Dream Journal
December 21, 1999 @ 8 AM
I’m outside on the lawn of what I’m now calling “Purdue University” (from a dream conversation I had with Chapin). I’m hanging out with all these hippies, punks, and generally very unique and interesting people. I was staring at this guy who looked like Troy, and who had my electric blue guitar. I introduced myself and he said his name was Pirate Something Jack.
Later this girl and I are sitting on the ground and I’m leaning back against her legs. Her mother runs up all happy. She wants me to like her daughter. It was sunny daylight, and then the color of the sky got darker and someone shouted “eclipse!” Everyone got up and got into a position to see it. I ran around the building. Gravity diminished as a moon flew across the sky, barely crossing the sun’s path. Everything turned a dark orange color and then there were bees everywhere. Buzzing! I knew that they liked the color red. I got stung on the hand and was bleeding. I ran into the school and went underground through all these elevators, futuristic rooms, and huge elegant chambers. I was trying to find a way back to the surface while avoiding the bees!
The eclipse caused body/OB sensations. Odd!
Something Like That: The moon here looks like an atmosphere form, called into being by our expectations once the person yelled “eclipse!” It was clearly an approximation of an eclipse, since the moon flew rapidly across the sky, barely crossed the sun, and the darkness came first. A failure of the collective dream selves to understand how an eclipse physically works.
Rare Light Change: This is a rare example of the light level changing in a dream without changing of location.
Out of Body Bees: All at once there is a change of light, low gravity, and the buzzing. The low gravity feeling could be a sensation of my astral body coming loose. But the bees frighten me and I retreat into a building (my body?), before eventually trying to find my way out again.
How strange! What is happening with this “eclipse” that sends me nearly into an OBE?
Gathering at Purdue: It’s unclear if this is a regular gathering at Purdue University or if it’s centered around the eclipse.