possible that, given the proper conditions, we can dream
up our own experiments in revelation.
     I suspect that there is a certain timeliness to the
mythology of the Sundance motif that would make such
symbology relevant to contemporary dreaming. The
pressures on our planet are making it so important that
we learn to cooperate; hence community has become an
important goal for many. The origin of the Sundance
theme in mythology can be traced to the period when
community-states of diverse citizens were being formed,
and the motif has often been applied to the problem of
how people might cooperate to meet their individual
needs. With its emphasis on fertility and rejuvenation,
the Sundance motif is also relevant to our ecological
concerns for our World Tree. Particularly important is
the capability of the Sundance principle to help give
birth to a contemporary mythology.
      We are becoming increasingly aware of the value of
dreams and mythology as a bridge to the transformation
of consciousness that is the New Age. We are becoming
at least subliminally aware that the human race is in the
process of incubating a new dream to enact. What is it to
be? What rumors have you heard? Here's a dream sent in
by one of our participating subscribers:

... People are massing together restlessly, unaware of
impending doom. Something is beginning to happen
concerning nature and the weather that is making people
uncomfortable. I see hundreds of people all dressed in
brown gathered in a closed building. They are all
standing on each other's shoulders, stacked up and
balancing from 6 to 10 people at once. Apparently they
are trying to go somewhere, but there is no escape.
      I see to my left a picture flash, like a vision, of ocean
water or some sort of rushing water coming from a
distance. A deluge? Earthquake? Terrible storms? All I
know is that some natural calamity of terrible magnitude
is coming and will wipe out the people. It is coming much
sooner than anticipated and it is almost upon us. Many

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