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diff --git a/old/66009-0.txt b/old/66009-0.txt deleted file mode 100644 index cc46b41..0000000 --- a/old/66009-0.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1417 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Dream-God, by John Cuningham - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: The Dream-God - or, A Singular Evolvement of Thought in Sleep - -Author: John Cuningham - -Release Date: August 8, 2021 [eBook #66009] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Tim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was - produced from images generously made available by The Internet - Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DREAM-GOD *** - - - - - THE DREAM-GOD, - - OR - - A SINGULAR EVOLVEMENT - OF - THOUGHT IN SLEEP. - - BY JOHN CUNINGHAM. - - NEW YORK: - PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY - ANDERSON & RAMSAY. - 28 FRANKFORT STREET. - - - - - Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1873, by - JOHN CUNINGHAM, - In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. - - - - -TO MY FRIENDS. - - -_Although requested by a number of you at various times to write this -condensed narrative of an event in my life, associated with much -misfortune, sadness and suffering which have continued for some years, -it was not until during a lonely period of quietude at Brooklyn, N. -Y., in the summer of 1872, that I made the effort. I do not expect the -public to give much credence or interest to the matter, but to you who -know me I can trustingly give the assurance that this little book is an -unaffected and truthful production. It is published as an affectionate -memorial to you of mutual esteem and friendship._ - - JOHN CUNINGHAM, - _of So. Ca._ - - APRIL, 1873. - - - - -A SINGULAR EVOLVEMENT OF THOUGHT IN SLEEP. - - -A REMARKABLE DREAM. - -The peculiar and startling effect of morphine on a person unaccustomed -to its administration, was happily illustrated in the instance of a -gentleman to whom, under its influence, (about three eighths of a -grain,) the dream to be related occurred. This individual, (a South -Carolinian resident on a plantation,) a few years ago, had lately -received a severe and extensive burn, which confined him to his bed six -months. An allusion by him in a casual conversation in the city of New -York recently to the eventful dream and its circumstances, brought out -a solicitation to him to write its narrative, which in substance he -here gives. - -One evening in midwinter, a few weeks after the accident, the almost -exhausted sufferer, having taken the prescribed nightly dose of -morphine, fell asleep. - - - - -THE DREAM-GOD. - - - - -PART I. - - -The sleep was serene, the mind active, and the dream promptly and -vividly supervened. A being in the form of a handsome and matured man, -full of _esprit_, in a white and easy-fitting garment, with bright, -broad and sweeping wings coming out from each side of his back below -the shoulders, appeared to the patient at his bedside, and announced to -him that he was the Spirit of Morphine, of a heavenly and _immortal_ -nature, and that he had come to carry him on an aerial voyage over many -parts of the world; to show him many attractive regions and things, -to introduce him to various races, royal personages, distinguished -celebrities, etc. - -The sleeper with surprise inquired, “How can I go with this stricken -and impotent body?” - -The Immortal replied, “You must leave your body here; your spiritual -being can accompany me.” - -_Sleeper._--“But I fear that before my return my friends may see and -regard my inanimate body as dead, and bury it.” - -_Immortal._--“Fear not. I will restore you in due time to your body; -and I will prepare you for our adventures as I am prepared.” - -Thus assured, the somnipathist crept gently out, headway, from his -“mortal coil,” glided over the headboard of his bedstead, glanced back -upon his sleeping frame in his very image, then sprang lithely to the -sill of the window, where the sash had already been thrown up by the -Morpheus, and finding himself equipped with needed dress and wings, -soared with his companion into the air. - -_Immortal._--“What route do you prefer?” - -_Mortal._--“I wish to have a birdseye view of Charleston, (once my -home,) by gas-light and then toward the Arctic Pole.” - -The aerial _voyageurs_ were, as if in a moment, hovering in a slow, -scrutinizing flight over Charleston, with stars above, and looking -as upon stars below; and in front, athwart the ocean, a long line -of light, gleaming from a newly-risen moon, invited their quickened -pinions into the illimitable spaces over the far-bounded deep. Curving -in a wide ocean-sweep northward, and moving with lightning-speed, they -perceived, although having a full sense of comfort, varying currents -of icy gales and warm breezes; and from their transparent height -saw beneath them the dark, girdling strata of cyclone hurricanes, -or sheeny, swathe-clouds of crystal congelations; or, within their -extended girdles, broad, oval areas of clear-rolling sea, and far down, -by a peculiar dim lighting of its depths, the plains, hills and vales -it immersed, and the myriad tribes of the deep in their amazing animate -forms. - -_Mortal._--“I would see the borealis.” - -_Immortal._--“You shall, anon.” - -The dream seemed to change. The parties suddenly found themselves -lying in open sea-shells, structured to their lengths and sizes, -floating side by side on a tranquil waste of waters, feet foremost, -heads pillowed, and eyes bent upward and northward. A lowered and -murky sky appeared as a dun-colored ceiling, of little height above -them; and they were thoughtful, and in low tones they occasionally -uttered weird thoughts on life--mankind--earth--God. A drowsy moment -ensues. Then slowly lifts the gloomy canopy, and along the distant -northern horizon, the fog having rapidly disappeared, a lengthened -arc of whitish light spans itself. The heavens are again clear. From -the bright arc dart upward along their northern hemisphere radiant -streams of every lighter hue, and in incessant changeful brilliancy--a -panoramic spread of incandescent splendors. A whirl of cold, shimmering -light dashes around and over towering icebergs, and amazes the eye. It -closes, and when again it opens, the Arctic travellers find themselves -soaring aloft, and they look upon an open, calm, unfrozen polar sea.