and  find  out  if  the person  is really dead.  Although  I'm
afraid   I'll  find  him  dead  after  all,   I  look  at  him  and
discover that he has always been alive.  He has been only
dormant all this time.  I  go  to  the  window and adjust the
blinds.  Then  I  sit on my side of the bed.  He reaches out
and   encircles   my   waist  with  his  arm.  Succumbing  to
gentle  pressure,  I  lay back resting against him, seeming
to  almost  melt,  my  fear  dissipating  at  last.  (A. S. H. ,
Waterbury, Connecticut)

      I  am holding one of my plants, a Kalanchoe in a white
plastic  pot.   I  decide  to  propagate  it  by  taking  a  leaf
cutting  and  starting  a  new  plant.  (L. S., Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina)

      How  strange,  your  subscription  notice  arrived  the
very day that  I remembered a dream for the first time in.
over six years.  What  I remembered of the dream is that
it  was  about  a  fair-haired  young  boy.  (T.L., Hampton,
Georgia)

      When I read your subscription notice, including your
invitation  to  participate  in  dream  research,  I  thought,
"What a come-on."  I planned to subscribe, but of course
did  not   write   a   dream  letter  as  proposed.  But  sure
enough,  early  this  morning  I  awoke  from  a  dream in
which  the activities  I  am  involved  with  at my place of
work  were  pointed  up  in  a dream journal.  I  recall the
journal being open to  the pages on which were the most
recent entries. (P.V.D., Providence, Rhode Island)

COMMENTARY ON THE DREAMS

      First  we  can  note  some  of   the  themes  that  are
common  to  several of the dreams.  There is the theme
of group  activity: the  convention,  the  ceremony and
the ocean liner cruise, for example,  which may reflect
the Community aspect of the journal. There is also the

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