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Crayola 09-08-2010 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss Lissy Lou (Post 9761312)
"Yes, points to all of you! Ancient Egyptians definitely used that book for dream interpretation, showing just how far back this certain form of Divination goes. Even people in the ancient world knew their dreams held some importance in their everyday lives." he explained. He turned around to scribble some more notes on the chalkboard for them. Hopefully they understood that the notes would be VERY important.


Nolan let out a hearty laugh. "I'm sure it was discovered in the pyramids, since I'm fairly certain that most artifacts were discovered there...even though I can't say that for sure, since I'm no historian," he said with a chuckle. "I'm sure the book was not found with a mummy though. They probably held onto their gold necklaces and such instead," he told him.

"One thing that people need to be careful of when interpreting dreams is a false awakening. Can anyone tell me what that is?" he asked them. It was very important they knew what it was before interpreting dreams of their own!

Joshua nodded his head seriously, acting like his Mummy had told him and trying to look like a grown up. So it probably was discovered in the pyramids. Awesome. The pyramids were amaaazing. And giant! HUUUUGE. But pretty cool. Joshua wanted to go see them, but his Mum was scared he would run away and get lost in them.

He was probably right.

"You can't blame them for holding on to the gold! Books don't put food in their stomachs."
He wisely said, patting his stomach for added effect. Nevermind that they'd probably be dead when clinging to the gold anyway. Pfft.

Now ... a false awakening?

Joshua thought it over for a bit before waving his arm in the air again. He was small! He needed to get the Professor's attention! "That's when people are dreaming that they are asleep, right? And then they wake up in their dream! They think they're awake, but really, they're sleeping and DREAMING they're awake! .... right?" Totally!

Roselyn 09-08-2010 09:49 PM

Now finally back in the swing of things, Evelyn slumped in her seat and waited for everyone to continue to finish answering before actually writing down what was being said. Hehe, yea, she was being extra lazy this class. One of these days, she was going to see if she could get a first year to write notes for her.

Like right now would have been nice too, but eh, she might as well raise her own hand. "False awakening..." was..something. "It's when someone dreams that they wake up, but, they aren't really awake because they're still dreaming. It's a uh...common thing that they might dream they did stuff in real life, like all their daily rituals such as cooking and cleaning since everything seems so real, but it didn't really happen since it was all in a dream. Like, a dream within a dream. So when they really do wake up...it's just, confusing."

Really, really confusing. Like her whole explanation. Maybe she'll get a firstie to answer for her one of these days too. Get a Ravenclaw firstie. They're supposed to be really smart, right?

HogwartsHokage 09-08-2010 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss Lissy Lou (Post 9761312)
"One thing that people need to be careful of when interpreting dreams is a false awakening. Can anyone tell me what that is?" he asked them. It was very important they knew what it was before interpreting dreams of their own!

Jenny continued scribbling down some more notes as the Professor asked his next question. Hm...false awakening...she remembered her mother talking about one of those once. But what's the definition?! Instantly something came to her head again.

"Um..." Jenny paused again before continuing. "I think a false awakening is when you're dreaming that you're still awake. In fact, you feel so awake in your dream that you don't know that you're actually dreaming still, you feel that everything is real around you, and you can remember all the details in your dream vividly."

Not bad for a Divination class. Jenny was starting to get the hang of the subject now.

XxWitchy_GothicaXx 09-08-2010 09:51 PM

Vilhelmiina raised her hand to answer. "A false awakening is a very realistic dream about waking up and performing you're daily tasks, like showering and cooking."

Magical Soul 09-08-2010 09:55 PM

Louisa was writing down fast what the Professor had written and what the answers were. Hmmm. This subject was interesting enough for her to not fall asleep or to stay absent minded. That's a first so far.

False awakening? She's read about this somewhere. She tried to gather some of her thoughts and raised her hand, "Sir, I think that when a person believes he's not in a dream anymore, but in reality." She bit her lower lip; Yuck! That was much more complicated in the book but it was something like that anyway.

Emzily 09-08-2010 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss Lissy Lou (Post 9761312)
"One thing that people need to be careful of when interpreting dreams is a false awakening. Can anyone tell me what that is?" he asked them. It was very important they knew what it was before interpreting dreams of their own!

