where the dream is set
Dreaming of Stairs
Two traditional perspectives
These are symbolic interpretations from different traditions, not facts about your life or forecasts. Your associations may be different.
Artemidorus · Oneirocritica
To climb stairs with ease foretells advancement, a rise in standing or fortune.
To stumble or fall on the stairs warns of a setback in an ambition, a reversal just short of the goal.
Jungian · the collective unconscious
Stairs are the levels of the psyche; climbing is the ascent toward consciousness and clarity, descending the return to what is buried and old.
Stairs that never end, or that crumble, point to effort spent without arrival, a struggle to reach a state of mind that keeps receding.
a few quiet questions
A gentle guided reflection
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- Stairs + Running
Movement between levels of consciousness. Up or down both matter, note which direction was urgent and which felt prevented.
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