˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ Hervey de Saint-Denys DREAMS AND THE WAYS TO DIRECT THEM: PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS Edited by Drs. Carolus den Blanken & Drs. Eli Meijer ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ -I- PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK By using or distributing this work you agree to comply with all the terms of THE FULL LICENSE General terms of use and redistributing: 1. By reading or using any part of this electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all the terms of this agreement, you must cease using it and destroy all electronic copies in your possession. 2. This work must be kept in the same format with its attached ‘Full License’ when you share it with others. 3. 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Eli Meijer Left portrait by Eugène Pirou © Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Right portrait © College de France Marquis d’ Hervey de Saint-Denys (1822-1892) If we would dream all night long about the same, it would affect us as much as the objects which we observe during daytime. Pascal ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Paul Tholey (1937-1998) ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ -IV- -V- ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ Colophon Original title: Les Rěves et les Moyens De Les Diriger: Observations Pratiques. (Dreams and The Ways To Direct Them: Practical Observations) Appeared as an anonymous publication. In later days the work has been attributed to Marie-Jean-Léon Lecoq, Baron de Juchereau, Marquis d’ Hervey de Saint-Denys. The book was published in 1867 at: Amyot, 8, Rue de La Paix; Paris and printed by Lemercier et Ce, Rue de Seine 57, Paris. Designer front cover: Henri Alfred Darjou. Designer frontispiece: Hervey de Saint-Denys. Style and lay-out trail as much as possible the original. Front-, back cover and frontispiece derive from it. Footnotes: Hervey de Saint-Denys, except if indicated otherwise. Edited by: Drs. Carolus den Blanken & Drs. Eli Meijer. Translation, typography & design: Drs. Carolus den Blanken. Translator & editor Latin sentences: Prof. Dr. Jan van Gijn. I want to emphasize that I am not a professional translator, and that nor the French nor the English language is my native one. However, by lack of an integral English translation of this remarkable French work of a great (lucid) dream pioneer I decided to do it myself. CdB © Institut de France © 2016 Carolus den Blanken – Utrecht - The Netherlands ISBN: 978-90-820963-6-1 This E-Book is for the personal use of anyone anywhere at no cost. You may copy it or give it away and may print it for your own use. The copyright holder, Carolus den Blanken, reserves all other rights to ‘Dreams and the Ways to Direct Them: Practical Observations’, including, but not limited to, print, film, audio, and foreign rights. All trademarks mentioned in this book are the property of their respective owners. No infringement is intended or should be inferred. ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ -VI- -VII- © Yale Medical School Library See pages 159, 176 for explanation of the frontispiece -VIII- -IX- ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ The Front Cover The designer of the front cover is: Henri Alfred Darjou (1832-1875), a French painter and draughtsman. The lion is featuring Léon d'Hervey’s face, and at his right side his fiancée and later wife, Louise de Ward. It also shows his castle at Bréau-sans-Nappe. Sources: Blanken, C.M. den & Meijer, E.J.G.: An historical view of ‘Dreams and the Ways to Direct Them; Practical Observations’ by Marie-Jean-Léon Lecoq, le Marquis d’Hervey-Saint-Denys. Lucidity, 10 (1&2) pg. 311-323; 1991 (revised edition), as well as: Luppé, O. de, Pino, A , Ripert, R. & Schwartz, B.: D’Hervey de Saint-Denys 1822-1892; Biographie, correspondance familiale, l’œvre du sinologue et les hommages rendus à l’auteur lors du centenaire de sa mort et l’exposition artistique autour de ses rêves (Transl.: Biography, family correspondence, the sinologue works and tributes to the author at the centenary of his death and the art exhibition around his dreams). Éditions Oniros; Ĭle Saint-Denis Cedex; 1995. The tributes were by Carolus den Blanken; Celia Green; Roger Ripert & Paul Tholey. © Yale Medical School Library ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ˚ˉ -X- PART 1 1 THE DREAMS ________________ PART I WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO FIND IN THIS BOOK AND HOW IT WAS COMPOSED. _________ I Introductory talks.—For whom this book is not written.—At what age and under what circumstances I started jotting down my dreams and studying them.—My first discoveries and advances in this direction.—I am compelled however these studies, which I later resumed, to interrupt.—Why I did not compete in 1855 and under which conditions I decided to publish my research now. Let us follow imaginary step by step the progress of the human mind with his whimsical wanderings; let us analyze thoroughly certain natural details in order to shed light on the consistency of the descriptions; let us delve into the reciprocity between daily operations and the dreamillusions; this issue already constitutes in itself a fairly substantial interest, but if the outcome of this study provides evidence that willpower during the many entanglements of our imaginary existence is not inactive at all, that sometimes one might control the dreamillusions like at events during the day, that it is not impossible to remember some magical vision, just as someone is capable to go back to some beloved place in real life, this perspective would undoubtedly deserve special attention, the interest itself would assume a characteristic, which initially was not suspected. Is the dream the third mode of existence? Is, for those who are searching, the phenomenon of the dream not closely related to the great mystery of the mind-body duality, which one never ceases to probe? Is there finally among those who know themselves existing not at least one who keeps recollection of some delectable vision which left a pleasant and lasting impression in his memory? How much the imagination creates wonderful spectacles when it rules in absolute sovereignty, freed from what life demands of progress and barriers, without any reserve left to all the delights of the ideal! The nightmares, the monsters, the unspeakable horrors sometimes are causing, it is true, awkward emotions of abandonment; but what delightful areas, what charming appearances, what precious revelations and perceptions of unparalleled vibrancy, by which we sometimes upon awakening regret the short durance of the night! 2 PART I I realize that such introductions will be received very badly by some people who assure having only a mortiform sleep, and whom the thought that their mind might be awakened reject as only a nonsensical opinion; but it is not for them at all that I publish this volume; I even urge them strongly not to open it.