Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1909-04-16
THOUGHTS N DREAMS
Startling Rapidly With Which the
Mind Works In Sleep.
SOME STRANGE EXPERIENCES

Fit Past the Dreamer In q Few Me-
Manufacturer Results Of a Dream
Experiment by a Noted PsyeheI ogist'
A characteristic Of dreams which, rs
the rather materialistic DR. Charge
says hints at a life that has neither
beginning nor end and Is bounded by
DO limits which human thouCLtS can
compass" is the rapidity with viii b
events happen in the dream world.
Thus. when asleep and dreaming, we
live an entire lifetime in n minn'e;
in a space Of time that is scarcely
more than a second we pass through
experiences that could not be dunli'at-
ed in this objective sphere in hours
perhaps I'm years.
Count Lavalette relates that one
night, when imprisoned and unL r SEN
tence Of death. he dreamed that he
stood for FIVE hours al a Paris street
corner. where be witnessed a con.
tinuous succession Of narrowing scenes
II blood. every one Of which wrought
his soul 10 the highest pitch Of excite
ment. When be woke be found that
he had been asleep less IAN .wo min
ures.
In a more recent experiment, made
expressly, 20 test the truth % these
theories. the subject was aroused from
sleen ty a few drops Of water bein"
.rrinkled u9cn bis forehead. 1t took
hu. an instant 10 accomplish this re-
suit. and yer in that incalcul1bly brief
srace Of tine the man dreamed Of
going on en- excursion; Of an accident
BY which be was plunged into a lake
and during the long struggle to escape
death that followed all the experiences
Of his life seemed to fash before him.
inst as they are said to appear to
person lilo IS actually drowning.
Dreams are tricksters. Professor
kitchener Of Cornell university told
with gusto Of his experience AS
specialist in psychology he Interested
himself in dreams. Like a true scien'
fist, be once set about gathering data
He wanted to know what caused
dreams where they came from, what
they meant and all that. He deter.
mined to watch himself when he slept
and to awake himself at once when
he found himself dreaming something
Of value SO, with notebook on
writing table near his bed. he forced
himself to waken for several nights
and to write down, while the dream
impressions were vivid, his remem.
brances Of the details and by study
Of the room, the bed and his physical
condition to attempt to arrive at the
possible causes Of his dreams.
He was getting on famously, On
night he had Il particularly vivid
dream. In accordance with his prar
tice, he forced himself to awake ana
Immediately write down clearly every
thing about it. then went back to slee1
again. The next morning he arose
and was astOunded to see that his not"
sheet was blank. He remembered pos
itively the notes he had set down
thereon in the middle Of the precedin:
night. The next night again he wrote
down his notes after his dreams. only
10 have the same uncanny sensation
the next morning at finding nothing
recorded
The strange circumstances set him I"
bordering. That night he impressed
upon his mind before dropping off into
slumber that he must awaken with his
first dream. or, II not with that. witt
his second dream. Subsequently thi :
strong antesleeping command deliver
ed to himself was present all througI
his dream consciousness. When TIL?
first scenes Of vivid dream came be-
fore his fancy he felt himself awaken
and he set about writing down the
facts upon the pad at his table.
II was then that from some source
Of inner consciousness he felt the corr
mand again to awake. although he
seemed at the time to be in full posses,
sion Of his normal faculties. His eyes
opened. and the secret was out Eo
found himself lying in bed. where he
had been all that night His rising
after each dream had become so much
a routine that he had dreamed that
be had arisen and had made the notes.
and his dream was so clear that II
seemed reallty.-Outing Magazine.