I have had this dream 3 times in the last two months. I am in an old Victorian building that seems a bit like an old school. There are thick white tiles on the walls. There are a line of young children. They are naked, but they are blurry, have no faces & have no gender. They appear to be standing in a line, almost like they are chained together. I am floating slightly above them & looking at them in despair. I know that although I'm looking at the line of them, I am one of those young children in that line, yet I am also floating above. Behind me & above me is something frightening but I can't see what it is. It feels very cold & dangerous & I am incredibly scared.
I've spoken to my therapist, but I'm not any clearer. Please can someone help me with this as it's very disturbing.

[Thunder Bow]

You are probably looking at your past. That "something" may be a repressed memory of a person in your past.??

Originally Posted by Thunder Bow

You are probably looking at your past. That "something" may be a repressed memory of a person in your past.??

Thank you Thunder Bow. I did wonder that myself. It does make sense too.

[Eyes of Blue]

The building indicates that the main focus of this dream pertains to your state of mind and mental attitude. As the building seems like a school, it can refer to a "school of thought" - a philosophy - and also to how you have been trained or taught. The old Victorian building/school can suggest "from the old school", i.e. having ideas that were popular in the past but which are no longer common; favouring traditional ideas especially standards of morality.

This state of mind shows an ego structure (walls) that backs tiles. Tiles are often used to create mosaics, thus relating them to Moses and the laws given us through him such as the Ten Commandments. Tiles are also frequently associated with bathrooms and with the issue of guilt. The white tiles can thus suggest some innocence and lack of knowledge pertaining to God's Laws as well as to feelings of guilt. The thick tiles imply that you might not easily break with/from God's Law or guilt.

The children represent a very innocent aspect of yourself. Here you are seeing a long standing idea (a line of children) probably pertaining to childhood innocence, an idea that you might feel "bound to" (like they are chained together). You are seeing a naked truth suggesting that innocence involves being sexless (they have no gender), an idea you may not be able to identify with. (no faces) This may give you a sense of despair.

Floating above the line of children and your body (as one of the children) implies separating consciousness from the body, i.e. you see yourself looking at the issue of innocence objectively or rationally without any emotional involvement. This is obviously very unrealistic. You have consciously disconnected from rational grounds of reasoning (the ground you should be standing on). There is something very frightening in the past (behind you) [which might relate to what you were taught ?] and also above you. [this probably implies God] What feels cold might refer to the unloving aspect of the Laws of God. Dangerous might refer to the fearsome aspect of God and His judgment. The True Self would feel scared. [Note that a child's perception comes with a great lack of knowledge. There may be a need for more learning and knowledge as the school building also implied.]

[Note: The naked chained children could suggest the idea of being sex slaves, yet this idea could have been suggested by seeing 'boys and girls" chained. This scene has specifically noted that the children had no gender. This puts an emphasis upon the issue of children not being sexual in nature. A child's innocence includes having no knowledge of sex. The dream appears to focus upon your perception of your "innocence".]

Originally Posted by Eyes of Blue

The building indicates that the main focus of this dream pertains to your state of mind and mental attitude. As the building seems like a school, it can refer to a "school of thought" - a philosophy - and also to how you have been trained or taught. The old Victorian building/school can suggest "from the old school", i.e. having ideas that were popular in the past but which are no longer common; favouring traditional ideas especially standards of morality.

This state of mind shows an ego structure (walls) that backs tiles. Tiles are often used to create mosaics, thus relating them to Moses and the laws given us through him such as the Ten Commandments. Tiles are also frequently associated with bathrooms and with the issue of guilt. The white tiles can thus suggest some innocence and lack of knowledge pertaining to God's Laws as well as to feelings of guilt. The thick tiles imply that you might not easily break with/from God's Law or guilt.

The children represent a very innocent aspect of yourself. Here you are seeing a long standing idea (a line of children) probably pertaining to childhood innocence, an idea that you might feel "bound to" (like they are chained together). You are seeing a naked truth suggesting that innocence involves being sexless (they have no gender), an idea you may not be able to identify with. (no faces) This may give you a sense of despair.

Floating above the line of children and your body (as one of the children) implies separating consciousness from the body, i.e. you see yourself looking at the issue of innocence objectively or rationally without any emotional involvement. This is obviously very unrealistic. You have consciously disconnected from rational grounds of reasoning (the ground you should be standing on). There is something very frightening in the past (behind you) [which might relate to what you were taught ?] and also above you. [this probably implies God] What feels cold might refer to the unloving aspect of the Laws of God. Dangerous might refer to the fearsome aspect of God and His judgment. The True Self would feel scared. [Note that a child's perception comes with a great lack of knowledge. There may be a need for more learning and knowledge as the school building also implied.]

[Note: The naked chained children could suggest the idea of being sex slaves, yet this idea could have been suggested by seeing 'boys and girls" chained. This scene has specifically noted that the children had no gender. This puts an emphasis upon the issue of children not being sexual in nature. A child's innocence includes having no knowledge of sex. The dream appears to focus upon your perception of your "innocence".]

Thank you very much for this & especially for the time you have spent interpreting this for me. There is a lot of reality in what you have said. I want to discuss this with my T, because there is a lot here that resonates quite powerfully for me.