadow likes a costume.
Did you dream this?
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