Re: I had a dream

From: O.H. (hagen_at_gvdnet.dk)
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 23:23:21 GMT

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:14:44 GMT, "Martin Reboul"
<martin.reboul@SPAMFUKvirgin.net> wrote:

>> I suppose that you know a lot more about Medival history than I do.
>> Could you place the purgatory scenario from my dream? Is it a fresco
>> in a Nordic church, or is it a motif of Hieronymous Bosch, or both?
>> I've tried, but in vain.
>
>This looks a bit like what you described?
>
>http://home.att.net/~d.j.keller/page9.html
>
>This however is more 'traditional'...
>
>http://fimenet.8m.com/dante.htm
>
>Dante supposedly knew his stuff...
Sadly, this was not quite the mural I looked for.
>
>I'm not sure if what you dreamed is Purgatory at all, it sounds more like Hell
>to me somehow (Purgatory isn't nearly so dramatic or exciting AFAIK).
>
>Stoking one of the Mouths of Hell perhaps?
>
>OTH, I daresay a psychiatrist would interpret it rather differently, and ask
>questions like "are you guilty/worried/concerned about famine in the Third
>World?" or "are you on a diet, worried about your weight or do you have an
>eating disorder?" and perhaps even "did this Venus de Milo look like your
>mother?" (be warned,
I don't recognize miniature-religions such as psychoanalysis,
astrology etc. especially not if the purpose seems obscure.
Better off without
>here are still some Freudians around - best not even think
>about that 'black hole'.... unless it is an astronomical interest?)
>
>Dreams can reveal a lot, though not always in any obvious way - I'm sure you
>know this. Ask yourself why all those images should be connected together,
>either in your mind, or out of it? Mine works in extraordinary ways during sleep
>sometimes, anywhere fromutterly horrifying to deleriously delightful... though
>never entirely 'satisfying' somehow?
>
> Cheers
> Martin
>
By your kind assistence, I've reached the conclusion that the reason
for my dream was Mr. Eschers woodcuts.
My dream - His essence.

Best wishes
Ole Hagen

P.S. Sometimes, in night time, I launch an impossible thread like this
one. You win! No more bad dreams, please.