I think he would argue that what I experienced is impossible! :) Hence my question, is my experience unusual? I had assumed it to be pretty normal—don't people have nightmares of being embarrassed, torn to pieces by wild animals, etc.?
The Neoplatonic perspective, at least, is that the thing experiencing dreams is the "pneumatic vehicle" (what occultists call the astral body), which is not the soul itself but still a body of sorts (even if it's different from the physical body), and thus has sensory capacity. This, at least, fits my experiences!
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Date: 2024-07-18 03:17 pm (UTC)The Neoplatonic perspective, at least, is that the thing experiencing dreams is the "pneumatic vehicle" (what occultists call the astral body), which is not the soul itself but still a body of sorts (even if it's different from the physical body), and thus has sensory capacity. This, at least, fits my experiences!