Hmmm, she raised her hand, attempting every question.
"Is a false awakening, when people dream that they have already woken up from sleep?" She said it exactly how it sounded to her. Awaking.. falsely. Mhm. "So, people would dream about doing their usual daily routine, even though it is still actually a dream." She added with a thoughtful expression.

Zoom 09-08-2010 09:56 PM

Leilani raised her hand. "False awakening is when you think you've waken up, even though you haven't. It commonly happens during lucid dreaming." Yup, it hadn't happened to her yet, but it might someday. It sounded like fun.

She fidgeted in her seat, just a teeny bit. She was nervous. Duh. Classes had only just started. And even though she'd taken them before, she was nervous. Don't ask me why.

Yourenodaisy 09-08-2010 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss Lissy Lou (Post 9761312)

"One thing that people need to be careful of when interpreting dreams is a false awakening. Can anyone tell me what that is?" he asked them. It was very important they knew what it was before interpreting dreams of their own!

That seems simple enough, Em thought. She raised her and and said, "Isn't it when you Have a dream where you wake up, but you are actually still sleeping?"

Saz Hale 09-08-2010 10:00 PM

Arabella-Marie thought about the question and raised her hand and said "Sir is it like someone wakens up and they think that they are still dreaming cause they see things in there dreams in everyday life" Arabella-Marie didn't know if that was right but it was worth a go anyway seeing as she was willing to get more points for Gryffindor

Mugglemad 09-08-2010 10:04 PM

She raised her hand and said "Is it like seeing dead relatives in your dreams?" she wanted to get some points for Ravenclaw and notes for her O.W.L. exams.

LouLou Malfoy 09-08-2010 10:06 PM

Ever-Lily stopped taking notes, and raised her hand confidently.

"Isn't that where...uh...where you've woken up inside your dream, but the dream continues, sir?"

darlinggcdr13 09-08-2010 10:07 PM

Delilah raised her hand. "Waking up in the dream and believeing it is reality?" She asked. She kinda questioned it herself but she was pretty sure it was right.

sweetpinkpixie 09-08-2010 10:10 PM

Kurumi was busy writing notes as fast as she possibly could. While she did not know anything about Divination in terms of its relation to magic, she felt a sense of relief that what the professor was talking about was at least distantly related to some of the Shinto rituals and customs she had come to know growing up in Japan.

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Originally Posted by Miss Lissy Lou (Post 9760973)
"Dream interpretation is one of the oldest forms of Divination...one of the oldest and most unique examples of this was the Ramesside Dream-Book. Does anyone know which ancient culture that book was from?" he asked the class. Yay history!

Oh! She thought she knew this one. She quickly wrote a few notes relating to the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses. She wondered if this book was connected to the Bible stories in which Joseph interpreted dreams for the Pharaoh. Did witches and wizards know about this type of stuff. It seemed reliant so she thought she would ask. She raised her hand - she certainly was feeling more confident...but probably should make her answer more with sounding. "Professor, does this dream book have any connection to the muggle Bible stories where a man name Joseph interprets dreams for the Pharaoh and others?"

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Originally Posted by Miss Lissy Lou (Post 9761312)
"One thing that people need to be careful of when interpreting dreams is a false awakening. Can anyone tell me what that is?" he asked them. It was very important they knew what it was before interpreting dreams of their own!

Kurumi wasn't 100% sure what a false awakening was, but just thinking about the meaning of the words themselves, she was pretty sure that she had experienced. She decided to raise her hand and give it a try. "Professor, I think that a false awaking is a dream within a dream and that dream within a dream is one in which you dream that you are awake. I can remember a time when I swore that I had woken up, and I went about my usual morning routine of taking a shower, brushing my hair and teeth, eating breakfast, but then suddenly waking up again to find myself still in bed." She hoped that that was a satisfactory answer.



Team ronmione 09-08-2010 10:12 PM

Adam woke up suddenly, he must have been dozing off sense none of this really was connecting to him. Should he ask a question now or later once class was over and everyone filed out.He raised his hand, ready to ask how a false awakening happens...He sure hoped that hadn't been discussed as he dozed off, or else points might be taken away.

MugglesStink! 09-08-2010 10:15 PM

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"One thing that people need to be careful of when interpreting dreams is a false awakening. Can anyone tell me what that is?" he asked them. It was very important they knew what it was before interpreting dreams of their own!
Adeline shoot her hand up and said suck-uppy [B]"Its when you have a dream that you have a dream then wake up" she said with a smile. SHe loved divination.

