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Psychic Gold: The Magic Hidden in Our Dreams

June 3, 2025/in dreams, mystic, unconscious mind, Writing/by Paul DeBlassie III

 

The Hidden Language of Your Soul

Dreams are not merely echoes of the day or flickers of your sleeping mind. They are pure psychic gold. Alchemical in essence and transformative in effect, dreams carry the hidden language of your soul.

They are not only a reflection of your current state but also a powerful force that can guide you toward personal growth and healing. Whether you believe in the unconscious, the spirit world, or the simple wisdom of symbolic imagery, dreams are one of the most potent sources of guidance, clarity, and psychological evolution available to you, empowering you to navigate the flow of your personal growth journey.

 

The First Dream Gate

And yes, dreams are born even in the most stubborn minds. In fact, stubbornness is often the first gate dreams must pass through. It is the first crust of lead to be transmuted. Because when we insist on seeing the world only as we wish it to be, trouble inevitably follows. And the problems are not minor. They are corrosive, soul-draining, pattern-repeating trouble. It’s the kind of trouble that feels like it’s going to go on forever, and it does—until we learn to listen.

The first step is vulnerability. It does not signal weakness but wisdom. The inner alchemist of your deep and sincere self knows that gold doesn’t come from arrogance but from attentive work and inner heat. If you’re willing to connect with humility, vulnerability, and sincerity, dreams will begin to speak with stunning clarity.

And no, you don’t need a degree in Jungian psychology or a library of Freud to understand dreams. Dream interpretation is not reserved for the scholarly or the elite. You don’t need to wedge your dreams into the elaborate temples of archetypes or the endless staircases of repressed wishes. Dreams don’t abide by or require decoding by outdated rulebooks.

They live. They breathe. They are a revelation, and they are open to everyone.

 

Dreams Can’t Be Pinned Down

And here’s more truth. The spirit world can’t be pinned down, but it can speak plainly. The most complex, baroque, apocalyptic dream often boils down to something stunningly direct. They say: stop. Or go. Or watch out, you’re selling your soul for comfort. They offer inspiration, caution, and sometimes outright illumination. You’ve lost yourself—come back. Anchor yourself. Return to your truth.

And once you start listening—truly listening—your dreams become louder, clearer, more regular, and more visionary. You begin to understand that they’re not just stories; they’re tools for the soul. They aren’t merely byproducts of your unconscious; they serve as a way to comprehend and navigate the complexities of your inner world.

In my metaphysical novels and the deep work of dream therapy, dreams are central. The golden threads of dream imagery weave through trauma and transformation, impacting relationship patterns and moments of profound decision. Their imagery illuminates hidden corners of the mind where shadows dwell. The energy in dreams serves as a transformative gift that nourishes you toward your most authentic life, inspiring hope and change.

 

 

Dreams as Pure Psychic Alchemy

Living with this kind of clarity is pure psychic alchemy. You start to expand emotionally, spiritually, and even practically. You move toward your most authentic life, not just a version handed to you by others. And you do it guided by a light that comes not from the outside but from deep within your own dream mind.

Now, if your inner world is clogged, if old grief, rage, fear, or confusion is jamming your signal, you may need professional help. A dream therapist, or someone skilled in symbolic and spiritual interpretation, can help you clear the channel. That process is soul work. You clear the vessel so that psychic gold can flow.

When it does, it’s unforgettable.

 

Dreams Whisper Hope

One patient, Suzie, came into therapy convinced she’d never love again. Her heart had become a sealed tomb. But her dreams told a different story. Night after night, she walked into a deep, enchanted forest. There, always waiting, was the same man. Not aggressive, not demanding, but present as an illuminating and loving force. It was her soul’s whisper: hope is not dead.

Eventually, she encountered a man she had only known casually in waking life. One rainy afternoon, they spoke. “It was like a crystal-clear stream,” she told me. From that day on, love bloomed again. It wasn’t because she forced it, but because the dreams kindled her readiness.

