Literary dream · Cities & buildings
Osiris came in his own essence
Rome, Italy · c. 170 CE (novel)
Finally after a few dayes, the great god Osiris appeared to me in the night, not disguised in any other forme, but in his owne essence, commanding me that I should be an Advocate in the court, and not feare the slander and envie of ill persons
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- Source
- The Golden Asse (Adlington trans.) — Apuleius; trans. William Adlington, c. 170 / 1566 (trans.). Book XI, ch. 48
- Record type
- Literary dream
- Place
- Rome, Italy · Roman, Egyptian
- Date
- c. 170 CE (novel)
- Uncertainty
- High — From Apuleius’ Golden Ass (William Adlington trans., 1566).
- Imagery
- Temple · A stranger
- Feelings
- Awe · Relief
Another way to look at this dream
Notes on the images in this dream from psychology, myth, folklore and semiotics. Each names its source.
A stranger
Did the stranger remind you of anyone, even slightly? What did they want from you?
Jung · Shadow, anima and animus
Jung read unknown figures as possible parts of the dreamer: a same-sex stranger may carry the shadow; an other-sex figure what he called the anima or animus. These are offered as lenses, not labels — and his gender framing reflects his time.
C. G. Jung, “Aion, ch. 2–3”, Collected Works 9ii
Homeric epic Classical text
In Homer, gods and dreams arrive in borrowed shapes: Athena visits Nausicaa disguised as her friend; Zeus sends a Dream to Agamemnon looking like Nestor.
Odyssey VI; Iliad II
Exploration notes, not a diagnosis, a prediction, or evidence of real events.
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