From: marcs@yang.earlham.edu (Marc Seebass(Thunderbolt))
Newsgroups: alt.dreams
Subject: Re: Evil Twin ?
Date: 20 Nov 92 02:35:39 GMT
Organization: Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana

In article <1992Nov16.193856.1963@eskimo.com>, ericj@eskimo.com (Eric Jorgensen) writes:
> In this dream, I was walking along a small path in this area,
>  (a Japanese garden surrounded on three sides by jagged cliffs.  There is a
>   large wooden door in the bottom-middle of the middle cliff.)
> wearing a black robe.  I noticed a white-clad visitor to my area, and walked
> over to him.  When I got close enough to see him, I realized he could pass for
> my twin, though he had a couple facial scars that I didn't have.  He looked
> very angry, and talked for a short while.
>  (This dream was over a year ago, and, silly me, I didn't write it down.)
> He then brought a katana and a wakazashi out from his robe, and handed me the
> katana, swinging with the other.  I grabbed the one he offered and parried his
> swing with it.  He must have expected it, because before I regained my
> balance, he thrust the wakazashi through my heart.
>  (In this dream, I felt no pain, but I also felt it go through.  I
>   specifically _felt_ my heart being damaged.)
> I drew back, leaving the sword in.  I took it out, bleeding profusely, and
> threw them both aside.  As I did this, he suddenly had a bow.  He shot three
> arrows into me, in various places.  I started taking these out, and noticed
> that they were the barbed kind.  As I took them out, I ran towards him to
> knock him down, but he swung at me with a battle-axe, hitting below the rib
> cage.
> 
> I don't remember how I did it, but I eventually knocked him down, and as he
> was down, I saw a large rock very close-by.  I got it and held it above his
> head, ready to kill him.  He said something like, "Go ahead.  Kill me while
> you still can," while he was grinning.  I then realized exactly what this
> dream was about, and threw the rock away, and stepped back a bit.  My wounds
> were healed by this time.
> 
> He said something like, "For a minute, there, I almost thought you would do
> it.  But you were right, after all.  You win...until next time."  He then
> vanished.
> 
> I interpreted this dream as a scenario of testing my ability to stand up to my
> beliefs (specifically: I'm opposed to murder (deliberate killing) for ANY
> reason), and that, for the time the dream occured, I wasn't really sure I
> could.  Since the dream, I've had a renewed confidence that I can do it.
> Another thing...I was (and still am) interested in Japanese mythology/theology
> (along with animation, etc), and it seems the colors white and black are the
> opposite of what they are in Western traditions.

I had a sorta' simmilar dream. Most of the dream was a rather comic story 
with me as Thunderbolt (a super-hero I created in my childhood) and 
working with a bunch of other heros. But in the more immportant part, I 
was faced with a moral decision. In searching for clues we( the hero's) 
had entered the mall/gift shop inside Mount Rushmore (this was a rather 
silly dream) at one point I saw this great T-shirt, it was navy blue with 
a reflective gold picture of Mount Rushmore on the front. It looked COOL. 
I thought about taking one, because no one would notice, but I decided to 
stick to my principles and leave the shirt behind. I was rather proud that 
even with no chance of getting caught, I stuck to my principles and didn't 
steel. After all I wouldn't be much of a super-hero if I stoll things :-)

----Marc (aka Thunderbolt) Seebass