HI Reader,

I’m writing this note in my “forest office,” a spot by the creek while my kiddos are at summer camp. This is no ordinary creek though: it’s my ancestral creek.

In the 1660s, my grandfather- to-the-12th power Thomas Dungan immigrated to the American colonies with his family. They were fleeing England, where Baptists were harshly persecuted and not allowed to even freely gather.

After Thomas trained as a minister in Rhode Island, he relocated to the colony of Pennsylvania, attracted to William Penn's principles of religious freedom and tolerance. And on the shores of this same creek where I am sitting right now, Rev. Dungan's daughter was married and baptized in 1692.

Just sitting here, listening to the waters as they glide over the stones, I feel supported and nourished by this creek where, just a few miles upstream, my direct ancestors were married, spiritually renewed, and lived out their lives.

And I am fortified knowing my ancestors, who were misunderstood and taunted for their spiritual beliefs, had the inner strength to build community for their people where they could live in peace.

As a dreamer, you may understand what it feels like to be alone. There's a lot of that energy going around these days.

You are likely the only one in your family and friend circle who is interested in attending to dreams, visions, and altered states of consciousness for healing and self-knowledge.

You have probably been greeted with polite nods when you share your dreams, only to hear the reply, “Weird… anyways….have you seen the latest episode of Sirens?”

You may be trying to work with your repetitive dreams, but have trouble making sense of what they are warning you about.

Or perhaps you are trying to increase your lucid dreaming powers so you can ask questions and receive guidance from the creative dreaming mind.

This is why I built the Dream Portal:

For dreamer like you, hungry for community, yearning for nourishment by folks who get it, that our dreams offer so much more than “weird” comments from our normie colleagues and family.

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​I invite you to join us. ​

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This is an era for dreamers, I’m convinced.

We can't let the daily outrage machine grind us down. Let’s empower ourselves and our communities by centering rest, intuition, and the wisdom of the creative, dreaming mind.

Now, more than ever, the world needs dreamers like you.

Yours,

Ryan Dungan Hurd