Precognitive Dreams & Premonitions
About four out of ten reported
psychic experiences involve some seeming awareness of the
future. The term premonition is in general use, and the more
clinical word precognition, ('before knowing'), tends to be
used by parapsychologists. In descending order of frequency,
premonitions come in the form of dreams, waking thoughts,
waking imagery and sleep-onset, (hypnagogic), imagery.
We can define a premonition
as an experience, (eg dream, waking thought, etc.), which
appears to anticipate a future event that could not reasonably
have been inferred from information available before the event.
The fact that they mainly refer to unpleasant things is reflected
in the term premonition itself, which derives from the Latin
word praemonere - to warn in advance. Sometimes the person
who has the premonition, (the percipient), doesn't know precisely
what will happen but has a feeling that something untoward
will occur - it's then a foreboding or presentiment.
As both authors have had personal
experience with precognition, they in turn, give their own
accounts, starting with Dr Hearne:
My own particular interest
in this area of parapsychology was thrust upon me as the result
of a personal experience. I had never considered myself to
be at all psychic, but one day something happened that made
me consider that perhaps I had a slight ability in that field.
In 1981, I was living in Hull
and used to visit a colleague, Robin Furman, perhaps once
a fortnight or so. Robin lived in Grimsby and the journey
involved crossing the Humber estuary - before the suspension
bridge was opened. It was a journey I was very used to. However
on one occasion, as soon as I sat on the ferry, I experienced
a strange feeling of concern. I knew with absolute certainty
that there would be some untoward event on the ferry trip.
It was perplexing - I didn't know exactly what was going to
occur - but something would! The feeling was so urgent that
I wanted to tell the captain - but a moment's thought made
me realise that he'd think I was mad. I could have still got
off the boat at that point, but I was fascinated and intrigued
by the episode and so remained to see what would transpire.
It was rather cold so I sat below decks.
It was the last ferry of the
day and darkness was descending rapidly. After about half
an hour we were some 200 metres off the landing stage on the
other side of the estuary, when there was sharp cry of "Man
overboard!" I went up on deck. A man had somehow fallen
off the bow of the ship. The captain stopped the engines and
people peered into the blackness. There was no sound. The
victim's young wife stood, shocked, holding a young baby in
her arms. Everything was silent. As the minutes passed, we
assumed the man had been swept away and drowned.
Eventually the engines were
started and the boat circled the area. Suddenly, something
was seen in the water. It was the man. He was dragged aboard
with boat-hooks and a crew member performed mouth to mouth
resuscitation on him. The boat docked and the man was rushed
off to hospital. To be honest, I was excited about my seeming
foreknowledge of the situation.
Next, David Melbourne maintains
a strident belief in precognition, because, from time to time,
he experiences the phenomenon himself. Following, is an account
of one of his own experiences:
Having spent about fourteen
years as a firefighter, I ocassionally dream about fires,
which seems perfectly natural. Some of these dreams carry
messages, while others appear to refresh my memory by bringing
back faces of old comrades who had since been forgotten. This
indicates that some dreams also serve yet another purpose,
that of recharging the battery of our memory. However, to
illustrate my point about precognition, let us examine an
extremely vivid dream I had a couple of years ago.
In my dream, I found myself
standing just inside the porch of a wooden house, gazing at
a fire which had recently started next to the porch door.
The fire was beginning to spread up the wall. Looking round,
I saw an old-fashioned 'soda acid' type fire extinguisher.
This was the kind where one struck a knob causing soda to
mix with acid, which generated carbon dioxide gas within the
extinguisher, in order to expel the water held within.
I struck the knob, only to
find that there was little more than a dribble of water being
expelled by the extinguisher. However, being extremely careful,
I managed to put out the blaze. Just as the last flame died,
the fire brigade turned up with a high pressure hose-reel.
When I awoke, I decided that
because the dream was so extraordinarily vivid, it was a must
for recording on paper for analysis at a later date. It is
worth mentioning, that despite the startling clarity, I did
not recognise it as precognitive, although upon waking, the
memory was accompanied by a feeling of anticipation.
That same afternoon, observing
our local ferry dock, I set off to collect my post. As I was
getting into my car, I noticed smoke issuing from my nearest
neighbour's roof - the house was built from Canadian Pine.
My neighbour informed me that there was a fire in the cavity
of the wall, between the wooden exterior and the plasterboard
interior - next to the porch door. He had called the local
fire brigade. The sounds of fire cracking away behind the
plasterboard were clearly audible.
At the time, all the owner
was able to rig up was a garden hose which was supplied from
a water tank. The absence of pressure resulted in little more
than a trickle from the hose. I ran my hands over the wall,
checking for heat, in order to ascertain the exact location
and extent of the blaze. The fire seemed to be confined between
two wooden partitions, which were about four feet apart.
Knowing that the island's
fire crew consisted of part timers, I realised that there
might be some delay - the members have to drop what they are
doing, then make their way to the fire station, before they
can get underway.
During the brief time I was
assessing the situation, I was aware that the fire was beginning
to get hold and was showing early signs of spreading into
the roof. I had to make a snap decision, whether to wait an
unspecified time for the arrival of the fire brigade or try
containing the blaze with what little resources were available.
With the fire growing louder
every second, I decided to punch a small hole in the plasterboard
near the ceiling. That way, there would not be enough air
to cause any acceleration of burning and at the same time,
it would enable me to push the end of the hose through the
hole and attempt to extinguish the flames.
The resulting hissing noise,
as clouds of steam were being generated, was music to my ears.
After a few moments, I instructed my neighbour to punch another
hole about a foot below the first one. Again, the sound of
hissing was encouraging. And so the procedure was repeated
several times, as we worked our way down the length of the
plasterboard.
Finally, the crackling ceased,
and I decided that it would be safe to tear down the plasterboard
to facilitate access to the interior surface. As the first
section came away, the fire gave one final burst of defiant
flame before being extinguished completely. At that point,
the fire brigade turned up with a high-pressure hose-reel.
(Continued
In Precognitive Dreams & Premonitions Pt 2...)
Authors Details: David F. Melbourne
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David F. Melbourne, who lives on a remote Scottish island,
has been studying dreams for 25 years and is known all
over the world for his accurate dream interpretations.
Apart from the general public, he has analysed dreams
for celebrities and famous authors, all of whom have admitted
a high degree of accuracy. |
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