Precognitive dreams occur but what are we to make of them?
Published on July 30, 2011 by Patrick McNamara, Ph.D. in Dream Catcher
Here is a so-called precognitive dream reported in Van de Castle, R.L (1994). Our dreaming mind. Ballantine, New York; p 406-407
"Walter Franklin Prince, a psychologist and Episcopal minister, ....dreamed that he had in his hand a small paper, with an order printed in red ink for the execution of the bearer, a slender woman with blond hair about thirty-five years old. The woman appeared to have brought the execution order to Dr. Prince voluntarily and indicated he willingness to die, if only he would hold her hand. After he examined the execution order, the lights went out and it was dark. Prince could not determine how the woman was put to death, but her soon felt her hand grip his and knew that the deed was being carried out. Then he felt one of his hands on the hair of her head, which was loose and severed from her body, and he felt the moisture of her blood. The fingers of his other hand were caught in the woman 's mouth, which opened and shut several times. Prince was horrified at the thought of the severed but living head. Then the dream faded.
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