The Dream-God, or, A Singular Evolvement of Thought in Sleep

Chapter 2: TO MY FRIENDS.

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A man, under morphine, experiences a vivid dream in which a winged spirit identifies itself as the Spirit of Morphine and carries his disembodied consciousness on aerial voyages across seas and polar skies. He observes cities by night, the aurora, a polar aperture revealing subterranean fire, maelstroms and northern lands, and then visits royal courts and glittering social scenes where political and philosophical ideas are discussed. The narrative alternates travel impressions, exotic landscapes, encounters with varied peoples and rulers, and reflective commentary on life, government, and the mysterious powers of sleep and drug-induced vision.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1873, by
JOHN CUNINGHAM,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

TO MY FRIENDS.

Although requested by a number of you at various times to write this condensed narrative of an event in my life, associated with much misfortune, sadness and suffering which have continued for some years, it was not until during a lonely period of quietude at Brooklyn, N. Y., in the summer of 1872, that I made the effort. I do not expect the public to give much credence or interest to the matter, but to you who know me I can trustingly give the assurance that this little book is an unaffected and truthful production. It is published as an affectionate memorial to you of mutual esteem and friendship.

JOHN CUNINGHAM,
of So. Ca.

April, 1873.