, 1869-07-18
DREAMS.
Tic Bordcr-Lnnd of Drcnrns-uoW
to Stctp~

DREAMS.
Tic Border.Lnnd of Drcntn8-uow
to Sleep.
A writer IN 7fnsIry'4 Maoa:tne says: -.,.
plensure Of falling asleep" Is 10 very 1arc'y aus
iysed by men Of science that some very odd no
tons s1e abroad upun tho subject 1ne o! thsss
Is thBt Jou cannot fall hsleep until 5ou cease
thinking. The co1rnon recipe for the securing q
tieep-to 60 on counting hundred after huudrtd
pn,d ono becomes in:ensiole-ls saia q TO s. oe 10.
thought In iact, II does nothing Of the lind i
is possible 10 20 on counting mechanically while
m0 imaginary pictures, recalling tho eycata 0. the
da1, and so fotsh. The monotony Of counting cer.
tai.y tends to induce sleer and 70 fa1 lessons the
CHANCES Of the Ubt5uEiOn Of conscious InouHat-
Uui the notion tha one must cease to think before
one eau sleep Is onfJ Tu]Rrt ef1oI Ccrtaln opet-
stions OF The mlnd-of memory, reason. ludg-
mcni. pnd, aboye all Of tmAg1natlon-Aon not cease
even alter ac1aal sleep haa yet Il. .
In slecp nc rrmembef aud call up betose Us nes~
aims long dtpd; We rcAaOu with them, and some
un1ea, by IN ine1plicab1c mental freak, We oslow
| them to puzzle md perr,ex us Eltn IN argthent
eonundum whsa tnsy hassso M e1pna eaa1, 70 nj 1s
VI wseR aas shey IT. ensased F1eqaenuy tae mental
Of 1s2 9 # ,e ps1 aa5 We
other Of the cnaructers III the sleep uttered
| We can remember the extIavaGhnt Ta2af1es tha
|
the castles of MILK atc cloud, the seas Of nqu!d
nre, the gardens In which eIcrJ noWer haa heart
Of diamond. And, es ali these tntellectua! pro
cesses must hare their eorEelatlye physicai effect
II IL tutt rrptaole that the bro1n tnatcrtsl gets no
resi- 1t al; that the constant tlausm1taton o.
IL ne gs on by n1rat ~ oy day Some
| Rrtat mud radical differences there undoubted'y
erc between tho thinking OF wakefulncss and the
ass never centcous TINT VIC Aro thinking, and our
thoughts are entirely beyond the direction Of Inc
| WILL ,,,,,
on this side Of actual siecp 1n which there e onl5
half consciousness Of thought, nnu n "hlen o1i
thiuk!og IL 70 certain extent h1ulect ~ s9I,on
during this period, have none OF the nne ihaepeu
deuce and completeness Of the creations O.
sirIc uRures Which the magic lantern shows US
the figures that haunt this transitional state ~
ike rial men and women seen through piece O.
Dot,e-g glsss. during this period re s!! prHse!St e.
some no Ions Of consistency ana ~ IN
land Of dreams tmpoeslb1litJ has become natala!
Take the sesy ease o. narnt 61dnps M vou ca,
count hundred backward and torEart
1t the sane tins and you tuay nase ~
niece OF 1ndia-ruober which has been painful,
stretched to the extremes Of the hunasedt ian A.
t9ss ~ sRG H'R afe oa1se Of Inc process ns
al rft;. This nonsense Is Impossible in that con
FUSED and stn conscious peEoa Of men ne spHai
ipE-one, tMo, three, four. i've, ak teyeu, clsht
ntnc ten, In consistent Auccesslon- In Ehot
oD SseoTs Tsen sssa dops @ @
Nc come to eeyeu we maze q sudden gasp
the pE up OF tas na1ss de. TesH + naR az r e2
resented BY one, tFo shree, four, 1sc, a1r sever
| ten. u..,,,.-,
zne1ss ens SANE psocssea rhh hll a sho faces nsnfe
rpeeches and scenes that CROWD ,,, this ,sa1 seM
conscious staie hare certain rsat5 e1oat IsH1 sneT
want the COMPLETE Identification that wakefu
/ ness would give them, OF theJ inciude one o. ="
Eef5 lng1iaI-1ar more singular tnan ,n5thtn
thai occurs In actual dreaming. For one s. .