WillowSeawinds 09-08-2010 10:17 PM

Rowan sat quietly, taking notes and absorbing all of the new information.

potiongirl10 09-08-2010 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss Lissy Lou (Post 9761312)

"One thing that people need to be careful of when interpreting dreams is a false awakening. Can anyone tell me what that is?" he asked them. It was very important they knew what it was before interpreting dreams of their own!


Amy raised her hand "isn't that where you have a vivid dream of waking up and only to wake and realize it was a dream?" she knew that she most likely got this one right

iBeJenn 09-08-2010 10:19 PM

False awakening... she knew what that is, well, at least she was pretty sure she knew what it was. Selena raised her hand. "A false awakening is when you are dreaming, but in the dream you think you wake up and in the dream you also do things that seem to be normal," she said. Ehhh. It didn't really make sense, perhaps other people said it better? Bleh. At least she had an idea of what it was... hehehe.

MeredithRodneyMckay 09-08-2010 10:23 PM

A false awakening?

Hmm. Sarah had had a few of those, if what everyone was saying was right. And it was certainly a strange feeling. She would have put her hand up to answer, but so many people had already that she felt it best to just listen and take notes.

Jason Potter Weasley 09-08-2010 10:28 PM

A false awakening is something you believed in was right, but in the long riun, you should have seen the real truth.

hpluvr037 09-08-2010 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss Lissy Lou (Post 9761294)
"One thing that people need to be careful of when interpreting dreams is a false awakening. Can anyone tell me what that is?" he asked them. It was very important they knew what it was before interpreting dreams of their own!

It was like... what was it called? Dayja voo? This had just happened to Keefer this morning.

Both hands in the air yet again, Keefer said "Sir, that happened to me this morning! I was dreaming something, and then I woke up and went to breakfast in the Great Hall. Except I woke up five minutes later! So the first time, I hadn't actually woken up, I just dreamt that I did. But it felt so real!!!!"

He still had trouble believing that he hadn't actually eaten blueberry ice cream for breakfast before classes.

Destiny 09-08-2010 10:34 PM

Having been in class the WHOLE time, Destiny was only listening to the discussion about dreams. She felt she didn't have to add to the discussion, at least not until the last question was asked. A false awakening, yeah, she had some of them, so she knew what it was.

She raised her hand, "It's when you think someone is waking you up, but they really aren't. Like, once, I thought my Grandmum was trying to wake me up, but she was only yelling at the sheep to get out of the trash."

Funny thing was, her Grandmum was the one in the trash..

Meh.

brelovesweasleys 09-08-2010 11:03 PM

Hehe, maybe Rae was becoming popular? Nah just a thought. Evelyn and Fletcher BOTH sat near her, which definitely boosted her self esteem bit. Dream interpretations? Oh no.. Rae did not want to express her dreams aloud. All her dreams were about two things mainly. Two things that Rae was perfectly comfortable with keeping in her own mind. She decided that she would just listen to everyone else's answers.. You know since they provided all the work for her. Then when it got the the activity part, that's where she could really excel in this class. You didn't even need brains to pass this one right? No, just a few made up shapes that drew together some elaborate interpretation of the future. That's why Rae loved this class so much, she could feel smart without actually being smart. Woohoo!

Wonderstruck 09-08-2010 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss Lissy Lou (Post 9761312)
"Yes, points to all of you! Ancient Egyptians definitely used that book for dream interpretation, showing just how far back this certain form of Divination goes. Even people in the ancient world knew their dreams held some importance in their everyday lives." he explained. He turned around to scribble some more notes on the chalkboard for them. Hopefully they understood that the notes would be VERY important.



Nolan let out a hearty laugh. "I'm sure it was discovered in the pyramids, since I'm fairly certain that most artifacts were discovered there...even though I can't say that for sure, since I'm no historian," he said with a chuckle. "I'm sure the book was not found with a mummy though. They probably held onto their gold necklaces and such instead," he told him.

"One thing that people need to be careful of when interpreting dreams is a false awakening. Can anyone tell me what that is?" he asked them. It was very important they knew what it was before interpreting dreams of their own!

Alice raised her hand, somewhat hesitantly. "Professor would that be when a person becomes aware that they are dreaming in the middle of a dream?"

keepmeclose22 09-09-2010 12:42 AM

Pam raised her hand. "Isn't that when you think your awake inside a dream, yet you're not really awake?"


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