Dreams and Visions: Dream: A Witch in the 1900s-Page 3

I became aware that the woman was keeping the fact
that she was a witch a secret. In other words, she was
concealing an aspect of her identity.
Now, in terms of the subject matter being a past life
this makes sense, as history (no pun intended) has
recorded the persecution of witches. In light of this, I
could interpret this as saying that in that lifetime I
concealed this part of myself from the public at large.
But going with my assertion that this would also
suggest something at work in my life at the time of the
dream, I considered this question: In what area of my
life was I concerned with the possibility of being
persecuted, of being afraid of a "witch hunt?"
At that time, I would connect this question to my work
with the Tarot, as some people in my life, at that time,
frowned upon it.

Another thing I realized was the issue of honesty
and/or dishonesty. The woman is not being totally
honest in the dream (even though there is good
reason). In my interpretation, I connected this to a
learned behavior from my mother. In my own "history"
(this lifetime), I witnessed my mother consistently
conceal or misrepresent herself and aspects of her life,
as she was concerned with pretense, and what people
thought of her; she had an image in her mind that had
to always be maintained. I think my mother did that
due to a fear of being rejected, as a direct result of
things from her own past (her "history").

This dream is telling me that, in this lifetime, or this
present time (depending on your viewpoint), I need to
learn (the house becoming a school) to be authentic,
and not to conceal any aspect of myself.