I've had the same dream about twice every year since I was a child. (I'm 17 now.)


There's this big white 3 story building in the middle of a field with blue shudders.
There's no town near it, no other buildings. Just this one.
I'm inside, walking around.. surrounded by nuns, who are pointing outside.
I turn to look outside and all of the sudden I'm out there, sitting on a wooden
platform, about a foot off the ground. It starts growing dark around me and
it's kinda foggy. I look towards the field and I see it start to part.
A big black 3 headed dog comes out and walks over to me. It licks my hand
and I'm not terrified. I just pet it like it was a normal dog. I look back towards
the field and there's this big outline of .. i don't know.. something standing
there, nearly 20 feet from me. I can't really see it because it's dark, but I know
it's big and beastly looking, I guess. I'm not scared, though. I get a sense of calmness
around me. Then I wake up.

My Mum tells me that I need to go to church more often... but I don't think it's that.

welcome to UM

hades owned a three headed dog called ceberus, hades is the leader of the underworld, but is not evil, so i dont think you should have felt any evil presence about him, this is just my opinion, dreams can mean a lot of things. a littler church cant do you any harm from time to time (im also 17, gotta love the amout of paranormal stuff you can learn about )

Hi, Kiersten.

Welcome to UM.

That's a beautiful dream; how fortunate you are to have it, and that it recurs.

I suspect you have had a conventional religious upbringing, from your mother's reaction to the dream and from the presence of nuns in your dream. You have apparently somewhat turned your back on that, from your mother's comment that you should go to church more often.

Why couldn't the dream be about just that, you choosing your own path, following what feels right to you, and being competent to face up to the challenges that following your own path implies?

Anyway, good for you not to be frightened of your own shadow, which is all the Devil is, ever was, or ever can be.

Yes, Ceberus belongs to Hades--based on Greek mythology. He guards the gates, making sure that spirits enter but do not escape; no living person was to enter Hades. But, like Blue said, there shouldn't have been an "evil" presence about Cerberus, he isn't evil, but merely a guard. I think that "hellhoud" is a misleading term. Anywho. Hades, the god, was not an ugly, beastly...beast. He looked like any other god. The Christian devil, Lucifer, also isn't an ugly monstrosity, he was said to be a beautiful angel, very handsome and charming. Your dream seems conflicting, or influenced by modern views of what Hades or Hell is supposed to be--and represent.

I have reoccurring dreams of the devil as well with no fear or anxiety in the dream.

hmmm
cerberus?
2 a year they occur
the story of persophone comes to mind.

I have reoccurring dreams. For years I had a dream of falling of a bridge. I was afraid of heights. I worked on that fear and I can now do things I couldn't before and Wa-La.... no more dream!

I found a web site that has people who can tell you what seeing things in your dreams could signify, like the house the dog the nuns. I'm glad your not afraid in the dream. maybe its just something that you want to change in your life.
I've been collecting books. A dreams book is one on my list. WT

You need to be careful about any sort of "one to one" explanation of symbols. The major advantage of symbolic thought is that a symbol does not stand in some one-to-one realtion to a one-size-fits-all meaning, but rather there is a constellation of associations surrounding the symbol.

When symbols occur in a narrative, they often play off of one another - the whole has a meaning that is not the "sum of the parts." Finally, everybody has her own set of associations.

In the end, only the dreamer can say what a dream "means."

That said, a house is a widely popular dream image of the self or of one's life. Three levels is a typical detail when it does mean that.

Kiersten's house has nuns in it. Those could be literal nuns in her personal history, or nearly literal "religious-minded women," or whatever it says on some website. We need some feedback from Kiersten what nuns in a house mean to her.

In any case, the nuns point outside and Kiersten goes outside. Now, if I ran into a three-headed dog, yes, that would be my old friend Kerberos. For Kiersten, maybe not.

But go with Kerberos. What is his story? He looks ferocious, but isn't much of a threat. In one myth after another, he is enchanted, wrestled with, or drugged with treats. Kiersten cuts to the chase - "Kerberos" walks up to her and licks her hand.

As to the other figure, it would be interesting to know why Kiersten associates him with the Devil. But as a dream character, he doesn't do anything. Kiersten takes the initiative, not just being free of fear (Hmm, EmpressStar, tell us more, SVP), but affirmatively finds the well of calmness within herself.

In closing, there is a real irony playing out. In another thread, a gentleman reports a classic "Unseen Menace" dream, in which he stands up to the "threat," but then gets cheated out of the pay-off (perhaps he was accidentally awakened). In contrast, Kiersten is dreaming one of the typical pay-offs to facing up to Unseen Menace, without any of the usual antecedent dread.

Maybe they ought to PM each other .

Organized religion points outside toward the guardian of the underworld (or the realm of death). You go meet him and feel peaceful.

Maybe its just telling you not to be afraid of death.

You pretty much said exactly what I was thinking. I have been interpreting dreams for several years now and been interested in them since I was about nine, and a dream seemed to be a precursor to an illness that almost left me blind.

Kierston, if you want someone to interpret your dreams then I suggest you do it one on one with someone who is going to ask you what certain things mean to you. Afterall if one was to dream of children, one person might interpret them as a blessing, another might interpret them as an annoyance, in the end its up to the dreamer to decide what certain symbols mean to them and the interpreter just to help them identify the main themes and piece all the jigsaw pieces together.

3 headed dog is called "Cerberus". And I have personally also witnessed the dog and figure you describe. Cerberus is from Greecian mythology as a gaurdian of the Underworld, which is NOT the satan's domain. It is simply where dead people go, all of them. From there the path is chosen (do they continue into the next life, do they stay in the abyss, etc).

that big outline you saw is often mistaken for the devil or an evil presence, however, he isn't. HE IS NOT THE DEVIL.

I've got a friend who is close to the Cerberus and the figure. I'm going to tell her that you've witnessed this event!

Amazing! ^^ You saw him! We have 'lovingly' nicknamed him "Chaos" because he is rather... strange and makes things fall off of shelves. He is a servant to Hades. He's fairly nice, only... likes to be creepy.

The building in the middle of nowhere with nuns in it must have simply been a way for them to get your attention. If you do go to church with nuns in it, then it is a symbolism of what you accept and follow. They pointed outside so you went outside, basically. Don't worry at all- Cerberus is a big puppy! As for Chaos.. he's just a dork.


I know this sounds totally weird, but hey- its just my opinion, and what I've seen of Cerberus and that dark figure.


Have you ever met someone named... "Cilla" or who nicknames herself "Reno" or "Harley Quinn"? Just wondering for one of two reasons.
1. you may have already met her and so her guardians show interest.
2. you may be meeting her in the near future and they're curious about you.