Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-05
ILIODOR'S DREAM

1SdIeu Ny RaSpuln ana the Cars
court are revealed in the following
/. passage, which concludes his auto
biography THE Mad Monk of Rus
sia-Iliodor," just published by The
Century Company, and from which
eve quote.
"On the night of August Gath. 1914,
had prophetic dream.
AS rule I do not like to listen to
people who speak of dreams. Most of
my own dreams I do not like. nor do I
speak about them, for they are usually
the result of an overtaxed brain. Stin,
: l believe in prophetic dreams. They do
not come to every one, but they come
to natures that feel deeply To assert
that Rasputin owed his high position at
court only to the riclSs of a charlatan
would be quite untrue. In his nature
Rasputin possessed much which is an
yet unknown, and with these unknown
potentialities he was able to obtain
ascendancy over many people. One OF
them was the power to receive prophet
&c dreams in which he foresaw the flu
ture; and these prophetic dreams of his
were not of secondary Importance
among his occult powers. AS for my
SELF l also have these dreams, bur
rarely. All the principal chapters OF
my life have been predicted by them
ia q AtAOoi tCIIIdIkCDE6 way anu even
now, on the strength of one of these
dreams, l know who is right in this
war, and who is wrong, and what the
end OF the war will be. For four years
have been trying to publish this pro-
phetic dream. Every time through
circumstances independent of my will
have failed.
On August 23rd, while living in
Christiania, I found myself in the COM
pany of certain fellow countrynen
We conversed for a long time about
the war My friend who had been liv-
ing for several years in Germany,
maintained she was responsible for the
war and that she must be brought to
her senses; for she had tried to imbus
humanity with physical strength only
For my part, knowing little about Ger
many and the character of the Ger
mans, and having been brought up in
the realm of ca1emic and scholastic
deduction, I set to work very holly to
prove that all men are brothers, thai
we should love each other, and that
there was no necessity for war at all
After a long and heated discussion
returned to my home, read through the
editorial reports OF several Russian
newspapers as to the march OF events,
and fell into deep meditation as to the
this peaceful state Of mind I dropped
asleep.
The Dream.
II dreamed that / was standing on
the map Of Europe, near Denmark, ana
before my eyes stretched the land Of
Russia and Western Europe. On the
borders between Poland and Germany
I saw the dried, deed trunk of q tree
1t had no branches, no ieaves-only
long naked limbs. In one of these
limbs, turned toward Russia was q
little cage Of woven steel bars. The
cage was about yard and half wide,
and inside was little nest composed
of feathers and straw. In this nest
could see the egg of a dove. On the
ground under the cage were two
snakes, stretched lengthwise over the
territory Of Germany and Austria, The
first snake was most hideous-very
fat, strong, and about three yards long
The size of the head was very sman
in proportion to the body. 1t was
black in color, interviewer with red
and it writhed on the ground like a
spring it's fIexibility showing a tremen-
, dous strength. It was too monstrous
Il could not look upon It! I observed
the other snake, which was light gray
in color This was about a yard long,
of emaciation. When it attmpted to
writhe like the other snake. it showed
it's lack of real strength. 1t kept try
ing to rise towards the cage containing
the nest, but through weakness was
unable to reach it. There were other
snakes smaller than these two, but
they were quiet although it could be
seen that they were endowed with a
certain strength, and in their eyes
CLEANED malignancy and treachery.
My attention was strongly drawn to
the snake which was endeavoring to
raech the cage. Suddenly like light
ming, the black and red snake crept up
the trunk of the tree, put it's head
through the bars of the cage, seized
the egg in it's mouth and threw it to
the ground The egg cracked and the
snake, descending as swiftly as it had
crept up, Tapped the contents of the
egg. I was frantic. I did not know
what to do. I thought will not help
come from somewhere to crush this