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Dreams about God--the Judeo-Christian-Muslim one. The one who wants a monopoly on the god business. Though given how badly monopolies work out in economics or politics, any God insisting on a religious monopoly sounds just plain greedy to me. Monopoly corrupts, and absolute monopoly corrupts absolutely.

Guess that's why I'm a shaman. Divide your divinity! Characterizing different principles as separate figures, creating a balance of power, is safer--and stabler, as any ecologist can tell you.

I'm not out to convert you--just wanted to explain why these dreams, taken as a whole, seem so critical of that monotheistic, patriarchal God that billions worship--and kill for.

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	ANNE'S DREAM: by Anne, painted by Rita Wolff; 1981, a nightmare. A great storm causes flooding. I'm knee deep in the surge. Women flee and flounder, wearing different colors, forming a panicky rainbow. So much for God's promise...
	ARROW OF FIRE: by Archbishop Anselm, King William Rufus & a monk, 1100/8/1, 3 predictive dreams Anselm dreams God orders King William's death by an arrow of fire; the King dreams his blood covers the sun. Waking, he mocks a third man's ominous dream, goes hunting, and dies bloodily at sunset, an arrow in his heart...
	ASK ME ANYTHING: by Wayan; 1975/1/31, a backstage dream. It was a dark and stormy night. I was lost, till I stumbled on God in her underground control room. God was helpful. Too helpful...
	ATLANTIS: 2: REPRIEVE; c. 1993 by Mark Doty; dream-based elegiac poem, one of six I dream the AIDS epidemic was all a dream. But my lover dreams of the tunnel of light ahead... CAUTION: AIDS DEATHS
	BATMAN'S LOVE: by Wayan; 1996/3/26, a dream-epic of love and time. A New Age graduation party spurs a wild dream of the spiritual odyssey of Catwoman, starring Alexander the Great, Batman, God, and Rumi the poet (played by Frank Zappa)... CAUTION: MORAL RELATIVITY
	BLUE SOUP, NO SPARK: by Wayan; 1985/6/1, an epic dream on outgrowing God A visit to a world where they fear blue soup ends in death and resurrection, so I'm pissed at my boss--God. CAUTION: DEATH, REBIRTH, SACRILEGE... JOB BURNOUT
	CARRIED UP: by Wayne Miller, 1972/3/3, epic nightmare turning transcendent I'm in a huge colonnade. An army of blood-painted men sacrifice the dove of peace. Their masked leader drinks its blood. But then I'm carried upstairs to meet... the prophet Daniel! I'm amid the angels, on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel... CAUTION: BLOOD-DRINKING THUGS
	CLAY AND HOP: by Wayan; 2009/10/30, a dream poem with sketches; Dreamverse #63 I touch the secret soul of a cancer survivor, upsetting her. To apologize, I become a goofy hopping god... CAUTION: FONDLING SACRED FIGURINES
	COUNTERSUE GOD: by Wayan; 1995/8/5, a sacrilegious dream. God flames me for putting pagan stuff on the Net, and we end up suing each other. Then the riots begin... CAUTION: HITMEN AND HERESY
	A DEAL WITH GOD: by Wayan; 1987/10/21, a heretic dream. Evangelists pester me until I get so mad I make an on-the-spot deal with... CAUTION: MAD AT CHRISTIANS AGAIN
	DIVINE IMAGE, or, A VISION OF ADONAI: by Anna Kingsford, 1877/7/23, a waking vision Gazing at the moon, Anna finds herself touring the Solar System, meeting all the planetary guardians... CAUTION: MYSTICAL ECSTASY
	DONE FOR: by the Reverend Francis Kilvert; 1872/10/14, a nightmare within a nightmare I dreamt a friend poisoned me. I "woke" and slew him in fury. But guilt gnawed me. I confessed and was due to hang... CAUTION: NOT A CALM GUY
	EDWIN'S DREAM: by soon-to-be-King Edwin, c.616, as told by the Venerable Bede; a nagging dream King Ethelfrid bribes Redwald to turn over his guest, Edwin. Edwin dreams an angel warns him, swearing to save him if he'll convert. Redwald's wife tells him "Don't betray a guest." Once Edwin's king, that dream-angel demands his fealty... CAUTION: SHODDY SPIRITUAL BARGAINING
	THE EGG CRACKS: by Carl Jung, 1914/1/10-1917/2/4; meditation-images A green monster guards the divine egg; with the right prayer, it explodes in a fountain of mad color, half grenade, half freed jinni...
