idreamofobama.com » church http://idreamofobama.com Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:05:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Church Scuffle http://idreamofobama.com/news/church-scuffle/ http://idreamofobama.com/news/church-scuffle/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:55:13 +0000 Kelly http://idreamofobama.com/?p=728 My dad and I happen upon a church where Barack is speaking. Entering, I feel a strong sense of being different from the mostly black congregation. Barack stands at the pulpit, but he is old and pale with a receding, red afro. I am surprised that he is so much less attractive than in my mind. I know the religious right in the congregation are plotting his downfall. Then something odd falls from his person. It is a round object that resembles a child’s rubbery, flashing Spike Ball. I know that in the ball lies the success of Barack’s campaign. Only one other person sees it fall, and in her eyes I can tell that she also knows of its power. The average-looking woman and I tussle for the ball and when I come up victorious, I notice a change in the congregation. About half of the African-Americans are now white. I hand the ball to Michelle, who doesn’t thank me. I exit the church and shrug my shoulders at the woman I scuffled with and say, Sorry.

 From a dreamer in Brooklyn, NY, a white woman married to a black man.

 This came in the spring of 2008, before Obama became President.  It envisions a religious assault on Obama that weakens and ages him. 

Bodily misfortunes in dreams (e.g., losing teeth, hair falling out, etc.) can be metaphors of emotional concerns about losing power or influence in waking life.   Seen in this light, the dream reflects a fear that even if Obama reaches the pulpit (and presidency), he will not be able to defend his strength and vitality against his attackers in the church.

In a twist on the hero theme, it’s the dreamer who must rescue Obama so he can continue his mission.      

The racial dimensions of the dream seem very complex, in light of Obama’s mixed racial background and the dreamer’s mixed racial marriage.  A black church would seem to be very friendly territory for Obama, though in fact he struggled early in the primaries to persuade African-American pastors to support him rather than Hillary Clinton.

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