Each year, since 1985, at the Annual IASD Conference, a Psi Dream
Contest (formerly known as a Dream Telepathy Contest) is held.
Consistent results are obtained, year after year. Results from the 2011
conference held in Kerkrade, The Netherlands, proved to be the same.
In brief, this is how the contest works. A "sender" is chosen from
among the attendees, in this case it was a Dutch dreamer, Suzanne
Wiltink, who has shown some success with dream telepathy in the past.
Prior to the contest, four opaque manila envelopes were prepared. Each
contained an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper with a full color image on it. The
images were intentionally chosen so they would be as different from
each other as possible in theme, color, setting, objects, shapes, etc.
To begin the contest on Saturday night, the attendees gathered and
Suzanne was asked to choose one envelope from the four. She then
retired to her room for the night, where she opened the envelope and
started focusing on the image and attempted to telepathically send the
image to the dreamers. In the meantime, the dreamers have now retired
and set an intention to receive the image in their dreams.
On Sunday, the dreamers complete and submit a Psi Dream Contest
Entry Form, where they title the dream, answer questions detailing
specific features of their dreams and are asked to guess at what the
target is.
On Monday the images are displayed and the entrants are then asked to
guess which of the four images was the target.
This is the image that Suzanne chose:
It is the Major Arcana, 5 Knowledge, card from the Shapeshifter Tarot
Deck, which is equivalent to the Hierophant card in a traditional deck. It
shows a woman shapeshifting into an elephant and represents, learning
as "Knowledge is the Bringer of the Light, and the woman ... represents
the living link to the eternal Sacred Mysteries."
The first 14 words of the WINNER's dream report reads, "Woman with a
highly developed spiritual consciousness and KNOWLEDGE and
experience of other realms." At the end of the dream she reports seeing
the woman at a table with flashcards in front of her with images on them
and says, "I feel drawn to looking at the images on the cards."
Our 2nd place dreamer titled his dream, "Gold Star Face" and his dream
report reads, "Image of a 5 pointed gold star. In the center is a face. The
face makes a comical face at me."
Our 3rd place dreamer, in response to the question on the contest entry
form, "What do you think the target image is?" answered, "A Star" and
drew a picture of a five-pointed star.
Three great hits! In addition, there were a number of great hits on the 3
non-target images (the three that remained in the unopened envelopes).
This, too, is not unusual. There are also some great correspondences
between the dreamers that have nothing to do with any of the images.
Once again this year, our dreamers were all swimming together in a
cosmic ocean of dreams.
Contest (formerly known as a Dream Telepathy Contest) is held.
Consistent results are obtained, year after year. Results from the 2011
conference held in Kerkrade, The Netherlands, proved to be the same.
In brief, this is how the contest works. A "sender" is chosen from
among the attendees, in this case it was a Dutch dreamer, Suzanne
Wiltink, who has shown some success with dream telepathy in the past.
Prior to the contest, four opaque manila envelopes were prepared. Each
contained an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper with a full color image on it. The
images were intentionally chosen so they would be as different from
each other as possible in theme, color, setting, objects, shapes, etc.
To begin the contest on Saturday night, the attendees gathered and
Suzanne was asked to choose one envelope from the four. She then
retired to her room for the night, where she opened the envelope and
started focusing on the image and attempted to telepathically send the
image to the dreamers. In the meantime, the dreamers have now retired
and set an intention to receive the image in their dreams.
On Sunday, the dreamers complete and submit a Psi Dream Contest
Entry Form, where they title the dream, answer questions detailing
specific features of their dreams and are asked to guess at what the
target is.
On Monday the images are displayed and the entrants are then asked to
guess which of the four images was the target.
This is the image that Suzanne chose:
It is the Major Arcana, 5 Knowledge, card from the Shapeshifter Tarot
Deck, which is equivalent to the Hierophant card in a traditional deck. It
shows a woman shapeshifting into an elephant and represents, learning
as "Knowledge is the Bringer of the Light, and the woman ... represents
the living link to the eternal Sacred Mysteries."
The first 14 words of the WINNER's dream report reads, "Woman with a
highly developed spiritual consciousness and KNOWLEDGE and
experience of other realms." At the end of the dream she reports seeing
the woman at a table with flashcards in front of her with images on them
and says, "I feel drawn to looking at the images on the cards."
Our 2nd place dreamer titled his dream, "Gold Star Face" and his dream
report reads, "Image of a 5 pointed gold star. In the center is a face. The
face makes a comical face at me."
Our 3rd place dreamer, in response to the question on the contest entry
form, "What do you think the target image is?" answered, "A Star" and
drew a picture of a five-pointed star.
Three great hits! In addition, there were a number of great hits on the 3
non-target images (the three that remained in the unopened envelopes).
This, too, is not unusual. There are also some great correspondences
between the dreamers that have nothing to do with any of the images.
Once again this year, our dreamers were all swimming together in a
cosmic ocean of dreams.
| Robert L. Van de Castle, PhD |
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