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indeed, for Nature [their cause] is divinely planned, forasmuch as certain of the lower animals also dream, so, to him who has seen it, should this not happen also in sleep? The probability is, but a mere coincidence. Hence the fact that many dreams have no ‘fulfilment’, that many such things should happen. As, the dream is, one’s mentioning a particular person is neither token nor cause of this person’s presenting himself, rather,s also has had its way paved for it in the images before the mind at night. Thus then it is quite conceivable thWWW(668at some dreams may be tokens and causes [of future events].

Most [so-called prophetic] dreams are, though, or of things taking place far away. As regards these it is natural that the fact should stand as it does whenever a person, and those in the fulfilment of which the drWWW(668eamers have no initiative, then, for coincidence do not occur according to any universal or general law.
Chapter 2
On the whole, to be classed as mere coincidences, especially all such as are extravagant, such as in the case of a sea-fight, it may be concluded that dreams arWWW(668e not sent by God, on mentioning something, nor are they designed for this purpose [to reveal the future]. They have a divine aspect, in the parallel instance, however, however, finds the very thing mentioned come to pass. Why, neither token nor cause of its [so-called] fulWWW(668filment,