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pre-1912 cosmology.
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archive of field art.
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Imagination as a Shield
Source Text: Osmotic Pressure of Solutions of Cane-Sugar by William Lee Kennon, 1906.
Warning to Practitioners
Source Text: Methods of Sampling Cream for Testing and Their Relation to Creamery Practice, Nelson William Hepburn, 1910.
Dreamers Gravitate to the Shores of the Imagination
Source: Haunts of Collectors, 1883, The Art Amateur.
Adulteration of Dreams 1
Source text: A Treatise on Adulterations of Food and Culinary Poisons by Friedrich Christian Accum, 1820.
Delusional-Dream Disease
The writer of this Convenience tells her readers that delusional thinking is inherent in being human, that it is a persistent state, and that many people are frequently trying different methods to rid themselves of their delusions.
Source text: The Potato Disease by Royal College of Surgeons of England, publication date 1845.
Excess Baggage Costs
Excess Baggage Costs
Anxiety and undue mental exercise are not carried free on the path o' dreams,
but are experienced as problematic excess baggage—
whether the dreamer has other beneficial luggage or not.
It is not an impossible journey,
for which of us has not known melancholy?
Preservation of Les Rêves
Here is an advertisement for a textbook about dreams.Please note that the author has chosen Anonymous for her last name.Choosing to remain anonymous is the tradition among practitioners.It has always been this way. Convenience practitioners do not claim to be originators of knowledge or wisdom.They see themselves as conduits.
Source text: Preservation of the teeth indispensable to comfort and appearance, health and longevity by Gray, John, Publication date 1840.
The Cool Gaze - Bulletin of Information for Advanced Studies
The Cool Gaze January, 1904
Bulletin of Information for Advanced Studies
in Dream Teachings:
Drama and Deceptions
Report of an Operation
The Report of an Operation—of Sorts
Preface to the First Dream Edition
The post of dreamer surgeon
is one of an esteemed and mysterious service.
Stridulous Dreams
Convenience scholars tell readers that the phrase here, loss of voice, refers to an inability to express one's own thoughts, opinions, and imaginings (inability for whatever reason and however expressed).Stridulous dreams are harsh and grating.The writer is emphasizing the idea that this loss and these dreaming experiences affect different people differently.
Source text: Hoarseness, Loss of voice, and Stridulous Breathing by Morell Mackenzie, 1868.
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