Historical dream account · English · original text

Gentian-blue stars among green rocks

Mary Arnold-Forster (1861–1951)

Studies in Dreams (1921) · X. Sense Impressions in Dreams; printed pages 132–132; original 1921 English edition

Dreamer identified by the source: The author’s mother

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"In a gentian dream last night," she records, "I found a lovely clump of Gentiana verna growing on low rocks together with a mossy-looking plant whose yellower green was in strong contrast with the colour of the leaves of the gentian — the starry flowers were, of course, of the deep gentian blue."

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A historical sleep-dream account recorded in Mary Arnold-Forster’s original English Studies in Dreams (1921). Its figures, events and explanations belong to the reported dream, not verified waking events or present-day clinical advice. This is not a modern Synastry community submission.

Mary Arnold-Forster, Studies in Dreams (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1921), pp. 132–132. Original English historical dream account.

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X. Sense Impressions in Dreams; printed pages 132–132; original 1921 English edition

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A complete short dream note quoted from the author’s mother; source framing retained.

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