[A] -The Spirit of Morphine remarks: “You now see, and will see, things -unknown to man. This comparative warmth comes from the fire and glowing -heat in the bowels of the earth, as you will soon ascertain.” - -They move on; they are at the Pole; the north star is in the zenith. A -magnetic needle appears hanging in mid-air, like the visioned dagger -before Macbeth, and dips southward and westward toward the other--the -magnetic--pole, degrees away. A glare disturbs the eye, and terrible -sounds surround them. Behold! the Pole is a large cylindrical aperture -(miles in diameter) in our globe, down through which are seen the -molten mass and fiery flame within the crust of earth! The watery -billows, like a whirlpool, surge in loud roar around its circumferent -shore, but enter not; and a column of heat ever rushes on the Arctic -air. - -A cry of terror and awe escapes from the sleeper. He is conscious of -it, but does not awake. The dream resumes. - -They are now flying southward, and the somnipathist has a vision (a -dream in this dream) of a midsummer circling sun shining a day of -months. They view the peculiarities of Iceland, examine the maelstrom, -(that singular natural wonder, gurgitating into another earth-aperture, -off Norway,) and comprehend by a glance Lapland, Norway and Sweden, -their curiosities, peoples, customs, etc. There is not time or space -for details. They are _en voyage_ for the Court of Russia. - -They alight at the Winter Palace of the Czar. - -The Immortal with his pupil enters with free and commanding -port--obstructions vanish. A festive scene of splendor--gayety, glitter -and ceremony commingled--is at its height. Through the maze of an -amazed, gorgeous, throng, they advance to the Emperor, surrounded -by rank and beauty; and through the influence of a celestial majesty -more enthralling than his own, they secure his deferential and cordial -attention. Then follows a confused but charming association with -“beautiful women and brave men,” amid all social bewitcheries. - -The scene changes. They are seated in a small ice-crystal[B] _salon_, -glistening on all sides except the carpeted floor, with the Emperor and -his prime minister alone, all exhilarant with wine, and now sipping -the potent subtlety of China’s most famed and fragrant tea, priced at -its weight in gold. The philosophy of government, from a republican -standpoint, rushes upon the soul of the American, and he exclaims to -the mighty potentate of all the Russias: - -“How can your humanity conscientiously hold and wield the power of -imperial despotism?” - -_Emperor._--“The one-man power in the light and dignity of a -_principle_, appeals to reason and fascinates the soul. It is the true -theory of human government. I am God’s vicegerent, as king and priest, -for the well-being and good order of my people.” - -_Prime Minister._--“This system derives its type from the One-God -control of the universe. It has divinity from above, it has patriarchal -sanction here below. It can bear comparison with its opposite extreme -in absolutism--a pure democracy, the mere many-power, unrestrained, -unregulated and uninstructed. What is more irresponsible, more -selfishly callous, more heedlessly unstable, and more grinding than the -vulgar tyranny of a bare popular majority? Extremes meet and have a -singular affinity; it is the secret of the growing friendship between -Russia and the United States.” - -_American._--“Ha! Our American people are not a mass democracy. The -United States are republics federated under a Constitution--a system -which excludes both your extremes.” - -_Prime Minister._--“Indeed!” - -_Immortal._--“There is a golden mean for all finite governments. -Uncontrolled power is only for the Infinite.” - -_Emperor._--“Is even political self-government a _right_?” - -_American._--“Surely mankind is entitled to it and should possess it.” - -_Immortal._--“No! Self-government is the eventual prize of intelligence -and virtue. The ignorant or vicious are incapable of it. In the -meantime, it is the _privilege_ of the human race to secure it by -attempered wisdom, and to guard it against the passions and ignorance -of the many, the few, or the one. Goodness in the use of power, more -than the form of government, is the great desideratum. Seek most to -elevate the mind and heart of man!” - -_American_ to _Emperor_.--“Sire! it is then your best mission to _do -well your part_!” - - - - -PART II. - - -Farewells are spoken. The _voyageurs_ are again a-wing. They reach the -Arctic along the vast Siberian coast. There the cold is most intense, -and of the frozen regions it is the wildest and grandest. A shimmering -light seems to permeate it ever, even in its darkest periods. The -ice presents plains, abysses, mountains. Everywhere are the débris -of long-frozen animals. Over its dry waste of congealed waters, the -fierce blasts, as if by frictional action on its rugged surfaces, ever -generate electrical phenomena. In midwinter and darkness, scintillating -flashes gleam along them in the nether air. Such was their vision. - -The disembodied, as one startled, exclaims: “See yon iceberg like a -mountain of glass. What is that within it? It resembles the carcass of -a dead animal, but it is too huge. It is at least sixty feet long, and -of elephantine proportions.” - -_Immortal._--“It is an ancient specimen of the behemoth (B’Hemoth) -tribes. Its species is extinct. Its bulk is many times that of -the mastodon. Its massive ivory tusks are similar to those of the -walrus. Its remains have been frozen in there for thousands of years. -Putrescence is here unknown.” - -_Mortal._--“What wonders! Can this be nature?” - -_Immortal._--“We are approaching others.” - -_Mortal._--“Yes, look! What a vast lizard or crocodile yonder -encased--five hundred feet long! But I see fins, also.” - -_Immortal._--“It is of the primeval species of _sauroid_ fish. It -has been frozen during cycles of time. This region was once warmer. -Nature’s changeful developments are a curious mystery to man, but it -ever unfolds in increasing knowledge.” - -They wheel southward--anon traverse Chinese Tartary--sweep over the -Chinese wall, and alight in Pekin. They poise themselves on a lofty -pagoda. - -_Mortal._--“These Chinese are a mysterious people. I am curious about -them. That wall was a great enterprise in its day, and a singular one.” - -_Immortal._--“They are a swarm from an ancient human hive, and have -long been numerous and astute. They have been, and are superior to -the average of mankind, but inferior to the more illumined and most -cultivated. Their numbers