Historical dream account · English · original text

The joyful reunion

Havelock Ellis

The World of Dreams (1922) · Printed page 199; normalized HTML paragraph block 306

Dreamer identified by the source: Mrs. F. (historical source pseudonym)

Some one brought to Mrs. F., in her dream, the news that her friend was still alive; she was taken to her and found her as in life. The friend said she had been away, but did not explain where or why she had been supposed dead. Mrs. F. asked no questions and felt no curiosity, being absorbed in the joy of finding her friend still alive, and they proceeded to talk over the things that had happened since they last met. It was a very vivid, natural, and detailed dream, and on awaking Mrs. F. felt somewhat exhausted. Although not superstitious, the dream gave her a feeling of consolation.

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A historical dream account recorded in Havelock Ellis’s The World of Dreams, using its 1922 edition (first published 1911). The source distinguishes Ellis’s own dreams from separately identified or unnamed contributors. This is not a Synastry community submission.

Havelock Ellis, The World of Dreams (Constable & Company, 1922; first published 1911), p. 199. Public-domain historical dream account, Project Gutenberg transcription.

Individual dream date not specified; exact excerpt from 1922 edition of work first published in 1911.

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Content notes
  • Death loss
  • Grief

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