The StripedGazelle refers to a mythic animal whose birth I witnessed in a dream in 1991. The events in the dream were as follows: I am aboard the Starship Enterprise. :-) I am looking for a dangerous cat who is loose somewhere on the ship. I find the cat, she becomes Eve, and we are to take her in custody. Captain Picard is now with us. Eve tells him she must recombine with the Original Adam. She transforms before us, becoming the Original Hermaphroditic Adam. He/she now has a stocky appearance, with bumpy skin. He/she says he/she must rest now. He/she lies down in a tomb-like bath, immediately below the water, my hand in his/hers. I begin experiencing powerful sensations throughout my body. Suddenly he/she is gone! Searching for him/her, I arrive in a room filled with people. I recognize to my left a man standing who I am convinced is Adam now transformed again into John the Baptist. As soon as I recognize this, John is standing in the center of the room, and in brief flashes, ever more closely spaced, appears as a statue of Christ. I am now holding the captain's hand. The flashes increase in frequency until John appears finally as a solid yet living statue of Christ. Christ's appearance is of a strong man with a long full beard. The statue is covered with pink spots (like polka-dots). The atmosphere in the room is now extraordinarily numinous. I notice that some of the other people in the room, hitherto unaware, are now seated on the floor in lotus-posture and attentive to what is going on. Now the Christ statue begins to peel open from the top. The statue peels completely away to reveal a newborn, black and white striped gazelle, glowing with a golden aura. I awake in the knowledge that I have just witnessed a divine and momentous birth.