Hello Dreamers!

It is lovely to see the content of Hivers flowing again like honey.

I want to talk briefly about the relationship between geography — if indeed it exists as we experience it — and shared dreams. Shared dreams have always been a huge interest of mine, especially after having several experiences with people who had unusual dreams containing unique content that matched my own, many of which I have outlined here or on the Dreamprophecies website. We can all have these unique experiences if only we seek them — or indeed, if they seek us — and they can even be combined with the dreams of others.

One of my dream experiences involved a specific room in a student house share. Even though I lived in this home for a year or more, I had never slept in this particular room before. I did so that night because I had a guest staying in my room, and the usual occupant was away. My guest stayed downstairs, and I stayed in the upstairs room with my friend’s knowledge. I could not sleep that night, which alone would perhaps not be such a surprise considering I was in a different environment. What was surprising, however, was an intense feeling of being watched. I was sure there was someone looking at me, and I even checked behind the curtain to make sure no one was there — such was my certainty that I was not alone in that room.

When I finally fell asleep, it was short-lived. I was awoken by the name “Dan” whispered into my ear. It almost sounded like my own voice, but I could not say for sure. I opened my eyes and saw a man on the chair staring down at me. The chair, which was usually at the desk, was facing me, though I cannot say with complete certainty that it had not already been facing the bed before I fell asleep. The man appeared grey. He was Arab in appearance, perhaps in his late fifties or sixties, and I recall he was wearing a tracksuit of some kind. There was no expression on his face that I could recognise aside from perhaps emptiness or indifference. He simply looked down at me. Within seconds, he vanished. I remember at some point during this experience hearing a scream from downstairs, but no one was up.

The next day, my guest went home, and the usual occupant of the room returned late, so I did not see them until the following morning. I slept in my own room that night, and nothing unusual occurred. I told my other housemate about my experience, and they dismissed it, either because they did not believe in that sort of thing or because it scared them. Later, my housemate woke up and joined us. He seemed tired, so I asked if he was okay and how his trip had been. The housemate who slept in the room I had stayed in temporarily told me that he felt exhausted as he had not slept well that night. When I pressed him for a reason, he said he felt as if he were being watched by something from the chair and could not sleep as a result.

Years later, I went for a meal with friends, and the person shared their experience again. The interesting thing was that they had completely forgotten I had told them I’d had the same experience the night before. The impact of the moment on them was so profound that it alone was enough to embed itself in their memory as something out of the ordinary — to the point that it became the centre of dinner‑party conversation. Coming from somebody who was a paranormal sceptic, the extra information I had provided may have been too much for them to process over time, and so it was forgotten.

Why was it that the room seemed to have an impact on us — whether it was a shared dream or a shared paranormal (or “normal”) experience? How come I had never had such experiences anywhere else in the house, including my own room? Why had my housemate not experienced similar situations before or after that event? Had my energy somehow disturbed the person in that room? Is there a spiritual geography that is as yet untapped?

The geography of different forms of consciousness has been discussed before. Many astral practitioners speak of the astral realm as an amalgamation of the material and immaterial realms. The geography of dreams impacting waking life, and the geography of waking life impacting dreams, has been explored before. Some even claim that it is the unseen world of dreaming that brings the waking world into existence. The way some cultures perceive the relationship between the geographies and memories of each form of consciousness or realm is exemplified by how some Aboriginal dreamers believe that if they see a baby in their dream before it is born in the waking world, then it is considered to have been conceived wherever the mother had the dream (see the work of Sylvie Poirier). Perhaps even these are shared dreams — or connections between individuals and the geographies of both the dream world and the waking world.

Therefore, perhaps the places in which we receive our dreams — and indeed, the places we have been in waking consciousness in the build‑up to sleep — allow “downloads” or manifestations of information that shape our dreams in ways we cannot yet fully understand. I do not just mean in the sense that we experience things and they become manifest in our dreams in a Stuart Hall continuity‑thesis way, but that somehow the land or energies of an unseen place may attach to us, or open portals between people, places, and different times.

If geography as we perceive it is so important to our waking and sleeping experiences of consciousness, then perhaps where we are born or where we die may also be impacted by it in ways we have not yet anticipated. These may include effects from unseen or spiritual realms that have their own specific geographies — a lifting of the veil between realms that attaches to our experience “here”.

Pilgrimages to the gravesites of saints, relatives, or other spiritually or religiously important places to receive dreams about health, security, life choices, and other guidance may be much more than linking our motivations and intentions to our dreams. They may be combined with shared dreaming for further impact — perhaps there is something buzzing in the air.

Don’t forget: if you want to wake up, go to sleep.

Expergisci! Awaken!

Daniel aka Dream Prophecies