and limited geographic sphere have made -them feel want; yet their inventions, although multiplied, have been -petty, fanciful, crude and clumsy contrivances to meet emergency, in -comparison with the grander discoveries and more studied and beautiful -designs of other and higher civilizations. _Necessity_ has stimulated -their cunning, but precludes their reflection; it has pinched their -faculties, as the ‘iron shoe’ has their feet. Their mental contraction -has been rendered more compressive by their moral and spiritual -defects. They have had no conception of a God, _per se_. It is the -conception which most expands man!” - -_Mortal._--“But this pagoda (truly it is a grotesque structure!) is a -temple devoted to some worship.” - -_Immortal._--“It is a fane of the merest idolatry, and dedicated to -idols, ‘of the earth, earthly,’ not to any images which are even -typical of divine _essences_. But of this, anon.” - -_Mortal._--“The Chinese have, however, a demi-god--their ‘Celestial -Emperor.’” - -_Immortal._--“Yes, he is their immediate authority, temporal and -spiritual. Yet he and his mandarins, alike with his subjects, are -constrained, by the dominancy of twenty-four centuries of veneration -for the great Chinese philosopher and moralist, Koong-Foo-tse, -(latinized, Confucius,) to worship in the temples dedicated to that -extraordinary statesman and expounder. This pagoda is one of these -temples, which have been reared in all chief cities and towns. -His ‘nine books’ constitute the creed and code--the bible--of the -‘Celestial Empire,’ and you will deem it a singular fact that they -contain no mention of a Creator--no allusion to God.” - -_Mortal._--“It is indeed strange for so intelligent a people. All other -peoples have some kind of a belief and worship of a Supreme Being. -Hark! I hear sounds from below--I hear chants!” - -_Immortal._--“Yes, they are from the Emperor and his court, performing -idol-service, offering fruits, wines, flowers and fancy articles, and -now singing chants. We will witness their return to the palace, and -then visit them.” - -Soon the vision embraced a scene of Oriental pomp--a pageant, with -its ceremonies, gorgeous displays and vain-glorious crudities. This -narrative must dispense with the description, nor could the reader be -made to receive the impression produced on the visitor from the West, -while gazing on the dramas of the East. - -His Celestial Majesty--“brother of the sun and cousin of the stars”--is -now enthroned in his extended residence, amid princely persons, -political potentates and priestly dignitaries, surrounded by every -burnishment and administered to by varied flattery and all servility. -The _voyageurs_ suddenly appear before and among them. - -_Emperor._--“Ha! what means this intrusion? Chamberlain of the Palace, -accursed Mandarin! you shall lose your life for this. How came these -persons into the Celestial Presence without permission and the salaam -reverences? Hold! they have wings! Can they be Celestial? Spirit of -Koong-Foo-tse! come, protect, guard us! Let all the great gongs be -beaten! let dreadful sounds frighten them away!” - -The Immortal, with a gesture, awes all into silence and composure. - -_American to Emperor._--“Man, what mean these presumptions? What does -your ridiculous and despotic power claim?” - -_Emperor._--“Not read the ‘Books!’ Read them. My power is immemorial -and supreme. Yang and Yn, time and Koong-Foo-tse have founded it--yes, -founded it on the analogy of parental authority, which they declare -absolute. The nation is my family, and I am its father. I am sole -entitled ruler, and I am--holy and sacred! Nor will I have contact with -strangers and barbarians.” - -_American._--“What means he? What of Confucius?” - -_Immortal._--“Confucius was a Chinaman, who lived 550 years before -Christ. He was a teacher of morals, rather than a founder of religion. -For those dark ages, he was an extraordinary man; he was great as -a philosopher, a moralist and a statesman. He made no pretence to -inspiration. He inculcated the training of the physical system. The -five elements, fire, water, wood, metal and earth (he called them -_Kings_) were the basis of his system of philosophy. He maintained that -the universe was generated by the union of two _material_ principles--a -heavenly and an earthly--Yang and Yn--but there is no mention of a -Creator in his system. Man, he asserted, fell from purity and happiness -by his own act; and by his own act he can or must recover them. His -political system, which is one of pure despotism, has been give by the -Emperor. Spirit of Koong-Foo-tse, come forth!” - -The apparition of Confucius here takes visible shape, and startles the -assembly. The other or American immaterialized human, addresses him: - -“Confucius, thy soul has now learned wisdom. How is it, that in life -your great reason did not perceive and conceive that there must be and -was a Being, all wise, all powerful, all good, eternal, and with His -infinity universally present--the God and Creator?” - -_Confucius._--“_I had no revelation!_” - -_Immortal._--“Creation itself suggests and proves a Creator; it is His -greatest revelation. The dual-elements in man (mind and matter,) should -recognize His existence and essence.” - -_Confucius._--“I dimly perceived that there were _two_ principles, but -not precisely those of good and evil. _I did not reason sufficiently at -large. I thought only of earth, not of religion; of the material, not -the divine._ Zoroaster surpassed me in these regards.” - -_American._--“Emperor, the hand-writing of destroying Fate is on your -wall. The hands of hundred of millions will pull it down. God will -send light, by the invading influence of the ‘outside barbarians’ of -the far West, to scatter the darkness from your land. Your dynasty is -doomed.” - -The spectre of Confucius nods confirmation, and disappears. - -The _voyageurs_ pass out, and soar into the air. - -Intense cimmerian darkness now seems to prevail everywhere, and the -aerialists see themselves, as it were from a distance, flying as -illumined transparent shapes through it. Afar off, and in another land, -there is seen a small luminous spot on the horizon. - -“What is yon bright object?” - -“It is the ‘Temple of the Sun.’” - -The speed of thought brings them to its full view. They swoop down; and -pause in riveted contemplation of the sublime pile. - -What a house, built by supposed hands! It is a structure from masses -of the purest crystal; a mile long; two-thirds of a mile