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Baby Volcano

Morning of February 20, 1969. Friday.

Newly researched, edited, and enhanced with additional notes and analysis on November 13, 2014.

I am at my West Elementary school, but in my dream, it seems to possibly be Sunday. I also seem to only be present as a disembodied unseen presence (likely in my recurring “orb” form) as the other in-dream characters do not acknowledge me in any way. Three familiar students are at the east side of the school. It seems to be just before dawn.

The other students are Bobby G (Robert) to the left, Brenda W to the right, and Tina L in the back facing where I am (normally, Bobby was not around these two that much). They are all sitting on their knees looking down at the ground, central to the perimeter of where they are seated. There is a hole in the ground that has “grown” as a small mound and is supposedly a "baby volcano" (that was my original title, anyway - not sure why I did not give it a less silly title - “baby volcano” was not actually a phrase that directly came from my dream). They are doing some sort of strange ritual for some reason that I do not understand at all. I think they have some sort of herbs and possibly smaller totems or ritualistic objects and they are involved in some sort of “prayer” almost like they are worshiping it or expectantly waiting for it to grow through their attention to it.

I am wondering if their actions will actually cause the “volcano” to become larger and problematically active or if it is just something that certain students do once a year. It seems very mysterious to me and vaguely spiritual somehow.

Analysis: This early childhood dream has been fully sourced and interpreted. The in-dream scenario partly comes from having read stories of, and having seen drawings and other imagery of, the story of Dionisio Pulido and the Paricutin volcano (which coincidentally began on the same date of the dream in 1943 - an example of typical “anniversary dreaming”, which is sometimes either postcognitive or precognitive depending on the attributes of the particular dream state and scenario). The volcano in my dream also starts out as the one in the story - as hardly noticeable at first and in a populated but rural area prior to its potential to become a much larger cinder cone volcano. In the nonfiction story, the only surviving building is a church, which likely creates associations with my classmates involved in a possible spiritual or mystical ritual. Bobby G was somewhat of an arrogant student, his father being a coach and dean of the school as I understood it but not a bully. There seems to be a possible parallel of these young classmates and the young volcano, both with the potential to develop into something much greater, with ritualistic focus. Opposite my perspective is Tina L, who seemed somewhat “out of place” in school (as I did) and also a bit haughty. Brenda W usually assumed the “mystery girl” (wife-to-be) archetype, but here I believe her appearance is mostly incidental, although she is on my “right”. The volcano was at the main entrance of the school, possibly as both an “excuse” to not stay in school and as a link to growing in power before entering school or the world as a “school”.

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