Mystery of Dreams, 1950 London, William Oliver Stevens, Dreams That ‘Came True’

Full titie: “The Mystery of Dreams”

This is a scarce book published in London in 1950.

Cool title page wuote:

“We are somewhat more than ourselves in sleep, and the Slumber of the Body seems to be but the Waking of the Soul.” — Sir Thomas Browne

First Edition, London, 1950.

Author: William Oliver Stevens

Scarce hardback recounting dream experiences thst came true in some way, chronicled by Dr. Stevens.

Condition: Good. Hardback book is solid with modest shelf wear. Previous owner made some ink notations inside front cover and has bracketed several passages. Dust jacket flaps were laid inside front of book snd have created some brown discoloration. All pages present and well attached.

Originally published in 1950, this title includes instances of dreams in published records from both British and American societies of psychical research, covering six decades. This work had been previously inaccessible to the ordinary reader.

Other stories have come from friends and acquaintances of the author and in his introduction he states;

“The chief purpose of this collection is to present examples of apparently significant dreams, those that "come true", there will be no effort in these pages to debate possible explanations based on known laws, either of chance or of psychology.

“Readers are able to exercise their own ingenuity to this end. The material is offered here simply as evidence of a striking phenomenon in human consciousness, which, instead of being brushed aside as superstition, calls for serious study. It may have a profound bearing on the riddle of human personality.”

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

1. The Dream in Literature

2. Symbolism in Dreams

3. The Solution of a Problem

4. Telepathic Dreams

5. Clairvoyant Dreams

6. Warning and Prophetic

7. Warning and Prophetic Continued 8. Borderland Dreams

9. Concurrent and Reciprocal

10. Miscellaneous.

Conclusion.

Index.

Inventory shelf 10.