broad; a -half-mile high to its eaves. A steeple, itself of a mile’s height -and of beautiful proportions, towers with a superb aplomb a mile and -a half above its front base. It is radiant with a whitish internal -illumination, that shoots its apex of light upward to the dark -empyrean. Over a central point of the temple, a third distance from -its rear, a lofty dome uplifts in grand majesty its imposing symmetry, -and from which hangs pendent within, a vast globular light resembling -and sacred to the sun, permeating and illuming with its golden rays -the mighty mass. The double-tinted splendor of the _tout ensemble_, -thrilled with rapture even an immortal soul! Above the dome, and from a -staff like the lightning’s streak, floated a tri-colored _oriflamme_--a -rainbow flag. - - “One tint was of the sunbeam’s dyes, - “One the blue depth of seraph’s eyes, - “One, the pure spirit’s veil of white - “Had robed in radiance of its light; - “The three so mingled did beseem - “The texture of a heavenly dream.” - -The occasion is a holy period to a people in southern Asia, of whom -tens of thousands throng the columned interior. The flying visitors -enter. Their eyes are instantly attracted upward to the high-vaulted -ceiling, appearing like a slightly concaved sky, and of a deep cerulean -hue, studded with stars (mystic phenomenon!) as if in deference to -night. - -In the centre of the vast tessellated floor is a colossal opalescent -human statue, typical of and dedicated to the God of Light, seated -on a purple throne bordered with plates of gold--the whole eight -hundred feet high, and the figure in a commanding attitude, and as -dispensing wisdom and exacting reverence. A space around it is paled -by a balustrade of sapphire. Behind it, on the wall to the East, is -pictured in marvellous glory the rising sun. In its front, outside -the sapphire enclosure and toward an entrance in the West, is a broad -low altar of polished granite. On it are piled votive offerings of -flowers--creatures of the sun. - -Emblematic frescoes of light in varying hues, play over and adorn every -portion of the wondrous edifice. - -The countless throng pressing from many entrances, with faces turned -upward to the Idol, and with odorless flambeaux aloft in their right -hands, chanted, - - “Fire! Genial Fire! Glorious Fire! - Element of light! Hail, Father Sun!” - -The flying companions had already taken their station in the space -reserved around the Colossus, and near his feet. - -_Immortal._--“This has degenerated into Fire Worship--another form -of Materialism. The wretches adore the emblems, but know not their -meaning. Silence! Attention!!” - -The people in awe put their left hands over their eyes, and kneel with -bowed heads. All the lights, large and small, become dim and wan; an -ominous twilight prevails. - -_Immortal._--“Zoroaster, in the name of Light appear!” - -The apparition of Zoroaster stands before them. - -_Immaterialized American._--“I have heard of him, but what of him?” - -_Immortal._--“Zoroaster or Zurdusht was a great thinker, who lived in -primeval times; computed by Aristotle to be about six thousand years -before the death of Plato. He was born in ancient Bactria. He was -the founder of the Magian religion, which prevailed long before the -Medo-Persian monarchy. His doctrines are set forth in the book called -_Zendavesta_. The _first being_ (according to that transcript) is -denominated ‘Time without bounds;’ thus showing on the part of Zurdusht -a vague perception of the Eternal One. His creed maintains that from -the operation of this ‘infinite Time,’ the two active principles of the -universe were produced from all eternity, Ormuzd (representing _good_) -and Ahriman, (representing _evil_,) each disposed to exercise his -_powers_ of _creation_ in different ways. The first formed man capable -of virtue; the latter, changed into _darkness_ from _light_, introduced -evil.” - -“Zurdusht taught that, at the last day, Ormuzd would triumph.” - -_American._--“I see. Zoroaster compared the _two principles_ to Light -and Darkness, and to each attributed _creative_ power. And now that I -reflect, I note that dual-elements of some kind, material or spiritual, -and associated with the idea of _good_ and _evil_, are averred in most -religious creeds. It is the great mystery!” - -_Immortal._--“Zurdusht, speak!” - -_Zoroaster._--“Death further opened my finite eyes. There are not _two -discordant essences_ nor TWO CREATIVE POWERS. The One God is the One -Creator. He alone can solve the inscrutability of Evil.” - -The lights die out. Sounds cease. The temple disappears. Utter darkness -ensues. A sudden murmured exclamation of wonder arises from countless -beings, enshrouded in the night. The Heavens above have opened; an -amazing glory of radiance shines through them, amid which “the great -White Throne” and “He who sitteth thereon” are seen, and His resounding -voice utters to the Universe: I AM THE LIGHT! - - - - -PART III. - - -This dream had one feature in common with ordinary dreams; parts of it -were confused and fitful. But its unusual length and coherence were -remarkable. It consisted of a series of vivid scenes and singular -events in conformity with its general character and design. These were -announced (a notable fact) in its outset, and sustained throughout -(still more strange) in their appropriate relations. - -The aerial _voyageurs_ took a general view of the Ganges and its -deltas. They paused to observe a Hindoo maiden, of the better _caste_, -launch upon its waters, in her amative superstition, one of those -small lights, votive to love and imagination, which floating down the -stream would by its course, accidents and fate, indicate what might be -the chequered destiny of her affections, or the fortunes of an absent -lover. And they noticed her as a specimen of the delicate symmetry of -form and sentient beauty of face, characteristic of southern Asiatic -females. The dreamy expression of soul on her countenance enthralled -the American. For a time he was human. - -Geographical details but seldom attracted their attention. Their -general consciousness was that of travelling at night; yet there was -ever light enough when and where it was desired. The American conceived -the mortal wish to view a scene from the highest mountains in the -world. They were near the Himmalayas, and flew to their most commanding -peak. It appeared to be a bright day, and all the sensations of sublime -awe and admiration which a man could feel under such circumstances