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From Family Dreams

1890—From Family Dreams of Independent Sources

If an idea is the ancestor of the origin and use of the word family,

we must, it seems to me, account for the ancestor of the term called accident.

Our knowledge is at present limited, however,

it seems these two experiences may depart widely from a plan.

Mutual relationship must be regarded as a puzzle of life.

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Normal Course in Dreamery for Beginners

The 1888--9

Normal Course in Dreamery for Beginners

Semester 1: Preliminary Work in Dream Metaphor

Semester 2: Word Pictures and Dream Language &

First Steps in Noticing Liminal Geography

—

Intermediate and advanced Courses

to be announced later

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Where are the Archetypes of Dreams Found?

Source image from Post-Mortem Pathology by Dr. Henry W. Cattell, 1905.

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All-in-One Academic Dream Archive

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Dreamer's Market Price List

Dreamer's Market Price List

1911 Summer and Autumn 1911

Reliable

Sweet Dream Bulbs

Convenience Seeds

Reveries Requisites

Implements, Etc.

Source text: Dreer's Autumn 1911 Seed Catalogue.

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Liminal Traveller

Liminal Traveller

During a visit to dreams of reality and fancy,

the metaphor of roaming the Genius of Place arose.

That living myth is a gift.

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Fig. 24 Dream Autopsy Needs

Figure 24 Dream Autopsy Needs

Expert testimony and dream experts tell us

that an answer to the question

"what is illumination"

is a conspicuous advantage.

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Spring 1902 Catalogue of Dream Seeds

Spring 1902 Catalogue of Dream Seeds

and Historical Dream Data and Facts,

and Beautiful Visions

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Report of Curator 29

Alert Alert Alert

Report of Curator 29, Dreaming Department

All,—My report for donations

to the Dreamer's Museum for the last three months:

The monies seem to be missing.

Who is the thief &

where is the money?

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Dreamer's Autumn Catalogue 1896

Source texts: The Golden Wheel Dream-Book and Fortune-Teller, by Felix Fontaine, 1862, and Dreer's Autumn 1896 Seed Catalogue.

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Dreamer's 1897 Mid-Summer Catalogue

Dreamer's Mid-Summer Catalogue 1897

Start-You-Right Dream Seeds for Summer Sowing

Dreams are likely subject to change with our prize winning seed.

The very best quality and luxuriant crop.

Source text: Dreer's Autumn 1897 Seed Catalogue.

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Funnel-Shaped Dreams

Here is another warning about becoming obsessed with a dream.This writer uses the metaphor of a tornado to tell her readers that an intensely moving dream can easily pull a dreamer into its orbit.

Funnel-Shaped Dreams

During the afternoon of 12 July, 1848

there appeared dreams

resembling whirlpools*

They were not ordinary visions.

The centres of the columns changed

owing to violent writhing.

Only a little song fell from any of them, and still

they pulled in listeners.

 

*These were nearer than I ever before saw

Source text: The Ocean by Jordan, William Leighton  Publication date 1885.

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Dreams Caught in Eddies Quiz

Here is another warning against obsession. This writer uses the metaphor of eddies to illustrate the feelings of the intense forces around obsession. Her last line suggests that a person can accidentally fall into obsession if not careful.She has used this source text: The Ocean: A Treatise on Ocean Currents and Tides and Their Causes by William Leighton Jordan, 1885

Quiz: Dreams Caught in Eddies are

A Comfortable

 B Trustworthy

C Dangerously fanatical

The unavoidable and correct answer is C.

This is a warning to careless dreamers.

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Eddy Formation 1

Eddy Formation in the Wake of Projecting Dream Obstacles

Consider a dream moving parallel to the plane of possibility

and containing a vortex

or a vortex-pair.

What is the potential for this case?

Source text: Eddy Formation in the Wake of Projecting Obstacles by G. H. BRYAN, 1910

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Gothic Dreamwork 46

Here is an inconvenience from the Gothic tradition.This writer tells her readers that any change which is not pure can be considered Gothic, and her statement is quite problematic:

  • Pure to whom?
  • What kind of change?
  • Mysterious to whom? Are all mysteries inconvenient? (Of course not!)
  • What about Gothic Conveniences?

Gothic Dreamwork 46

That change which exhibits a state distinct from pure,

this vision is a mysterious monument.

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Liability for Interruption of a Dream

Of course questions of legality have arisen during the history of Conveniences and Inconveniences.Some people are not going to be pleased, and are going to want someone else to be liable.This convenience recommends quarantine and reassurance to counteract any dream interruption or dream rerouting.

Carriers of Dreamers—Liability for Interruption of a Dream

Quarantine the dreaming passenger

and inform her of the

momentary creative change of her journey.

No need to create panic and depression.

Source: Carriers of Passengers. Liability for Interruption of Journey, published in 1907 by The Virginia Law Register

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Good Dreamer's Damages

Read with discernment: is this a convenience or an inconvenience?

Good Dreamers

Of course good dreamer's damages receive good care.

Naturally the possession of goodness in such a case

is determined by

the usage of our own common sense

signed, The Sweet Dreams Tunnel Company

Source document: Carriers of Passengers. Liability for Interruption of Journey, 1907, published by The Virginia Law Register

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Celestial Eddies

This convenience shows a page from an historical conveniences daily meditation text.The writer has used the 1897 Celestial Eddies by Lockyer for her source text.

January 14, 1897

Daily Meditation on the Threshold

What are dreams or vision but celestial eddies?

Consider the question put forward.

   

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Caution for Dream Swindlers 1

This convenience warns about the limits of dream damage liability toward those dreamers who have been dishonest in any way.

Caution for Dream Swindlers and Imposters

One who, by fraudulent representations as to her intention,

procures an alternate dream ticket

will have no right to recover for injuries

received while within the dream.

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Consider the Optical

This convenience writer comes from the holistic tradition.She believes that all aspects of a dream life are important, and that all events (internal and external) contribute to the form and meaning of  reverie.

A Necessity:

Consider the optical,

the lantern, and source,

and manufacturer, & patentee,

and accessories.

Consider the origin

and intent.

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