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Ancient References to the Gates of Horn and Ivory
Author: MystiJul02 3rd, 2008
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While Conversations with Seth, book 2 says that the Gates of Horn dream suggestion comes from ancient Egypt, the references I found are from Virgil and Homer. It is possible the idea is older though.
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From Wikipedia…
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The gates of horn and ivory, in Virgil’s Aeneid, are the portals in Elysium through which dreams come to the living world. The gate of horn is the path which dreams that are true travel; false dreams emanate through the gate of ivory:
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“There are two gates of Sleep: one of which is said to be of horn,
through which an easy passage is given to true shades, the other
gleams with the whiteness of polished ivory, but through it
the Gods of the Dead send false dreams to the world above.”
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The original reference to the Gates comes from book 19 of Homer’s Odyssey when Penelope recounts the origin of dreams (from Robert Fagles excellent translation):
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“Two gates there are for our evanescent dreams,
one is made of ivory, the other made of horn.
Those that pass through the ivory cleanly carved
are will-o’-the-wisps, their message bears no fruit,
The dreams that pass through the gates of polished horn
are fraught with truth, for the dreamer who can see them.
read comments (0)1-28-08 Deceased Relative Dream
Author: MystiJul01 28th, 2008
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Last night I was talking to my husband about doing the Gates of Horn suggestion before I went to sleep. I forgot to say it for my own dreams, but had told him the exact words to say, and I think it still worked for me.
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I had a dream about my deceased grandmother. I think this is the first time she was able to come through since her death a few years ago. We were walking around her house and she said, “Isn’t there anything of me left?” It was the present, and so winter, and everything was frozen with a light dusting of snow, but I could see some plants growing under her steps. I said, “The plants.” I saw a Rubbermaid garbage can lid lying by the steps and it had a plant with a bulb on the end that was pulled out and cast aside. I showed it to her. Then I saw another smaller plant of the same type and I thought I could take it and plant it at my house.
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Then I was at a picnic table with her daughter and I found a porkchop laying outside and started eating it?? Weird.
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This is the first time that a deceased person came through to me and was so much like their personality on Earth. Most of the time they are happier and lighter. My Grandma didn’t like change and worried a lot. The irony is that my aunt, who still lives there, has barely changed a thing about the looks of the house or yard!
Gates of Horn Experiment
Author: MystiJul01 26th, 2008
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Last summer, I read Conversations With Seth Book 2, by Susan Watkins. You’ve probably heard of the famous Seth Material as channeled by Jane Roberts. Quite extraordinary stuff! This book by Watkins was about the ESP groups Jane used to hold at her house. In the book, Watkins mentions the “Gates of Horn.” She said it was an ancient Egyptian dream suggestion, and when you said that you choose to have a “True Dream” from the Gates of Horn, you would have ultra-real dreams in which you do things like astral work, learn from a Teacher, teach others, see the future, etc. I decided to try it, because I typically don’t believe this stuff unless it proves true to me.
- It really worked! I started meeting people and having these deep metaphysical conversations that seemed to last all night. I also started having more precognitive dreams.
- I told my friends and most had similar experiences. One friend told her partner how to have one of these dreams, but didn’t tell him what it was supposed to do, to see if it was just working because we expected it to. He woke up and said he had a dream that he was teaching somene about “energy.” She said it was unusual for him to talk like that.
- So, I’d like to start an experiment in which we say “I choose to have a True Dream from the Gates of Horn (and I choose to remember it)” before we go to sleep and record the results here.
- Happy journeying! Read the rest of this entry »