were -realized. This experience was entirely distinct from any impressions -produced during their usual aerial observations. The landscape seemed -to comprise every variety of object, from the grandest and most -startling, to the softest and most serene, and a delicious mellowing -sublimated the enchantment. - -Now, anon, they are looking down upon the Euphrates and the Tigris, -and the classic slip of land between them. And in another moment a -twilight envelopes them, a contemplative mood ensues; and, then, -steals upon their consciousness the knowledge, inducing a singular awe -or uneasiness, that they are hovering over the Plain of Shinar. The -biblical Babel, the confusion of tongues and the scattering of the -nations crowd upon their reflection, and again immortal thoughts arise. - -The disembodied remarks, “It is written that a drama occurred below, -which, it appears to me, is as mysterious in its meaning as it is -wonderful in its happening. The Divine frustration of the building of -the Tower of Babel, as a rebuke to the presumption of man, in the light -of an allegory, finds analogies in every-day life. But, as a fact, it -is classed among the miraculous. Which is it? The unity or variety of -origin of the human race is a vexed question; and man’s distinctiveness -from other animals, especially in the characteristics of reason and -immortality, may be regarded another. It has occurred to me that -attributing the ‘confusion of tongues’ to the miraculous, may have been -but an ancient priestly, as well as theoretic, pretext in favor of -the doctrine of the unity of the human race. The Babel statement is a -strange story of God’s ways.” - -_Immortal._--“Even to immortals, God’s designs are not revealed, and -in many respects His ways are inscrutable. The past may declare His -nature, but never wholly His purposes. THE FUTURE IS HIS OWN. But as -His laws are unchangeable, inferences may be drawn by any being in -proportion to his faculties and knowledge. Their gradations are as -numerous as the stars. Nor is it permitted to _me_ to declare to _you_ -in your mortal _status_, all I know in my immortal _status_. But the -unity or variety of human origin is of no present importance. The -differences of the human races, in language, color and structure, give -assurance against their amalgamation and homogeneity on earth.” - -The dream assumes a new phase. In a grand hall, of shadowy sides, -suspended in mid-air, the parties recline in voluptuous chairs. - -It is as if fitted for exhibitions. A moving superb panorama passes -before them, representing in their greatest glory, the following -cities: Babylon, Nineveh, Thebes, Troy, Tyre, Jerusalem, Bagdad, -Alexandria and Damascus. They alike saw them and seemed to be in them. -It was a curious, instructive and wondrous display. A reverse movement -of the picture then presented these cities or their sites as they are -now. Their inhabitants at the different periods, in varied masses -and actions, and male and female in every style and hue of Eastern -costume and countenance, created a strange and absorbing interest. The -kaleidoscopic phases of human nature will ever challenge curiosity, -excite observation and engender thoughts. The desire “to see and be -seen” by our kind, has a more suggestive and philosophical source than -mere vanity. - -The winged adventurers of a night recross from Asia to Europe, traverse -the famed Bosphorus, and reaching Constantinople, alight for a moment, -each on a minaret of the mosque, (formerly church of St. Sophia,) the -grandest temple to Mahomet and of the Turks. The view was grand, novel -and crowded with objects and memorials. It was the most noted point on -the line between the East and the West, and there were the remembrances -and insignia of both. These philosophic observers had carefully -noticed, of late, the influences and traces of men and events, systems -and creeds, times and powers, from Alexander the Great, in his primary -institution of commerce and in its mighty effects, down to the -condition produced by the late struggle by Turkey, France and England -on one side, against the aggressions of Russia and Northern hordes on -the other. - -With their usual facility they next visit the palace of the Sultan. -Their presence surprised, but its character was deferred to and -welcomed. Turkish hospitality and courtesy are genial, when once -enlisted. The Grand Vizier himself directed their entertainment near -the person of his Majesty of the Crescent. In a stoical manner, -but with liberal temper, they discussed with the guests matters of -religion, government, social customs, moral subtleties and modern -developments and tendencies. The preconceived ideas and prejudices of -the American were greatly modified. The former Turk and Mohammedan of -haughty bigotry, fierceness and the sword, had subsided into tolerance -for the Christian, amity with the European, and deference to the -civilization, learning and powers of the Caucasian race. Once the chief -guardian and lookout on the ramparts of the ignorance, despotism and -superstitions of the East, he now would open its portals to the more -active spirit and mightier enlightenment of the West. All this was -elicited and defined in the harmonious discussions that interluded the -ceremonial observances. - -The suite of apartments allotted to females in the larger -dwelling-houses of the East (called the Harem) is a portion sacred -to them and the head of the family, and forbidden to other masculine -intrusion. But, for the winged spirits, there was no objection to -their admittance to even the imperial Seraglio. Upon the invitation of -the Sultan, who led the way, they retired with him into the delicious -abode of the Sultanas and lady favorites of that mysterious Court. -Here for the first time gallantry so inspired the American that he -bowed, kneeled--yes, salaam-ed! This choice collection of beautiful -women, selected from beauties of different climes, and from races of -the higher types, presented every species of female loveliness in -form, feature and complexion. The Circassian prevailed in numbers and -attractions. - -A golden-haired blonde from the North, with seraphic blue eyes and -lily skin, robust yet lithe and sprightly, was evidently the favorite -of the Sultan. But in contrast with her style, yet equal in subtle -fascination, reclined upon a divan in more haughty retiracy a tropical -being, (a near relative of the Sultan,) in whose hair was the sheeny -darkness of a thousand starry nights, on