PETERSEN'S FIELD GUIDE - Creatures of the Dreamlands - An Album of Entities From the Land Beyond the Wall of Sleep

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Dreamers and student preternaturalists are guided through an album of 26 key Dreamlands entities, with five additional sketched beings, focused on creatures, intelligences, and powers most relevant to humans. Each two-page entry combines general discussion with habitat, distribution, life and habits, plus practical hints for distinguishing what is encountered, supported by accurate illustrations and a scientific key. The guide also includes perspectives from the Underworld and the Dreamlands surface, supported by bibliographic and recommended reading lists.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages66

Reading Time1 h 42 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Dreamlands staircase and gatekeepers

Purpose of the field guide

How entries are organized

Scientific key and illustrations

Occult and medieval metaphysics background

Closing invitation to dream

S.PETERSEN’S FIELD GUIDETO CreaturesOF THEDreamlands An Album of EntitiesFrom the Land BeyondThe Wall of SleepSandy PetersenMark J.FerrariChaosium Inc.Lynn WillisPublication 5107Tom Sullivan Howard Phillips Lovecraft1890-1937 PETERSEN’S FIELD GUIDE Creaturesof the Dreamlands An Album of EntitiesFrom the Land BeyondThe Wall of Sleep Sandy Petersen conception and text Mark J.Ferrari 29 original illustrations and a drawing Lynn Willis additional text,project,editorial,layout,production Tom Sullivan 26 original drawings,most silhouettes Chaosium Inc.1989 This FIELD GUIDE is published by Chaosium Inc.·PETERSEN'S FIELD GUIDE TO CREATURES OF THE DREAMLANDS iscopyright C1989 by Chaosium Inc.;all rights reserved.·Similarities between characters in this FIELD GUIDE and persons livingor dead are strictly coincidental.·HP.Lovecraf's works are copyright C1963,1964,1965 by August Derleth and are quoted forpurposes of illustration.·Aditional monster silhouettes are by Lisa A.Free and are copyright by her.Ron Leming drew thedepiction of HP.Lovecraft.Tom Sullivan wrote the original text for page 44's sidebar.●Except in this publication and relatedadvertising,artwork original to this FILD GUIDEremains the property of the arists,and is copyright by them.●The reproductionof material within this book for the purposes of personal or corporate profit,by photographic,electronic,or other methods ofretrieval,is prohibited.·Addressquestions and comments concerning this book as well as requests for free catalogs of Chaosiumbooks,games,and supplements to Chaosium Inc.,P.O.Box 6302,AZbany,California 94706-0302,USA.●ISBN 0-933635-53-2·Chaosium Publication 5107.·Printed by Singapore National Printers Lud.through Palace Press.·Printed in Singapore. # INTRODUCTION WHILE DREAMING,YOU OR I MIGHT NOTICE a huge staircase leading enticingly down,outof ordinary dream,down the seventy stairs of light slumber,down into the Cavern of Flame. In this flickering chamber dwell Nasht and Kaman-Thah,hoary priests who have the power toaccept the most worthy as initiate dreamers and to send them on,down seven hundred steps moreto the Gates of Deeper Slumber and thence through to the Enchanted Woods,a realm of thecentral Dreamlands. Other places have their own Dreamlands.Earth's shadow-land is more linked to us by poetry,beauty,and peril than by time and the shape of continents.On Earth our fancies may seemchimeras of lust and greed;in the Dreamlands,our best dreams create beauty-a golden bowl,new life,a marvelous city,a hidden land.Best of all,our dreams can meet the dreams of others. NOTHING COULD MORE BENEFIT amateur dreamers and student preternaturalists than acollection of the most important Dreamlands creatures,intelligences,and powers,for that plane isthe most accessible to us and (some hold)was made for us.Though we cannot take physicalobjects with us in our dreams,we can take memories. Therefore,dreamers,study well these pages.They discuss 26 Dreamlands entities (and sketchfive more),those of most benefit or concern to humans.The two-page entries are identical inapproach:a general discussion,notes on habitat,distribution,and life and habits,and hints fordistinguishing the creatures and beings in this book.An accurate illustration portrays each(videotapes of dreams are yet to be released,despite promises from the Windthrope Institute).Included are perspectives of the Underworld and of the Dreamlands surface. A scientific key helps distinguish the lifeforms,as do height comparisons and secondaryillustrations.A bibliography and recommended reading list complete the text. The five sketched entities,common to Earth and to its Dreamlands,are expanded upon in acompanion Petersen's,Cthulhu Monsters.An intriguing game,Call of Cthulhu,and a supple-mental work,H.P.Lovecraft's Dreamlands,also are of use.Preternatural exploration and inves-tigation is at once more dangerous and more tedious than can be related by fictive adventures.S

FAQs

What does the field guide cover and how many entities are included?

It discusses 26 Dreamlands entities in detail and sketches five more. The focus is on creatures, intelligences, and powers most beneficial or concerning to humans.

How are the two-page entries structured?

Each entry uses the same approach: general discussion, notes on habitat and distribution, life and habits, and hints for distinguishing the beings. An accurate illustration accompanies each entity.

What additional tools and reference materials does the guide provide?

A scientific key helps distinguish the lifeforms, along with height comparisons and secondary illustrations. A bibliography and recommended reading list complete the text.

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