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When you get down to it… Where do we find our answers?

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Kay Stoner

The last two dreams I posted have had a lot of significance for me. “Digging Deep” is very much about digging into the unseen regions of our lives — our psyches, our pasts, our histories… the things and experiences and … Continue reading →

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Strange Bedfellows – Foreword to the 2nd Edition

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Kay Stoner

It’s now been over 20 years, since I had this dream in the upstairs loft of a pink house built not so far from my ancestral home. The story at first alarmed me with its scope and detail – who … Continue reading →

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The Voice of Night – A House Full of Women

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Kay Stoner

In a dream, I followed a woman down a street. I knew and respected her in real life, and she was actually something of a role model for me, as one of the most independent women I knew. I tried … Continue reading →

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The Voice of Night – Digging Deep

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Kay Stoner

I dreamed one night that I was on my knees, digging in a luminously dark garden with a trowel. An old, wizened, white-haired woman knelt beside me on my right. All around me, it was dark, but yet light at … Continue reading →

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The Voice of Night – Colonial Settlement

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Kay Stoner

I lived in colonial times and was out on the frontier, living in a huge log common building in a settlement of white people. The building housed an eating and entertaining are on the ground floor, and lodging upstairs all … Continue reading →

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The Voice of Night – I dreamed I was in a circus troupe…

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Kay Stoner

I dreamed I was the administrative director of a traveling circus show with all the standard talents – the buxom blonde tightrope artiste/wild horse rider; the heavily muscled power lifter; the debonair lion tamer; the countless dwarfs and clowns and … Continue reading →

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A welcome reminder of how much myth matters to me

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Kay Stoner

So, just by chance, a couple of weeks ago, I accompanied my partner Laney to the annual conference of The Association for the Study of Women and Mythology.  A few months ago, Laney had gotten a (surprise, last-minute) email from … Continue reading →

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The Voice of Night – Reclaiming the Castle

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Kay Stoner

I had a remarkable dream, one night. I dreamed I was attending an herbalist convention, held at a camp in the middle of a northeastern forest. There were both men and women there, all of us deeply committed to the … Continue reading →

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The Voice of Night – Dreams from a Dreaming Past

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Kay Stoner

Strange Bedfellows isn’t the only epic dream I’ve had. I’ve had many, many complex, involved dreams over the course of my life. Maybe it’s my personality, maybe it’s my biochemistry, maybe it’s my “wiring”, but there’s some pretty wild stuff … Continue reading →

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