31. Pharaoh's Dream

Adrien Guignet, Joseph et Pharaon
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‘Pharaoh dreamed that he stood by the river, and out came seven fat cattle, who fed in the reed-grass. And then seven lean cattle came up out of the river and ate the seven fat cattle, and Pharaoh awoke. He went back to sleep and dreamed that seven good ears of corn came up on one stalk, and then seven thin ears sprung up after them and swallowed the good ears, and Pharaoh again awoke.

In the morning, Pharaoh was troubled and sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt and told them his dream, but none could interpret it. Then the chief butler spoke up, confessing his faults and relating how Pharaoh had put him in prison with the baker, and a Hebrew there had interpreted their dreams, correctly predicting the future.’ (Genesis 41:1-8.)

Let’s take another deep plunge in the mysteries of the mind, albeit for us to see how different our experiences are from those of other people's. [The key to the previous cloze test is to be found after the page break]

In what way does the information in the video you've just watched reflect Elias Howe's experience?

Much has been said and written about the different treatment granted to the importance of dreams in the Eastern and Western world views, respectively. What differences can you mention?

Do you see any advantages to developing the ability to dream what you want?

Key to the Cloze Test

1.         front	2.         get	3.         want	4.         engine	5.         doing
6.         see/sense*	7.         stopped	8.        had*	9.         towards	10.     looked/were
11.      which/that	12.      noise	13.      run*	14.      asked	15.      told
16.      was	17.      lose*	18.     crash	19.      look	20.     fault*