The Dreamwalker’s Query List for Oneiromantic Clarity
Dream interpretation is one of the oldest forms of divination and spiritual messaging relays known to humanity - and it has had a critical role in not only society and culture, but major turning points in history. Even collective dreams, shared dreams and collective recurring dreams have a place in certain ethnocultural spaces and conversations.
Yet oneiromancy - the act of prognostication and divination through dreams - can be one of the most challenging fields of spiritual study, exploration, and cultivation. Least of all because dreamwork can vary from region to region, culture to culture, family to family, and mind to mind. There are a number of tools at the oneiromancer’s disposal, but for the casual practitioner or layperson? Developing a consistent track record of understanding dreams can be rather difficult. Fortunately, there’s a bunch of protocols for that. Many of them can be formed by answering the questions to the below query list.
This list of questions is not exhaustive, but they are a springboard into self-assessing and remedying issues with dreams. Symbol and other detail work may be easier once you’ve fine-tuned your dreaming experience. But if you still struggle? Know that you can ask me about your dreams via regular consultation or via my office hours! I am more than happy to help you open the way to better dreaming, not just understanding dream content better.
So. Without further ado:
Some Sensitive - But Foundational - Questions
How safe do you feel in your body?
Do you have experience with astral travel, lucid dreaming, or astral projection? If so, what is your relationship with those activities?
Does your bedroom feel like a safe space? Why (yes - answer that question even if you feel safe)?
Does your bed feel like a safe space? Why (yes - answer that question even if you feel safe)?
Does being awake feel safe to you? Why (yes - answer that question even if you feel safe)?
Do you feel safe falling asleep? Why (yes - answer that question even if you feel safe)?
What is your relationship with sleep? Meaning: is it reprieve, or rest? Is it escape, a journey, or simply a function?
Personal Spiritual Hygiene
How often do you give yourself space to process your emotions - on any side of the “acceptable” / “unacceptable” emotions spectrum? Do you give yourself space to do those things?
Do you have a history of suppressing emotions, thoughts, and feelings? If so: what working tools do you have at your disposal for navigating that particular pattern? Do you feel comfortable using them?
Do you pray to, or otherwise work with your higher self or any self-aspect?
Have you taken a spiritual bath? What ingredients were used? Was it successful?
Have you washed your hair and head with spiritually-charged materials? What ingredients were used? Was it successful?
What’s your relationship with recreational mind-altering substances? Do they help, hinder, or have no effect on your dreaming experience?
Local Spiritual Hygiene
If you have a car, how much time do you spend in it? Have you ever cleansed it before? What about protections?
Have you cleansed your home? If so, what materials did you use? How has it felt sense?
Have you cleansed your bedroom and all objects in it? If so, what materials did you use? How recently did you cleanse?
How often do you replace your pillows? If not replacing: how do you clean them? Do you cleanse them?
Have you tried cleansing your mattress or under your bed? If so, what did you use? What were the results?
This query list was written during a time where collective dreams and dreamwork in general felt particularly relevant (July 2025). For some specific notes and suggestions for better dreaming that were posted at the same time, consider becoming a member of the Matrix Lab.