Another patient, Tommy, had nearly given up on achieving financial stability. Work felt meaningless, and money remained a constant struggle. But in his dreams, energy poured from the heavens and rose up from the earth, meeting in the center of his being. Repeatedly. These dreams were not abstract; they were visceral, direct alchemical mirrors. Inner energy reflected the potential for outer flow.

He started listening. He restructured his creative habits, followed his dream guidance, and slowly saw his creativity, productivity, and income rise. The dreams didn’t just reflect. They infused. They encouraged. They revealed and helped him attune himself to his natural rhythms.

 

Dreams Unleash Inner Magic

So, what is it with the outer world and the inner world? They are mirrors. They are one.

Dreams help us navigate not only the chaos of our waking thoughts but also the sea of unconscious symbols and emotional forces we experience while asleep. They are oracles from within, constantly updating us on our current state along our spiritual journey and what still needs to be healed, claimed, and transmuted.

And dreams don’t lie. The truths they bring, if we’re brave enough to honor them, transform us. In love, in money, in health, in purpose. They touch every corner of the self, of our innermost soul.

So, listen. Let the gold rise. The magic is already inside you. Dreams don’t lie. They unleash inner magic, a stream of pure psychic gold.

Live Deeply . . . Read Daily!

 

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The Heart of Dreaming

January 27, 2025/in dreams, metaphysical, soul, spirits, unconscious mind, Writing/by Paul DeBlassie III

There’s a sense of knowing you’re dreaming when you’re dreaming, and then there’s the bliss of simply dreaming. The two aren’t necessarily at odds, but they can be if we try to inject techniques to control the process. Workshops, seminars, classes, and teachings abound on how to dream, control your dreams, and be awake while you’re dreaming. When these dream attitudes and practices are mentioned, a gritty anxiety crawls up my spine and goes into my torso.

Dreams are among nature’s most wondrous forces. As a teenager, I first encountered the deep realms of the unconscious mind. It was through a dream that I was prompted to become a depth psychologist. Exploring the profound depths of the mind, both in therapy and writing, has since felt as natural as breathing. In fact, the thought of not practicing therapy and stopping my writing causes my breath to catch. Therapy and writing originate from the realm of images and symbols at work in both waking and dreaming states, and theirs is a life-giving force.

Yes, we dream while awake as well as when we sleep. Waking dreams are what mystics and sages have referred to as visions. With our eyes open, images drift through our consciousness. As you pay attention to them, you’ll notice that they occur more frequently. The unconscious, when given time and devotion, offers a steady stream of insights and visions. Whether our eyes are open during the day or closed while sleeping, images flow, and their significance addresses daily realities and ongoing potentials. What we need to see and what would benefit us to see is revealed through images and symbols from the unconscious surfacing to the conscious mind.

The unconscious evades control as it dwells in the deep realms of the soul and lofty planes of spirit. The prophet from Nazareth taught that the spirit moves as it wishes. We dream far more than we consciously remember, and it is enough sustenance for the day to know the dreams we can easily recall. There is no need for force, contrivance, or control. Dream images and symbols emerge in their own time and manner, bringing their own wisdom.

We dwell in the heart of dreaming when openness guides our way, and trust illuminates our path. There is no need for prescribed steps to achieve “effective dreaming” or methods for becoming lucid while dreaming and controlling outcomes. Techniques do not represent the spirit that flows freely, as it wills and how it wills. The heart of dreaming resides naturally within a dreamer who nurtures an attitude of openness and devotion to the unconscious mind. It is a realm of creative spirits and meaningful encounters with guiding energies and transformative powers from personal and transpersonal dimensions.

