Hello!
This one is haunting me my whole life now. As a little child (I was about 4 or 5), I dreamed about one particular machine almost every night. It was basically a kind of motor, about 12-15'' in diameter, grey and with a big dial. The dial was very particular: It didn't have any numbers but only four markings at the 12, 3, 6 and 9 position. It had no hands. When the machine is started, something like a seconds hand appeared at the 12:00 position and started to move forward with about double the speed of a normal seconds hand but it moved smoothly. Whenever it reached one of the cardinal positions, it would turn red, get mirrored onto the other side of the dial and flash. Whenever this happened, I had the feeling of getting pumped up with air in my belly. This went on for about two full turns before I woke bathed in sweat. My mother still keeps reminding me about the "dream about the machine" when I was little and I remember it vividly.
Now comes the strange question: Has anybody else had that same dream or a dream with that device? I ask because I've once read a documentary book where somebody talks about that device in his dream and it made shivers run down my spine when I read it back then.
I don't know where else to post this question.
Regards, Timo