whose brunette cheek was the -rose’s richest red, and whose flashing black eyes and queenly figure -were now in dreamy repose. But they grew animated on the entrance and -in the presence of the party; and during their stay and devoirs, her -look often rested on the American, “and eyes looked” affinity “to eyes -that spoke again.” He became enthralled. His imagination conjectured in -her the contrarient higher qualities of a Semiramis, a Cleopatra and a -Zenobia. She filled it! - -At an appropriate time, eunuchs from among the number in attendance, -conducted the guests to private apartments. The American dreamed he -slept and had a vision. - -The warm radiance of Zulika’s black eyes still thrill his soul with a -loving passion. Mahomet, too, was associated with her in his thoughts. -He calls upon him to come and take him among the celestial Houris--“the -beautiful eyed--the black eyed.” The apparition of Mahomet is suddenly -seen; it somewhat startles, yet, also, composes his other excitement. - -_Mahomet._--“Brother disembodied! You are still human in your thoughts. -Death alone can free you from them. Yet I know them; it is permitted -to _me now to learn what transpires in the universe_. It is also -vouchsafed to you, in your immaterialized state, to hold converse with -the departed spirits, yes, even the Houris, as you request. Among other -matters you wonder at the apparently inconsistent decrees I made in -regard to wine and women, for my followers on earth. The inhibition of -wine was for the masses, who are largely composed of the inconsiderate -and craving. Its use will induce the habit and disease of intoxication, -which is fatal to mankind, especially in warm climates. Temperance -should ever be a moral duty, and abstinence alone can secure it among -the many. ‘The joys of wine’ are only for the prudent and thoughtful, -and its healthful quality for the ill. It has its proper uses.” - -_Disembodied._--“In this regard you were right, as an expounder.” - -_Mahomet._--“In permitting polygamy and even concubinage to some, I -reflected that as marriage would not be suitable or convenient or -possible to a number of men, I would be making a needful, wise and -saving provision for surplus women. The deprivation of wine, too, -rendered it more salutary; man will have one, and if he can, both. My -system was, also, designed to diminish promiscuous prostitution.” - -_Disembodied._--“Clever excuse! But how will you defend the propagation -of your creed by the sword?” - -_Mahomet._--“Mankind, so generally stolid or perverse in untoward -ignorance or selfishness, will usually require more or less coercion in -some shape, to be aroused into useful animation and effort, and to the -pursuit of good and happiness. The sword, like necessity, stimulates; -it is at times a great vivifier. It is even, occasionally, justice on -a large and peculiar scale; it is for man and nations, what the rod is -for the child.” - -_Disembodied._--“Clever pretext, again! But you seem _now_ to think -that you were a better giver of law than of religion.” - -_Mahomet._--“I was not a Prophet. I was right in but one religious -dogma: the declaration of the one God. And of Him, man is to himself -the most direct and proximate revelation. _Know thyself!_ It is both -duty and instruction. Come! sister spirits would confer with thee.” - -_Disembodied American._--“But, oh, I would see more of _her_ whom I met -to-night.” - -_Mahomet._--“She is your _affinity_; and when you are both freed -from the earthly, you will abide together on some Olympus in the -Illimitable. Let us to the Seventh Heaven!” - -They sweep upward and onward, and on their passage see a vast and -bright globe, (a star or sun,) many times larger than the Earth. There -they see the souls of the most ignorant and obtuse of the dead, in -their second stage of existence or ordeal of improvement. It is the -first Heaven. They proceed on by other worlds--all abodes of Spiritual -Progression, and arrive at the seventh Heaven. - -_Mahomet._--“The more favored and self-elevating of Earth when they -die, are at once transferred to the sphere most suited to them--some -few even reaching the sixth Heaven, at the outset upon eternity. -The seventh Heaven is the _first_ abode of achieved Goodness and -translucent Reason in the initial state of perfection. After and -beyond that, these become identical with Knowledge, which I believe -is eternally acquisitive and expansive. Here is my attainment through -centuries. I began my after-death career in the third Heaven. Zoroaster -his in the fourth. Confucius was permitted to pass the first, because -of his great mind and good intent; but he was assigned to the second to -learn there was a God and a Creator. Your travelling companion, who was -never mortal, is beyond me, and I know not his origin. Here I will show -you the most glorified women, who have come originally from earth.” - -On the globe at which they had arrived, there was, as on Earth, all -variety of its own kinds or peculiarities. - -The disembodied American was soon thrown into social intercourse. The -inhabitants appeared to have the human form glorified--called “the -image of God.” Here there was ideal beauty, infinitely varied like -the flowers of earth. The females were of heavenly and indescribable -loveliness. Their countenances beamed with sublimated purity and -affection. They thronged around him as “administering angels.” Their -sweet voices accompanied the music of the spheres, and their swelling -chorus joined the song of the morning stars, in the eternal anthem to -the Most High. - -_Heavenly Houri._--“Mortal! Know that thy thought is vain, that -the passions of the body--of the earth--are here in some riper and -heaven-ized existence, and that their indulgence is but enhanced in -pleasurable degree. Here there is attraction--affinity--but it is of -the soul.” - -_Disembodied._--“Then there is no Love here! I mean the feeling -peculiar to the sexes.” - -_Houri._--“Yes. But there is no _material_ desire. _The sexes are -essentially complements of each other_; but these complements may -differ in their substance and proportions. When they are counterparts -of each other, then affinity is perfect. This affinity is _heavenly -Love_ and unalloyed happiness. Such a pair are the Bride and -Bridegroom of Eternity. Their children are the heavenly _thoughts_ -which spring from such affinity.” - -The startled brain of the visionist caused him to awake into his dream, -and he saw his Immortal companion bending over him with