[Fr3yja]

I had a nightmare I will never forget... it's haunted me ever since (at least 10 years ago)... I've forgotten a few details but I'm going to try hypnosis to get them back. PLEASE HELP IF YOU'RE EXPERIENCED! :confused:

Im standing in a long white nightgown inside a VERY OLD Chapel & I notice my feet are cold and the floor and walls are stone. I also notice an intense bad odor and I instinctively knew it was DEATH... the odor "FELT" like death. I notice to my left an arch doorway lit with candle light (no other rooms) I approach the door to see inside the room... there is several candles lit and a nun standing inside and she spoke to me saying "This room used to be used for other things, things of Satan/teachings of Satan (can't remember which)....BUT now it's cleansed" and I was afraid to go into the room (I am not Catholic but I am Cristian) I wanted to run away from there... I started walking down the hallway to the only other doorway I saw and I exited the Chapel and I noticed my sisters boyfriends dog (a black lab) and I started walking on very lush & fresh cut green grass approaching the dog and when I got close it turned it's head and started growling & I noticed it had red glowing eyes (no pupils) and big fangs! Looked like a monster... I started running toward the Chapel to get away to saftely and I noticed the grass was replaced by clumped dirt (as on a fresh grave) no grass at all & a bunch of arms started coming up from the dirt and grabbed at my ankles and legs trying to pull me under the dirt but I barely escaped to the Chapel steps. I noticed cellar doors laying open on my left (same side as the room earlier) It was pitch black inside and all the sudden I heard PIGS/HOGS screaming... like really screaming and getting closer... I was paralyzed... literally with FEAR... then up come horses... (I was so shocked they were'nt PIGS/HOGS!! ) :eek: one black, one redish brown another had human-like flesh with no hair and those same glowing red eyes! I could see the veins. (I can't remember but this horse was white or spotted white & black) All the horses were snorting and still screaming and all the sudden the NUN was next to me and she telepathically said to me "You have no choice...get on and ride" so I did... I had no control to say no or do anything other that what was commanded of me. I got on the flesh-like horse and the NUN got on a different horse... the horses were bareback and had bridals though. We ascended super-duper fast up into space but it was pitch black & no stars or planets and seemed a blackness that could be "felt" like that smell mentioned earlier but different. The journey was very chaotic and fast and then we descended back to the steps/porch of the Chapel and the horses were not screaming and snorting anymore & I was not scarred anymore... I had a total sense of PEACE & CONTENT.
I awoke at this point and I could still smell the smell of death... it gradually went away that night and I don't think I ever want to smell that smell again! I've never been so scarred... EVER! :(

THE END

[Bluerose]

You've never been so scared? You had a nightmare! The details have been exaggerated in your mind over time. It's time to let go of it. It was probably down to something you ate prior to bedtime. I wouldn't waste good money being hypnotised to remember this nightmare.

[fde]

Why are you going to try to get the memory back. Did I miss something

[Nanzo]

I'm not experienced, but it sounds like a symbolic dream. The long white gown is commonly known as the traditional garment for fair maidens. The chapel, like the gown, is set in a different time stereotypical for that time. You elaborated you did not feel comforted by this holy place when you wrote of the cold, stone and darkness. You may lost your faith in that chapel/church. For your religion, that chapel/church is suppose to bring you comfort, hope, a sense of protection. You felt neither of these things when you sensed death. You may have not noticed but regardless of your religious background there is no way to cheat death by seeking protection from a holy place.

Candles are very significant in every culture and religion. When the nun tried to reassure you that the room was cleansed from it's Satanic essence used by a prior party, you lost faith in the church/chapel. You were spooked already sensing death close by, lost your faith and showed it by leaving. By not running away, you tried to calm yourself, when you felt so much turmoil within, in order to appear normal. You no longer felt safe, and you lead yourself out of the chapel.

It has been said that Death beckons with familiarity. A black dog represents death in some cultures. The fact that it was familiar to you, means that Death is always close by and you are aware of it. When this familiar frightened you with it's appearance you sought to run away. You may have seen Death as a scary thing but that is never the case, you masked death that way. Once again, you sought the protection of the chapel/church and instead had an obstacles of arms/hands in your way.

People who want to be buried near the church wish to be protected by the church/chapel after death. Commonly it's wealthy people who are guilty of something that they fear will not secure them a place within heaven's gates. In your case, these arms in your dream, are of the people who know of the church/chapel, may have resided in it at one period or time, and left it just like you did. The people may have been influenced, or dragged by someone or some event, that has left them knowingly close to they're supposed sanctuary until their deaths. They made that decision but they wanted to prevent you from reaching what everyone likes to believe is the safe zone.

"To dream that you are in a cellar, represents a part of your subconscious mind where you have kept your fears and problems hidden. To dream that you are going down the cellar, signifies that you are digging deep into your own past and facing your fears."
-www.dreammoods.com

You may fear the abnormalities of the church/chapel. You not see it as holy as you thought it was. The pig squealing in some negative dreams may signify ignorance, stubbornness, greed or just plain bad manners. It can even be a sexual symbol of bestiality and brutish lust. Perhaps you have heard rumors of someone within a church/chapel that has been behaving like a chauvinistic pig? The horses may represent the instinctive nature of the church and it's gruesome appearance is the tainted image that goes with it. A literal "night mare." Because you had already lost your trust with the chapel/church, you may have brought old rumors that may have supported the reasoning when you brought yourself to form the distrust initially. So, you could have been uncomfortable with something with what your church may have brought up and instead of adapting, your mind shied away and brought up old rumors or past church experiences with an individual or group of individuals to support your initial unadaptable thesis. Who knows? It may have lead to another religion...

Color must also be considered in interpreting a horse dream and the meaning modified as follows: Black signifies delays. White intensifies the positive. Gray indicates preceding difficulties. Sorrel or Piebald pertains to confusion. Brown concerns mental pursuits, and Tan or Palomino relates to love affairs.

In a dream, a nun may symbolize a need to find a spiritual meaning. When she told you you had no choice, that represents an obligation tied to your spiritual decisions. When you listened without complaint, you made an subconscious decision to abide by that obligation. You, riding on a bare horse, may signify you riding out your worries. Even the darkness can represent ignorance, the unconscious, evil, death, and fear of the unknown. If you feel safe in the dark, then it suggests that you like not knowing about certain things. As some might say, ignorance is bliss. 

You and the nun rode rode back to your sanctuary, oblivious and at peace. The horses were calm obviously because you were calm.