Ever Heard of DREAM CATCHER?

I never did before until someone recently gifted me one.

Its a traditional thing. To any layman they are a beautiful eye catching display or decor but to those who know about it traditionally its a talisman thats hung to the bed / crib of infants at the southwest direction..why ? Because they believe it catches all the bad dreams and passes on all the good dreams to the sleeper via feathers whereas the captured bad dreams are released out when first ray of lights hit the windows.

The authentic and the traditional dream catchers were made of wooden hoops in the middle with threads webbing like a spider embedded with handmade beads and feathers.Natural and Organic materials were the essential parts of it. They would be simple in looks and usually the colors were light too.

As the time has passed we now see a lot of different styles. Sadly They have more commercial looks now like every other things in market. The meaning and the looks have evolved a lot also we now see Thematic style Dream Catchers too… like Star shaped / Moon Shaped / unicorn Shaped etc which adds up more stories to the original thought.

However the traditonal cultural thoughts and emotions are left behind. Talking about the material the ones widely sold in market are also plastic/ machine made unlike the authetic ones which were wooden/hand woven.

At the end i’d just suggest that before getting one pls familiarize yourself about the meaning ancient history and emotions attached to it. Respect and appreciate the culture which have their thoughts and emotions tied to it and lastly pls buy traditionally made hand crafted dreamcatchers from the native American craftsmen if you can.

Attached here is the modern version of dreamcatcher adding more story to the original. Its called a unicorn dream catcher which depicts clarity,purity ,protection and desire to be connected to Divine.

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