When I write, practice therapy, and live life, images flow. I can be in the midst of a conversation with colleagues, friends, family, or patients, and spontaneous images flow along the white screen of my mind. I write about it in my metaphysical novels. You’ll discover that the images relate to the person you’re with, the nature of the interaction, and the situation at that moment. Meaningful insights are birthed from sleeping dreams and waking visions. They’re nature’s way of guiding us along the path of life.

You know you’ve hit on the meaning of a dream or waking vision when things “click.” There’s an emotional resonance. American psychologist William James’ work has always resonated with me regarding the nature of genuine mystic experiences as helpful and practical. This holds true for understanding dreams and waking visions as well. It is both helpful and practical. There’s no room for demeaning others or oneself; instead, there’s life-giving insight and practical assistance. As spontaneous understanding occurs, things come together, and we feel lighter and set free. It reflects the generative nature of the unconscious mind and its symbols and images, which are always beneficial and practical.

Paying attention in waking life to the images that float through your mind’s eye, reading novels filled with the metaphysical dimensions of images and symbols, and conversing, whether in therapy or daily exchanges, with like-minded individuals stimulates the heart of dreaming. The wondrous reality of this experience is that it is within this realm, as the Western mystic text suggests, that we live, move, and have our being. Becoming attuned to the inner world of images and symbols enlivens that which resides within you and hungers for psychic nutrients and attunement to what I refer to, vis a vis William James, as the Great Unseen, that within which we live, move, and have our being—the heart of dreaming.

Live Deeply . . . Read Daily!

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The Magic of Metaphysical Reading

October 26, 2023/in dreams, magic, metaphysical, Psychology, reading, stories, unconscious mind, Writing/by Paul DeBlassie III

Metaphysical refers to what is natural but outside the ordinary realm of human perception. It’s about realities lying beyond empirical data usually picked up by our five senses. As a psychologist and writer of metaphysical thrillers, it’s magical to move into the realm of the unconscious mind. Images and feelings flow in creative, startling, and sometimes life-changing ways when I open my mind during therapy and writing.

As I opened my computer to write this brief essay this morning, I felt an inner prompting. I like short essays and slim volumes. They catch the inspired vibe without thinning out the spirit of the work. The inspiration I feel is a touch of magic from what William James, father of American psychology, called a great unseen realm that affects our daily lives. So, I’m touching the keys, writing, and letting word magic flow.

Word magic in essays or stories touches our imagination. The words, sentences, ideas and narratives are living things. They impart life. Before sleep, I read metaphysical fiction. It’s magic! It stimulates my soul, the reading encouraging my unconscious mind to roam freely. And, out pop unexpected characters and dramas, angels and demons, and catch-me-by-surprise psychic encounters. And, inevitably, there’s an embedded message.

Reading metaphysical fiction stimulates the mind, embedded imaginal messages downloaded from page to soul. You needn’t pick up a book on symbol or dream interpretation. The feeling of the story, whether in a dream or a piece of fiction, conveys all we need to know. Feelings are triggered, something in us shifts, and our minds are opened a little more. It is common for imaginations to shut down; rigidity, snarkiness, and emptiness are signs of a malnourished imagination. Images and symbols in dreams and stories are the soul medicine we need to reinvigorate and get us going again along our life path.

So, dipping into the magical realm of the unconscious mind when dreaming and reading can give us a life reboot. It’s why we feel better after a good night of sleeping and dreaming. And it’s why we can feel open and even excited about living in a world that lets us tap into the unconscious mind, the spiritual realm. And lastly—a little embedded thought—reading metaphysical stories is a waking dream that takes us deeper into the imagination, images and symbols that kindle magic and invigorate our soul.

Live Deeply . . . Read Daily!

 

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Stories That Call Your Name and Heal Your Pain

September 9, 2023/in dreams, metaphysical, stories, thrillers, unconscious mind/by Paul DeBlassie III

I’m a psychotherapist and can say for sure that stories heal you. They reach unconscious mindspaces and touch what needs to be released. It’s the pent-up stuff that makes us sick inside. And it’s releasing and working through the pent-up stuff that heals us.

