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The Venerable Bede

Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English is a window into an otherwise dark age. But was it all dark? People expected dreams to offer useful information; dreamwork wasn't called witchcraft and suppressed till much later. In Bede, predictive, clairvoyant and telepathic dreams are taken in stride. He didn't know the word, but shamanism was alive and well--even in Christian communities.

How true are these accounts? Well, Bede names sources, kings and dynasties; dates seem pretty reliable. At least compared to our tales of this time--like King Arthur. Real, legend? When, where? Yet he's not much earlier than these dreamers.

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CAEDMON'S DREAM: by Caedmon, c.657, as told by the Venerable Bede; a dream music-tutorial
Caedmon can't sing. But he dreams an angel makes him try. Soon he's the first great English poet and singer...
EDWIN'S DREAM: by soon-to-be-King Edwin, c.616, as told by the Venerable Bede; a nagging dream
King Ethelfrid bribes Redwald to turn over his guest, Edwin. Edwin dreams an angel warns him, swearing to save him if
he'll convert. Redwald's wife tells him "Don't betray a guest." Once Edwin's king, that dream-angel demands his fealty...
CAUTION: SHODDY SPIRITUAL BARGAINING
EGBERT DEFIES DREAMS: by one of Boisil's disciples, c.688, as told by the Venerable Bede; a stubborn dream
Egbert decides to go convert the Germans. A brother monk dreams twice that God wants Egbert in Scotland, but he
sails--and nearly drowns. At last he gives in. Another monk sails to Germany. Two years later he returns defeated...
CAUTION: STUBBORN MONK, DEITY, AND GERMANS
FURSA'S DREAM: by Fursa, c.633, as told by the Venerable Bede; a Christian shamanic dream
Fursa the preacher, sick, dreams flaming devils & angels are trying his case; one
failure to coax a deathbed repentance gets him scorched. He wakes with burns...
CAUTION: DREAM HAS PHYSICAL EFFECTS
HILDA'S DEATH: by Sister Begu, 680/11/17, as told by the Venerable Bede; a clairvoyant dream
Hilda, founder of two monasteries, dies in one. Begu, in the other, 13 miles away,
dreams Hilda's been taken to heaven. She tells her sisters. Messengers arrive...

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