Word of the Day
hypnopompic (adj)
associated with the period between sleep and wakefulness
"Long after the physical scenes had faded and my conversation with Madame Blavatsky had given way, I mulled over the events in a delicious hypnopompic state, engraving the details on my memory and letting them unveil further shades of meaning."
--Rob Brezsny, The Televisionary Oracle
This word brings to mind the confusing period I experience most mornings between tumbling out of bed and gulping down my first cup of coffee. While I'm staggering around like Boris Karloff in Frankenstein, I'm often brooding over some bizarre or disturbing event--until I realize that "oh...that was just a dream."
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