Our filius solis et lunae is an anima media natura

This is just one of those, "Did-you-know?" posts. We are at about 30 weeks now, and according to a study by H.P. Roffwarg et al, published in 'Science" (1966) called 'Ontogenetic development of the human sleep-dream cycle', the authors claim that at 30 weeks a baby spends it's entire sleeping time in REM sleep. The authors of the study think this helps develop the nervous system. This means the little monster goes straight into dreaming when it's asleep. What sort of dreams does a little monster have?

Johannes Fabricius writes, "With it's well developed brain and fully developed sensory apparatus, the fetus, at this stage, is submerged in a state of primal or prenatal 'consciousness' governed by dreams of a collective and archetypal nature. Alternating between dreaming sleep and waking dreaming, the fetal psyche may be described as an undifferentiated unity between conscious and unconscious states of mind." (Alchemy: the Medieval Alchemists and their Royal Art.)