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The Library in the Heavenly Jerusalem
Salomon Maimon
Das Buch der Träume (1927) · Das Buch der Träume, original1927 anthology, numbered account194, printed page106
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I dreamed that, without knowing how, I had arrived in the heavenly Jerusalem. A venerable old man received me very lovingly at the gate and led me to the temple of the Lord to show me all the remarkable things within. I came into a large hall where I found a bookcase. So, as was my habit, I reached for a book to examine it. As soon as I opened it, I found on the title page the title of a Kabbalistic book long known to me by name, and beneath it the name Jehovah in large letters. I leafed further through it and everywhere found sacred names and passages from the Bible explained in the Kabbalistic manner. This put me in a state of mind composed of astonishment, reverence and joy. I then had more scenes of this kind, but could not remember them on waking.
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Die Bibliothek im himmlischen Jerusalem
Es träumte mir, daß ich, ohne zu wissen wie, im himmlischen Jerusalem angelangt sei. Ein alter ehrwürdiger Mann empfing mich am Tor sehr liebreich, führte mich nach dem Tempel des Herrn, um mir alle Merkwürdigkeiten darin zu zeigen. Ich kam in einen großen Saal, worin ich einen Bücherschrank fand. Ich griff also, meiner Gewohnheit nach, nach einem Buche, um es zu besehen. Sobald ich es aufmachte, fand ich gleich auf dem Titelblatt den Titel eines mir dem Namen nach schon längst bekannten kabbalistischen Buches und darunter den Namen Jehovah mit großen Lettern. Ich blätterte darin weiter und fand überall heilige Namen und Stellen aus der Bibel nach kabbalistischer Art erklärt. Dieses versetzte mich in einen Gemütszustand, der aus Erstaunen, Ehrfurcht und Freude zusammengesetzt war. Ich hatte darauf noch mehr Szenen dieser Art, konnte mich aber derselben beim Aufwachen nicht erinnern.
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A historical recollection reproduced in Ignaz Ježower’s original German anthology. Editorial title and navigation themes are added; source wording is preserved. This is not a modern Synastry community submission.
Salomon Maimon, account reproduced in Ignaz Ježower (compiler), Das Buch der Träume (Berlin: Ernst Rowohlt, copyright1927), numbered account194, p.106. Original German; editorial title added.
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Das Buch der Träume, original1927 anthology, numbered account194, printed page106
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Complete numbered first-person dream only; the following separate secondhand dream no.195 and waking interpretation are excluded. The recalled dream date is not supplied.
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