The Washington bee., 1910-11-05
THOUGHTS IN DREAMS
Startling Rapidly Wlth WhSoh he
Mind Works In Sleep.
soME STRANGE EXPERIENCES
Tss zVsnts Of Whole Lifetime Hasy
Fllt Past the Dreamer In 3 Few Me.
msnts-oussr RSsults Of q Dream
Experiment BY = Noted Psychologists.

4 characteristic OF dreams which, as
ne rather materialisttc Dr.. Clarke
says, ''hints at a life that has neither
beginning nor end and is bounded by
10 limits which human thoughts can
compass" is the Eapidity with which
events happen IN the, dream world.
Thus, when asleep and dreaming, we
I've En entire lifetime II q minute;
a 3 space OF time that Is scarcely
more than q second we pass through
SxpsEisnees Chat eouId not be dupiieat-
sd in tilz objective sphere In hours.
perhaps In years.
Count IAwaiekte rezc tes that one
A4ght, when Imprisoned and under gen.
ssncs Of death, he dreamed that he
stood for fve hOuSs At a Paris street
soFneT, where be witnessed q con.
ttnuoHs succession Of narrowing scenes
e blood, every one OF which wrought
has soul to the hAghe=t pitch OF excite
nnent. When he woke he found that
be had been asleep less than two min
uses
IN q moEe recent experiment, made
theories, the subject was aroused from
sleep By a few dFopN Of water being
srrinkIed upon his forehead. Il took
bat an instant TO accomplish this re-
Su1t, and yet in that intellectually brief
space Of time the man dreamed Of
RoAng on an excursion; Of an accident
hy which he was plunged into lake,
A. azS4 &a
dSath that followed all the experiences
sk his life seemed to fash before him,
tust as they are said to appear to .
psrson who is actually drowning.
Dreams are triekBtsTs. Professor
kitchener Of Cornell university told
With gusto Of his experience. as
specialist IN Psychology he interested
himself in dreams. Like q true scien-
dist, 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 20 awake himself at once when
he found himself dreaming something
Of value. So, with a notebook on a
writing table near his bed, he forced
himself TO waken for several nights
and 20 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. One
aight be had a particularly vivid
dream In accordance with his prac-
tice, he forced himself to awake and
Immediately write down clearly every
thing about It, then went back to sleep
again. The next morning he arose
and was astounded to see that his note
sheet was blank. He remembered pos
ftiveIy the notes he had set down
thereon IN the middle Of the preceding
night. The next night again he wrote
down his notes after his dreams, only
TO have the same uncanny sensation
the next morning at finding nothing
recorded
The strange circumstances set him 10
pondering. That night he impressed
upon his mind before dropping OF into
siumber that be must awaken with his
drst dream, or, II not with that, with
his second dream. Subsequently this
strong antesleeping command deliver
ed TO himself was present all through
his dream consciousness. When the
first scenes Of a 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 com
mand again to awake, although he
seemed at the time 20 be in full posses
sion Of his normal faculties. His eyes
opened, and the secret was out. BE
found himself lying in bed, where he
had been all that night Bis rising
akear each dream had become so much
a routine that he had dreamed that
be had arisen and bad made the notes.
and his dream was so clear that II
seemed rsaHty.-Outtng Aagsk4n4.