Bregalad
Padawan Learner
I had a very strange dream last night. Sometimes I can see some possible meaning or reasoning behind my dreams, maybe something I saw recently or someone I thought of recently will appear in my dreams. The following is leaving me at a loss, maybe I can write it off as just a strange dream. I am curious to see if anyone else sees something I do not.
It began with me seeming to be a traveler at a tourist attraction in China. The attraction was hiking down into an area to see the scenery. You were to carry a stone with you and place it into a container before you hiked back.
The regular touring time was over for the day and I was speaking with a few older women who worked there. Part of their job was that after the day was over they would take the container of stones (decorated, plain, crystalline, just all manner of stones and rocks) and transfer them to another container. Usually 1 or 2 of the women did the transferring and another would keep count, this would translate into how many visitors they had that day. I asked if I could help transfer the stones and they agreed, many were beautiful and I just wanted to touch and see them up close. We spoke while doing this and I eventually pulled out a large cluster of clear crystals which were breathtaking, one large crystal dominated the cluster and I was saying, wow, this is truly beautiful, the women agreed. I kept studying it and it was captivating me, I looked up and all the women were just staring at me and I believed they were thinking I had the intention of running off with the crystal. I said something like, no no, I am just really enthralled by the beauty. I continued to look at it a few more seconds then I placed it in the appropriate container and they seemed relieved.
We transferred a few more stones then I grabbed a cylinder of glass, it was about 6 inches across and about 12 inches tall with a golden metallic base and a rounded top. It seemed to be solid glass. Inside was a beautiful hand carved ivory elephant standing on its hind legs with its trunk in the air. There was an engraving or picture of another elephant facing head on and in the background there were 2 other elephants approaching. There was grass and some trees and a scene with knights engaged in battle and some lying dead or wounded on the field. The strange thing about it was the knights were European, not Asian. I just thought this was strange to find in China. It was a beautiful piece of artwork in my opinion. I placed it on a shelf located above the receiving container of stones. I really didn’t want to see it get broken.
I looked up and the scene had changed slightly, the women I was talking with were still present but a little ways off there were a few other people gathered. At this time it seemed to me that I was observing an historical event happening, almost like watching a movie and I was in it but could not participate. One of these people was a beautiful Chinese princess standing by a fountain or pool of water. She was wearing a white dress which left her shoulders bare. We were all in a covered area open to the outside. A man came running up, I think he was known to everyone so there seemed not to be a threat but he began shouting at the princess, something like “How about Africa now? What do you say about Africa now?” She really didn’t speak and had a confused look on her face. He pulled his sword, a rapier, and he stabbed her. She fell down to her knees and was crying, he was still shouting things about Africa to which she had no reply. He stabbed her again in the left shoulder amidst more shouting. A few seconds later he stabbed her in the right shoulder. He was threatening to kill her if she did not tell him what he wanted to know.
The scene changed again and I was looking up from the bottom of a pool of water (maybe the one mentioned above). I could tell some time had passed because I saw the face of the princess above the water which had been cleaned up. She was looking at her reflection in the water. I knew, and realized that she also knew, that she was looking at her reflection for the last time. I saw a man now standing above her, the executioner. I could tell she also could see his reflection as he raised his sword above his head. The thought came to my mind that her soul would soon rejoin. This is when I woke up.
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I really do not know what to make of this.
It began with me seeming to be a traveler at a tourist attraction in China. The attraction was hiking down into an area to see the scenery. You were to carry a stone with you and place it into a container before you hiked back.
The regular touring time was over for the day and I was speaking with a few older women who worked there. Part of their job was that after the day was over they would take the container of stones (decorated, plain, crystalline, just all manner of stones and rocks) and transfer them to another container. Usually 1 or 2 of the women did the transferring and another would keep count, this would translate into how many visitors they had that day. I asked if I could help transfer the stones and they agreed, many were beautiful and I just wanted to touch and see them up close. We spoke while doing this and I eventually pulled out a large cluster of clear crystals which were breathtaking, one large crystal dominated the cluster and I was saying, wow, this is truly beautiful, the women agreed. I kept studying it and it was captivating me, I looked up and all the women were just staring at me and I believed they were thinking I had the intention of running off with the crystal. I said something like, no no, I am just really enthralled by the beauty. I continued to look at it a few more seconds then I placed it in the appropriate container and they seemed relieved.
We transferred a few more stones then I grabbed a cylinder of glass, it was about 6 inches across and about 12 inches tall with a golden metallic base and a rounded top. It seemed to be solid glass. Inside was a beautiful hand carved ivory elephant standing on its hind legs with its trunk in the air. There was an engraving or picture of another elephant facing head on and in the background there were 2 other elephants approaching. There was grass and some trees and a scene with knights engaged in battle and some lying dead or wounded on the field. The strange thing about it was the knights were European, not Asian. I just thought this was strange to find in China. It was a beautiful piece of artwork in my opinion. I placed it on a shelf located above the receiving container of stones. I really didn’t want to see it get broken.
I looked up and the scene had changed slightly, the women I was talking with were still present but a little ways off there were a few other people gathered. At this time it seemed to me that I was observing an historical event happening, almost like watching a movie and I was in it but could not participate. One of these people was a beautiful Chinese princess standing by a fountain or pool of water. She was wearing a white dress which left her shoulders bare. We were all in a covered area open to the outside. A man came running up, I think he was known to everyone so there seemed not to be a threat but he began shouting at the princess, something like “How about Africa now? What do you say about Africa now?” She really didn’t speak and had a confused look on her face. He pulled his sword, a rapier, and he stabbed her. She fell down to her knees and was crying, he was still shouting things about Africa to which she had no reply. He stabbed her again in the left shoulder amidst more shouting. A few seconds later he stabbed her in the right shoulder. He was threatening to kill her if she did not tell him what he wanted to know.
The scene changed again and I was looking up from the bottom of a pool of water (maybe the one mentioned above). I could tell some time had passed because I saw the face of the princess above the water which had been cleaned up. She was looking at her reflection in the water. I knew, and realized that she also knew, that she was looking at her reflection for the last time. I saw a man now standing above her, the executioner. I could tell she also could see his reflection as he raised his sword above his head. The thought came to my mind that her soul would soon rejoin. This is when I woke up.
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I really do not know what to make of this.
