Dreams about peace, pacifism, and Gandhian nonviolence--and the occasional dream about Gandhi himself.
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The World Dream Bank has 1500 dreams and dream images plus 500 other pages on dreamwork and shamanism, creativity, genius, art, surrealism and fantasy. Unless otherwise noted, all material copyright Chris Wayan, 2001-2006.
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| THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR: by Wayan; 1995/8/8, a dream on body image. It's the Vietnam era; my draft board tolerates only a secret quota of COs. I decide not to tolerate THEM... |
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| THE DARII: by Wayan; 1994/8/15, a psychic dream of another life . I'm trying to prevent a race war, but can I kill someone I admire? And if so, can I live with it? CAUTION: VIOLENCE, RACISM, GUILT |
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THE DEER PARTY: by Wayan; 1986. A magical dream, Chapter 1 of a nine-story series: UNICORN TAG. A sentent factory shows me a genetic future where the Deer Party agitates for liberty, equality and fertility. Where I learn that I too may not be human... |
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AN ELK SHOWED ME A SIGN OF PEACE: by Georganna Malloff; 1985?, painting of a vision In the Rockies, in winter, I was freezing until I found hot springs. In the steam rising, I saw a vision of an elk... |
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GANDHI RUNS: by Wayan; 1997/8/1, a fusion dream. Gandhi and I must run barefoot across a burning racetrack miles wide... the Ascetic Desert? |
| GUARD ON THE BEACH: by Wayan; 1980/9/17, a dream of moral suasion Very nearly a nightmare, till the guard on the beach relented in the face of people power... |
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I FIGHT FOR BEAUTY: by Wayan; 125K, 6 illus, 1990/1/1, an incubated dream within a dream within a dream. From Hawaii to Wyoming, I fight for beauty, always waking to find I'm someone new... |
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THE INVESTOR DREAMS A WOLF: by Wayan; 1983/10/30, a dream poem. My dream characters aged and tamed until they sit in a genteel Victorian flat. Then a wolf rappels in... |
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THE ISLAND FURIES: by Wayan; summer 1975, a dream of self-control. When warring Greek isles kill a peacemaker, her three best friends start a vendetta! But she wanted peace... CAUTION: HATE NURSED TOO LONG |
| MAYAN FORCE: by Wayan; 1992/12/6, a political dream-fable. First, sf writer Heinlein advocates a strong army; then I see one in action--turned against the people... |
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NIXON NOSE: by Wayan; 1997/12/10, a short psychic dream. A dream girl with a giant ski-jump nose turns out to be more literal than she seemed... |
| AN OUTGROWN BED: by Wayan; 1990/10/14, a dream of growth and time. I'm a girl in a Catholic school. But a chance photo and the length of my bed combine to change my life... CAUTION: QUEER-POSITIVE, CHRISTIAN-NEGATIVE |
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| PRODIGIES' ODDITIES: by Wayan; 1994/2/2, a confession. I suspect we child prodigies and geniuses are as unlike the gifted as normal people. So here's a checklist... CAUTION: BRAIN REQUIRED |
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| WHY PROGRESS IS SLOW: by Wayan; 1991/1/26 and 2/16, a sociological dreamtale. Time-hopping through centuries, I learn how slow deep social change is. How we cling to our worldviews! |
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SERRANA: by Wayan; 2MB, Oct-Dec 2004, a sculpture/webtour with 60 maps, photos and sketches A dry little world with many small seas, Serrana has at least six intelligent species and an anarchist culture. It's a tribute to Ursula Le Guin's anarchist utopia, "The Dispossessed", and Kropotkin's theories of biological cooperation... CAUTION: ANARCHIST POLITICS, ALIEN NUDITY |
| SLUG ETHICS: by Wayan; 1974/10/7, an undream tale. A man who wants to love and respect all life has unwanted kitchen guests: a wave of slugs... |
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| SNOW STALLION: by Wayan; 1994/6/4, a tangled political/spiritual dream. I'm a peace terrorist trapped in Squaw Valley, herded like a mare by a huge stallion made of snow... And then the dream shifts and I blurt out the truth behind our idiotic waking world! And wake believing it... |
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STEALTH: by Wayan; 1992/1/15; digital painting of political dream. I dreamed the Stealth Bomber wasn't a machine, but a gigantic Owl-god. And Stealth was worshiped... CAUTION: CREEPING PACIFISM |
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THARN: by Wayan; 8.3MB (45 p, 200+ ill.), 2006, a nondream virtual world: maps, photos, portraits, tours Tour a rugged, spectacular moon with air and water in deep canyons sheltering a dozen intelligent species CAUTION: ANARCHISM, NUDITY, SCIENCE |
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THIRTEEN PEACE SIGNS IN A TIME OF WAR: by Wayan; early 2002, acrylic sgraffito on wood. The animal goddess of peace, stubbornly raising her sign, my sign, as you all slide into your nice holy war... |
| WE MARCHED THROUGH THE CITY OF SAINT FRANCIS: by Wayan; 1982/5/1?, a dream-influenced poem. After a peace march in San Francisco, I saw us as deer, and Americans as dogs. Yet WE frighten THEM... |
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WHITE-KNUCKLE FAIRNESS: by Wayan; 1999/3/23, a dream of not being me. I'm a saurian forced to duel with a volatile friend. Wanting to fight fair, I don't just file down my spurs... |
| YUPPIE BREAKUP: by Wayan; 1991/5/22, a dream on values--or the lack thereof. A yuppie idealist discovers her boyfriend's a cheerful opportunist, and they disentangle their lives... CAUTION: SEX IN REVERSE |
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