Dream 14 -
The succession of ships and reaching the Island
I
have already recounted the dream of the Sand Mountain and its message, that I
was embarking on a long and hazardous journey of psychological development. This
dream gives a similar message.
I
was on a voyage and coming to the island. As the island slid into view, was in
fact very close, its twin peaks or radio masts enabled me to tell the passengers
positively that it was the Azores, or was it? As we glided by to the anchorage,
we could see the native villages, all trim white wooden houses, but no people at
all. Eventually I could see one man only at a doorway.
Then
the ship was going at great speed, propelled by a power which was not its own,
up a narrow long cut to the anchorage. It reminded me of Curacoa. The anchorage
was in the centre of the island. The ship had to go fast through the cut to keep
straight.
Then
we were anchored and I was going ashore. It was difficult to get off the boat.
Eventually I found the gangway which only led to another ship tied up along
side. The difficulties repeated until eventually I got to a further ship. It
soon became apparent that there was a whole series of ships tied up alongside
and over which you had to get in order to reach the land. The officer in the
crew tried to prevent those of us who were trying to leave for the island by
questioning us. Have you a passport? I said yes, but in an aside, no. I did not
need or worry about one, as I secretly intended to stay on the island anyway.
It
was a nice warm place, where people just lived and WERE. It was fundamental.
It
became more and more difficult getting from ship to ship, particularly as a new
one kept appearing. And then, when we appeared to be on the last but one, they
moved the last one out, so that there was no obvious way ashore. I then decided
to take things into my own hands and force the issue. I went over the side of
the ship and crept round it. As I passed the bows of one, I noticed that it was
held on the rocks, and the bows were well worn and furrowed from passage through
the seas for long ages. The bows seemed, in fact, like worn and scoured rocks.
Finally I fell I could reach the shore by stepping from rock to rock, and
eventually reached the last ship tied up to the land by means of two dugout
canoes. Someone following me tipped their canoe up and fell in. Then I fell in
the water, but was not concerned about the sharks and barracudas that came
swimming around me. They turned out be only small, like pieces of printed paper.
Finally
I rounded the bows of the last ship and found a sloping ladder built into the
hull that led to the deck. I bounded up it. It did not matter that I was wet and
only had shorts and an old shirt on. Once I got to the island, it would be warm
and I would be myself . I reached the ck and found that it was newly painted.
There
is much material in this dream. First there is a special means of communication
as represented by the radio masts, two of them. Then there are the white wooden
houses. So the houses are made from a material which has naturally grown, wood,
and they are white. White is symbolic of the inner unconscious mind. The island
itself is also a symbol in the Hermetic code of the inner unconscious mind.
Water is one of the most powerful symbols of unconscious mind, and a ship or
boat is needed to cross over it and reach the island, to become conscious in
Higher Mind, or the unconscious mind. The fact that there are many ships that
have to be crossed over, from one to the other, is symbolic of the many steps in
the psychological development process which eventually gives controlled access
to Higher Mind, unconscious. The process becomes increasingly difficult as it
nears its completion and the final step is by a dugout canoe, one of the most
primitive vessels, based on a natural grown material, a hollowed out tree trunk.
Is this saying that there is a need to go back to basics and total internal
honesty as a major part of the process?
Further,
the ship in its last stages when approaching the island is propelled by a power
which is not its own. In other words, once the lower mind had been put in
suitable order, then the power of Higher Mind is able to work through it, so
that all comes from above.
Finally
there is the incident of the passport. In other words there is a need to be
prepared so as to reach successive stages of development before proceeding to
the next stage. But then I take over and try to force the issue, a common
failing in the early stages of the initiation process. The pace cannot be
forced. One must undergo the successive stages of the process of psychological
development or initiation. One must eventually have the correct "Wedding
Garments" before one is allowed to stay in the bridal chamber for the union
of the outer and inner mind.