That’s what therapy does. It touches and releases the pent-up stuff. Psychic jams are:

  • Down-in-the-dumps attitudes.
  • Edgy feelings that don’t go away.
  • Black despair that sinks you down and low.

So, remember, if any of the above apply to you, you’re up against a bonafide psychological brick wall or crisis. It’s where you are in your life story, and your mission is to find a way through.

It’s the way it happens in life. You get so down and out that big dreams or nightmares overtake your sleep. They’re trying to get through to you, getting you to face what needs to be faced. Then, to survive and thrive, you’ve gotta change things up.

So, dreams and crises are metaphysical realities. I set them loose in metaphysical thrillers. They plunge headlong into the spiritual world. C.G. Jung, pioneer of the deep unconscious mind, wrote there is no healing of the mind without opening to spirit. Well, after forty years of practicing depth psychotherapy, I tell you the old wizard of Zurich was absolutely correct!

Opening to spirit comes by listening to dreams, intuitions, and uncanny happenings. It starts the healing process. We feel the pain that comes from a backlog of pent-up conflicts. Reading helps you feel what the characters feel. It ends up helping you feel what you need to feel. And trust me, if you’re drawn to a book, there’s something in it for you. 

Metaphysical thrillers tap into the stuff of daily life. It’s popped out to dramatic proportions, so we get the point. Dreams, nightmares, and synchronous happenings do the same. The spirit world reaches into unconscious realms and touches what needs to be released. 

Stories are therapeutic. Stories are healing. Stories reach into deep unconscious mindspaces and touch what needs to be released. That is a plenty good reason to pick up a book you’re drawn to and enter a world of conflict, pain, psychic jams, and supernatural realities. It’ll help you begin a personal healing process that has long been calling your name.

Live Deeply . . . Read Daily!

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Embracing the Archetypal Feminine in Storytelling and the Unconscious Mind

July 27, 2023/in archetypal, dreams, feminine, intuition, metaphysical, stories, unconscious mind/by Paul DeBlassie III

Deep within the psyche lies an unexplored realm, an expanse where the archetypal feminine, imagination and the unconscious mind intertwine in storytelling. This is why stories nourish mind, soul, and the living out of daily life. We need a steady stream of stories to help us, little by little, become better human beings. The mysterious trio of the archetypal feminine, imagination, and stories weaves a tapestry of creativity, intuition, and wisdom. They offer insights into real-life experiences. They hold the key to unlocking our potential and shaping our future.

The archetypal feminine goes beyond gender concepts. It transcends boundaries to embody our potential for nurturing, compassion, and empathy. It represents the yin counterpart to yang – a creative force that balances out the assertive energies of masculinity. Embracing the feminine allows us to tap into our emotional intelligence, imaginative capacity, and human empathy as we seek harmony and balance.

Stories open and nourish our sensitivity to the archetypal feminine within. When imagination – that visionary force propelling humanity forward – is stimulated, we can draw inspiration from the feminine power of receptivity. We have a sense of involvement with what is happening to the protagonist, how it makes us feel, and how they deal with their challenges.

Writing metaphysical thrillers acts uniquely to open portals of the mind. It’s why some folks can’t read horror. It’s too much for them, too frightening, and that is to be respected. Knowing what stories draw us and which do not is part of listening to self and self-care. Then we’re better able to discover what stories can help us to transcend limitations and explore new possibilities. Storytelling that speaks to us kindles inspiration and gives birth to ideas that help shape our lives.

At the core of good storytelling lies a journey of self discovery. In The Unholy, Goddess of the Wild Thing, and Goddess of Everything, we confront primal fears, wounds that require healing, and the potential for transformation and evolution. It’s fascinating that my psyche was drawn to female protagonists. For over forty years, I’ve worked in depth psychotherapy with women and seen them through fears, rage, and horror.

