Dreamcatcher: Back in School with Killer Bees...

Back in School with Killer Bees...

I was in school at Shoreline with Dan, trying to take some writing/music/art classes. The school was overrun with lots of young gangsters and people who didn't really seem to take school too seriously. The classes were huge as well, so I was just a nerdy student lost in a sea of fools.
I was much older and smarter than just about everyone there, so I wound up being friends with the teachers mostly.
Some of my classes were outside. It was night and cold. The classes were held in tents that were set up on a space that looked and felt like my grandparents' property. We were trying to get comfortable and warm, when it started to rain really hard. The water accumulated quickly and there were no rain-flys on any of the tents. In no time, everything was soaking wet. Everyone was scrambling to find a way to keep the rain out.
Then it was day and the rain had stopped and I was back to being in a normal school day. A younger guy came up and asked me if I knew where he could get some "Cheeba". I wanted to sell him some to make some money, but I didn't have any and I didn't know where Dan was.
We were in a lecture hall and I guess we were taking a break because people were talking and hanging out and eating lunch. I was hanging out with the teacher. Out of the blue, she mentioned a guy who she had formerly taught. She said he was from Alaska and was pretty good looking. I didn't have to ask her who it was to know that she was talking about John E. She complained that sex with him wasn't great because of the huge, unsightly piercing he had on his dick. She mentioned how uncomfortable it was when she was going down on him.
I didn't feel hurt when I heard this, but was more than a little amazed to hear that he had been cheating on me with a teacher.
The "classrooms" were sort of outside and there was a nest of "killer bees" nearby. They were large black hornets with scary mandibles and they had nasty tempers. We had to watch the nest so we knew when a bee would come out so we could keep an eye on it. Every now and again, one would emerge and fly towards us. I was trying to convince people not to panic or risk scaring or hurting the bee, so it wouldn't attack us. But there were too many people. It was nearly impossible to keep from angering the bees. A couple of them landed on me. I panicked and one bit me, and then the other. Its jaws were huge and really sunk in. It didn't hurt in the dream, but I remember realizing that they weren't really killer bees cause I wasn't dead after a couple of bites. I grabbed the bees that were biting me and crushed them as I ripped them out of my skin. They left nasty marks, but didn't hurt so bad. Eventually the bees stopped coming out of the hive. We had killed them all. I wanted to stomp on the hive just to make sure that no more would be in there, but everyone wanted to save it cause it looked so cool.
It may have been the first day of school, because I was still looking for the classes that I wanted to take. I wandered around, looking for the classes that I wanted. I went into a dance/acting class, thinking it would be fun to act - I'd always wanted to learn. The teacher of this class was really intense. He reminded me of my still-life painting class in college, but more of an asshole. He didn't like me at all. I couldn't do anything right. Right off the bat, he called me out on not hanging my coat up properly. Then I wasn't sitting right. Earlier, I had called Dan to tell him where to meet me after class cause my phone was almost dead. I guess it died mid-call because Dan showed up to make sure I was okay. He interrupted me in class and the teacher got even more mad. I felt awful. I just couldn't win with him.
I went back to him after class and started asking questions about what the class was all about. I wanted to make sure that if I was going to be subject to his bad attitude, I was doing it for the right reasons.
He admitted that I was smart and would get a lot from the class. He almost seemed like a different person now. I apologized for stuff earlier, but he seemed more interested in talking with me about my favorite ballroom dance movies. He had Strictly Ballroom in 3-d. We were laughing and jiving about this when a woman, dressed as Marilyn Monroe came in. She was also a student, like myself - a little older and looking for something more from the classes. We all started talking choreography... then the dream let me go.

To dream that you are in school, signifies feelings of inadequacy and childhood insecurities that have never been resolved. It may relate to anxieties about your performance and abilities. If you are still in school and dream about school, then the dream may just be a reflection of your daily life and has no special significance.

Alternatively, a dream that takes place in school may be a metaphor for the lessons that you are learning from your waking life. You may be going through a "spiritual learning" experience.

To dream that you are looking for a school, suggests that you need to expand your knowledge and learning. To dream that you are at a new school, means that you are feeling out of place in some situation. Or perhaps there is a new lesson that you need to learn.

To dream that your childhood school is in ruins, suggests that you are dwelling on some unresolved childhood issue. Alternatively, the dream represents the passage of time. You need to look toward the future instead of reliving the past.

10,000 Dreams Interpreted

To dream of attending school, indicates distinction in literary work. If you think you are young and at school as in your youth, you will find that sorrow and reverses will make you sincerely long for the simple trusts and pleasures of days of yore.

