Sword Options

There's a swordsman who challenges be to a duel. I didn't have a weapon so I'm in this temple rock garden. I pick up this rock which apparently is suppose to be forged into a sword. My dream skips how the sword was made, but what I get is this extremely flimpsy blade. To describe it, it was like it was thin like paper almost transparent, but could fold like cloth. When I start to wield it, the blade vibrated bluish and settled into a rigid form. This swordsman's sword was cut clean with one strike.

Weapons like swords, knives, stalves, wands and guns are pretty much subconscious can represent symbols of the phallus across the globe. Thats not all they represent though, and not only that I listed is associated with the penis or masculenity either - which is why I try to provide multiple interpretations of any given symbol.

If you are Japanese then the shinto temple likely represents you tapping into parts of your mind that are connecting you to that culture, or a desire to connect with that culture on a spiritual level. Along with spirituallity, often there is humility. Not being humiliated, just humbleness. The sword going from cloth to really sharp could represent inventivelness or intelligent. But the masculine aspect of the sword still remains. And again this doesn't have to be a sexual interpretation, just that the sword is relating to something about your male ego. Weapons like the sword can also represent honor, strength, competitiveness, courage, even cowardice in certain situations (like hidding behind something for protection rather than facing truths).

The challenger, imo, would still seem to be someone who is either trying to provoke a conflict with you (someone in your life or even within your own ego who you compete against), one that you may need smarts to overcome (if you change the meaning of the sword from flimsy to sharp). Or the challenger is not a "negative" conflict persay, but more like a trainer, or someone more experienced trying to teach you a lesson to improve your inner potential that you already have.

Also if you are not Japanese, or even oriental, then dreaming anything with a theme that is foreign tends to point towards learning new things, being in unfamiliar situations, exploring new parts of yourself, lonliness, going through change (especially like moving or relocating or changing the people you hand out with). Dreaming of other cultures can represent strong changes in social relationships too.

This post has been edited by Acid09: Feb 20 2008, 07:46 PM