In a dream I saw Jesus and My God Pan sitting together in the heart of the forest. They laughed at each other's speech, with the brook that ran near them, and the laughter of Jesus was the merrier. And they conversed long.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- In a dream Jesus and Pan sat together in the forest laughing and talking. This suggests harmony between different spiritual or natural paths.
- In plain terms
- Jesus and a nature god laughed together in a dream.
- What can you take from it?
- Different paths can coexist in harmony.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What deities would laugh together?
- How do you find harmony in diversity?
Another view
Dreams are subjective and not objective truth.
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