The Dream Train

I had an interesting dream a couple nights ago, and I'm going to share it. I don't dream vividly very often, so when I wake up with a strong visual memory, I like to take note.

I dreamt that I was in a Mine Tunnel with John Lennon, and unspecified "others". The mine tunnel was like the one's you see in movies- dirt walls and ceilings with wooden beams. It had a train track running through it, and there was a set of platform train cars. They weren't boxcars, just multiple old-fashioned looking platform cars with creosoted wooden beams across the chassis.  I was with John, and we were walking along the train, tucking little white pieces of paper into little nooks and crannies about the train. They were little messages. At the end of the dream, John and I decided to place one in the beam of the tunnel. This was seen by us as being extra special- only for those who looked really hard.

I don't think dreams are usually anything more then the amalgamation of various thought processes throughout one's day, conscious or unconscious, so I'm not saying anything here about dream interpretations or whatnot. This is clearly a result of my distraction with hunting down clues and following the Beatles down the mystery holes, but it did help me remember where to go next (ah, after I finish my next couple projects in front of me). It's the messages hidden inside the vehicle (music) that was sent out into the world that I need to show you, next. That's where to go. I've been on this for a long time already, and have been cuing for this, but I just found out my Audacity program is broken, so it's inspiration for me to start figuring out a fix for that, and then figure out how to post sound-clips into a blog. Any suggestions are welcome.

I do have to say though, my dream also made me think of two things:


and the song remixed by Iamaphoney, but I'll post the original here, "Brian Epstein Blues"

Come to think of it, trains feature prominently with the early Beatles...I think I will add that to my Legend, soon.

{Flowers Revisited}: Sunflowers

Please see the Introduction To Rabbit Hole Legend A-Z post for information about sources and purpose 

 Also, please see "Flowers" for more symbolism of flowers related to the Beatles, the ultimate flower children.
Sun Flower: Referred to in "Free as a Bird", was worn by John in "Blue Jay Way", the Wizards caps in Magical Mystery Tour have Sunflowers on them, and Peter Brown stated that George put one on Brian Epstein's coffin when he was buried.

  "As its name signifies, the sunflower has close solar associations, not only because of its appearance, but because of its habit of turning its head to follow the sun during its journey across the sky. The sunflower has magical powers, too, and adorned the crowns of Roman Emperors, thereby conferring the ruler with the potent power of the Sun that the flower held within it. The sunflower was later adopted by the Christian Church to denote the saints, prophets, and apostles; as the flower follows the Sun, so the true believer follows God.

Greek legend had it that a nymph Clytie and the Sun God, Helios, were in love. but Helios cast aside poor Clytie for another lover. Clytie died of grief and was transformed into a sunflower, destined to live alone and having to follow the course of her former love. Therefore the sunflower, as a symbol has adopted an aspect of Clytie's personality: the inability to get over some the emotions or to "let go."

The Seed head of the sunflower contains a magical symbol. It shows a perfect example of the golden spiral that has been created naturally. The shape is one of the cornerstones of sacred geometry." (ISS)

" Sunflowers are symbolic of adoration. Sunflowers turn their heads to the sun, which is the origin of their common name. Sunflowers belong to the genus helianthus, a reference to Helios, the sun god. [...] Sunflowers are native to the Americas and are the state flower of Kansas and the national flower of Russia. Sunflowers bloom from July through September. Sunflowers are traditionally bright yellow with a central disk or reddish brown." <Source>

"Ovid tells the tale of a nymph, Clytie, who pined away for the love of Helios,the Sun, until she was transformed into a flower whose face always turns to follow her love through the sky. This heliotrope was probably not what we call the sunflower, which is named for its appearance rather than its behavior, but the sunflower has long been linked to the unrequited devotion of a lover, or to the longing of the earthbound soul for its heavenly home. A sonnet attributed to Dante laments the disdain of his mistress: ‘‘Nor did she who turns to see the sun / and changed, preserves her unchanged love, /ever have as bitter fate as I’. Blake’s evocative little poem ‘‘Ah! Sun-flower’’ takes the flower, ‘‘weary of time, / Who countes the steps of the Sun,’’ as an emblem of ‘‘the Youth pined away with desire’’and ‘‘the pale Virgin shrouded with snow,’’ who arise from their graves. Blake may have been prompted by an account of the neo-Platonic philosopher Proclus, who cites the heliotrope as a symbol of souls who long for spiritual illumination. The same source seems to have led Bronson Alcott to choose the name The Dial (i.e., sundial) for the journal of the Transcendentalists." <Source>
<Interesting stuff here about Sunflowers and Michael Jackson> }