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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 22: Whence Arise the Disgraceful Phantasies of the Night? (R. 85)
They come from the wrong movements of the soul in the day time1; but if the soul is purified from these by being occupied in God’s judgments and practises continually what is good and well-pleasing to God, then it will have dreams of a corresponding sort.
Notes
- Cf. Hom. in Mart. Julittam 36C: “The phantasies which come in sleep are for the most part echoes of the day’s thoughts.”