te md sta1ts eonsc'oas of re gross 81 9
proper one Is never conscious OF the e1tSaEaSanc
81 The Thing dreame.' It's true saas con,nse a,i
Of 1a 1sh Is Gaecr threaten @
absolute lcal; md then, ~ af oneG' ne says ~,
aIraIn." And be NAY remember. after BE- ., 3,
: | aNofe, that he has Tins reasoned with himsel
But II almost al 1a.es u W. ce Iogma s1ta LII 1
: asnnst ~ fear which the dreamer, IN authorization
o anne such fdehtful d1eam1 had previously pr
sae ii'f5 Ia.t e ha 1s't q
he u dreaming; but he L. Still MORALLY Afald
tne object that his terrified him: and before !
tn1sTsanl7 @ awaies. Indeed, the occurrence Of Il
notion that he may be dreaming Is ouiJ ono Of u
SYMPTOMS q dsEntEs xa1e1elnsa 3n.,c ia ncn
r nos I5p.rees ~ ~ r. mi s0methin1 IL wrong, VI
!. IN indolcnt disability TO get 1t right Perhaps IT
pietn1e 9! rague ~ IN ernanstse mi
g hlch Les iumedtate!J within me human egeia
We standing upon ne asslFe h hihasca. !sa s1l
e dark city sleeping down there Oh the PLAIN a.
3 moonlight Ihese y the bridge re snoT; n n
IN down into ihe water; There to2. . are
~ Soncn and Schutxen lGbs. oalk Ma@ .haa =,
the middle q me stle1 ,a ~ - 4be
bridge down thete adoned ~ Tn ~ na = e1ei
cannot be London bridge. ana 1T nc. nc 1o@ef eaa;,
there: and We n our eyea On on t. lons enoos
Tho islands out n tne ss1ean ~ ~ e 7hnn,ng nm
Il Banks *1l develop xhaves: nans9m @ eses {a1 III
e rss eoss The o1fe @ ~ III IN dInt
,ns 1emep Dh on Tie pasenea,, under sne cold ~
r Light, With profuse use q nineasate q untu u -
suddenly beSome sxeIe q hsnnen .ng N IL snd
~ Bone1nian city In ~hich Slna Da'ntka 'oEed
r. y Je.. .,,.,,,,.n .,s n,notc mint. of de,
HGt 81 H. 8n1sr ;oscs IL n,aoTn idtn,tT lie
@ .n,o1ant.s, 1cc.a1g ns eonss'1aoa nc
asa eu1ps ,as a.. u ae sGs ~sh
:. eeafss .oeoT.eye.nd .oadents.ly dsco!er th.s 10
iaktnE TO this pcIson. not - ne r.n ~ ~
would eSse snIen 9sec1 n,o- w n.rtr Tnen 20
time has elapeed aimee The occafeoces Wlsa ~ =
/ fh+y HEht hlrp<nfd- SlbG6 lUAQlN&%Foa = y
fnefnor1 kept for few yeAtS In bottlc, II 51uo
that memory, the older Il RrpE4, u The IN
= ] tfcjy 10 naY u1cH with facts In tho way
coraIdntnc what tulxht hare been with HhAs
| brcn Mcu delight 10 look back upon iEpoTt
- ryent8 In tSctY lives, and imagine new FcEaun1
n | them This amusement which II uutTctsa!,
~ | othtr Cpu3euutuce4 than the temporary ut1l
| lon Q! tht tancJ. The clear tlnea Q! lact ocec
Ty hurca noenoa.s. esN esst .,..,en ~ ..t 1T ns
ut Gooo aGn .n ~ hss ern ite n hs 1outh-s eiTcs
Of snen ina. se[men 70 hitn sltlctepily t.as1c ii
tb, @ go .ftr1,sa,,1s fherr are few thincs Vt
eH 9s..t hfn, ~ nrrh ~ to inOx hack md cn
Rcr @ @,th fhn ~ ~ sr-nronittnIf eT Tpef1ence n