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   Derek Broughton to Jeff Urs   
   Re: Dreams   
   07 Aug 09 09:34:55   
   
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   XPost: alt.fan.tolkien, rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: derek@pointerstop.ca   
      
   Jeff Urs wrote:   
      
   > On Aug 6, 7:12 pm, Troels Forchhammer    
   > wrote:   
   >> Most of these are prophetic in nature   
   >> (raising the question of why Tolkien thought that people would be   
   >> more receptive of prophetic visions in dreams?) -- does anyone recall   
   >> anyone having a non-prophetic dream in Tolkien?   
   >   
   > Well, when Frodo was dreaming prophetic dreams in Bombadil's house,   
   > weren't Merry and Pippin busy with non-prophetic ones?   
      
   What?  The ones involving Goldberry, bathing in a secluded forest pool?   
   Weren't they prophetic?   
   --   
   derek   
      
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