Understand this, tell others: in my dream vultures chase me into my burning house. There, they pick out the brains of my family, dismember them, devour. I emerge from my home and I am burning, skin falling away like a snake as the structure crumbles into a black skeleton. I cannot fight off the vultures. A young man or woman emerges from the ashes. He/she doesn't save me, because he/she is holding my cracked and swollen heart in one hand and a piece of paper in the other. I can read it. It discusses and compares in great detail the differences between me and the vultures. He wraps my heart in the paper and tosses it to the ground. Can you see?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A surreal dream depicts family destruction by vultures and emotional isolation.
- In plain terms
- Vultures eat my family in a burning house while I watch.
- What can you take from it?
- Dreams can reflect deep fears of loss and helplessness.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do your nightmares show?
- How does grief feel?
Another view
Dream symbolism is subjective and not literal predictions.
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