Abstract

Silence of God

A felt absence where presence was expected — the moment the prayer goes out and nothing arrives.

The silence of God in a dream is the dream's image of a felt absence in the place where presence used to answer. The silence is not proof of nothing; it is experience of no reply. The dream brings the image when something in your life — a faith, a relationship with a guiding voice, a long-held source of meaning — has stopped audibly answering, and the silence itself is now what must be sat with. A silence stayed with honestly is the dream telling you the absence is being let to mean what it means without being filled in. A silence quickly replaced by a louder substitute is the dream noting that the absence was real and you papered it over rather than face it.

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