by Shelly Corbett


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The rest of you probably aren't as fascinated by this as I am, but I think that there's only been one other time in my life when my dreams were working out a clear, consistent issue over several nights.

Last night I had a reprise of the themes of a large, shadowy sea creature and -- surprisingly -- a little girl in a harness.

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All those mental breakthroughs of this week, all the transformations that my conscious mind is so pleased about? My subconscious is not happy. I just woke from a dream in which she reminded me why it's important to identify with Swords/Air and with my powerful Father -- and urged me to continue my resistance to Elemental Water.

( Scary hang-gliding, dangerous sea monsters, illusions, a powerless father, a hero debased, and my daughter left behind and then clinging to me. No -- It was not a pleasant dream at all. )

I was on Whidbey Island, the summer of 1977, when I started writing the story in which my daimon appeared ( Read more... )

As always, my session with my spiritual director was a stimulating experience. I'm deep in territory that's beyond even my past borders of "unusual" but he continues to stay with me, ask good, helpful questions, and support and affirm me ( Read more... )

I received several packages today.
Together their contents make up a rather interesting collage.

1. A large black and white photo of a naked, dark-haired woman leaning up against a tree with her arms up, encircling a bole, her face turned just slightly toward the camera.

2. Volumes two and three of the collected Sandman series, which I have ( Read more... )

My alarm was set for 5am, but I woke up around 4:10am and could not get back to sleep ( Read more... )

I have long been fascinated by archetypes, so I was delighted to have Amazon recommend to me a book called Archetypes for Spiritual Direction: Discovering the Heroes Within, by Bruce Tallman. I've been enjoying it a great deal, getting some insights on my own psyche, and slowly building a conceptual framework of how my own sense of archetypes ( Read more... )

Shortly after I shut down my computer last night, I found one more 'recent' journal stacked on my desk. The very first entry is July 21, 2004:

What do I want? In a man.
High intelligence and unconventional thought
Intensity - coupled with inner serenity
Strength and resilience and inner security
Laughter
SpiritualityAnd now, as I was typing, " ( Read more... )

I was tired all day yesterday, and looking forward to getting home. My plan was to do dishes (they are *all* dirty right now) and other housekeeping. But instead I nurtured myself in other ways. First, I took my time going home, visiting a couple of really good bookstores I haven't browsed in a while (one metaphysical and one big independent new/ ( Read more... )