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I Am Not Dying In A Nightmare - Dreams and Psychosis in the Works of Thomas Ligotti
I have posted a paper on Ligotti's work that I wrote for a graduate English course a few years back. It discusses psychosis and dreams while focusing on three stories - Dream of a Mannikin, Nethescurial and Mrs. Rinaldi's Angel. I hope you find in interesting.
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Re: I Am Not Dying In A Nightmare - Dreams and Psychosis in the Works of Thomas Ligot
That's a very good analysis, SF. I, too, thank you for posting it.
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Re: I Am Not Dying In A Nightmare - Dreams and Psychosis in the Works of Thomas Ligot
Thanks Cynothoglys and ramonoski.
The paper references Eigen's "The Psychotic Core," which I found to be a very fascinating and disturbing book. It is fairly technical/clinical, but also contains some very interesting case studies of madness. Readers interested in exploring dark and damaged aspects of the human psyche might find it interesting. | |||||||||||
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Re: I Am Not Dying In A Nightmare - Dreams and Psychosis in the Works of Thomas Ligot
Thanks SF; every new Ligotti analysis is very welcome. Eiger work sound interesting; there is a book called Contact With the Depths that called my attention after reading your analysis. When did you write this?
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Your fall should be like the fall of mountains. But I was before mountains. I was in the beginning, and shall be forever. The first and the last. The world come full circle. I am not the wheel. I am the hand that turns the wheel. I am Time, the Destroyer. I was the wind and the stars before this. Before planets. Before heaven and hell. And when all is done, I will be wind again, to blow this world as dust back into endless space. To me the coming and going of Man is as nothing.
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Re: I Am Not Dying In A Nightmare - Dreams and Psychosis in the Works of Thomas Ligot
Thanks, Miguel. I wrote this paper way back in late 2005. I recently exhumed a box full of grad school notebooks, stories, fiction exercises and papers from my basement storage room. This was in there.
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Re: I Am Not Dying In A Nightmare - Dreams and Psychosis in the Works of Thomas Ligot
For some reason, I am getting a blank screen. My browser at work must not be up to date, and I can't do anything about it. I'll try from home. Being a Psychotherapist myself, I am very interested in reading the piece, though. Looking forward to it, and thanks!
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Re: I Am Not Dying In A Nightmare - Dreams and Psychosis in the Works of Thomas Ligot
Thanks "With Strength I Burn" for adding to the discussion. As you can see, I missed your post back in July when it went up. Apologies for the delay in responding.
The passage you quote from "Dream of a Mannikin" certainly gives one some disturbing thoughts upon which to chew. Imagine that we are splinter-selves of some monstrous divinity being tormented by our larger self. For those who do believe in the existence of a divine force, that analysis would make as much sense as any, I suppose. It would seem that dreams create an environment in which this cruel masochistic force can manifest. Thanks again for reading the essay and sharing your thoughts. | |||||||||||
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Re: I Am Not Dying In A Nightmare - Dreams and Psychosis in the Works of Thomas Ligot
Ascrobius, I hope you were able to access the document. Please let me know if you are having issues with it, as I would like to address any problem on my end that might be contributing to the problem.
Thanks for your interest and apologies for the tardiness of my response! | |||||||||||
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Re: I Am Not Dying In A Nightmare - Dreams and Psychosis in the Works of Thomas Ligot
I also get a blank screen. I'm using Internet Explorer. I'll try with Firefox.
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Re: I Am Not Dying In A Nightmare - Dreams and Psychosis in the Works of Thomas Ligot
I couldn't access it through the OP, but I copied and pasted the title to Google Advanced Search and it came up with the link to a pdf. | |||||||||||
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