The Intruder

Dream fragments

Illustrative examples, not quotes from individual dreamers.

• Checking every lock, finding them all fastened, and knowing it made no difference.
• A figure moving through rooms that should have been sealed, unhurried.
• The certainty that the house is no longer only yours.
• Footsteps or breathing from a part of the home that was supposed to be empty.

In your journal

Sketch the boundaries of the place

Describe the house, its doors, and the first sign that someone else was there. Note whether the place was familiar or invented.

Did you see the visitor, or only sense a presence?

When this dream returns

Keep each entry before comparing it with an earlier one. Note what changed in the scene, your actions, and the feeling you woke with. A shared symbol does not mean two dreams have the same meaning.

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