The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and ModernE.P. Dutton, 1918 - 380 pages |
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... frequently coped with time , which is even more destructive than death , in that death may leave in its wake memories which time destroys . The pyramids of Egypt have thus far defied time , so have Buddhism , Christianity , a few of the ...
... frequently coped with time , which is even more destructive than death , in that death may leave in its wake memories which time destroys . The pyramids of Egypt have thus far defied time , so have Buddhism , Christianity , a few of the ...
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... frequently quoted as triumph- ant proof of her mental inferiority . The purpose of the dream as the preserver of sleep is a recent discovery , developed primarily through physical chan- nels , and through the investigation of the so ...
... frequently quoted as triumph- ant proof of her mental inferiority . The purpose of the dream as the preserver of sleep is a recent discovery , developed primarily through physical chan- nels , and through the investigation of the so ...
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... frequently horrifying in the extreme , and while Michelet holds that the dreams of the philosophers of the discovery of a panacea and of Eldorado were alike based upon the misery of the peasants during the middle ages , none of these ...
... frequently horrifying in the extreme , and while Michelet holds that the dreams of the philosophers of the discovery of a panacea and of Eldorado were alike based upon the misery of the peasants during the middle ages , none of these ...
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... frequently induce hypnosis and its attendant dreams to discover the psychic source of the mal- ady . Apart also from the materialistic and physiological in- terpretation of the function of dreams many students main- tain that they hold ...
... frequently induce hypnosis and its attendant dreams to discover the psychic source of the mal- ady . Apart also from the materialistic and physiological in- terpretation of the function of dreams many students main- tain that they hold ...
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... frequently heroic when physical instinct would have made it disgraceful . Men battle for truth when truth leads to dishonor and poverty ; martyrs go to the stake for ideals when the flames are tor- turing realities . The repentance of ...
... frequently heroic when physical instinct would have made it disgraceful . Men battle for truth when truth leads to dishonor and poverty ; martyrs go to the stake for ideals when the flames are tor- turing realities . The repentance of ...
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၀၀၀ ancient Artemi Artemidorus attributes Bayley Beware bird Christian symbol consciousness dæmon danger day-dreams death Gypsy deceit disappointment divine dorus dream analysis dream augurs dream connotes dream denoting dream forecasting dream foretells dream Gypsy dream interpretation dream of warning dream Raphael dream signifies dreamer erotic dream evil dream faith false friends fear foretold fortunate dream Freud Freudian friends funeral Geomancy grief hand happy dream Havelock Ellis HIEROGLYPHICAL EMBLEM honor human illness instance invariably journey Jung Latent Content legend letters loss Manifest Content marriage mental midorus mind misfortune moon mysterious mystic night obvious omen Paracelsus person physical stimuli pleasure portentous poverty profit prognosticated prophetic prosperity psychic quarrels Raphael riches sacred secret enemies sickness SIGN sixth sense sleep sorrow soul subconscious success Gypsy theory Thou art warned thou hast thought Thy dream tion triumph trouble typical dream vision waking wealth woman
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Page 121 - The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
Page 136 - How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, With half-shut eyes ever to seem Falling asleep in a half-dream! To dream and dream, like yonder amber light, Which will not leave the myrrh-bush on the height...
Page 169 - Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth. Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him, and let seven times pass over him.
Page 168 - And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things : and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters...
Page 123 - And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws : and they shall be given into his hand, until A TIME AND TIMES AND THE DIVIDING OF TIME.
Page 123 - These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. But the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even for ever and ever.
Page 121 - In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
Page 32 - I saw as if they were on the sunny side of some high mountain, there refreshing themselves with the pleasant beams of the sun, while I was shivering and shrinking in the cold, afflicted with frost, snow and dark clouds : methought also, betwixt me and them, I saw a wall that did compass about this mountain. Now through this wall my soul did greatly desire to pass, concluding, that if I could, I would even go into the very midst of them, and there also comfort myself with the heat of their sun.
Page 169 - The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: the leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all : the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
Page 122 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool; his throne was like the fiery flame and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him; thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set and the books were opened.