The Shared Dream - V. / GR / M&D / et al.?

David Patty navan.ghee at gmail.com
Sat Oct 11 09:50:08 CDT 2008


'V.':  During the stay in Foppl's castle, Mondaugen either 'shares' in--  or
experiences some sort of psychic osmosis whereby he picks up on  --Foppl's
horrific dream of 1904.  Whether this is instigated by Vera or not is up for
grabs, since she suggests that all the castle's occupants experience it
-prior- to Mondaugen's scurvy-induced hallucinations...

'GR', Pirate Prentice 'gets inside the fantasies of others'.

In 'M&D', Dixon tells Mason about the communal habits of the Senoi:  wherein
they treat dream life as being on parity with waking life, each describing
the events of his or her night for the others & discussing them [pps.
70-71].  Later, at the Port of St. Helena, it's stated that all visitors
upon the island share the same dream ['the rollers of 1750', p. 108].

Where else has he done the shared dream bit?  Anybody?

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