night visions

What sleepers see

Night visions are vivid mental images experienced during sleep or in darkness—dreams, nightmares, or prophetic revelations.

The phrase carries biblical and mystical overtones, suggesting visions granted in the stillness of night: In my night visions I saw one like a son of man.

Night vision (singular) is the ability to see in low light, whether natural or enhanced by technology like infrared goggles.

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gothic literature · witching hour · sleep paralysis · shadow figures · fever dream · REM sleep · sleep study · melatonin · spirit guides · surrealism · out of body · dream journaling · dream interpretation · ghosts · circadian rhythms · apparitions · divine visions · prophecy

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temporal occurrence

night visionsdaydreams

Idle waking thoughts

waking dreams

clarity and nature of perception

night visionsclear sight

rational thought · logical reasoning · hard facts · empirical evidence · plain truth

source of imagery

night visionssensory perception

Detecting stimuli through senses

empirical observation · external stimuli

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