Sphinx Dream November 5, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : AncientIt is one of the earliest dreams recorded in history. Very approximately 1400 BC an Egyptian prince, Menkheperure, was riding out by the pyramids. We know this with some exactitude because Menkheperure later had the events of that memorable day written out in stone (pictured above). After some hunting, Menkheperure decided to shelter from the […]
Visiting Duat in Dreams June 6, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : AncientEvery culture in history has had its own unique take on dreams from Viennese voodoo to Zhuang Zhou dreaming of butterflies, from the Aboriginal dream quest to lucid ‘shamanic’ dreaming, looking at your life line on your left hand as you gently snore. However, Beach has recently become intrigued by the Ancient Egyptians and dreams. […]
D’Annunzio as Father: the Ballroom Babies September 20, 2014
Author: Beach Combing | in : ModernMotherhood comes naturally, says the sage, fatherhood, instead, must be learnt. That is certainly the experience of the present blogger with two young daughters (soon to be, God willing, three) and he was amused to come across this dream in the works of Gabriele D’Annunzio, Italian genius and cad, one of the most self referential […]
Dreaming Murder in Parliament #3: The Earliest Account October 11, 2013
Author: Beach Combing | in : ModernThis appeared in The Times 16 Aug 1828 ‘Remarkable Coincidences’. We have been able to find no earlier trace of the alleged dream of the murder of 1812. It is clearly valuable for its age and seems to depend on the special knowledge of Mr Williams. However, serious discrepancies with the later account (next post) […]
Review: The Terror That Comes in the Night June 4, 2013
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary, Medieval, ModernBeach has been lucky with his reading recently. It began with Dennis Gaffen’s Running with the Fairies, passed on to Chris Woodyard’s Face in the Window and Emma Wilby’s Cunning Folk and then there was a jump back in time with Mike Dash’s Borderlands. Another excellent addition to his library has been David J.Hufford’s The […]