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20 UNIVERSAL DREAM THEMES
Copyrighted Excerpt from Dream Wisdom: Uncovering Life’s Answers in
your Dreams
by Alan Siegel, Ph.D. (Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 2003)
Use the following list of themes to identify patterns in your dreams and to
determine which universal dreams you tend to have. If your most common dream
themes are not on this list of themes, don’t fret. The fact that your dreams
branch out in other directions, does not mean that you are deficient or
bizarre. Although there are universal dreams and recurrent turning point
dreams, there are infinite variations and forms that arise from the
creativity of our dreaming mind. In addition, just because you have a
repetitive dream or theme, don’t assume the meaning is fixed or stable. A
dream which appears very similar on the surface may have many variations of
meaning at different times in your life and in response to different events
and passages.
20 UNIVERSAL DREAM THEMES
1) Flying on your own or in a plane (Also plane crashes).
2) Failing or forgetting to study for an exam in high school or college or
forgetting your lines for a presentation, speech or play.
3) Appearing naked or partially clad in public.
4) Falling
5) Being paralyzed or partially or totally restricted in movement like
trying to run away but being unable to move fast enough.
6) Getting chased or kidnapped by people, animals, or creatures.
7) Sexual adventures including overt references to heterosexual or
homosexual acts.
8) Natural disasters such as earthquakes, tidal waves, tornadoes, floods,
and volcanoes.
9) Technological disasters such as explosions, fire, terrorist acts, nuclear
war, chemical contamination, or plane crashes.
10) Losing your teeth often with the teeth seeming to crumble.
11) Violent threats, attack or injuries to self or others.
12) Rejection, abandonment, betrayal, or humiliation.
13) Driving or being in cars (also crashing a car, brakes locking, going out
of control).
14) Missing a bus, train or plane (arriving late or missing an appointment).
15) Discovering new and unexpected rooms in houses or buildings.
16) Finding or losing money, wallet, purse, or valuables.
17) People appearing from your past (both living and dead).
18) Returning to a childhood or previous home, school, or setting from
childhood.
19) Pregnancy and birth (seeing yourself or other pregnant or birthing).
20) Meeting unknown or unfamiliar people or finding yourself in unfamiliar
settings.
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