Abduction

Does being taken against your will remind you of anything? If you noticed your kids or loved ones being abducted suggests fears of some outside force taking them away. You may feel vulnerable that you no longer have control over them. If you are abducting someone in your dream suggests controlling aspects of yourself.

Being abducted shows how you may be allowing your real nature to be 'kidnapped' by fear or the pressure of others. The threat of being abducted by Aliens and UFOs is a common dream theme arising from peer pressure or doing things that go against your sense of Self. Being threatened by a sinister character can portray the Shadow (Also see Shadow under Archetypes and Universal Characters.) The Shadow represents the unacknowledged but powerful part of your nature that you are not allowing to have expression. It follows or stalks you attempting to 'break in' to consciousness. In a sense, you are 'kidnapping' yourself or repressing some aspect of your real self. Being kidnapped by anything portrays the internal conflict created when one side of you is evolving, yet is blocked by your more ingrained or critical nature from the pressure of conformity. You may dream of abduction any time you feel developmental pressure of this type.