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[Amaris]

Recently I've been looking up spirit guides, trying to come to terms with some of the experiences I've been having with African things. About a week ago or so I had this dream the incorporated an experience I had in real life.

What happened in real life:
I had been staying with my brother for a while and I was doing dishes in the kitchen. There was some black guck on a spoon so I I pinched the the guck between my fingers, noticing that it was sort of squishy but didn't think anything of it but I looked into the sink and saw a black spider crawling up the edge of the sink. I've always had an awe and respect for spiders, but sort of uneasy with trying to handle them to release them.

My Dream:
I was in a kitchen when I saw a spider up on either the wall or the counter, I can't remember which, and for some reason I started freaking out, something I don't normally do in real life. This spider was tan, long legs, a skinny body and it was missing one leg, so it had seven legs instead of eight. As I'm freaking out this African woman, who I've seen before in a sort of trance visitation some years back, looked at me weird. She was wearing something different than the leopard print dress and head scarf. This time was was wearing all white, from dress to head wrap. She looked at me as if I was crazy, picked up the spider in between her fingers, like I had done accidently in real life and walked away. That was when I woke up.

African woman, spider, kitchen and the woman held the dream spider just as I had done in real life. This has been bugging me for a while. I have no idea what the dream meant but it was enough to peak my interests symbology. Any comments would be much appreciated.

BB,
Amaris

[BearDancing]

it sounds to me that the spirit of the spider my be trying to share her gifts with you.............

SPIDER
Grandmother spider is a wise old teacher and weaver of many stories. Her unique tapestry of life offers many paths to the center of oneself and creation. Her medicine speaks of connections and unity of spirit.


SPIDER MEDICINE

• Spiders are light, delicate and not hostile to humans unless threatened. To those who require this special of the spider, it teaches us to maintain a gentle and kind nature.
• A poisonous spider signifies death and rebirth. As the poison of age and life's perils threaten our life, we use the venom to ward off future attacks or die.
• The spider's web connects itself by silky threads to physical objects creating a net creating its home and place for harvesting food. The web reminds us of our connectedness to all things on earth - that we are related to everything in creation. The spokes of the web remind us to build links between ourselves and the Creator and all things.
• When the spider appears, it is a sign to connect with the ways of spirit in the ways designed by the Creator.
• The eight legs of the spider are unique from other insects who have only six legs. And unlike other insects, their bodies are divided into two parts instead of three. Two represents unity and a union of polarities.
• In American Indian tradition, the first dream catcher was made by Grandmother Spider to catch the bad dreams of children. This legend reveals our belief that negative elements of ones life may be screened out if we remember to keep the links between the Creator and ourselves strong and to always remember that all things in creation are one.
  
• http://www.manataka.org/page291.html

http://www.animalspirits.com/index1.html