posted September 20, 2007 03:29 AM         

Anyway, some ogre was chasing me at one point. For a description, he was huge, thick, hairy, and stupid. Scary claws and fangs. Anyway, I was in a very large house that seemed somehow familiar though I can't recall where (or even if) I've ever seen it. I ran into a master bedroom and had to make a quick decision to go either into the bathroom or the closet and its attic. I knew both had windows that led outside, though they were small and I'd have to break them. I chose the attic because the entrance was small and I thought the ogre would be too big to fit within it (whereas he could just bust down the bathroom door).

So I made it in and started working on the window. I was dismayed when the ogre, large enough that he was able to open the attic with no problem, was making progress at smashing a big enough hole that he'd be able to climb in. Without a lot of time to spare, I manage to bust open a window and crawl out and get away while the ogre was still too busy trying to get through everything (he'd have to bust another hole to get outside, too--I chose well, he'd have had me in the bathroom).

Things calmed down and I forgot the ogre. But somehow, I found myself back in the very same sitch. Not sure how it happened at this point. But I quickly ran back up into the attic, which I saw still had the damage from the ogre busting it up from before, though he still had work to do. But running to the window, though it hadn't been that long, someone had boarded up the window. I barely managed to pry the boards off and get out just as the ogre was pulling himself in.

I have no idea what this means, but having to "break that window again" when the ogre didn't have to redo his damage REALLY annoyed me. That, and the fact I had to do the whole chase scene again, too.

posted September 27, 2007 05:24 AM         

"So maybe I was trying to escape some bestial traits within me or some beastly reality through cleverness and intellectual ability." I think that is very perceptive.

Mythologically, monsters like this often symbolize some difficulty or challenge which must be conquered or out-manuvered in order to attain personal growth/development. As you have stated, this difficulty is often a projection of some lower quality within ourselves, but could also represent some outer situation or person. An ogre can sometimes symbolize the "terrifying parent", often the father. Who or what is like an "ogre" in your life?

The dream also indicates that you have made a choice as to how to handle this "ogre". You have chosen to escape the difficulty through "cleverness and intellectual ability" (attic) instead of through the purging of feeling and emotion (bathroom). Or, we could think of it as using the higher mind (attic) instead of urgings from the unconscious (bathroom). In essence, it seems you have chose awareness over unawareness to takle this problem, although it may require repeated efforts to keep that "window" of awareness open.

what is it that you have had to "do again" that really annoys you?

This dream represents struggle and victory of your higher self over the lower.

What do you think?