The Detroit times., 1917-06-22
PremOnitory Visions
Nv ~. ADDINGroN nRTCE
Author ~ The Riddle ~ Person
ality "psNchology and
parCnthood etc.

From time TO time receive lct
tiers reporting dreams out OF the
ordinary and requesting informa
ton avs 20 their origin The writer's
Of these letters are quite evidently
inclined To believe that their dreams
are so exceptional as 10 be account
ed for only resort 10 some
hypothesis thar smacks OF the oc.
cult
Especially ia this the tendency
with regard 20 dreams that purpou
20 reveal future events. Take for
example. the following. greatly
abridged from the original account
When I was IN college my faith.
or one day sent me a check did
not cash n FOR q few days When
2 wanted % cash~It could not And
H
Il naturally was greatly worried
especially IA n WAS not a personal
check o. my fathers a couple ~
nights later had queer dreaui
u seemed t0 be in the college a.
brary. on a shelf were hve books
one bound in blue one in yellow.
and between them three in white I
took down one ~ ne Undiscovered
books and inside e was ms cheek
"Ths was The dream Next day
happening 90 visit M library. was
startled 70 see this identical ar
rangement OF books Feeling rather
foolish. 7 looked IN the Vhite-cov
cred ones In The second one that
! opened I actually found the miss
ing check
Then remembered hat this
book had been IN nay room for few
hours The day received the check
/ must have absentmindediy slipped
Tho check into q but how explain
my most mysterious dream which
has quite disturbed me-"
would explain q entirely on Tho
basis Of suhconscious perception and
memory1
Consciously IRIS college student
had forEo9En an about her action
In respect 20 the check But 80 has
heen established that subcouscious.
" we have an excellent memory for
All our acts
Undoubtedly. the day before the
dream. she was m 'he library and
without being aware OF a.. saw 90
The shelf The book Into which she
had put The check This would be
enough 20 stir into activity her sub
conscious memoryimage OF the
forgotten act and 20 provide her
mind with material FOR the odd but
helpful dream
Most premoni'ory dreams ~ Ind
ing lost objects. OF Illness. etc are
20 be explained IN this way
A person dreams. let uT say that
friend has been suddenly taken
500 IN a day or so The dreamer
learns that The friend Is actually Ul
This seems mysterious and "lu
canny" until y is appreciated shat
possibly The friends appearance or
behavior before the dream occurred
was such that tho dreamer might
subconsciously. IL not consciously
have inferred that all was not well
with The friend
The dream would then be nothing
more than a dramatic presentation
90 the sleeper's mind % the subcon.
sciously perceived. Indications Of
coming illness
Similarly n the dream has 20 do
with oncomine illness OF the dream.
or himself
II IL well % know that many dis
eases in their early stages cause
no consciously felt sensations. But
they do cause sensations that may
readily be felt in sleep. when The
stronger external sensations 81 wax
INK lie are not present 70 inter
fore with their being felt.
There are some premonitory
dreams. il must be added. that are
difficult II not impossible. % ex-
PLANTATION on Tho basis OF subcon-
scious perception and memory. But
they are comparatively few. and no
doubt we shall some day have an
adequate. non.occult explanation OF
these also