Dreaming Lens: Where were you that was deserted? Was it a familiar place? Was it from your past or present? Were you aware of who should be present but was missing? Did you know why the location was deserted? How did you feel about being alone? Were you at risk or in danger? Were you happy in your isolation?
Personal Focus: Human beings are social animals. We have lived in community with one another since our earliest arrival on the planet. This close proximity has only increased with the passage of time and the advancement of civilization, because while individual personality types may prefer a solitary existence, for the most part, humankind is a race of communal beings. We are so conditioned to the interpersonal structure of the societies in which we live that it is easy to take for granted how much we depend on the countless denizens who, even anonymously, provide for most of our daily needs.
To find yourself in a place that is deserted and devoid of the presence of other human beings would leave you helpless in many ways. The severity of this vulnerability would depend greatly on where you were, what resources you had access to, as well as your own fortitude and courage. Even in the best of circumstances, your very survival would be at risk; hence, the primary symbolic meaning connected to risk and death. While loneliness might be thought of as the underlying emotional content of such an event, it is the absence of human resources that carries the interpretable weight of this symbol. Even if you found the absence of other people comforting, this meaning still applies. You may want to consider how relying on others for getting your needs met may be the root cause of the anxiety that sparked this dream.
The Dreaming Lens will be essential to complete your interpretation, for it is in the environment in which you find yourself deserted that will provide the message that your unconscious is attempting to communicate. When you have assigned an interpretation to that environment, introduce the element of risk. This should inform you of the area of your waking life that feels vulnerable and may require an effort on your part to seek outside contribution in order to restore balance.
If the deserted setting is from your childhood or any earlier time in your life, you may be experiencing a current crisis that had its first appearance at that point in time or that period of your emotional development. If your past or present workplace is the scene, you may want to examine how supported you feel by your colleagues or superiors.
Some deserted environments will connect to specific circles of friends or family units that would normally populate them. If this is the case, you will want to investigate issues emerging about contributions you feel you receive from these groups, and notice where your emotional and psychic needs may not be being met.
When towns or cities reflect emptiness of this nature, the symbol is expressing a more generalized unconscious anxiety around helplessness. As a general rule, the larger the location, the greater the anxiety is likely to be. A familiar location may indicate a specific and identifiable loss of support. If the location is fictional, the underlying fears being expressed by your unconscious may not yet be clear. Whatever the scenario, this image in a dream is a wake up call to discover ways in which your current lifestyle is not supplying you with the psychological resources you need to feel comfortable and safe. [1]
The severity of this vulnerability would depend greatly on where you were, what resources you had access to, as well as your own fortitude and courage. Even in the best of circumstances, your very survival would be at risk; hence, the primary symbolic meaning of this symbol is connected to risk and death. While loneliness might be thought of as the underlying emotional content of such an event, it is the absence of human resources that carries the interpretable weight of this symbol. Even if you found the absence of other people comforting, this meaning still applies. You may want to consider how relying on others for getting your needs met may be the root cause of the anxiety that sparked this dream. [2]