There have been incubations more ambiguous than the three examples given, as well as some more dramatic. In addition to their incubated dreams, certain incubants experienced something during the night which had the quality of a vision. In contrast to their incubated dreams, the content of these experiences did not seem to fit in with the themes being worked on, and were not the typical dreamlike dramas set in distant locales. Instead, the setting of the vision was within the tent itself, where the incubant was visited by a strange presence. The vision would end when the incubant awakened, but leaving the person confused whether the event really happened or was a dream. In one instance, an incubant experienced a beam of light emanating from the presence of someone standing outside the tent, and this light passed through the incubant's body, seemingly near his heart. In another instance, an incubant awoke hearing a voice say, "Roll over onto your right side and I will give you your number," When the incubant rolled over, the voice spoke the number. The incubant reported that he accepted the number, then fell back asleep, and had a dream in which he took his number to a special friend for interpretation. These visionlike experiences were quite reminiscent of the written accounts of the dream visions experienced by indigenous incubants of other cultures. A final incubation convinced me of the importance of these experiences, and led me to suspend conducting further incubations until I have had ample opportunity to evaluate the implications of such experiences for the pursuit of this research.

This particular incubation was conducted with an extremely intelligent and creative woman (26 years), and was distinguished by the responsiveness of her dreams to the prospect of incubation. During the period of preparation, she had dreams in which her personal symbols were portrayed for her, and in which she received guidance in other aspects of her preparation. The morning after the incubation ceremony she reported to me some meaningful dreams which have since seemed to fulfill the purpose of her incubation. But also she hesitatingly revealed that something else had happened that night as well: She awoke, startled to find that a strong wind was blowing, and that the tent had blown away. A small, old woman appeared, calling out the incubant's  name,   and  commanded   her  to  awaken  and  pay