Morning of December 8, 1969. Monday.
Dream #: 1,085-02. Reading time (optimized): 1 min.
This dream scene is the final and most vivid of an incomplete narrative about Brenda and I using an elevator inside a tree to visit an underground world. The elevator operator is probably a Munchkin (of about my height - note that I was eight years old when I experienced this dream) from "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). The setup is similar to the one the wizard uses. The tree has a doorway at ground level but is otherwise a version of the tree in the northwest corner of West Elementary School's playground. There is a cheerful mood. I sense it is early morning.
My dream interprets my status of becoming more aware during the waking process as having been underground (asleep).
My dream interprets my instinctual awareness of being in REM sleep and its temporary condition of sleep atonia as my dream self being inside an imaginary tree because a tree is immobile.
My dream interprets my liminal anticipation of becoming more aware, both consciously and physically, during the waking transition, with the use of an elevator. It is a transition from the immobility of the tree.
The Munchkin is the modulatory personification of the vestibular system correlation of the waking process.
My dream was also influenced by "The Night of the Green Terror" episode of "The Wild Wild West." Dr. Loveless (Michael Dunn, the dwarf, dressed as Robin Hood), had an underground tree hideout accessed via a door. Even so, there was no negative undertone at any point in my dream.