Those who’ve hung in there and seen their way through dark times (understandably, not all have felt able) have inevitably emerged into an experience of feeling more empathic, integrated, and whole. It’s been the story of their life. And we touch a little of this magic when we delve into metaphysical stories that dramatize real-life horror, terrors, and the transformation and evolution that happen when courage trumps fear.

So, by embracing feminine archetypes in stories, heroic females who symbolize our courage to be empathic, loving, and real, we deepen our connections with self, others, and the world around us. Let yourself settle into a comfy chair, read a mysterious story and enter a world where intuition, magic, and love unlock powers latent in your imagination. By embracing the archetypal feminine in storytelling, you’ll find an openness and receptivity to magical energies and empowering feelings that will make a difference in how you dream, live, and love.

Live Deeply . . . Read Daily!

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Shadows Hiding

June 17, 2023/in dreams, metaphysical horror, Psychology, reading, thrillers, unconscious mind/by Paul DeBlassie III

 

Ever wonder about shadows? You know, over there in the corner, the dark nook in the room. From the corner of your eye, admit it, you thought you saw something. It was quick, not a glimmer, not a refraction of light. You know what it was, or at least you’ve wondered during mind-tired, end-of-the-day times when your defenses are down. There could be something there, something unknown, mysterious, and dark.

It’s just a shadow, you say. Or it’s your mind playing tricks. And then there are the times it’s so real it gives a chill, and you shake your head to be sure. And poof. . . there’s nothing there. You think. As a psychologist who works with the unconscious mind, I’ll tell you there is something there. It’s not a mental artifact. It’s not some loony-tunes concoction from too much booze, eye strain, or toxic stress build-up.

There’s even a clinical term for such shadows. They are autonomous spiritual energies. C.G. Jung called them psychoid realities. They have a life of their own and live in a world bigger than your conscious or personal unconscious mind. They live in the shadows. Feel the chill up your arms and the back of your neck as I tag them and tell you where they live? Freud could tell the presence of the uncanny by the chills up his spine.

So, where I’m going with this is that stories, and metaphysical horror specifically, tap into shadow realms. They shine a spotlight on the corners of the room where things are dim and hidden. It’s there that the shadowy energies reside. It’s there, in the basements and locked closets of your mind, that they also hang out. They’re anywhere, inner or outer, that holds deposits of charged emotion. It can be good, bad, loaded with high-octane creativity, or red-hot with buried trauma. The shadow realms are emotional hotspots.

Read stories to nourish your mind, read stories to let go of stress, read stories to exorcise demons, and heal your fractured soul. Yup . . .. soul food, stress release, exorcisms, and healing are specialties of metaphysical horror. In Goddess of Everything, there’s a horrifying psychoid reality—thank you, C.G. Jung—hiding in the darkened corridors of a convent. In Goddess of the Wild Thing, the creepy crawlies fly up the spine and back of the neck as an old witch conjures black magic mojo to keep a man’s soul from his one true love.

The Unholy, my first award-winning metaphysical thriller, tears through the high desert of northern New Mexico (Aztlan in the story) with the evil antics of a possessed archbishop. Talk about a wolf in sheep’s clothing! This guy is a gospel-professing Dracula dressed in a man-of-the-cloth’s resplendent regalia. He’s a draconian wheeler-dealer of darkness. And, people flock his way, hang on his every word, kneel and kiss his bishop’s ring, and ever so slowly hand over their immortal souls. How’d he get away with it, you might ask? He did it by abiding in the shadows.

Come out, come out, wherever you are. That’s what we say to the shadows outside and inside our heads when we read metaphysical horror. Too scary, you say. Not scary enough, I counter. Better to face the shadows than be haunted by ghosts. Yeah. . . let’s get them out in the open for metaphysical playtime. Reading is playtime, settling time, healing time, and exorcism time.