	FALLING INTO A TESSERACT, and Meeting a Being of Pure Energy: by Dustin Latham, 2019/11/7 I knew I was on my bed, yet I felt myself falling into a tesseract--huge, crystalline, colorful. Inside I met an energy being who explained I'm not meant to die yet; this was just training... CAUTION: UNCONVENTIONAL GOD
	FOX AND THE EYE OF GOD: by Wayan; 1984/8/14, a predictive mythic dream DREAM: I hike up my Career Path into the hills. On a snowfield, a bird and a fox create the eye of God, who banishes all evil! NEXT DAY: I read a novel full of images out of the dream...
	GOD DRESSED YE, MARE: by Wayan; Christmas carol misheard 1968/12/25, dreamt I sang 1984/9/16, & drew 2008/6/28. At 15 I misheard God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen and liked my version better. "Lit muffin, rude Esmé"...
	GOD SELLS CIGARETTES: by Jim Shaw; c.1994, a sad dream vignette I dreamed God was naked, selling cigarettes in a nightclub... CAUTION: MONOTHEISTIC FALL
	GOD'S DANCE CLUB: by Wayan; 1995/5/2, an apocalyptic dream. God's dance club, the Universe, is shutting down. God broke his promise that we staff could get on stage...
	GOD'S SONG: by Mike Marrelli, 3.4MB (MP3 + lyrics) God tells all! "I admit I've a split personality..."
	GUARDIAN ANGELS FEUD: by Wayan; 1995/10/9, an epic, heretical dream. You know angels feud over regional underfunding of Divine Grace. But you don't know how low they'll go...
	HELL-TORNADO: by Wayan; 1988/7/2, a dream on social engineering. Who built the tornado in the Heartland, that sucks anyone who opens their spirit-wings down to Hell? CAUTION: BAD THEOLOGY, WORSE PHYSICS
	IN THE NIGHT OF 13 OCTOBER, 1942: by Peter Birkhäuser; 1942/10/13, a shamanic dream painted Sept. 1975. Sybelle & I climbed the cathedral spire. Bravely she kissed the monstrous guardian, exhaling blue light. My own challenge was to leap across an abyss, under the luminous eye of God...
	JACOB'S LADDER: by Jacob, grandson of Abraham; c. 2050 BCE; a self-fulfilling prophetic dream. Jacob dreams of angels climbing to heaven. He meets God, who promises the Holy Land to him and his tribe. Jacob uncritically accepts...
	JOSEPHUS, LET GO: by Josephus Flavius; c.65 CE, vague predictive dreams Resistance fighter Josephus, cornered, took a hard look at his prophetic dreams and decided to make peace...
	LIGHTING THE TORCH: by Peter Birkhäuser; dreamed June 1974, painted Sept. '74. In the dark, a dragonlike god of fire stretched out one claw to courteously light my own small torch...
	LONG ROAD TO HEAVEN: by Edwin Muir; 1920, an epic hypnogogic shamanic initiation Creatures in the primal sea touch my third eye, dragons cry their eyes out, I fight the Sphinx, and arrive at last in...
	LOOKING FOR LIBRIUM: by Jim Shaw; Jan. 1995?, a mutant Biblical dream After fighting off an electrified Orson Welles, I meet the twelve vulture-pine-politicians climbing Mt Sinai, looking for librium...
