Hi Anonymous -
You’re not the only one who has had an “end of the world” dream recently. People have been dreaming of suns that don’t rise, of milky white clouds that envelop the planet in a chilling freeze, and of doomsayers who go from door to door - warning everyone to “go ahead and kill themselves” - for “the end is near.”
The advent of 2000 was hyped as extraordinary for many reasons. If it wasn’t the Y2K bug, which threatened the planet’s physical well-being, it was the curious power attached to the revolving digits of the new millenium. Some people hoped for a supernatural transformation of the planet - a benevolent spiritual force which would usher in an era of light and life. Others, various religious groups included, predicted that prophesies of Armageddon and Judgment Day would be fulfilled.
If you believe in a loving and forgiving God, and if you believe in good old human “can-do,” January 1, 2000 was a great day. The new year arrived with nary a hitch - Y2K or cosmic.
People who secretly hope for “Armageddon” and “Judgment Day” scenarios usually do so from a position of powerlessness. Because they do not believe in their ability to help make tomorrow’s dreams come true, like spoiled sports at a birthday party, they wish to ruin the celebration for everyone else. From this fountain of frustration spring fantasies of revised judgment (in their favor), of “collapse of the power structure,” and fantasies of some other force (not themselves) making this anti-life vision real.
Your dream, like many others received in December of 1999, almost certainly was inspired by the Y2K/Millennium excitement. Even in your dream though, the “fire and brimstone” is revealed as illusory; neither you nor your sister is burned by its flames. The woman watching you, who offers you sanctuary from the firestorm in her cellar, could represent someone you know in real life who supports you, or she could be, according to Jungian theory, a wisdom figure, who actually represents your own inner wisdom. Your sanctuary in the cellar (because it is “below the ground”) again suggests the “wisdom of the subconscious.”
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