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Beyond the Martian Time Barrier / The Martian Casket

Morning of September 16, 1973. Sunday.

This is, I believe, one of the first versions of a rather interesting dream when twelve years of age.

The first section involves a legend of a Martian "time barrier". I believe that much of this particular dream possibly takes place in the 1800s in perhaps Arizona (perhaps the 1860s-1870s) or more likely Nevada, where they had done nuclear testing later on. It almost has a television western feel at the beginning, like an episode of "Gunsmoke" with science-fiction characteristics. There is an area about the land (near an old fence) where time moves much faster than the areas around it. I watch a very vivid scene of a couple cowboys riding through the desert-like area. One of the men is on a horse, another on a mule. The man on the mule unknowingly rides through the "barrier" and begins to age rapidly as he is riding. He slumps over and the mule also ages rapidly and they fall to the ground and turn into dust, but the other man is not affected at all even though he was not that far from the other man's left side.

This is relative to some sort of quest or hunt for gold. There are other men in the region, mostly outlaws. The Martian coffin is found out in the open in one area and the coffin seems to be where the more-detailed map to the gold (and possibly other treasures) is. It seems to be simultaneously located in the living room of my Cubitis home at one point (with the coffin aligned north to south, head to the north). The Martian appears to be dead and seems to have diamonds for eyes. It is mostly human-like in form but green and with lizard characteristics. The main character of the scenario looks into the coffin and screams and runs off. It seems the story goes that the Martian is still alive or in some sort of suspended animation where he can still cause harm to anyone in the area if you get close enough. The man is very afraid and runs away, waving his arms, and forgetting about the gold, and (absentmindedly) ending up in the most dangerous area and soon becoming a pile of dust.

I look down at the Martian's face and see what first looks like eyes moving. I then realize that the diamond-like eyes are only reflecting my eyes. There is a strange mood at this point as all the other men are running off, as it plays out like some sort of clever twist O. Henry ending. This is the only part of my dream I seem to be directly "in".

The unusual idea of the dream's outside primarily unfamiliar setting somehow at the same time being in my Cubitis living room is a fairly common distortion in some dream types.

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