This was quite an interesting one, because I have had a recurring dream with this same castle over and over again. Each time, I have gone through different seasons of fields and snow and heat and mountains at night; only to reach this castle each time in my various dreams.
This time, I was driving during the day and it was overcast and cold. In a little European VW bug car. We drove through miles of green countryside and drove in front of this magnificent overbearing looking dark castle in the middle of nowhere.
We went up the driveway and I got out of the car. To the left of me was a small tiny building that looked like a temple, and I went inside. Suddenly I was surround by bright and shining gold, and as I walked in, there were hundreds of rich, elite people there holding a Jewish service and speaking in Hebrew together. I walked down the aisle and no one noticed me. I sat near the front and just looked around in awe at the historic artwork on the ceilings and around the gold walls. Since no one was speaking to me, I decided to quietly get out of there. I went out the back door and went back to the dark castle.
Ironically, the dark castle seemed more inviting than the temple. I so badly wanted to walk in, because it was obviously empty and no one was living there...that I knew of. Which is probably why I wanted to explore and see what or who I could find.
But I decided to explore the grounds. Instead of going through the front door, I saw a dark corner to the right. I went through it and started to crawl on my hands and knees through a hole in the ground.
When I came out I was in a large cave, surrounded by cold rock and glistening pools of moisture. There was a wall of water that was shimmering down on one side and falling gently across a bunch of rocks that had lights underneath them - so the water appeared as if was all lit up as it fell.
I think the cave was sort of my own temple; full of dark yet welcoming mysteries. Feeling more at one with myself, rather than being surrounded by people. And, water too, of course, since I think I must have been a water mammal in another life.
