I was a
sorcerer's apprentice who was going through a
rite of passage
in order to gain
special powers. I was alone in a large hall, which
was about two times as long as it was wide. There was a
large
bell with a
rope attached to it on one of the long sides. On the
floor I placed a
semicircle of
candles, with the bell as its centre.
I grabbed hold of the rope, and said "Dark!" to the voice-controlled
computer.1 The lights went out, and the curtains of the
windows were drawn, making it completely dark. I tugged the rope
repeatedly, making the bell sound, and initiating the ritual.
The next thing I was supposed to do, was lighting the candles. I
realized that finding the candles in complete darkness would be
almost impossible. This led me to the conclusion that the whole point
of the ritual was to demonstrate my ESP abilities, so that I could
find the first candle in the dark. I concentrated, and tried very hard,
but failed. I told the computer to turn on the lights again, and spent
the rest of the dream in a futile attempt to have one candle lit before
the initiation of the ritual.
1 I know that
voice-controlled computers are a little bit odd
in dreams having to do with
sorcery. But I was
semi-
lucid, and knew
that I was going to wake up soon, so I thought that one up in order to
save time.