what are dreams within dreams called?

bakufun1

i think there is a word that means dream within dream and i was wondering what it is. can anyone help me out?
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gman42 · Joined: 03 Jul 2011 Posts: 30

I always call them inception dreams. Not sure there is an actual term other than dream within a dream.

bakufun1 · Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 4:36 am Post subject:

i think inception means "to plant an idea in someones mind"
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Rox · Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 3:16 pm Post subject:

A layered dream perhaps?
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fenvank · Joined: 25 Apr 2010 Posts: 10 Location: Poland

Though in reality there is no such thing as dream within dream? I mean, technically speaking? There seems to be only here and now in a dream. You can dream about dreaming, but I suppose the difference is only in the plot of the dream, not anywhere deeper.
I also have a similiar thought that lucid dreaming might be in fact a dream about knowing that you're dreaming. Just a twist in the plot. Wanting to have it makes you dream about it. But I'm not sure if that clicks entirely, it's just a thought.

And if nobody comes up with a professional name for what you're proposing, we can coin a term on our own. I propose a 'matryoshka dream'. Wink

IrbidProdigy · Joined: 27 Mar 2011 Posts: 485 Location: Chicago, il

A ruyyash dream lol

bakufun1 · Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 6:42 am Post subject:

a layerd dream makes sense and ruyyash and matryoshka both seem hard to pronounce and/or hard to remember. lets call it a layered dream
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IrbidProdigy · Joined: 27 Mar 2011 Posts: 485 Location: Chicago, il

I can see that lol Razz

fenvank · Joined: 25 Apr 2010 Posts: 10 Location: Poland

Alternatively, if we follow the movie "Inception" you could say "1st-level dream", "2nd-level dream" etc.
Though generally I think we've come up with so many names that can consider ourselves stuffed. ^^

fenvank · Joined: 25 Apr 2010 Posts: 10 Location: Poland

Alternatively, if we follow the movie "Inception" you could say "1st-level dream", "2nd-level dream" etc. I tghink they said something like that there.
Though generally I think we've come up with so many names that can consider ourselves stuffed. ^^

Finnick_the_dreamer · Joined: 06 May 2012 Posts: 39 Location: My mind

dansofe0r · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:52 pm Post subject:

You could call it a dream within a dream Mr. Green

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46&2 · Joined: 05 Feb 2011 Posts: 44 Location: California

Inception: an act, process, or instance of beginning. Just to clarify definition.

I think layered dream seems the best fit. Because I don't think you go any deeper while dreaming within a dream. It feels like the same dream world. It would be awesome if you could just keep going deeper into the dream world. I'd surely be in limbo by now, perhaps I am!

roman67 · Joined: 31 May 2012 Posts: 432 Location: London

While dreaming, if you suddenly realize that you are dreaming that is called lucid dream.