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Re: The Dreaming

From: btd@carina.cray.com (Bryan Dongray)
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 09:25:15 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: The Dreaming
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In-Reply-To: <960308062246_100411.2450_BHG60-1@CompuServe.COM> from "Ellen van Neck" at Mar 8, 96 01:22:47 am
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Hello dreamers,

> I *know* humans cannot fly

I can fly in my dreams, and I know it's not really possible in reality.
I also have a very technical background, so you cannot blame that.
Apparently, I've heard that flying in a dream means you're optimistic
and/or happy about events around you.

> maybe there's a nice English word for that profession.

My wife tells me "oneiromancer" was in the last Dune book to describe
people who are just this. It's in my dictionary (dated 1917):
	oneirocritic	n. Interpreter of dreams
	oneirology	n. The science of dreams
from "oneiros" Greek meaning "dream". Pronounced:
	on-ear-ology
I remember getting a book (for someone else) describing what things
meant in dreams. Some of them were strange. I wish I had a copy!

			Bryan Dongray