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}: Lotus

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. 

Lotus: The Lotus comes up in various Beatles images, especially associated with the Maharashi. Also- Tara Brown's car was a Lotus Elan.
"Both the otherworldly appearance of the [lotus] flower and its growing circumstances make it obvious that the flower is somehow very special indeed. It's therefore no surprise that the flower is one of eight auspicious symbols in both Chinese and Tibetan Buddhist iconography.

This sensuous and extraordinary flower, with its perfect petals, rises imperiously from muddy swamps, its head above the dirty water. The symbolism applied by generations of Egyptian, Indian and Chinese sages is obvious. First, the flower arises in complete perfection from the murky primal waters of creation. Next, the flower comes from the darkness into the light, woken by the sun; third, the lotus symbolizes the triumph of spirit over matter and is a metaphor for the journey to enlightenment.

Because the lotus retreats back into the water during the hours of darkness only to rise again above the surface of the water at dawn, the Egyptians saw it as a symbol of death and rebirth.

[...] Lotus has 8 petals, symbolizing the four cardinal directions and the four inter-cardinal directions, as well as the rulers of the eight directions of the universe, or Ashtadikpalas. [...]

In Hindu iconography, the lotus is seen as the base of the earth from which the holy mountains (such as Kailash and Meru) rise. The stalk of the flower is associated with the world axis which rises up through this sacred mountain." (ISS)

 

Legend: Rabbit/Hare

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

The Rabbit and the Hare are almost interchangeable for many, So they are listed here together. One of the animals on the Magical Mystery Tour was a Hare, the White Rabbit is core for my Wonderland angle, and then we have the line from Paul McCartney's Band on the Run, "Well, the undertaker drew a heavy sigh seeing no one else had come, And a bell was ringing in the village square for the rabbits on the run." 

Rabbit:"Incredibly fecund, the rabbit is a symbol not only of fertility, but also of sexuality and lust, personified by the "Bunny Girl." "Bun" is an old English word and refers to the distinctive circular shape of the animal's tail. Although the rabbit didn't make it's appearance in the British Isles until the twelfth  century, its prolific breeding habits meant that it was soon prevalent everywhere and it adopted some of the same symbolic meaning as the hare, minus the mystery accorded to the hare as the more elusive nocturnal creature.

Because of its fecundity and gregarious nature, the rabbit is a symbol for peace and love by some Native Americans. There is a courtship ritual called the Rabbit Dance." (ISS)

 Hare: "Because the Hare is a nocturnal creature, she carries all of the symbolism of the moon; light in the darkness, concealed wisdom, arcane information, intuition, and the Goddess. The moon is symbolic of rebirth and resurrection, because of its visible phases, and the hare shares these qualities, too. Significantly, in some parts of the world, the shape of the hare is visible in the face of the moon, further reinforcing the connection between the two.

The hare is renowned for its fertility, and it is in this guise that it is simplified as the Easter Bunny. The springtime goddess Eostre governed over the cycles of fertility, and so her symbol was the egg; hence the chocolate eggs given to children at Easter. [...]

The fact that the animal is not eaten is generally s sign that it has sacred status. [..] Pre-Christian Celtic people similarly regarded the hare as something too sacred to consider eating; they were kept as pets. [...]" (ISS)

" Rabbit, Hare- Guile, Quick-Thinking, Humility, Strengthening Intuition, Releasing Fear, Overcoming the Past, Resolution to Change, Fertility, New Life, Alertness, Nurturing, Rebirth, Balance." <Source>

P.S. I realize I'm getting a little out of order now and again, but I think I'm going to start being ok with a less than Virgo-perfect organization, as I'm coming to realize that this is going to be a set of living documents, and I will find more to add as time moves on, anyways, so, Please visit often! :)