08-16-2015, 03:03 PM
(08-16-2015, 10:31 AM)Sherriann Wrote: When I had this dream, North was in the direction away from home, too.
Night of June 27/28: I’m stopped on the highway in a town called Holdfast. There are country stores along the highway. I am out of my vehicle standing in the middle of the highway, arms spread, pointing in both directions. I ask a man in a brown jacket, “In what direction should I be going?” His answer is, “North”.
Definition of holdfast, from the Free Dictionary:
Quote:hold·fast (hōld′făst′)
n.
1. Any of various devices used to fasten something securely.
2. Biology An organ or structure of attachment, especially the basal, rootlike formation by which certain seaweeds or other algae are attached to a substrate.
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
holdfast (ˈhəʊldˌfɑːst)
n
1.
a. the act of gripping strongly
b. such a grip
2. (Mechanical Engineering) any device used to secure an object, such as a hook, clamp, etc
3. (Botany) the organ of attachment of a seaweed or related plant
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
hold•fast (ˈhoʊldˌfæst, -ˌfɑst)
n.
1. something used to hold or secure a thing in place.
2. any of several rootlike or suckerlike parts of a plant or fungus serving for attachment.
[1550–60]
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A town that's "holding fast" against something.
And north has popped up for me multiple times as a "safe" direction.