In a dream God can depict emotions we use to deal with anxiety – i.e. our own belief that a higher power is in charge, so therefore we are okay in the world and are not responsible; a parent image from early infancy. God can indicate the moral or philosophical beliefs you hold; self judgement; something/someone you worship; or a feeling of connection with humanity. In its highest form the dream image or experience of God is an expression of the fundamental creative/destructive process in you; a sense of your living interaction or relationship with all beings and the universe.
Being a god: You are always the hero of your own life. You are the central character of your own drama of experience. As such you are the deed doer, the hero or fallen god, especially when the dream is portraying dramatic life events.
When I explored the emotions that had surfaced in recent dreams about God, I came across something totally unexpected. I had decided I would treat the image of God like a dream image, and ‘get inside it’, find out what was behind it. When I managed to do this I found with amazement that my desperate need for my father’s love, a love he found difficult to express, had been transformed into my internal sense of God.
Jung says that while the Catholic Church admits of dreams sent by God, most theologians make little attempt to understand dreams in relationship to God.
