Not all dreams are created equal. There are three kinds: Copper, Silver, and Gold.
The silver dream comes in four parts. They are easily learned. The first
introduces the dream "theme." The second rolls out the key character(s), in either
of its meanings: players or essential ingredients. The third develops the storyline,
the drama which drives the dream theme. And the fourth presents a kind of "task," something
to mull over, to deal with. Silver dreams speak to you about
your Self. Work with them. Without silver dreams,
you cannot remember how your personality (persona) was formed.
Gold dreams are simple and elegant messages-- gifts from the
gods. You can never forget
them. Often they wake you up with a single image or voice: ``Go to the desert.
Wrestle the devil." These compact, pure nuggets (usually written in a paragraph or
less) conclude your dream cycle. Without gold dreams, civilization/consciousness
does not progress.
Silver and gold has the most value. Carry those dreams with you. Take them out;
rub them; fondle them. See what they become.
Gold is a pure, luminous, and incorruptible substance, and a false
relation with this metal is perhaps the sign of a wrong connection with that which, within us, could be pure, luminous, and incorruptible.
--Ginette Paris, Pagan Meditations