The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-28
Wonderful Nature of
Dreams
BY GARRETT P. SERVISS.
is it better to dream or not 10
dream2

rs II better 10 dream or not 10
dream?
II YOU do NOT dream your. hours
Of sleep are absolute vacancies, or
great empty chasms, yawning, at
regular intervals, across the whole
width OF your life.
II you DO dream the river Of your
life is divided between overground
persons find those hours that are
passed in sunless caverns. "meas~
ureless TO man." far more fascinating
than the others.
Ordinarily. however. people think
that dreamless sleep is TO be pre-
more restful and refreshing. But
n German neurologist, Dr. S. Freude.
holds the opposite opinion, and, on
the basis OF my own experience, l
am disposed TO agree with him.
II the dreams are pleasant, says
DIR. Freude, they are an agreeable
stimulus TO the brain cells. which
remains after the sleeper awakes.
They have the beneficial effect OF
play, which recuperates by the sim
pie change Of occupation, Deep.
dreamless sIumber, on the other
hand stupefies by its total relaxa-
ton, and the awakening sleeper must
collect his energies and set them go
ing again.
No doubt much depends upon
peculiarities OF temperament. and
dreaming may be good for some per-
sons and bad for others. Even Dr.
Freude would admit that uneasy, dis
turbing or terrifying dreams usually
that. in general, dreams are Of an
agreeable character and again ]
think ne is right.
For my own part I confess that
rather like, occasionally, a daunt-
ing. fear breeding dream THEY are
y n FHor nn1 hot
you are passing through them with
out any undue or disgraceful exhi-
bition of sheer fright. You can train
yourself TO face even a nightmare
with a certain degree of moral cour-
age, which YOU will recall, with sat
isfactlon, when the vision is gone
Thus terrifying dreams may be made
10 afford a certain degree OF that
moral education which in waking life
is only obtained by those who pass
ror.
Dreams, DR.. Freude observes. are
normally the imaginary fulillment
OF desires and wishes that Iurll deep
IN the soul While the dream lasts
the control of reason is released.
In dream one, is in chaos. and in
chaos nothing Is chaotic, because
chaos knows no law. But what are
law and chaos but opposed IDEAS,
and how can we say that one Is
iiOit ltil lIIdU llc olIIPIs
Some philosophers assert that the
things which seem TO us the most
real are In truth the most Unreal,
yet there Is an intimate connection
bct"een dreams and waking life.
Many dreams are distorted memories
OIL actual occurrences, and many arc
suggested by such occurrences. There
is q widespread belief that dreams
are OFTEN portents, or forewarnings.
Ihe books are full of most interest
~ Z, -fg, nj.
port TO this view.
Take the case Of the unfortunate
Major Andre, who was hanged as
SPY by the order OF Washington Be-
iore Major Andre set sail for America
ne went to visit Miss Seward IN
lwo OF her friends, a poet named
Newton and clergyman named Cum
bingham, When Newton saw the
stranger he started and turned pale,
came gut after the major had depart
ed. Mr.. Newton. the very night be-
tore. had had n dream, which he had
immediately related TO the clergyman.
lie thought he was In strange for
est through which he saw horsenan
passing in haste, Suddenly three men
started out OF a thicket and arrested
The horseman, Newton was SO much
interested by the prisoners face and
felt so much sympathy for him that
ently he fell asleep again, and the
same person now appeared TO him,
surrounded by "A crowd OF people,
and was led TO a gallows. where he
was hanged. When Major Andre was
presented TO Newton he instantly
recognized the man OF his dream. Not
long afterward occurred the historic
arrest Of Andre In the woods at
Tarrytown, followed by his execution
at. Tappan.
Take the case OF DIR. Harvey, the
celebrated discoverer Of the circu-
lation Of the blood, When he was a
Young man he set out from London
TO go to Padua, In italy, the seat OF
tho. famous university where he
wished 10 study, When he got TO
Dover the governor refused 10 let
MIN enter his packet TO cross the
channel. but declined to give any
reason. The next day news arrived
at Dover that the packet had been
lost with every soul on board. Then
the governor explained his strange
conduct. He said that he had had
dream. OF overwhelming force, In
which he WAS forbidden to allow a
young man, whose face appeared to
him. 10 enter the boat. When FIar-
vey presented himself the governor
recognized the face seen in his dream.
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