a smile. - - - - -PART IV. - - -The dream changes; the _voyageurs_ are flying over Greece. This small -but wondrous nation, so remarkable in the annals of mankind, and so -full of historic and classic associations, was seen by them as in one -view of its ancient and modern times, and of its geographic and art -attractions under the illumination of genius and heroism, or in the -twilight of mental and moral decadence. - -The Immortal remarked, as it faded in the rear from their sight, “This -favored land, emerging as it is, again, from the contact and influence -of barbarism and moral depression, and with the native talents and -sprightliness of its race, throwing off their frivolity and supineness, -under the stimulating agencies of civilization now in contact with it, -is once more destined to appropriate distinction.” - -_American._--“And yonder is Venice! Its romance has ever excited and -interested my imagination.” - -_Immortal._--“Its history has been like a meteor; but in more ways than -one: it has dashed into obscurity! It may be of continued interest as a -locality and a city, but it can never, again, be a power.” - -Italia! Oh, Italia! with what emotions, evolved from considerations -of the present as of the past, they approach thee! In a southerly -sweep they note the position of the ancient Brundusium, and gaze -upon Vesuvius, Pompeii and Naples. They move up the course of the -“yellow Tiber,” and at last, they hover over the “Eternal City.” They -descend into Rome! traverse its streets, visit its famed places and -sanctuaries, examine its ruins, think of its noted dead, observe its -new features and present people, and, more than all, ponder upon the -meaning of its history, its situation and its attitude. It is not -within the compass of this narrative to present the volume of feeling -and thoughts of the sleeper. In the Vatican and in the fane of St. -Peter’s, as he did after in St. Paul’s and in London, he ruminated on -the religion of civilization, and on the new speculations of infidel -philosophy. In the Coliseum he reflected upon the impulses and ways -of the populace. In the Forum he analyzed the systems of law and the -subtleties of eloquence. In Senate halls he eliminated the science, -the experiments, the élan of statesmanship, in both State and Church -matters. Within the classic area of the Seven Hills, Man had exhibited -every phase of his nature, inclination and power. Here Humanity had -been borne upon every wave of destiny, and had travelled upon every -highway and byway of fate, on earth. Rome is the epitome of the world’s -Past. Its mission is ended. - -Moving northward the aerialists glance upon Pisa, Florence, Milan and -Mantua, the Po and the Adige. To gratify the curiosity of the American, -they divert and descend to the point where the Rubicon was passed, and -he thinks of Cesar, and of all the so-called Cesars, down to the last -Czar and Kaiser. They visit, also, the plain of Marengo, which assured -in power and prestige the true successor to Cesar, as _he_ had been -to Alexander--the third that made a trio of the world’s mental and -imperial masters. - -Inasmuch as the travellers were threading the animate gallery of the -world, they gave but a glance at the art galleries of Italy. What was a -marble Venus or Apollo--what was a painting of the Transfiguration or -of a Madonna--what was the tower of Pisa or the cathedral of Milan, in -comparison with what they had seen! - -_Immortal._--“Italy is still nearer to national regeneration, power and -influence than Greece. The full power of modern enlightenment will ere -long be felt there.” - -_American._--“The names of Cavour and Mazzini are already enrolled on -the true roll of fame. And, too, the biographies of Rienzi and Lorenzo -the Magnificent are peculiarly attractive.” - -This was said as they were observing the beauties of lakes Garda and -Como. From thence they bent their pinions for Vienna. They circled -it to view the fields made memorable by Sobieski and Napoleon. They -enter it; and a cold and silvery twilight seemed to prevail as if its -most consummate imperialism and refinement preferred the blinded and -curtained _salons_ of governmental and social civilization. In such -palatial halls were its Court; and there the _finesse_ of closet and -boudoir intrigue had attained to its most exquisite development in this -epoch. And the decorated white cloth coats of its costume delighted the -eyes, but were significant of hypocrisy to the brain, of the American. -Winged as he was, and probably because of it, he found temptations -addressed to both his head and heart. It was there thought that even -angels could be corrupted “on earth as in heaven.” - -They seek the purer air of Switzerland and the Alps. They “did” Mont -Blanc and the Simplon, slid upon an avalanche, looked upon Geneva and -its lake, and thought of Tell, the Cantons, and Calvin. They next seat -themselves in human style on the deck of a steamer, and make the trip -of the ever disputable and picturesque Rhine. They dash off on wing to -Brussels, and imagining they hear the “sounds of revelry by night” and -“the cannon’s opening roar,” they ponder on Waterloo. - -_American._--“Now for the dear old cliffs of Albion. Oh, Great Britain -and Ireland, land of my fathers, let me see thee!” Stretching their -wings in full sympathy and in joyous flight across the Channel, they -scan with loving and careful eye England, Scotland and Ireland. They -take in their all and every part and place; and terminate their British -tour in London. Everything indicated genuine maturity and stability. -Both the material and spiritual developments proclaim solid sense and -judicious cultivation. It is the only country in which the Past and -Present seem to blend and harmonize. - -There is a Royal levee at St. James palace, and there all appear royal. -The British nobility and gentry! what a superb body of men and women! -What glorious types of the mental and physical--what exemplars of -education and refinement, character and tone! It is in Great Britain -that industry, honesty and intellect have acquired gold; and gold has -not debased but elevated humanity--has not disintegrated but cemented -the social elements. - -They were graciously received by Majesty; and they congratulated the -Queen, not as sovereign, but as the royal representative of such -a nation. Her peers, with calm satisfaction and cordial dignity, -exclaimed, “That the just appreciation of the British people by native -white Americans, involved the