GGJ5b

Jakob Lorber – The Great Gospel of John, vol. 5, part B
[GGJ.05_183,18] Soon out of the number of the many initiated persons there
present one person would step up, perhaps in the form of a gold-strutting,
rich merchant from Rome or from Persepolis, or in the form of another always
very respected guest, and said: Let me try whether he will dream what I think
to myself and want him to dream about me!
[GGJ.05_183,19] At this the magician spoke with all suaveness, ―Highly
respected lord guest and visitor to this great performance of ours, now have
the goodness and share very secretly your thoughts with the other highlyrespected
guests as evidence, but not with me; for I will suck them up out of
the air with this magic wand and immediately then have them appear in a
bright dream to this sleeper!
[GGJ.05_183,20] Then all that naturally happened under the very tensest
attention from all sides. The magician stuck then his magic wand into his
mouth and did as if he was seriously sucking something out of the air. Finally
he placed the wand on his head and touched with the other end of the wand
the head of the sleeper for just a few moments.
[GGJ.05_183,21] Then the sleeper, in order to make things even more
striking, was awoken by a powerful blast of a trumpet, rubbed his eyes for a
while, as if he didn‘t quite know where he was now. But he nonetheless soon
came fully to himself again and was asked with all suaveness whether he
knew what he had dreamed; for there was a bet of a thousand pounds which
he would clearly lose if he had only dreamed what the magician wanted him
to dream. But if he had had another dream, the thousand pounds would be
paid to him in an instant by the magician. But he was strictly reminded to tell
only the purest truth, otherwise the miraculous virgin would be called and he
would be punished before thousands for his lies.
[GGJ.05_183,22] Then the sleeper began to tell his dream, seemingly
somewhat embarrassed, and when he came to the end, all the guests
confirmed loudly that that was exactly the same dream that they had heard
earlier before the magician had sucked it out of the air with his wand and
then had the sleeper dream it.
[GGJ.05_183,23] At this the sleeper pretended like very humbled by the
power of the magician and the magician generally played the benevolent one
and gave the willful and inexperienced better the thousand pounds back
again with the remark that he would not be treated so considerately the next
time at such a cheeky stand, which naturally then incited even more welldisposed
applause among the spectators.
[GGJ.05_183,24] There you have now the whole story about the Egyptian
dream-making! How do you like the trick now and what difference do you find
between it and our dream-making?―
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