The Bank of Beirut - My Curious Dream

I am quite interested in dream interpretation, although, frankly, the meaning of most of my dreams remain impenetrable to me. Nevertheless, I can remember at least one occasion when the content of the dream was prophetic, if that's the right expression.

At the time of this prophetic dream, I was helping a charitable enterprise acquire some open land which the owner wanted to sell for housing. In the middle of this landholding, was a separate property owned by the local authority who were in the process of selling it to a private individual. Control of this council land was likely to be important to the wider aquisition. However, it seemed that the sale was "a done deal". However, one day I had a troubling dream which, upon interpretation, indicated that the deal was not yet done. The council later returned the potential buyer's cheque to him, and their site was integrated into the charitable enterprise : sort of, but that's another story...

Last night, I dreamt of the Bank of Beirut. I cannot consciously remember seeing a bank with this name before, but that's not to say I haven't done so. A bank of this name does exist, but why would I dream about it ?

In my dream, the Bank of Beirut occupies newly refurbished ground floor premises in an urban area which I associtate with a city quarter. The location is nondescript in being neither particularly modern, nor particularly historic. My reaction to seeing the bank is positive - I am possibly experiencing a lucid dream in which my conscious mind also comes into play - as it suggests some enterprise, albeit of a possibly risky nature. Nevertheless, I sense the possibility of some new and maybe exciting venture.

What could this be about ? At the time of writing, I'm not at all sure. The name of "Beirut" conjures up all sorts of conflicts and undertainties to my waking state. Yet I know that before the outbreak of the most recent "war", the city was regaining its status as the playground of the Middle East. However, notwithstanding the problems of the region, I still associate it with financial opportunity, all be this perhaps not risk free. It also has an exotic quality which, given my current base in Worcester, has some attraction just now.

Yet I'm no nearer to understanding my dream, or am I ? I bank with Halifax Bank of Scotland (or HBS) and on my other blog today (janetmackinnon.blogspot.com) I wrote about the prospect of Scottish independence. Worcester is strongly associated with the last battle of the English Civil War and for being a Royalist stronghold. Do I have underlying issues about the breakup of the UK perhaps, and both the opportunities and dangers this might hold ?