Author: Mechal Sobel
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691228329
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
One day in 1698, Robert Pyle of Pennsylvania decided to buy a black slave. The next night he dreamed of a steep ladder to heaven that he felt he could not climb because he carried a black pot. In the dream, a man told him the ladder was the light of Jesus Christ and would bear any whose faith held strong; otherwise, the climber would fall. Pyle woke that morning positive that he should eschew slaves and slavery, having equated the pot with the slave he wished to buy. In fact, so acutely did this dream awaken him to his sins that he became a dynamic advocate of liberation. This dream literally changed his outlook and his life. Teach Me Dreams delves into the dream world of ordinary Americans and finds that as their self-perception increased, transforming them on a personal level, so did a revolutionary spirit that wrought momentous political changes. Mechal Sobel considers dreams recorded in the life narratives of 100 people, revealing the America of the Revolutionary Era to have been a truly dream-infused culture in which analysis of dreams was encouraged, and subsequent personal reevaluation was striking. Sobel uses a wealth of information--letters, diaries, and over 200 published autobiographies from a wide range of "ordinary" people; black, white, male, female. In these accounts, many previously neglected by historians, dreamers explain how their nighttime adventures opened their eyes to aspects of themselves, or unveiled new paths they should take both personally and politically. Such paths often led them to challenge those in power. Charting the widely dreamed of opposition between blacks and whites, men and women, Sobel offers astounding new insights into how early Americans understood their lives. Her analysis of the dreams and lives of ordinary Revolutionary-Era people demonstrates links between dreaming, self reevaluation, and participation in the radically changing politics of the time. This book will appeal to specialists in the fields of American and African-American history, and anyone interested in dreams and self-development.
Teach Me Dreams
Author: Mechal Sobel
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691228329
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
One day in 1698, Robert Pyle of Pennsylvania decided to buy a black slave. The next night he dreamed of a steep ladder to heaven that he felt he could not climb because he carried a black pot. In the dream, a man told him the ladder was the light of Jesus Christ and would bear any whose faith held strong; otherwise, the climber would fall. Pyle woke that morning positive that he should eschew slaves and slavery, having equated the pot with the slave he wished to buy. In fact, so acutely did this dream awaken him to his sins that he became a dynamic advocate of liberation. This dream literally changed his outlook and his life. Teach Me Dreams delves into the dream world of ordinary Americans and finds that as their self-perception increased, transforming them on a personal level, so did a revolutionary spirit that wrought momentous political changes. Mechal Sobel considers dreams recorded in the life narratives of 100 people, revealing the America of the Revolutionary Era to have been a truly dream-infused culture in which analysis of dreams was encouraged, and subsequent personal reevaluation was striking. Sobel uses a wealth of information--letters, diaries, and over 200 published autobiographies from a wide range of "ordinary" people; black, white, male, female. In these accounts, many previously neglected by historians, dreamers explain how their nighttime adventures opened their eyes to aspects of themselves, or unveiled new paths they should take both personally and politically. Such paths often led them to challenge those in power. Charting the widely dreamed of opposition between blacks and whites, men and women, Sobel offers astounding new insights into how early Americans understood their lives. Her analysis of the dreams and lives of ordinary Revolutionary-Era people demonstrates links between dreaming, self reevaluation, and participation in the radically changing politics of the time. This book will appeal to specialists in the fields of American and African-American history, and anyone interested in dreams and self-development.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691228329
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
One day in 1698, Robert Pyle of Pennsylvania decided to buy a black slave. The next night he dreamed of a steep ladder to heaven that he felt he could not climb because he carried a black pot. In the dream, a man told him the ladder was the light of Jesus Christ and would bear any whose faith held strong; otherwise, the climber would fall. Pyle woke that morning positive that he should eschew slaves and slavery, having equated the pot with the slave he wished to buy. In fact, so acutely did this dream awaken him to his sins that he became a dynamic advocate of liberation. This dream literally changed his outlook and his life. Teach Me Dreams delves into the dream world of ordinary Americans and finds that as their self-perception increased, transforming them on a personal level, so did a revolutionary spirit that wrought momentous political changes. Mechal Sobel considers dreams recorded in the life narratives of 100 people, revealing the America of the Revolutionary Era to have been a truly dream-infused culture in which analysis of dreams was encouraged, and subsequent personal reevaluation was striking. Sobel uses a wealth of information--letters, diaries, and over 200 published autobiographies from a wide range of "ordinary" people; black, white, male, female. In these accounts, many previously neglected by historians, dreamers explain how their nighttime adventures opened their eyes to aspects of themselves, or unveiled new paths they should take both personally and politically. Such paths often led them to challenge those in power. Charting the widely dreamed of opposition between blacks and whites, men and women, Sobel offers astounding new insights into how early Americans understood their lives. Her analysis of the dreams and lives of ordinary Revolutionary-Era people demonstrates links between dreaming, self reevaluation, and participation in the radically changing politics of the time. This book will appeal to specialists in the fields of American and African-American history, and anyone interested in dreams and self-development.
