hi,

i am glad you are continuing with the carolyn myss archetype adventure. i should look further into that, i really like her.

as for your dream, well its interesting. i find it of note that you shared the dream in the same blog entry as discussing your inner critic. coincidence? i tend not to use dream books but use logic and intuition to approach dreams. what i am seeing is this - the sleeping bag is supposed to be a warm, safe, restful place. but you found creepy crawlies in yours, not just one either. maybe in this instnace your sleeping bag represents your self, your mind, your heart. the spiders could represent an "infestation" of critical notions and ideas that live inside your mind and constantly nit pick and build webs of guilt and sticky condemnation in which your healthy self image keeps getting caught up in. you finding the spiders and gettig them out of the bag may indicate you are now addressing the destructive nature of your inner critic and cleaning out the negativity that exists there.

i am glad you are beginning this process, it is well worth the effort. of course the inner critic does serve a purpose, it can be a healthy voice, it just needs to be balanced is all.

ff