Dreamcatcher: The Most Beautiful Concentration Camp

The Most Beautiful Concentration Camp

The sun had already dipped below the canyon walls when we arrived... I don't know what I had expected, but it really wasn't this. The area is fairly small, in terms of population and buildings... maybe a hundred of us, and less than 30 of them. There are many buildings, but they are really nothing more than a handful of large tents and shade structures. There is also a large cave that seems to be used as both a gatheing place, and our community dinning room. Around us though, as far as the eye can see are teh most beuatiful canyon formations... could they really be natural, or are they the works of an ancient race of giants who were master carvers? We can see for miles, maybe even hundreds of miles, they are so huge, so layered, and so often there is the suggestion of a face, they face of somthing reptilian mostly.

But I can't dwell on the beauty to deeply because I am a Jewish woman in a concentration camp. In my first few minutes I am already plotting an escape. The security seems pitifully weak- How easy it was o sneak a few extra pieces of silverwhere away- I just slipped them into the front of my pants. They're some kind of a stretchy black material, but when i put them in the crease by my inner thigh they almost dissappear... will they search me closely though? I feel as though I'm being rash, but there is no time to lose, i must get out, I must get them all out. Or maybe I should just get as many as I can??

I talk to a few people, it seems the guards let us talk very freely, but I wonder how many spys there may be, and are there cameras? I know I've been acting suspicious, especially when I don't think anyone is around- I must be more careful. Later that fist day I talk to a friend; just smalll talk for now, I tell her about spending time with a young girl and dancing with her, she tells me about her day with one of the guards daughters. Soon we are all dancing, here with the little girl, and my somewhat awkwardly next to them.

Now I am at the entrance mouth of the dinning cave, the warden is next to me talking. He tells me of the history of the land, we are deep within some park it seems. He is very proud of the unobstructed view. Later as he says some kind of blessing before the meal he puts his arm around me, and later he swings me around. It almost feels safe, but i know that it isn't, I know that we are all still prisoners. Maybe I have some power with him though- the way he looks at me, the way he called me his little Nazi. I must be careful though, there is much I don't know, much I don't remember that I should know... I lie about having a daughter and a female lover in hopes that he will care for them if he cares for me. Then I doubt myself, what if he uses them against me, what if he sees through the lie?

The Dictionary of Symbols

In anthropology, woman corresponds to the passive principle of
nature. She has three basic aspects: first, as a siren, lamia or monstrous being who
enchants, diverts and entices men away from the path of evolution; second, as the
mother, or Magna mater (the motherland, the city or mother-nature) related in
turn to the formless aspect of the waters and of the unconscious; and third, as the
unknown damsel, the beloved or the anima in Jungian psychology. In his Symbols
of Transformation, Jung maintains that the ancients saw Woman as either Eve,
Helen, Sophia or Mary (corresponding to the impulsive, the emotional, the intellectual, and the moral) (33). One of the purest and all-embracing archetypes of
Woman as anima is Beatrice in Dante’s Commedia (32). All allegories based upon
the personification of Woman invariably retain all the implications of the three
basic aspects mentioned above. Of great interest are those symbols in which the
Woman appears in association with the figure of an animal—for example, the
swan-woman in Celtic and Germanic mythology, related to the woman with the
hoof of a goat in Hispanic folklore. In both cases the woman disappears once her
maternal mission has been completed and, similarly, the virgin qua virgin ‘dies’ in order to give way to the matron (31). In iconography it is common to find parts
of the female figure combined with that of a lion. The Egyptian goddess Sekhmet,
characterized by her destructiveness, had the body of a woman and the head (and
therefore the mind) of a lion. Conversely, a figure with a lion’s body and a
woman’s head appears in the Hieroglyphica of Valeriano as an emblem of the
hetaira (39). The inclusion of feminine, morphological elements in the composition of traditional symbols such as the sphinx always alludes to a background of
nature overlaid with the projection of a concept or of an entire complex of cosmic
intuitions. In consequence, the Woman is an archetypal image of great complexity
in which the decisive factor may be the superimposed symbolic aspects—for
example, the superior aspects of Woman as Sophia or Mary determine her function as a personification of science or of supreme virtue; and when presented as
an image of the anima, she is superior to the man because she is a reflection of the
loftiest and purest qualities of the man. In her baser forms as Eve or as Helen—
the instinctive and emotional aspects—Woman is on a lower level than the man.
It is here, perhaps, that she appears at her most characteristic—a temptress, the
Ewig Weibliche, who drags everything down with her, and a symbol comparable
with the volatile principle in alchemy, signifying all that is transitory, inconsistent, unfaithful and dissembling. See also The Loved One and Sophia.

Dream Moods

To see a woman in your dream, represents nurturance, passivity, caring nature, and love. It refers to your own female aspects or your mother. Alternatively, a woman indicates temptation and guilt. If you know the woman, then it may reflect concerns and feelings you have about her.

To see an old woman in your dream, indicates your concerns about aging and growing old. Alternatively, the old woman may be an archetypal figure to symbolize feminine power.

To see a group of women talking in your dream, refers to some gossip.

To see a pregnant women in your dream, symbolizes abundant wealth.

Hyper Dictionary

Seeing a woman in your dream, represents nurturance, passivity, caring nature, and love. It refers to your own female aspects or may also represent your mother. Alternatively, it may indicate temptation and guilt. If you know the woman, then it may symbolize the concerns and feelings you have about her. Seeing an old woman in your dream indicates aging and growing old. Seeing a group of women talking in your dream, refers to some gossip. Seeing a pregnant women in your dream, symbolizes abundant wealth.

Meaning of Dreams

A woman or women generally represent intuition, creativity, nurturing, and love. At times they can also represent the negative attributes that are given to women and include physical and emotional weakness, gossip, martyrdom, passivity, moodiness, temptation, and guilt. The content of the dream is to be considered, as well as the emotional tone. If the dream is sexual in nature, look up sex. If the woman in your dream was a stranger and you are a man, she could be symbolic of your feminine side or your attitude about women. If you are a woman, this stranger may be symbolic of different parts of your character or personality. The woman is that force or current inside of you that nudges you on and inspires you. It is your intuition and the knowledge that in not necessarily attached to words.