I received only two letters from people who had decided
not to join the project on the basis of their dreams.  One
of  these  wrote  that  in  her dream  her face was slashed,
then healed, but a scar remained.
      Perhaps  there  were others  who decided  not to join
on the basis of their dreams.  But  at  least we have some
evidence    that    the    pillow   letter   was   effective   in
discouraging  certain  people  from  joining,  people who
perhaps shouldn't have been in the project.
      About  30  letters  from  people  joining  the  project
contained dreams,  most  of  them resulting from the use
of the pillow letter,  yet other dreams  were sent in from
people  who  experienced  them  "spontaneously,"  or  by
using  their  own  personal  method  of  petitioning  their
dreams.
       One  woman  indicated  that  she  thought  the  pillow
letter   was   a  "silly  idea,"   but   for   the   sake   of   the
experiment she decided to go ahead with it.  "Imagine my
surprise," she wrote, when  I  awakened the next morning
to discover  I  had  dreamed that I sign my name in a book
to register for  a course that is going  to aid in my spiritual
development."   She   was   surprised   by   such   a  direct
response  from  her  dreams,  and  realized  that  she  had
been  doubtful  that her dreams were responsive to her at
all.  This discovery opened  her up  to the possibility of a
new relationship with her dreams.
      Many  dreams referred directly to anticipation of the
project.  A  few  seemed  to provide insightful portrayals
of  the nature of the proposed project.  For example,  the
following   dream   captured   the  spirit  of  self-reliance
structured   into  the  project,   as  well  as  the  sense  of
implied,   but  distant  camaraderie:  I   am    in    a   large
classroom,  alone,  and  I  am  both  student  and  teacher.
Here is another, the first  I  received  in  response  to the
project's  invitation:  "I  dreamed  that a  large group of us
is  being asked  to  write  for the 'Beacon Home Journal.' "
At  the  time,  the  dreamer  thought her dream suggested
that the project might serve  as a beacon to others, which
I  took  to  be  an  encouraging  interpretation.   Later,  as
plans were forming for the  Community Dream Journal,

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