So, hold not thyself back out of fear. Curl up into your favorite chair and dare to immerse yourself in the stories of The Unholy, Goddess of the Wild Thing, and Goddess of Everything. You’ll discover the surprises, shocks, and exorcisms you need to shake your mind loose of the shadows clogging your head with darkness and despair.

One last thing . . .. as you settle in and read, go deep into the words and characters. Let the story stream through your psychic veins. I’ll guarantee you’ll spot shadows hiding.

Live Deeply . . . Read Daily

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Return to Your Own Center

March 17, 2022/in dreams, metaphysical horror, Psychology, soul, unconscious mind, visionary horror, Writing/by Paul DeBlassie III

We learn from healers, teachers, wise women, and men. Then we return to self to see, hear, feel, and live out the wisdom in our own way. Supernatural tales usher us into dark realms where wisdom must be sought and found. Life depends on it! Then wisdom must be lived out uniquely, from your own center.

When reading novels, our deep imagination takes hold. It moves us beyond our conscious mind. As a psychologist/writer, I sense the emotional currents and psychic images in the stories I write. As in Goddess of the Wild Thing, the characters come in vivid images, dreams, and intuitive flashes. They pop forward to the front of my imagination and whisper: This is me, write about me, I’ll guide you.

In metaphysical stories, the characters have a message. The message is for you and me. It’s one of the dark paths and light in the distance. We have to go to the course, and the way can be fraught with troubles. But there’s a payoff — not guaranteed, but definitely there for the soul who stays the course and does not give up.

Those who make it often turn to a teacher, a spiritual guide. Without a person who listens, understands, and can pass on the light, we often can’t find our way, our light. Things are too bleak and too dark to get along without help. The story of Goddess of the Wild Thing starts with the light going out on love. There’s no love, been no love, and the hope for love is shaky. This dramatic tale of one women’s spiritual journey to discover love is, at times, despairing. No hope in sight.

A healer, visionary, and guide, arrives on the scene to offer light. But then, darkness senses potential and wants to destroy it. Something terrible happens! Eve has to go deep within and call upon all she has learned from her spiritual guide. The healer then comes in quiet whispers, visions, and dreams. Eve has learned and knows she has to move on and put the light the teacher imparts and has imparted into action. She must now go her own way and face the horror ahead.

Only by returning to centerpoint — the soulplace her spiritual guide opened with her — does she stand a chance to deal with wickedness that seeks to destroy love. It’s a story like yours and mine. We’re caught unawares by dark forces. Centerpoint . . . it’s there. Go into it. Listen to your intuition, spontaneous images that impart wisdom, and dreams that speak to what cannot be seen with everyday eyes.

We learn from our teachers, guides, wisdom stories of deep forces and human potential for life and love. Then, we must act, go our way, follow our own path, and live out our own story with all its horrors, triumphs, and potential for life and love.

Live Deeply . . . Read Daily

 

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Horror, Transformation, and Your Worst Nightmare

April 3, 2021/in nightmares, reading, spirits, unconscious mind, visionary horror, Writing/by Paul DeBlassie III

Nightmares scare the hell out of us. Blues chase the blues away. Fright ushers us into realms we’d never enter if it weren’t for life pressures and the intensity of the moment. Reading metaphysical horror does this all for us in one grand fell swoop. It takes us into nightmares, lands us in the blues, and pressures us with irresistible intensity.

Doing psychotherapy has its own path into transformation, so does everyday life leaned into fully and deeply, as will metaphysical horror if given a chance. My novel, The Unholy, is a fright for readers to pick up. More than one commented that they took to a dark corner of a hidden-away closet, turned on their kindle, and read and read till they finished. They had to do it. They had to get to the take-you-by-surprise ending—just like nightmares.

