DREAM SCENES

I’m strolling down a narrow street and suddenly a small group of (what appears to be) christian munks surround me. Two of them grab my arms but I’m soon able to get lose. I ask what they want but they just laugh at me. I then start to feel very uncomfortable but I’m not sure of how to deal with the situation. I recall the small amount of money in my pocket. Should I bribe them? Perhaps I must fight? Or should I – in a non-violent way – refuse to fight back and let them do me physical harm if that’s what they are up to? I finally decide to try to talk me out of the situation.

I find myself on a high-speed train, together with two friends of mine. Soon I feel that I have to get off immediately because I am chasing someone and that person is not on the train. I find a steel door, and when I open it I see a stairway that leads down to some sort of basement. All three of us go down and in the little dark room we find another extremely solid door, but it’s locked. We decide to go up again but the door we had entered is now impossible to open. We’re trapped. Somehow though, we manage to get up again and when the train reaches the next station we get off as quickly as possible. Suddenly we remember that we have forgotten our luggage above our seats and we decide to go get it. I ask the female train conductor if she can hold the train for a second or two. “No problems”, she says. We find our way back to our seats but when we are just about to get off the train again the doors closes and the train starts moving. The conductor laughs spitefully, but for some reason I blame my friends.

I’m standing on a kickbike, riding down a road that leads to the area in my hometown where freight trains arrive. I reach the railroad tracks and I see several chinese couples who are getting married. They are all, to my surprise, dressed in medieval clothes. I’m not entirely sure whether they are modern people with old clothing or if they actually have travelled in time. One couple is just about to say “yes” to the priest, even though they seem very reluctant to do so. Finally they both accept the marriage and the audience basically orders them to kiss each other. I’m terrified.