	MAHAKALA, MOZART, AND THE CRIPPLED BIRD: by Wayan; 1985/4/17, a dream on facing shadows The Christian God vs Mahakala, Buddhist god of right anger! War in Middle Earth, as Pink Floyd sings...
	MIRYAM'S THEFT: by Wayan; 1996/9/24, a psychic dream on being used I'm a ghost dwarf in love with a Lady trapped in a magic Arabian castle. But our love is being used... CAUTION: SEX, BETRAYAL, SACRILEGE
	NAMED: by Kathleen Raine, between 1981 & '87; a mystical dream poem A voice calls to me by name--but not the name I now bear, evoking memories of another life...
	ORANGE: by Jim Shaw; c.1994; a wordplay dream? A coy, giggling giant orange bounces onto a man's bed, trying to seduce him, and...
	PAPER BAG: by Pete Peterson, art by Jesse Reklaw; pre-2000; a comic dreamlet God issued me a paper bag to go over my head & protect my eyes when facing him--at first. But as I advanced spiritually, I tore...
	THE PROBLEM OF PAIN: by Wayan; 1984/5/15, a devious dream. We sail to the Isle of the Blest, but God exiles me to Fargo, North Dakota. But God's up to something subtle...
	QUOD VITAE: by Rene Descartes; 1619/11/11, three mystical dreams. In one night Descartes had three dreams convincing him he had to change the course of his life...
	RIVER CROSSING: by Harriet Tubman; mid to late 1850s; a lifesaving intuition Leading a party out of slavery, I got off the road when God warned me to. He insisted I must ford a cold river. Turned out the slaveowner had posted a reward at the station ahead; we were saved by divine guidance...
	SHAKING: by Emanuel Swedenborg, 1744/4/6, a dream of the physical side of spiritual struggle Swedenborg shakes uncontrollably all night, releasing or discharging some strange energy. He frames it in religious terms, but it's a phenomenon even secular writers have reported... CAUTION: WEIRD
	SOLOMON'S CHOICE: by King Solomon, c. 970 BCE; a god's dream-bargain As his reign begins, King Solomon worries he's inadequate. He dreams God offers him one gift, of his choice--but what would help the most?
	TEN CHAMBERS: by Ben Bamber; Jan. 2000, a dream on free will vs. predestination I flew through a huge space habitat with ten chambers and thousands of people unaware they were caged...
	THE THREE VEILS BETWEEN MAN AND GOD: by Anna Kingsford, March 1881, a messianic dream. I was shown what veils the God in us: Blood (violence), Idols (dogmatism), and the Curse of Eve (sexism)... CAUTION: FUNDAMENTALISTS (OF ANY FAITH) WILL SEE RED
	THE TOAST OF CREATION: by Wayan; 1981/11/21, nondream crayon/ink image How the world was really created. God said "Let it be well done" and it was well done. CAUTION: TECHNOLOGICAL BLASPHEMY
	VERY FUNNY, MR. MOSLEY: by Wayan; 2009/10/8, a comic nightmare poem; Dreamverse #58 Trapped in a blend of Joan of Arcadia and The Tempest Tales, I'm tired of being the pratfall sidekick...
	VRILLASSA'S ONLY PRIEST: by Jo; 2007/2/10, a dream of meeting God A job as the only priest on an island colony sounded perfect, only I'm the wrong religion... CAUTION: DOGMATISTS AND DEAD BIRDS TALKING
	WHAT GOD BELIEVES IN: by Wayan; 1984/9/23, a dream of working for a difficult deity God's my boss, but like a bratty little brother, he's Not Speaking To Me. It's slowing down our office... CAUTION: CHRISTIANS WON'T WANT TO KNOW
	WINDFALLS IN EDEN: by Wayan, 2000/3/30, a religio-politic dream. I'm a part-owner of Eden, harvesting windfalls. But a renter says his Landlord promised him all the apples...