Historical dream account · English · original historical text
I am an old minister
Sarah C. Weed
A Study of the Dream-Consciousness, The American Journal of Psychology 7(3), April 1896, pp. 405–411 (1896) · Printed p. 411
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I seem to be an old minister, lean, tall, with long, thin white hair. My coat is a long Prince Albert, worn at the elbow; my tie is black. I realize that I am soon to die. I review my whole career as a pastor, call to mind several people and some of the details of the work. I think of some of the sermons I have preached and feel a strong sense of my shortcomings.
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Source & context
A complete quotation attributed to Sarah C. Weed (W.). Her following qualification reads: “In this entire dream I do not view the personality which I have assumed as one apart, but as one from within. I do not see the long, gray hair and the black tie, but imagine them as one imagines any bodily characteristic or any article of dress not in direct vision.” The white hair in the quotation and gray hair in the qualification both follow the printed source. No calendar date is supplied; this does not assert that Weed was a minister.
Sarah C. Weed and Florence M. Hallam, A Study of the Dream-Consciousness, The American Journal of Psychology 7(3), April 1896, pp. 405–411, Printed p. 411. With the assistance of Emma D. Phinney; communicated by Mary Whiton Calkins. Dreamer: Sarah C. Weed. Original journal witness: Internet Archive, University of Toronto Libraries scan funded by MSN. Descriptive title and navigation metadata added by Synastry; original wording and following source qualifications retained.
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Printed p. 411
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Content notes
- Historical recollection
- Death in dream
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