LithiumViolets
October 19th, 2008, 05:26 PM
I've been noticing a bee theme in my life lately...A couple of weeks ago I had a dream I was a bee. Then a couple of days ago I was out with a friend of mine, just standing outside randomly and a bee kept flying around my head and I remained still because I was always taught if you try to hit a bee or wave it away, it will sting you. So I stood still and the bee flew around my head, then crawled on m head, then landed on my cheek and crawled to the tip of my nose and sat there. After a few tense seconds, it flew off my nose, but still was circling around me the whole time until we left...
This morning I dreamed I was in my apartment, in my room, and I found a newspaper and in the classifieds section, there was an ad that simply said NKISI in big letters and a phone number for what was written as a "spiritual worker." Then I called the phone number and a man was saying something about "the Pot" being "consulted" or "set before." I assume he was talking about the Palo pot because the ad mentioned the Nkisi....
Then suddenly I wasn't on the phone anymore and I saw a small pot that turned into a glass jar and out of it flew this huge bee that flew around my head like the one in real life did the other day...it was flying around my head buzzing, it landed on my head, crawling up and down my neck. I didn't move again but I was shivering like I do when someone touches my neck or ears because they're very ticklish. Then I started getting hot and shaking hard, feeling vibrations all over and I started crying and moaning and speaking in tongues....
Then I woke up.
And today when I went out to walk my dog, and to dispose of food offerings in nature, the spot where I was going to leave my offerings had a few bees flying around when on other days I've been to that spot or near that spot, they weren't there.
I was wondering if anyone could make a connection between the bee and Palo specifically (since it came up as well in the dream) or just in general the symbolism of bees and what the bee may represent in Palo or Santeria/Lucumi....
I would also appreciate any commentary on the bee's symbolism in other cultures/pantheons/mythologies but the reason I'd asked specifically about Palo or Santeria is because that is my personal path. But I'd love to hear other interpretations that aren't limited to that path. Thanks.
This morning I dreamed I was in my apartment, in my room, and I found a newspaper and in the classifieds section, there was an ad that simply said NKISI in big letters and a phone number for what was written as a "spiritual worker." Then I called the phone number and a man was saying something about "the Pot" being "consulted" or "set before." I assume he was talking about the Palo pot because the ad mentioned the Nkisi....
Then suddenly I wasn't on the phone anymore and I saw a small pot that turned into a glass jar and out of it flew this huge bee that flew around my head like the one in real life did the other day...it was flying around my head buzzing, it landed on my head, crawling up and down my neck. I didn't move again but I was shivering like I do when someone touches my neck or ears because they're very ticklish. Then I started getting hot and shaking hard, feeling vibrations all over and I started crying and moaning and speaking in tongues....
Then I woke up.
And today when I went out to walk my dog, and to dispose of food offerings in nature, the spot where I was going to leave my offerings had a few bees flying around when on other days I've been to that spot or near that spot, they weren't there.
I was wondering if anyone could make a connection between the bee and Palo specifically (since it came up as well in the dream) or just in general the symbolism of bees and what the bee may represent in Palo or Santeria/Lucumi....
I would also appreciate any commentary on the bee's symbolism in other cultures/pantheons/mythologies but the reason I'd asked specifically about Palo or Santeria is because that is my personal path. But I'd love to hear other interpretations that aren't limited to that path. Thanks.