To dream of teaching a school, foretells that you will strive for literary attainments, but the bare necessities of life must first be forthcoming.

To visit the schoolhouse of your childhood days, portends that discontent and discouraging incidents overshadows the present.

Hyper Dictionary

Dreaming that you are in school means feelings of inadequacy and childhood insecurities that have never been resolved. It may relate to anxieties about performance and abilities. You may also be going through a "spiritual learning" experience. If you are still in school and dream about school, then it will naturally serve as a backdrop to your dream world. Alternatively, a dream that takes place in school may be a metaphor for the lessons that you are learning from your waking life.

Meaning of Dreams

This dream may be interpreted on several different levels. If you are the student you may be feeling inadequate or lack self-confidence. Either way, going to school or attending class in a dream is your unconscious reminder that there is a need for new learning and that you may have not learned an important lesson. School may not always be a positive experience, but it is always necessary. Ask yourself what do you need to learn more about? If you were a teacher in your dream, you may be dealing with issues of authority. From a spiritual point of view, some believe that in the dream state an individual may travel to an inner plane or the spiritual realm, where they can attend classes that assist in spiritual growth and development.

The Dictionary of Symbols

Rain has a primary and obvious symbolism as a fertilizing agent, and is
related to the general symbolism of life (26) and water. Apart from this, but for
the same reason, it signifies purification, not only because of the value of water as
the ‘universal substance’—as the mediating agent between the non-formal or
gaseous and the formal or solid, an aspect which is common to all symbolic
traditions (29)—but also because of the fact that rainwater falls from heaven (7).
Hence it is also cognate with light. This explains why, in many mythologies, rain
is regarded as a symbol of the ‘spiritual influences’ of heaven descending upon
earth (28). In alchemy, rain symbolizes condensation or albification—further
proof that, for the alchemists, water and light were of the same symbolic family.

Dream Moods

To see and hear rain falling, symbolizes forgiveness and grace. Falling rain is also a metaphor for tears, crying and sadness. Alternatively, rain symbolizes fertility and renewal. If you get wet from the rain, then it indicates cleaning from your troubles and problems.

To dream that you are watching the rain from a window, indicates that spiritual ideas and insights are being brought to your awareness. It may also symbolize fortune and love.

To hear rain tapping on the roof, denotes spiritual ideas coming to fruition in your mind.

Philosophy of Dreams

This foretells trouble especially when it is heavy and boisterous. Gentle rain is a good
dream indicating happy and calm life.

10,000 Dreams Interpreted

To be out in a clear shower of rain, denotes that pleasure will be enjoyed with the zest of youth, and prosperity will come to you.

If the rain descends from murky clouds, you will feel alarmed over the graveness of your undertakings.

To see and hear rain approaching, and you escape being wet, you will succeed in your plans, and your designs will mature rapidly.

To be sitting in the house and see through the window a downpour of rain, denotes that you will possess fortune, and passionate love will be requited.

To hear the patter of rain on the roof, denotes a realization of domestic bliss and joy. Fortune will come in a small way.

To dream that your house is leaking during a rain, if the water is clear, foretells that illicit pleasure will come to you rather unexpectedly; but if filthy or muddy, you may expect the reverse, and also exposure.

To find yourself regretting some duty unperformed while listening to the rain, denotes that you will seek pleasure at the expense of another's sense of propriety and justice.

To see it rain on others, foretells that you will exclude friends from your confidence.

For a young woman to dream of getting her clothes wet and soiled while out in a rain, denotes that she will entertain some person indiscreetly, and will suffer the suspicions of friends for the unwise yielding to foolish enjoyments.

To see it raining on farm stock, foretells disappointment in business, and unpleasantness in social circles.

Stormy rains are always unfortunate.

Hyper Dictionary

Dreaming that you get wet from the rain means that you will soon be cleansed from your troubles and problems. Rain also symbolizes fertility and renewal. Seeing and hear rain falling, symbolizes forgiveness and grace. Dreaming that you are watching the rain from a window indicates that spiritual ideas and insights are being brought to you awareness. It may also symbolize fortune and love. Hearing the tapping of the rain on the roof indicates spiritual ideas and blessings coming to mind. It may also suggests that you will receive much joy from your home life.

Meaning of Dreams

Interpretation is contingent on your current circumstances as well as the kind of rain that is falling. Rain naturally cleans, refreshes, and provides life-giving moisture. Depending on the dreamer it could suggest a period of renewal and fertility (reproduction or creativity). However, dark clouds and a heavy downpour indicate feelings of isolation and helplessness. On the other hand, the heavy downpour could represent unconscious materials and emotions attempting to enter the dreamer's conscious mind.