highest compliment to both.” - -The Lord Mayor took them in charge, visited with them the notable -places and buildings of London, and à l’Anglaise, entertained them -at a banquet. On the occasion the Premier, who was a guest, remarked -in his speech: “Great Britain, at last, although a monarchy in name -and form, is a republic in fact. Its government combines the more of -the advantages and the less of the disadvantages of the one-man power -and of the many-power, than that of any other nation does. Hence it -is, that the rights of the citizen equal those of even America, and -are more practically protected and left in undisturbed satisfaction, -politically and socially, than in any country in the world. There is -more nominal but less real personal liberty in the United States than -in England. Yet in these regards it is the just and proud boast and -boon of these two nations, that their peoples alone can be called free.” - -_American._--“Is it because popular opinion in America is a tyrant -toward each individual, that Great Britain has the advantage in -practical, if not theoretical liberty?” - -_Immortal._--“Yes. Settled law and not fluctuating opinion should -govern and protect.” - -The good-byes are genial. While crossing the Straits of Dover for the -Continent, the Immortal said with emphasis: - -“The Anglo-Saxons everywhere furnish the best wives and mothers of your -globe.” - -La Belle France! Inimitable Paris! what a medley of expectations -attends upon visiting these centres of travel. They run the gamut of -pleasure from the exhilarating boards of the “light fantastic toe,” -to the arenas where learning and skill walk in solemn mental pomp, -and genius essays its wings for loftier flights from the heights of -knowledge. There the heart vibrates from all the phases of frivolity, -through the glows of vanity, love and ambition, to the glamours of -suicide. - -They proceed to Versailles, and indulge in mocking criticisms upon its -costly and useless structures and empirical history. - -They surveyed with care, Paris and its environs. They thought of it as -a communistic volcano or as the cradle of revolutions. - -_Immortal._--“Blessed is the person or nation, who has a Faith, however -crude! But, in truth, the French have no faith of any stable or -guiding kind. Nor do they permit themselves to be either calm enough -to study or rational enough to understand the mission of Reason. They -do not truly apply it to either religion or government. Their women -are practically wiser than their men; in their domain of society the -former _have_ instituted a system of mere life. Both have some tangible -notions on the art of living on earth. Neither think very coherently -on the Beyond. Natural (not mental) Philosophy, in all its branches, -is their most successful sphere. Their German rivals surpass them in -mental speculations and innocuous transcendentalisms.” - -They enter the Tuileries. The Emperor of the French expressed his -keen appreciation of the objects of their grand and adventurous tour. -With respectful earnestness he asked many questions in regard to -it; especially in relation to political developments. In reply to a -question by the American in reference to the assumptions of his own -dynasty, he asseverated that it was a Napoleonic conception, maxim and -design, “that the virtues and rights of the people could and should be -asserted under the one-man _representative_ power--that Imperialism and -Republicanism could be identicalized in and under governmental action. -That no other kind of government either suited or would satisfy the -French. And that he ever studied Great Britain and the United States as -among the leading examples before him, in devising the measures of his -action and the formulas of his policy.” - -He, also, assigned this as a reason why he and his uncle had not been -favored by the old imperial or royal régimes. His Empress, the lovely -Eugenie, was marked in her gracious deference, and uttered some angelic -sentiments in support of her husband’s theory. - -At Court the ethereal party received the attentions of the _savans_ -of the world’s scientific metropolis, and with them visited their -meeting. Abstruse topics were discussed. In reply to an inquiry upon -electricity, the Immortal intimated “that, although it was not his -province to discuss the connection between mind and matter, or to -expound what agency magnetism had in relation to it, yet as the brain -and body of man were a series of electric batteries, and electricity -a fluid that pervaded the earth, it would in time, by an effort of -the will, and by an action of the human body under and in certain -conditions, become a medium of thought and converse between any two -persons at different spots on the earth.” - -_American._--“Will they hold conversations as if in a tête-à-tête?” - -_Immortal._--“Yes. Without using language, Americans will thus converse -with Chinese.” - -They visited in the _Invalides_ the Tomb of Napoléon le Grand. Before -it the American was irresistibly affected by the awe, wonder and -curiosity, which may be felt for the majesty of mind. - -The travellers now proceed to Bordeaux; where, seated in a _salon_, and -the American being thirsty, the best brandy and claret are set before -them. They taste them with relish, and discuss their merits. - -Suddenly the Disembodied exclaims, “Day is approaching, I must return -to my body. Let us fly.” - -They once more essay the aerial passage of the Atlantic. At the -instance of the Spirit of Morphine, who suggested that they had -time for a swoop to south of the Equator, and for a view of the -constellation of the Southern Cross, the American, who affected -astronomy, readily assented. They whirl southward, see it, and repass -“the Line.” They enter the United States at Savannah, and soon reach -the abode of the sleeper in the upper part of South Carolina. His -spirit enters his chamber through the window and glides into his -body, when he experiences a sense of relief as to its safety, and of -satisfaction in his wondrous trip. He nestles in comfort of thought and -matter, and--AWAKES! - -The day has dawned, and soon the rays of the rising sun greet his -mortal eyes. During that day he spoke of the dream, and was pale and -excited. This dream occurred in the early part of January, 1868, and -lasted between nine and ten hours. - - - - -FOOTNOTES: - - -[A] This sea was then unknown to the dreamer. His dream revealed to -him its existence. 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