Monday, December 10, 2007

Another Animal Mutilation Dream

I was on a "Survivor"-like show, and I had to kill a rabbit. The one I had was a white rabbit, and it was already partially skinned, but alive. I decided the quickest and most humane way to kill it would be to slit its throat, so I took out a knife and did it. The rabbit kept twitching, and I could feel its heart still beating. I decided to cut its head off completely, but the knife couldn't cut the spinal cord. I felt terrible because I didn't want the animal to suffer, but I just couldn't cut through the bone. I stopped cutting, and the rabbit sat up, alive. There was blood everywhere, but somehow, the rabbit's fur was still white.

Here's the analysis:

Hunting:
Looking for something you lack, such as information, knowledge, enlightenment, power, self-confidence, self-esteem, relationship, job, etc.

An attempt to feel more powerful by dominating less powerful beings, based on feelings of powerlessness or self-hatred

To dream that you hunt and kill an animal, signifies that you are trying to repress or destroy an instinctive part of yourself.

Rabbit:
Vulnerability, sensitive, running from problems, fertile or proliferating.

In our dreams, rabbits can represent luck, quickness, fertility, pregnancy, or magic. However, they can also symbolize the dreamer's lack of consciousness or awareness.

Skin:
To dream that you or someone else is skinless, suggests that you are having difficulties in sensing your emotional and psychological world. You are experiencing anxieties about how you are being perceived by others. You need to look beyond the superficial and find the sensitive truth about yourself and about others.

Animal Fur or Skin:
Protection from or fear of an undesirable social experiences or harsh environment
A need to feel powerful over one's environment (often based in feelings of inadequacy)
A sense of entitlement or self-righteousness
Primitive attempt at self-preservation
Lack of compassion or reverence for living things


Decapitation/Beheading:
To dream that you or someone else is being beheaded, signifies poor judgment or a bad decision that you have made and regretted.

This dream suggests that the dreamer is losing control. In a decapitation there is a dramatic and violent separation of the head from the body. Under normal circumstances the mind controls and directs the body. This dream suggests that the dreamer may be under the control of his bodily drives and may be separated from rational thoughts and feelings. Disassociation may be occurring in regard to some behavior or issue in life. However, this dream may have other meanings. This includes excessive concern about punishment and indicates that there may be severe pressure and anxiety in the dreamer's life.

Spine:
Ability to support and stand up for yourself. Inner strength, perseverance, maintaining integrity.

To dream about yours or someone else's spine, represents your support system and responsibilities.

Resurrection:
Something or someone being resurrected can represent the following (actual, desired, feared, or imagined):
A new beginning or a rebirth, such as the beginning of a new phase or project
A transformation, such as through personal growth or some sort of personal makeover

A second chance

Anxiety, anyone?

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