Dear Billy,
I’ve had recurring dreams of invisible demons for many years now. They lie in wait somewhere—the locations always change and I can’t sense them until I get too close. Once I get within a certain range, they grab me, at which point I have zero control over anything. They want to scare me, not possess me. In the most recent one, I was walking into a tunnel, like a subway tunnel or an underpass, where other people were also walking, but shortly after I entered something told me I should turn around. I of course ignored the warning and with one more step was scooped up. The demon was rushing me down the tunnel, slamming me into walls along the way, until we got near daylight at the other end, when it released me. Ironically, though I am more alone in my life right now than I have ever been, for the first time in a dream other people were actually witness to this and concerned for me, whereas I am usually utterly alone in my fight to get free. I don’t struggle with any substance abuse issues or demons of that sort. In every dream I have a subconscious warning but am only aware of the demon at the very moment it’s too late, and I’m absolutely terrified and completely helpless until I am released.
Any thoughts on the meaning of this? Many thanks.
—Lisa
Billy has been sent a lot of dreams about demons this year. He says demons represent a loss of honor, and honor—the treatment of other people with respect, of acting in ways worthy of respect—has been missing from far too many high places. Billy also says anything that becomes invisible in a dream will soon be made tangible in the world. And oh, have we felt the grasping hands of lost honor this year. A tunnel indicates a person who wants to ensnare you in their plots; to be attacked in a dream is a message not to trust, especially anyone who is making you promises. You feel this creeping dread even before the hands are on you; you know what is coming. But you also have the right instinct to escape this fight—go towards the light, towards others. Go towards the people who truly care about you; like the bystanders in your most recent dream, they may not know the right thing to say or do for you at first, but they do care. You are not helpless or alone in this year of lost honor. Billy says that light in a dream is an indication of energy, of renewed ambition to come. Keep reaching toward the daylight world. You are loved more than you know.
❧
Dear Billy,
It started off like a movie I had watched. It was about a demon or type of evil being who killed family members. Every time I tried to warn them, he would snatch them up and kill them in front of me. If I saw him, I would try to kill him, but he would make the family member look like himself and I’d kill my family member thinking it was him. He was very long. Sometimes he was brown, sometimes he was blue, but most times he was grey and really skinny. I could see his ribs. He didn’t have eyes, just sockets, and he could hear extremely well. He also didn’t have teeth, but his smile was so big. I was so scared. He made me kill and watch him kill all my close family members. I kept trying to wake up, but I couldn’t, and when I finally did I was crying.
—Trapped
Billy says when you murder a family member or person who is special to you in a dream, that person is in reality causing you some very real pain. You would never want to hurt them, and maybe you can’t even admit to yourself they’re hurting you, but your dream is trying to make you see this. The people we love most, even with the best of intentions, can do us harm. Though a demon is a symbol of lost honor, here he is not the villain but rather the embodiment of this pain, the respect you long for from your loved ones but do not quite get. The fact your demon is ever changing and refuses to be killed shows how much you try to suppress this hurt, but it keeps coming back. You have to listen to this demon; though he is terrifying, he has important things to tell you. Brown is a lucky omen in a dream; blue is the color of contentment, of peace at last; blindness, an exhortation to beware of a false friend or old enemy; a smile a sign of financial windfall to come. Anyone in a dream who is starving is a representation of someone who cannot help you on their own. Your demon—and make no mistake, he is your own—demands your help. You cannot let these wounds fester any longer. Peace and good fortune are on the other side of healing yourself and improving relationships with the people you love; start now by setting boundaries and demanding the respect you so richly deserve.
❧
Dear Billy,
I just woke up from this weird yet horrific dream. It started with me and my boyfriend visiting a Halloween store; then we got stuck in there and the doors closed. The minute the lights went out, all the props started to come to life. I could see Michael, Jason, and the Grudge coming towards us and blocking the exit. It was only when I found a way to break through that it got more eerie.
My dream switched over to me being in a house and watching TV on a bed with a girl I don’t even know. She decided to put The Exorcist on and I fell asleep (I cannot watch that movie. It scares the living hell out of me). I woke up in my dream and the girl was still lying beside me. I asked her why she’d shut the movie off, and she told me she’d started to get a weird feeling in the house, so I started to pray. It was then I noticed the girl next to me had become stiff, so I got up and started to walk around while praying. Every object I touched in the room was very stiff and I couldn’t move them at all. As I got closer to the window, I looked down and saw dead bodies/spirits looking up at me. I became so terrified I could not physically pray anymore from the fear. I end up lying back down when my mom walks into the room to tell me she’s running to do some errands. I try to tell her what was going on but I can’t speak and I’m stuck on the bed as if I’m having sleep paralysis in my own dream. The door then flies shut. This when it gets weird...
I saw a man coming down from a hole up on the corner of the ceiling, and it was Jesus Christ. But something inside me told me it wasn’t him. I immediately called him out, said that I knew who he was (the devil). But then I feared he would hurt me, so I decided to go along with it. He kept walking back and forth and finally he looked out the window. (I am assuming he saw what I’d seen before.) He had an evil grin on his face. I asked him if I could please turn on the TV and the minute I saw he was distracted, I gathered the strength to remove myself from my paralysis state, clenched my hands together and prayed. Only then I was able to wake up from my dream. I am not really sure what this means, but it frightened the hell out of me.
Thank you so much.
—MIA
Billy says if you dream of a movie, pay close attention to what movie it is you are watching. It has a clue for you about a future event, and you have a host of characters and stories to think about here. To lie in bed with someone is a positive omen of the future, but if there is anything else dark in the same dream, you must take extra care to make sure bad outcomes don’t occur. Billy tell us paralysis in a dream is your soul asking you to stop and look, really look, at what is around you. Stiffness in a dream is a call to consider your image, what the public eye sees of you. To dream of the devil mocking you indicates time is running out, and you are in danger from a very real and evil person. To see mementos of Halloween in a dream is a message you will be asked to complete an assignment that will present a big danger to you; a store is an emblem of success in business.
Perhaps a powerful person in your life will ask you to do something you shouldn’t, all in the guise of advancing your career; however, know that if you do, it will backfire dramatically. Billy wants you know you don’t have to do anything that would hurt you or others. Trust your gut. In your dream, you see the devil for who he is right away, even though he comes to you looking like a savior. Perhaps you are in need of an exorcism in both your personal and professional life. In a dream, to pray is to call back to the emotional lessons you have learned from hard times in the past. You have all the skills and knowledge you need to survive already. Now set the devil running and be careful not to fall down any stairs.