"[Madame Blavatsky] also admired the fiction of Edward Bulwer-Lytton, whose oeuvre included the hollow earth romance The Coming Race (1871). Its hero wanders underground and contacts a race of superhumans who, through the use of wands, control 'Vril,' a mysterious energy akin to the life force. … [Read more...]
Prophetic Dreams – Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, and “Blackhawk” Comics (Part 3)
(This is a continuation of last week's post.) The Freudian idea of dreams, in a nutshell: The essence of the dream is wish-fulfillment. As transient dwellers in a world not exactly designed for our individual satisfactions, each of us is bound to harbor a host of intense and vital wishes, … [Read more...]
Prophetic Dreams – Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, and “Blackhawk” Comics (Part 2)
I posted last week about Mark Twain's precognitive dream of his brother's death. This week I'll talk about my own prophetic dream--the one I had when I was 9 years old, or possibly 10. Of a "Blackhawk" comic book. Remember "Blackhawk"? If you're younger than about 55, you almost certainly … [Read more...]
