Something below us: As in Rita’s dream below, where there is fear, can depict past trauma which is not being faced. Literally run away from; something we have left behind or we feel ‘above’. Descent, going down stairs or in a lift: Getting more down to earth or practical; a return to difficulties after living in our fantasies or escapism; depression; sexual restraint; a return from meta conception see Aura. Descending into cave, cellar or hole: Meeting unconscious content such as repressed fears or wisdom carried unconsciously from family or culture.; experience of womb existence. Going down a hill: Can mean loss of status, ageing, failure or death, but is also as shown in the second example, a positive sense of life within us. Idioms: Feel down; down and out; down in the dumps; down to earth.
