What does it mean to dream about church? |

Dreaming of a church may represent an indication from the unconscious that the dreamer needs to meet with those who have the same ideals as his, and, together, join hands to fortify everyone’s faith in what they believe.

Check out more details below to better understand what you dreamed of.

Reflect on the context of dreaming about a church

Is the church in ruins? Is it a modern church? Is the church empty or full? Is there a cult? Do you avoid going there or do you feel uncomfortable inside the church? Are you the priest, pastor, celebrant? Are you a staff member or altar boy? Or are you just one of the faithful? Do you perceive yourself to be very different from most people there?

Reflect on what the unconscious may be signaling when dreaming of a church

Are you finding yourself wanting to be part of a group or get together with like-minded friends to do something you believe in? Have you acted too mechanically when fulfilling certain obligations, just for mere formality? Are you feeling helpless and willing to ask for help, protection and care? How have you lived your faith? Are you unbelieving, without confidence in the future? Do you seek to rebuild what you believe in to achieve goals with more conviction? How have you been dealing with your mother or authority figures? How have you been exercising your personal power – subjugating yourself or imposing yourself dictatorially?

Understand possible applications of dreaming about a church:

Dreaming of a church in ruins

When you dream of a church in ruins, your faith is probably shaken or the beliefs you believed in are no longer serving you. So it can be an important time to rebuild your faith.

Dreaming of a modern church

Not by chance, dreams with a brand new church, painted, with a modern look, tend to indicate that there is a renewal of the paradigms that the dreamer follows and professes.

Dream about worship inside the church

A dream in which worship is taking place inside the church can reveal that you are involved in some social movement in which teamwork, in favor of shared ideals, is in full swing.

Dreaming that is part of the ritual

If you are the one who performs the ritualyou may have the opportunity to exercise leadership and motivate people in this group. If you are just a worker or employee of that church, helping with the serviceit is very likely that you are being very helpful to the members of that team. Or, if it is a faithful gift in worshipyou may just want to be part of this collective movement.

Dreaming that you are not comfortable during the celebration

However, if you do not feel comfortable in this celebration within the church, it is very likely that you are feeling out of place in relation to other people in some community – possibly because you do not accept the ideology, beliefs and responsibilities that they want to offer you to fulfill.

Rethink your way of dealing with obligations

The church is a place considered sacred, where people gather to say prayers and experience religious rites. Therefore, many times, when we dream of a church, the unconscious may be indicating the importance of getting together with those who have the same ideals as ours, and, together, joining hands to fortify everyone’s faith in what they believe.

Perhaps you are living in a very formal way, without finding real meaning and purpose in what you are going through or want to live. Of course, many people just go there to mechanically perform a ritual that, in a way, has become a weekly obligation. Therefore, symbolically, dreaming about a church can indicate that the dreamer has simply complied with certain rules without really being emotionally involved with their precepts and guidelines.

Need to feel safe

There are several types of church (the Catholic Church, the Presbyterian, the Methodist, the Pentecostal, etc.), but they all refer us to a type of promise, as if each church were saying to people: come here, because you can feel protected, safe, welcomed. Not by chance, as mentioned in the Dictionary of Symbols (by Jean Chevalier and Alain Gheerbrant, Editora José Olympio, page 501), she has a close relationship with the mother’s symbolism. “The Church is regarded as the Spouse of Christ and the Mother of Christians.”

In this sense, when dreaming of a church, the person is possibly going through a phase in which he feels more needy and insecure, wanting more support, in short, wanting to be held. Perhaps because she misses her mother or because she is experiencing a phase of greater distance from a maternal and protective figure. The recommendation here is that the person seeks to nourish himself with situations, relationships and activities that provide him with this security.

Many people, in acute moments of existential crisis, find help in the church. They enter completely helpless and even give way to convulsive cries and a cathartic process in this welcoming environment. Psychically speaking, dreaming of a church can reveal that the person is feeling confused, fearful, lost, and needs to rebuild their faith, their tune with God/Life/Spirituality.

Exercise your personal power

There are people who have real revolt against the Catholic Church. They consider her a “merciless mother” who manipulates her (faithful) children to have power over them. Consequently, those who have this type of reaction and vision, when dreaming of the church, tend to be in a phase of greater rebellion and even clash with some authority figure (such as the father, mother, boss, boss, etc. ). Finally, she needs to get in touch with her way of seeing and dealing with her personal power, without letting herself be a victim of tyrannical imposition by third parties or exaggerating in domineering authoritarianism.

OUR EXPERTS

– Yubertson Miranda, graduated in Philosophy from PUC-MG, is a symbologist, numerologist, astrologer and tarot reader.

– Thaís Khoury holds a degree in Psychology from Universidade Paulista, with a postgraduate degree in Analytical Psychology. She uses dream interpretation, calatonia and creative expression in her sessions.