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The Crucifix and the Closed Eyes
Friedrich Hebbel
Das Buch der Träume (1927) · Das Buch der Träume, original1927 anthology, numbered account307, printed page165
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Munich, December 6, 1838. Recently in a dream I was head of a Protestant missionary society that sought to convert Catholics. Pointing to a crucifix, I said unctuously to a female convert: ‘If you want to worship this God, you must first close your eyes so as not to see that he is made of wood; on the other hand’ — here I interrupted myself, for I saw that my convert was devoutly crossing herself before the crucifix.
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Das Kruzifix und die geschlossenen Augen
München, 6. Dezember 1838. Neulich war ich im Traum Haupt einer protestantischen Missionsgesellschaft, welche Katholiken zu bekehren suchte. Ich sagte mit Salbung zu einer Proselytin, indem ich auf ein Kruzifix zeigte: „Wenn du diesen Gott verehren willst, so mußt du erst die Augen zumachen, um nicht zu sehen, daß er von Holz ist, dagegen“ — hier unterbrach ich mich, denn ich sah, daß meine Proselytin sich andächtig vor dem Kruzifix bekreuzte.
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Friedrich Hebbel, account reproduced in Ignaz Ježower (compiler), Das Buch der Träume (Berlin: Ernst Rowohlt, copyright1927), numbered account307, p.165. Original German; editorial title added.
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