In Grave Trouble: 'The Sequel'

[JON]

This recurring dream 'follows-on' from the one with the mysterious horsemen and woman [they don't appear, BTW]:

A misty Cemetery at night. The Full Moon bizarrely tells the time [in Roman Numerals]! An impossibly long ladder leads up to it. I climb with trepidation, as nothing appears to support the ladder.

I find myself in a cube-shaped Chamber. Each wall is dominated by an illuminated clock-face [a bit like Big Ben]. In the middle is a ticking, rotating copper ball on a three-legged stand. [A bit like one of those antique globes in Stately Home Libraries.] It is linked to each clock-face by a turning rod.

Looking out the door I entered I note I’m in a glass [or crystal] Tower on a hill. The countryside around is lit by the rising [or setting] Sun. The distance to the ground is about the height of an average church Tower.

A trap-door in the floor leads to a room containing a huge metal frame hung with three bells. Another trap-door [in the Chamber ceiling] leads to the roof. I note I am now in a stone Tower in the Market Place of a bustling Town! It is mid-morning.

Returning to the chamber, I get a shock. For I’m inside an ordinary clock! [The mechanism appears to be a Victorian one.]