http://georgyriecke.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/hawthorne-sleep-and-dead-leaves/ Piercing the Mists of Obscure European Culture Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:08:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://georgyriecke.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/hawthorne-sleep-and-dead-leaves/#comment-158 georgyriecke Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:12:00 +0000 http://georgyriecke.wordpress.com/?p=956#comment-158 And there was I thinking it must be related to <a href="http://georgyriecke.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/professor-dormouse-and-the-leaves/" rel="nofollow">de Grasbourg's folk-tales</a>. Oh well, it is a similarly common fantasy of mine to be able to dream about research-related issues - and not about my subconscious desire to eat my neighbours. And there was I thinking it must be related to de Grasbourg’s folk-tales. Oh well, it is a similarly common fantasy of mine to be able to dream about research-related issues – and not about my subconscious desire to eat my neighbours.

]]> http://georgyriecke.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/hawthorne-sleep-and-dead-leaves/#comment-157 Andrew Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:58:17 +0000 http://georgyriecke.wordpress.com/?p=956#comment-157 I should have been more specific, perhaps. The father and wife are archetypal figures, their particular form generally unique to the particular dreamer, though with one or two exceptions. Even the leaves are a vital recurring element, though not always beech- generally the exceptions to the beech rule are homosexual psychopaths- not that a link between the two is necessarily to be inferred. I should have been more specific, perhaps. The father and wife are archetypal figures, their particular form generally unique to the particular dreamer, though with one or two exceptions.
Even the leaves are a vital recurring element, though not always beech- generally the exceptions to the beech rule are homosexual psychopaths- not that a link between the two is necessarily to be inferred.

]]> http://georgyriecke.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/hawthorne-sleep-and-dead-leaves/#comment-155 georgyriecke Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:22:01 +0000 http://georgyriecke.wordpress.com/?p=956#comment-155 Do that many people really dream of my wife sweeping leaves in my father's old winter coat? I should be concerned if they did, however learned or kind at heart they may be. And I thought at least the beech leaves might be unique! Do that many people really dream of my wife sweeping leaves in my father’s old winter coat? I should be concerned if they did, however learned or kind at heart they may be. And I thought at least the beech leaves might be unique!

]]> http://georgyriecke.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/hawthorne-sleep-and-dead-leaves/#comment-153 Andrew Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:44:29 +0000 http://georgyriecke.wordpress.com/?p=956#comment-153 Don't get ideas about yourself, that's a very common dream. So common it’s become a bit embarrassing at Freudian conventions when some enthusiastic fresh acolyte bursts forth with his account of the fabulous dream he had recently. The kind at heart lower their eyes, the more malicious egg him on while learned colleagues snigger. Its correct interpretation is that it is a pure physiological matter, stemming from a surfeit of carbohydrates and yeast, with a varying sub-current issue of the desire to intimidate and eat your neighbours. Don’t get ideas about yourself, that’s a very common dream. So common it’s become a bit embarrassing at Freudian conventions when some enthusiastic fresh acolyte bursts forth with his account of the fabulous dream he had recently. The kind at heart lower their eyes, the more malicious egg him on while learned colleagues snigger.
Its correct interpretation is that it is a pure physiological matter, stemming from a surfeit of carbohydrates and yeast, with a varying sub-current issue of the desire to intimidate and eat your neighbours.

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