Places

Ashram

A spiritual community gathered around a teacher — a household organised by shared practice rather than by family.

An ashram in a dream is the dream's image of a household organised by shared practice rather than by family. The ashram lives by a daily rule the residents have agreed to, and the common direction holds the place together. The dream brings the ashram when something in your life — a community of practice, a household of friends, a group sharing a discipline — is currently being held in place by mutual commitment to the same form. An ashram in clean rhythm is the dream affirming the chosen common life. An ashram where the teacher has departed and the rule has not been carried by the residents is the dream noting that the form was being sustained by one person, and without that person the household will revert to ordinary living.

Related symbols

Airport terminal

A large transit building for long journeys — anonymous, controlled space between two distant lives.

Altar

A raised place where offerings are made — a small, deliberate centre for ritual.

Amphitheatre

An open round space for performance — a structure shaped so the small voice carries to the back row.

Asylum

An institution for the housing of the mentally ill — a building dedicated to holding minds the household could no longer hold.

Attic

The room above the rooms — where the household keeps what is no longer in daily use but has not been thrown away.

Attic ladder

The folding ladder that opens into the attic — a small access to the stored upper level of the house.

Disclaimer: For entertainment and self-reflection only. Not a substitute for professional advice.