An illustrated account of lucid dreams and out-of-body adventures. The blog details excerpts of selected excursions and other related events since the publication of the book An Adjacent Place.
Following the publication of An Adjacent Place in the summer of 2017, I resolved to visit Witley Park where James Whitaker Wright had lived in the early part of the twentieth century. I had first come to hear of this individual in December 2016 when April had suggested via a clear dream the existence of certain objects of interest, possibly located at his former home (which was close to my own residence in Godalming, Surrey). Since there was no way she had ever heard of this individual, I was keen to investigate the possibility when I next returned to the UK. So, one afternoon in July 2017, while the weather was fine, I parked close to the grounds of his previous estate and chanced my arm at the gatehouse door. There was no answer and later at home, I was disappointed to find that the premises were now privately owned and closed to the public. All I could do was to take a photo of the impressive gates outside and read some of the wartime graffiti etched into the stonework. There was a postscript, however: about a year later, when I had returned to Singapore, April and I were sifting through YouTube, searching for an interesting movie to watch. We happened upon what proved to be a reasonably atmospheric 1970s horror called The Legacy, starring Katharine Ross. During one escape scene, about half-way through, both protagonists found themselves desperately driving round in circles in the English countryside. They finally came to a halt outside a set of gates which I immediately recognised from my earlier holiday, only in a slightly more dilapidated condition. Since April had recently been in ostensible contact with Whitaker Wright (at that time for an intended sequel to An Adjacent Place), I was struck by the coincidence and thought to note it here.
