1- Going into a tomb suggests going down into the darker parts of our own personality. We may be fearful to begin with, but later more at ease. Finding ourselves in a tomb suggests we arc ready to face our fears of death and dying.
2- If we are trapped in a tomb in a dream we may be trapped by- fear, pain or old outdated attitudes in our waking life.
If there arc bodies in the tomb, these arc usually parts of ourselves we have either not developed or have killed off.
If one of those bodies comes alive, the attention we have given to that aspect of our personality has been sufficient to resurrect it.
3- Spiritually we may feel that we have entered into a world that is all at once mysterious and dark dark in the sense of wanting to see the light. Although we fear it, we are also cxcitcd.
It is worth remembering that we are not trapped, but in a brief state of panic which can be overcome by belief.
[1]An emblem of rebirth, especially if empty. Besides the Christian stories of Christ’s victor \ r over death, the ancient Celts buried people in tombs to await their next existence.
Is something inside the tomb? If so, consider what it represents of yourself that you may
have buried or recentlv uncovered.
Tombs can also represent the collective past of humankind and our link with archetypal ancestors. Have you honored this connection in some manner recendy? If not, this dream may be calling you to a figurative graveyard visit where you can explore your past as a member of humanity.
The portions of the self, the suhconscious , or the Collective Unconscious that have heen ignored so long as to be figuratively dead and buried.
An alternative womb emblem if rounded in shape.
[2]Something inside you has died and you should find out what it stands for and why it has appeared in the subconscious. Also, this dream invites you to reflect over a terminal state, about what it means for your mortality.
If it repeats a lot, it could be an indication of neurosis. Assuming that you see your own body in the tomb, it means that you are restructuring your life. Generally, the dream foretells a profound change in your existence.
Superstition says that you experienced a loss, but not necessarily death. Maybe you are dying spiritually and you will later be reborn. The celtic people considered cemeteries the uterus of Mother Earth, and that in them new spiritual life is born. Other interpretations claim that this dream foretells deception, and, curiously, news about a marriage.
[3]Feelings or insights about death; fears we face when beginning the meeting with contents of our own unconscious, unconscious family influences. Bodies in tomb: our own potential; aspects of self which died’ in the past, or were buried, perhaps by the immediate needs of bringing up children, or some other aspect of outer life. Trapped in tomb: illustrates a withdrawn or autistic aspect of self—a part trapped by fears or pain; how we bury our living potential by withdrawing from difficulty, pain, or life.
See Also: grave; cemetery.
[4]Material aspects: Going into a tomb suggests going down into the darker parts of our own personality. We may be fearful to begin with, but later more at ease. Finding ourselves in a tomb suggests we are ready to face our intrinsic fears of death and dying.
A sarcophagus is similar to a tomb, but is much more of a memorial, marking how important the occupant is or was.
To dream of such an edifice is to recognize the importance of death and the rites of passage associated with it.
[5](1) A tomb may symbolize death, literal or figurative.
See Also: Dead/ Death.
(2) It may symbolize (death and) rebirth, literal or metaphorical (e.g. a new lease of life, or a new quality of life). (In traditional - e.g. Celtic - religion a burial mound was the Earth Mother’s womb: the tomb was the womb, and death was only the prelude to rebirth.)
(3) If the tomb is womb-shaped, the dream may express a desire to return to the womb. (For ‘death-instinct5)
[6]Spiritually we may feel that we have entered into a world that is all at once mysterious and dark – dark in the sense of the light being obscured. Although we perhaps fear this darkness, we are also excited.
It is worth remembering that we are not trapped, but in a brief state of panic which can be overcome by belief.
[7]A tomb is a building that houses the dead.
A building in a dream represents some construct of your thought process or your consciousness.
A tomb, therefore, is elements of your consciousness that are no longer active and considered dead and buried.
A tomb in a dream may relate to the past.
[8]To dream of seeing tombs, denotes sadness and disappointments in business. Dilapidated tombs omens death or desperate illness.
To dream of seeing your own tomb, portends your individual sickness or disappointments.
To read the inscription on tombs, foretells unpleasant duties.
[9]A dream of contrary signifying that fortunate influences are working in your favor, unless you dreamed of being locked in one, in which case a medical checkup would be advisable.
[10]Dreams of a tomb reflect your feelings and attitudes towards death and dying.
See Also: Death, Cemetery, Goddess Persephone.
[11]To enter a tomb means you will suffer an illness.
To be locked in a tomb means it will be a very serious illness.
[12]A dream of marriage, the handsomer the tomb the more brilliant the alliance (Gypsy).
[13]1. Forgotten or concealed aspects of self.
2. Repressed or trapped spirit or “soul.”
[14]Symbolic of death or a hypocrite, Matt. 23:27
[15]You see a new tomb: problems will go away
[16]A spiritually dead situation
[17](See Also: Shrine)
[18]See Also: Grave.
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