Dreams from a Shamanistic point of view are of two types. 'Ordinary' and 'non-ordinary' or 'Big Dreams'. Big dreams are ones that occur several times, or ones that are so vivid, that they almost seem real. Big Dreams are considered to be communications from your Guardian. These are not symbolic, but are literal.

Should you have a Big Dream that has negative connotations- e.g. an automobile accident. You should immediately enact the dream once you are awake. The dream is not symbolic, but your enacting of it is. Just go through the motions of the incident in a simple way, and get it over with so that it will not come to you in a greater way later.

Many of us experience Dream-Time revelations whch lead to spiritual and real time enlightenments. It is not necessary to be a Shaman, or to even use the Shamanic Magick system, in order to experience the Dream-State in which we, as Magick Users, can tap into our subconscious mind and glean that knowledge, precognitive insights, or past life memories, we seek.

For more on this, see my section on Dreams.