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Analyzing Dragon Dreams

By: Jeff Bronson

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I had a dream . . . it was about a dragon. The dream was slightly scary, but not enough that I couldn't go back to sleep. The being certainly wasn’t Puff, the Magic Dragon. I felt the need to scrutinize what I saw.

Throughout time, dragons have represented power and depending on the culture, benevolent or evil. Dragons from Eastern cultures have traditionally been the embodiment of truth and virtue, prosperity, and spiritual or personal quest. Conversely, Western culture has typically considered dragons as evil, harmful, guardians of treasure and signs of greed. So does the cultural symbolism apply to dreams?

Dragons are also in the Bible. In Revelations 12, we are told of a dream in which the devil takes on the shape of a red dragon. Do these fire-breathers stand for the devil himself?

Not necessarily, but in most dream analysis traditions, the dragon is a motif of a conflict, one which you must defeat. Being chased by a dragon is an anxiety dream, similar to those in which you are standing in front of the classroom in your underwear. Perhaps you will even find yourself battling a dragon while several of your other personal anxieties (like for me, being too late to take a test that is going to control what I do for the rest of my life) go on around you.

It is believed that if the dragon in your dreams has wings, it is symbolizing transcendence and insight. I've read that riding a dragon in your dreams is prophesy for some sort of spiritual change.

Is the dragon in your dream watching over an entrance to a cave? Numerous sources decipher that the cave is your subconscious and inside that cave is treasure, which in turn is your true self. In this interpretation, fighting the creature embodies facing your own fear regarding reaching and understanding your true self.Dragons in dreams are also associated with power, fire, and passion. Some people believe that these creatures are representations of your sexual and emotional domains. However, it is also cautioned that these dreams are there to warn you to use self control, which when not utilized, can lead to all types of destruction.

Still an additional explanation comes from Freud and Jung, who, as you may have surmised, attribute dragon dreams to a person’s “devouring” traits of his or her mother or if you are male, your failure out of fear or misunderstanding to incorporate your feminine part into your personality.

So the next time you get up startled from a dream about a dragon, don’t turn on all the lights and hole up beneath the covers. Instead, take a keen look at the things that are occurring in your life—the problems and anxieties. Now and then we much rather handle the ferocious evil critters than the actual problems in our lives. That said, just bear in mind that your dream is sending you a message and that is that you can do it—you can deal with and slay your dragon.

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Jeff Bronson is the owner of Obscuria.com, a darkly unique Gothic shop. Obscuria offers a quality selection of dragon figurines and dragon collectibles, and many custom made, exclusive in the U.S items.

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