Dismal Dreams
Author: Red Lagoe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998853154
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Red Lagoe, author of Lucid Screams, brings us her follow up collection of horror shorts, Dismal Dreams, with a foreward by Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Sara Tantlinger. Every day is steeped in horror. A supernatural force deep in the forest. A serpent lurking in the shadows. Or thoughts within the deepest abyss of a tortured mind.A gamut of horrific experiences are artfully woven into thirteen stories. Explore the darkness within a selfish heart, face death among ghosts, roar into the face of the beasts, and maybe we can find empowerment if we survive our most dismal dreams.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998853154
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Red Lagoe, author of Lucid Screams, brings us her follow up collection of horror shorts, Dismal Dreams, with a foreward by Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Sara Tantlinger. Every day is steeped in horror. A supernatural force deep in the forest. A serpent lurking in the shadows. Or thoughts within the deepest abyss of a tortured mind.A gamut of horrific experiences are artfully woven into thirteen stories. Explore the darkness within a selfish heart, face death among ghosts, roar into the face of the beasts, and maybe we can find empowerment if we survive our most dismal dreams.
A concise dictionary of old Icelandic
Author: G.T. Zoega
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 1176265830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 1176265830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
Graham's Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Dreams, A Portal to the Source
Author: Edward C. Whitmont
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113585727X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
First published in 1991. An introductory guidebook to dream interpretation which will be of interest to analysts and therapists both in practice and training and to a wider readership interested in the origins and significance of dreams. This book should be of interest to dream psychology analysts, therapists, counsellors, and the general reader.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113585727X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
First published in 1991. An introductory guidebook to dream interpretation which will be of interest to analysts and therapists both in practice and training and to a wider readership interested in the origins and significance of dreams. This book should be of interest to dream psychology analysts, therapists, counsellors, and the general reader.
A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
Author: Geir T. Zoëga
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486317552
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
Modern Icelandic is closer to the speech patterns of the Middle Ages than any living European language. Thus, a knowledge of Icelandic is highly relevant to the study of English history. This volume, one of the most complete available, will be indispensable to scholars of medieval Icelandic and English culture and history.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486317552
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
Modern Icelandic is closer to the speech patterns of the Middle Ages than any living European language. Thus, a knowledge of Icelandic is highly relevant to the study of English history. This volume, one of the most complete available, will be indispensable to scholars of medieval Icelandic and English culture and history.
Another Man's Shoes
Author: Sven Somme
Publisher: Polperro Heritage Press
ISBN: 0954423380
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A gripping first-hand account of a Norwegian scientist's escape from German custody during the Second World War after his arrest for spying.
Publisher: Polperro Heritage Press
ISBN: 0954423380
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A gripping first-hand account of a Norwegian scientist's escape from German custody during the Second World War after his arrest for spying.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
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ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
Torquato Tasso
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Dreams and the Invisible World in Colonial New England
Author: Ann Marie Plane
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812246357
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
From angels to demonic specters, astonishing visions to devilish terrors, dreams inspired, challenged, and soothed the men and women of seventeenth-century New England. English colonists considered dreams to be fraught messages sent by nature, God, or the Devil; Indians of the region often welcomed dreams as events of tremendous significance. Whether the inspirational vision of an Indian sachem or the nightmare of a Boston magistrate, dreams were treated with respect and care by individuals and their communities. Dreams offered entry to "invisible worlds" that contained vital knowledge not accessible by other means and were viewed as an important source of guidance in the face of war, displacement, shifts in religious thought, and intercultural conflict. Using firsthand accounts of dreams as well as evolving social interpretations of them, Dreams and the Invisible World in Colonial New England explores these little-known aspects of colonial life as a key part of intercultural contact. With themes touching on race, gender, emotions, and interior life, this book reveals the nighttime visions of both colonists and Indians. Ann Marie Plane examines beliefs about faith, providence, power, and the unpredictability of daily life to interpret both the dreams themselves and the act of dream reporting. Through keen analysis of the spiritual and cosmological elements of the early modern world, Plane fills in a critical dimension of the emotional and psychological experience of colonialism.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812246357
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
From angels to demonic specters, astonishing visions to devilish terrors, dreams inspired, challenged, and soothed the men and women of seventeenth-century New England. English colonists considered dreams to be fraught messages sent by nature, God, or the Devil; Indians of the region often welcomed dreams as events of tremendous significance. Whether the inspirational vision of an Indian sachem or the nightmare of a Boston magistrate, dreams were treated with respect and care by individuals and their communities. Dreams offered entry to "invisible worlds" that contained vital knowledge not accessible by other means and were viewed as an important source of guidance in the face of war, displacement, shifts in religious thought, and intercultural conflict. Using firsthand accounts of dreams as well as evolving social interpretations of them, Dreams and the Invisible World in Colonial New England explores these little-known aspects of colonial life as a key part of intercultural contact. With themes touching on race, gender, emotions, and interior life, this book reveals the nighttime visions of both colonists and Indians. Ann Marie Plane examines beliefs about faith, providence, power, and the unpredictability of daily life to interpret both the dreams themselves and the act of dream reporting. Through keen analysis of the spiritual and cosmological elements of the early modern world, Plane fills in a critical dimension of the emotional and psychological experience of colonialism.