episode 39 – Dreams & Nightmares 1 — Near Dreaming

Brace yourselves—it's time for another trilogy of episodes as we dive into the library for a book of exquisite density. While Isle of the Mighty (our previous three-fer) was long in addition to dense, Dreams and Nightmares is a trim 128 pages with standard-sized font. So why the excessive episodage for it? Because this is the first, last, and thus far only entry in the Changeling canon to give us a thorough look at the Dreaming, whose impact on the world of the game cannot be overemphasized. This week, as we enter the Near Dreaming, we're joined by (friend of the show, Patron, and host of Mage: the Podcast) Terry Robinson to talk about the overall cosmology and metaphysics of this plane, its connections to broader Mage and WoD cosmology, and specifically the Nearer side of things. Much mayhem ensued!

The book can be purchased from https://www.storytellersvault.com/product/2173/Dreams-and-Nightmares?affiliate_id=3063731, and if the interwebs are a kind of Dreaming, then here are some of our Realms:

• Discord: https://discord.me/ctp
• Email: podcast@changelingthepodcast.com
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082973960699
• Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@ChangelingPod
• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/changelingthepodcast

Meanwhile, Terry can be found in places that include:

• Mage: the Podcast: https://discord.gg/SAryjXGm5j
• Mage: the Podcast Discord page: podcast@changelingthepodcast.com
• Pain in the Dice podcast (with Chazz Kellner): https://www.paininthedice.com/
• Systematic Understanding of Everything, an Exalted podcast: https://www.exaltcast.com
• Storyteller's Vault material: https://www.storytellersvault.com/browse.php?author=Terry%20Robinson
• Twitters include @magethepodcast and @terryrobinson

your hosts

Josh Hillerup (any pronoun) takes a trod to work because the bridge traffic is just unacceptable since the new troll started working under there. Pooka G (any pronoun/they) | discreetly laughs | at those who scorn | the Silver Paths. | BURMA SHAVE

One backward look by any of us Can cost what it cost Orpheus. —Kay Ryan, "Doubt"