Dreams inside of dreams ???

[day1ventura]

First, let me start by saying that this dream was in color, vivid, very detailed, and I was never fearful:
I am at a huge dam with a man who is an archeologist of sorts (for lack of a better word) of rare and unusual animals. We are at the top of the dam overlooking where they release water into the lake. There is a metal rail, with a platform attached that travels at super speed along side of the water spill, into the lake. I step on to the platform and ride it down (something my awaking self would never do! Yet in this dream, it felt exhilarating and thrilling). I get out of the lake, and step onto the bank to see the man dragging the lake looking for something. He pulls out the skull of a Rhino, and seems disappointed that it is not as rare or unusual as he would have liked (I am fascinated by the details of the skulls and I want it).
We are now waking though a jungle and come upon a house. We go in the house where there are a few other people (male and female, I know none). I see hundreds of snakes of all different sizes, shapes, patterns, and colors (I feel confident, but the other people are frightened). I tell everyone to let the snakes move as they please and to be very still and they will not hurt or bite them. A beautiful silver snake begins to move up my left arm, to my chin, then past my mouth. The snake pulls its’ head back, looks at me, and we kiss (I sense that it is a pet, and I feel it needs protecting from some of the bigger snakes). I go into a different room and see a bed with lots of smaller snakes on it. I lie down on the bed and go to sleep (I had a feeling of well being).

Allow me to explain the sensations and thoughts I experienced in what is to follow:
I have an out of body experience and it feels as if I am experiencing real-time. I am seeing things unfold around me while being asleep with the snakes in my 2nd sleep, of which is inside my 1st dream.

I am watching the man chasing after a huge snake (I get the impression that he wants to kill it). He is in a room with water on the floor, a fence, metal shelves, and downed electrical wires all over the place. The man loses his balance and falls against the fence. There are sparks flying everywhere and there is this bright illumination all about (I know the man is being electrocuted, and I am profoundly sad; however, I cannot bring myself to look away, the sparks and illumination are extraordinary. As I watch all this I ask my self, “how can I be seeing this, when I know I’m sleeping on the bed with the snakes in the other room?). The man is now skeleton and ashes (I also had a feeling that all is as it should be).

When I woke, I felt like I had been dreaming for hours, it was quite intense. I am having difficulty interpreting this dream. Help will be appreciated.