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DREAM SYMBOLS - START TO FIT - Comrade Bart

The odd thing I have noticed is that the longer you use a dream dictionary the more accurate they become. It is as if the information in them seeps into our subconscious minds.
Before reading dream dictionaries I found that the symbolism fit into a different pattern. But once you read that an ANT means conformity then that symbol will become much more frequent. It is as if the mind has developed a language which it hopes both the conscious and unconscious minds both understand.

I have got no firm proof of this. Maybe it is the chicken and the egg. Maybe the dream dictionaries always work. It is just that I have not noticed it yet. But what I am saying is that the longer you read a dictionary the more fitting it is to your dreams. What is everyone else's opinion on this?

This question is not just about a dream dictionary in particular. Its part of a wider question - why do we have a certain symbol for a certain meaning? Why do black birds symbol bad omens? Why do oranges symbolize bad luck. People often state in dream dictionaries that this means that etc. But WHY? And the wider question is do these change. I think the answer is yes.

For a start a lot of dream symbols are based on synonyms. Synonyms and other play on words are language based. So does an English speaking person have different symbols to a French speaker. Because those synonyms are different in different languages. The answer has to be yes.

All symbolism is particular to the people who dream the dream. So my conclusion is that there is one good reason for using a dream dictionary - it may help you dream using the symbols inside that dictionary. Therefore you may come to understand your dreams more clearly.

DREAM SYMBOLISM
DREAM SYMBOLISM :Neural patterns and their relevance to dream interpretation
ANIMALS IN DREAMS :By Dorian Paul
ANIMALS IN DREAMS : Animals in dreams
COLOURS IN DREAMS : By Urban
COLOURS IN DREAMS : By Kafka
Archetypes and myths : Jungs archetypes by Dorian Paul
INDIVIDUATION : understanding the Jungian approach
ARCHETYPES : Jungian archetypes
EVIL ARCHETYPES : By Dorian Paul
Heros and archetypes : by Dorian Paul
DREAMS AND MUSIC : by Dorian Paul
CRUSH DREAMS : The archetype
DREAM DICTIONARY? : Are we influenced by the dream dictionary we use by "Comrade Bart"

SLEEP PHENONOMA
HYPNOPOMPIC AND HYPNOGOGIC IMAGERY :Hallucinations and dreams
HYPNOGOGIC IMAGERY :Example dreams
SLEEPWALKING :Dreams and sleepwalking
SLEEP DEPRIVATION :The TV reality show "shattered"
CIRCADIAN RYTHMS :Dreams and melatonin
LUCID DREAMS

NIGHTMARES
DISTURBING DREAMS : Nightmares.
NIGHTMARES : Childrens Nightmares.
WORLD WAR ONE NIGHTMARES : Dreaming of the front line.
NIGHTMARES : A practical study of nightmares showing what individual nightmares meant
CONFRONTING FEAR IN NIGHTMARES : By Dorian Paul

PREMONITIONS AND TELEPATHY
HEART TRANSPLANTS - Does the heart have a memory
DAVID MANDELL :Psychic paintings?
OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCES :OBE's and psychic phenonoma
Premonitions :places deep into the future?
SCIENCE :Towards an understanding of premonitions
EXPERIMENTS :Premonition studies and false premonitions

DREAMS AND THE MIND
THETAWAVES :Hallucinations and dreams
NEURAL IMAGING:Attempts to prove or disprove the existence of ESP
ROBERT STICKGOLD:Robert Stickgolds studies of dreams and the game Tetris
DREAM DIARIES :What to look out for
THE FUNCTION OF DREAMS Why do we dream
COMMUNICATION SKILLS : Dorian Paul on left and right brain issues?
MEDITATION :Using meditation to expand your mind

OTHER ARTICLES
BIG BROTHER : A study of the Big Brother reality show
THE SPIRITUAL AAPROACH : By Always Dreaming
INSPIRATION : By Dorian Paul
FAITH AND DREAMS : By Weiss
MONTAGUE ULLMAN : Swedish researcher
DREAM FORUMS : Helpful advice
ETHICAL GUIDELINES : By Dorian Paul
FACTS ABOUT DREAMS : Some thoughts