Then comes Goddess of the Wild Thing as it hits the noir streets of downtown Aztlan del Sur (Albuquerque, New Mexico) running. It’s a supernatural thrill ride into the black magic world of love gone bad, its allure, and the dark side of all things supernatural and mystic. Oh, there’s a light side. And, it’s there in Goddess of the Wild Thing, but, as with all good things, it takes its sweet, sweet time about coming to the fore with the oracular mystery that love is a wild thing!

When I spun out Goddess of the Everything: A Blood-Curdling Tale of the Affection of One Mother for Her Son and Her Son’s Struggle for Truth, Freedom, and Love, readers say it is a “wild, crazy, edge-of-your-seat ride!” I remember how the story haunted my nightmares. Significant life stories are what your nightmares are about. They’re signaling something that needs your urgent attention. This story, the writing, and publishing of it needed mine. So, when nightmares jettison forward into your world of sleep and dreaming, take heed. Listen, learn, and you’ll be changed – transformed. (Hint: Goddess of Everything will touch off nightmares, it’s a trigger, some have said, so don’t go there if you can’t. But if you can, read on and delve deep into your dreams and nightmares and then forever change and transform you.

Okay, let’s wrap up this nightmare diddy. The good thing with nightmares is that they end. I’ll come clean; sometimes they don’t. When patients in therapy report repeated nightmares, I tell them, “Well, there’s something we’re not getting. So, let’s listen a little more, learn a little deeper, and see how the dreams go.” We always see what we need to see if we stay with it. Just like reading a story, we see and learn what we need to see and learn if we stay with it. So, read on, live on, dream on. And know that metaphysical horror and nasty nightmares always birth good change, transformation if we stay with it.

Happy dreams and fantastic nightmares to you, one and all!

~ Live Deeply . . . Read Daily

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Dreams, Spirits, and the Unconscious Mind

January 22, 2021/in dreams, Psychology, unconscious mind, Visionary, visionary horror, Writing/by Paul DeBlassie III

Dreams and Beckoning Spirits

Each night we long to sleep, enter the restful realm where images swirl and spirits beckon. The images we see during dreams are spiritual. Perhaps we’ve always thought they were simple symbolic remnants from the day. They are not. Images are loaded with psychic energies depth psychologists call numinous.

The more attuned we become to the world of dreaming, its realities, and meaning, the more it will speak to us. The spirit world knows we are ready. Often crisis brings the ego to its knees, drops the scales off the eyes of dulled sightedness. Crisis propels us to turn within and listen to deep feeling states then to dreams. Once we have been humbled, suffered, the ego hangs its head, and the mind opens to dreams and spirits.

Life-Changing Energies

The unconscious mind is the repository of life-changing energies, spirits that positively touch our hearts or seek to possess us. There are those who delve into this inner world for power. Low-level spirits are associated with power grabs. As a visionary thrillers writer, I sensitize the reader to dark spirits, power grabs, and decisions.

Life is a matter of dreams, crisis, and conjured spirits. Choices determine outcomes. Ego centered decisions conjure low-level spirits in dreams as seducers, rushes of wild and purposeless energy, or a black and hopeless abyss. These are the lures of destructive spirits.

Mysterious Spirits

Visionary thrillers are an imaginative adventure. We are visionaries, dreams gifts, visions while sleeping. As humans, we are a mix of where we have come from and what we’ve done about it. It’s the doing about it, that visions of the night, dreams address. Life is a visionary thrill ride, and dreams point the way.

The unconscious world of spirits teeming with nighttime visions help you live out your story and make decisions that conjure spirits light and dark, scary, and mysterious.

So, let’s together explore the world of dreams, spirits, and the unconscious mind. As a depth psychologist of forty years, I’ll share insights and hard-won truths. Stories I have written and psychotherapy and life experiences will be woven into the articles. If you haven’t already, sign up today for my newsletter, and let’s begin this journey into mind, dreams, and spirits.

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Paul DeBlassie III, Ph.D., is a psychologist and award-winning writer living in his native New Mexico, crafting visionary thrillers energized with trickster mischief and natural magic.

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