KP,
Astral Projection {AP} is not something I work with nor have a great belief in. Not to say there isn't something to it but as long as we can only assume the existence of an "astral body", separate from the physical body and capable of travelling outside it, and not have concrete science to support it, I focus my attention to those things we can prove. Dreams are a science and Jung has provided the tools to understand and interpret them.

As for your dream. My sense is the dream is focusing on primary principles that are from early life and are unconscious motivators in your life. The concrete bunker in the beginning of the dream {which normally points to the primary message of the dream} represents a 'reinforced underground shelter'. This would point to a sheltering of emotional energies that have become unconscious to protect you from experiences/influences that now motivate your conscious life {or aspects of it}. You are being led by these unconscious energies/motivators and may have had a recent experience that involved them. The tour could be your dreams focusing on these motivators and the source for them. I do get the sense you have some type of conscious awareness of some aspect of what these energies are. It could involve a hot temper, letting the energies take over your normal self. There are strong motivators in your unconscious and usually these type energies come from early life experiences and influences. I sense from the dream you possess these strong energies that have become the ground for your personality and motivate much of how you live life.

As for interpreting the images and how I got to this impression.
*Concrete bunker-unconscious contents that 'lead' you in your conscious life
*high walls-barriers to recognizing the unconscious contents {usually constructed by the ego}
*being led by a man-this would be the 'man' or primary lead in your life. It could point to an actual person, a father or a person who had a 'Giant' influence in your early life
*tour-this could be the natural evolution of the psyche where unconscious contents begin to expose themselves. This normally happens at mid-life.
*ramp-descending to the lower levels of the unconscious
*main floor-your primary grounding in life. Those experiences/influences that are the primary forces to your personality. This would come from early life.
*dryer and vent-a need to deal with your emotions, venting whatever the energies are that motivate/control conscious actions
* People doing mundane stuff - this is going about life not aware of the unconscious energies
*under Antarctica-under the influence of the 'polar regions' of the psyche. Cold emotional influences
*underwater-unconscious contents
*something I just knew, no reason for it-unconscious knowledge
*1 piece of a warm layer, and the other piece is base layer-I see this as one motivating factor in general that influences your psyche
*I have no idea how I got here, it seems very sealed off with no doors-again, unconscious influences from early life experiences on conscious actions. Consciously unaware of the influences {no doors}
*tour as a newcomer to what seems to be some sort of community-becoming aware, or recent experiences that make you aware of actions on your part that are part of the 'anxiety community' within your psyche.
*Something has happened and I now can feel a bit of anxiety-this may point to recent experience{s} that cause emotional response from the unconscious motivators
*the metal gates that roll up when a street store opens up-strong {metal} unconscious forces that 'open up' into conscious actions. Again, you may be aware of your actions but not the reasons for them
*sitting on the ground with my back against a wall-the ground is the foundation of your being

The wall is the barriers that prevent you from understanding the motivators
*The last part about the girl is probably addressing anima aspects. see next notation
*an intensely rising feeling of want/need/love in me-this is the anima, a need for love {feminine aspect}. This is something you lack in life {especially from early life} and need to pull those unconscious factors to consciousness so you can find love 'for and within yourself'.

There are many images pointing to unconscious contents and barriers in your dream. Also unconscious motivators. Either your early life lacked something essential to a healthy psyche later in life, or/and there were particular experiences responsible for/motivate conscious actions as an adult.
As for AP. You may have felt like you were experiencing an out-of-body experience but that could be explained by conscious awareness of unconscious contents. The out-of-body is actually an inner body experienced being felt by conscious awareness {or a need for it}. A need for a projection of unconscious contents to conscious awareness. Until the unconscious motivators are recognized, understood and reconciled, they will continue to influence/control your life.

Jerry

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