Beautiful Insect
Word of the Dream
"Humanism and Fundamentalism=
The arms and the legs of the Devil."
In a later dream, the beautiful insect is called “The First Insect.”
I dream a dream in which I discover a very small,
androgynous-looking person about the size of a
large cat, stuffed inside a little box. When I peer
down into the box at them, I see that they are
also looking up at me. The tortured, panicky
expression on their face, indicates that being
forced into the little box, arms and legs
unnaturally twisted as if they were some sort of
ragdoll, makes the person feel suffocated and
trapped. Moved by their strange predicament, I
demand that whomever is in charge set the
prisoner free. At this point, the very small person
expands into something both attractive and
repulsive, something I can only describe as a
beautiful insect. I must admit that in the
beginning I find the crossbreed, multi-legged
creature a little creepy. Nevertheless I try very
hard to control my fear and not withdraw. In fact,
the beautiful insect and I end up dancing together
in a place where many people are gathered. In the
last part of the dream, my sister suggests that I
explain how the reductionist attitudes of the
fundamentalists and the humanists affect me
personally… how they make me feel as if I were
being squished inside a little box...