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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
52
This
account,
written
in
1888,
has
been
revised
by
the
late
Duke
of
Manchester,
father
of
the
Duchess
of
Hamilton,
who
heard
the
vision
from
his
daughter
on
the
morning
after
she
had
seen
it.
The
duchess
only
knew
the
earl
by
sight,
and
had
not
heard
that
he
was
ill.
She
knew
she
was
not
asleep,
for
she
opened
her
eyes
to
get
rid
of
the
vision,
and,
shutting
them,
saw
the
same
thing
again.
{45a}
In
fact,
the
"vision"
was
an
illusion
hypnagogique.
Probably
most
readers
know
the
procession
of
visions
which
sometimes
crowd
on
the
closed
eyes
just
before
sleep.
{45b}
They
commonly
represent
with
vivid
clearness
unknown
faces
or
places,
occasionally
known
faces.
The
writer
has
seen
his
own
in
this
way
and
has
occasionally
"opened
his
eyes
to
get
rid
of"
the
appearances.
In
his
opinion
the
pictures
are
unconsciously
constructed
by
the
half-sleeping
mind
out
of
blurs
of
light
or
dark
seen
with
closed
eyes.
Mr.
Cooper's
story
would
be
more
complete
if
he
had
said
whether
or
not
the
earl,
when
visited
by
him,
was
in
a
chair
as
in
the
vision.
But
beds
are
not
commonly
found
in
bathrooms.
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