"Anxious as she was to communicate with other entities, Colquhoun was alive to the difficulties and dangers this might pose... this was an important issue for Colquhoun, as it must be for anyone working with powerful hidden forces. 'Wedding of Shades' (p.84), Little Poems on Hidden Themes (p.56) and 'The Lamia' (p.71) all contain warnings about such contacts, in these cases unfriendly nocturnal spirit visitations. As she explained in an unpublished notebook, 'dreams may produce experiences of the "werewolf" type, the physical body showing marks imprinted on the astral.' The problem with opening a portal is that it may permit two-way traffic, and visitors do not always make desirable house guests."

--Richard Shillitoe, ed.

SOURCE: Medea's Charms: Selected Shorter Writings of Ithell Colquhoun, 2019 (Richard Shillitoe, ed.), p.71, plus comments p.38.

EDITOR'S NOTE

What does Colquhoun mean by a "werewolf" dream? Not dreams of werewolves! I think she just means "dreams that leave physical traces." This is a rare but real type--out of 40,000 dreams, I've only had two; but two is not zero. I call them 'Natalian' dreams, after the earliest example I know (18-1900 years ago), by Natalius the Confessor. Pedantic but at least not misleading.

--Wayan, ex-librn.

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