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Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 21:29:18 EST
In a message dated 1/6/02 2:45:42 PM, nyannatobin@ATT.NET writes: << This dream reminded me that I have helpers. I just have to remember to find them and ask. >> Dear Karen, Nyanna Susan et al.-- I find it so interesting that when I posed the question to this list about the transformative power of story, most of the responses coming back so far have related to people's dreams. So what does this suggest? Perhaps that we all instinctively feel that story and dream come from the same deep transformative source within the unconscious... ? Nevertheless I am also reminded that in the horrific videotape of Ben Laden some weeks ago, he and his central advisers were shown as giving central importance to dreams and the dreaming mind.... A whole culture of death and destruction apparently built around dreams. Well, lord knows, this has certainly caused "transformations" to occur, for better or worse! But perhaps we need to be cautious to make dreams alone our central guiding intelligence... Dreams and the raw energy of the unconscious mind may form one important "vertical axis" of creativity but perhaps we also need to consider some sort of balance from a "horizontal axis" that, especially through story, can establish vital connections to community, history, culture... Perhaps all this is too big a question to be considering so soon after the holidays when we are all tuckered out. Still, I do wish others on the list might take a crack at answering that question I posed before--i.e., to repeat: "What do we mean anyway when we speak of "transformation" and how is this accomplished through story?" Cristy W. | ||