I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. — Joel 2: 28
Has a dream ever changed the way you saw yourself or your life? In my twenties, I was seeking for deeper understanding of the meaning and purpose of life. Not finding this in my studies at graduate school, I turned to other ways of knowing, including paying attention to the mysterious realm of dreams. I discovered that within me were startling sources of wisdom, creativity, and spiritual guidance.
When the first Quakers made the startling discovery that divine guidance is available from within, they recognized that some dreams contain messages from God, useful not only in guiding individual decisions but also in guiding the Quaker community to envision new ways of living more in accordance with divine love, truth, and justice. The February 2024 issue of Friends Journal contains an essay I have written about how, for hundreds of years, dreams weve an important source of guidance for Quakers, and how collective dream work could help us find our way forward now. https://www.friendsjournal.org/quaker-dreams/
© 2024 Marcelle Martin
