Dreams, January, 2014

January 2014
We'll call this dream:

Book of Mormon Sequel

Perkasie from overhead.  My house would be about a
quarter mile to the right/North.
(Photo taken from Perkasie's Wikipedia.org page)

I was living back in Perkasie, PA.  That's where I grew up from age 6-19.  I've visited it frequently over the
last few years, since my family still lived there and now my Dad and his wife live there now.
Suddenly I was notified by a member of the Mormon church who informed me that they discovered, "another Book of Mormon!"
"What do you mean by that?" I asked.
"It's a sequel to The Book of Mormon!  Like another Bible!" she exclaimed.
Who is she?  I don't know and don't remember, just a generic she.
I haven't been to church (in real life) in a long time so I was a little surprised someone would come to me with this news, but I wasn't going to object because finding another Book of Mormon would be a serious historical event and if I could be a part of that in some way that would be TOTALLY COOL!
So I drive to the site, which turns out to be a newly excavated cave with a high ceiling.
They let me right into the cave without any hassle.  I'm still a member of the church, and there are very few Mormons in Perkasie, so I was to be the church's liaison for this find.

The Diving Bell from Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.
(Photo taken from tinypic.com)

Inside the cave are a bunch of numbered markers on the ground, like you'd see at a crime scene.  The centerpiece inside the cave was an old "Diving Bell" like in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.  The night of my dream I had finally purchased the Diving Bell and wasn't able to use it before needing to go to bed, so perhaps my mind felt the Diving Bell was "unresolved" and hence its incorporation in my dream.

A picture of a recreation of what the Gold Plates could
have looked like.  This isn't a very accurate recreation,
but it's closest to what they looked like in my dream.
(Photo taken from philosophiesofmen.blogspot.com)

The Bell was lifted up on one side and the golden plates removed and placed next to it.  I was the first to get to turn the pages.  They looked just like the gold plates I have seen pictures and recreations of since I was a kid.
I don't recall what the plates said specifically, but I know at the time I could actually read some of the pages.  I advised people standing nearby that these were definitely ancient stories inside, and I didn't recognize some of the names of characters in the stories.  I did, however, recognize one name in particular--Paul.  These plates would connect ancient Americans to the Apostle Paul!

Now for the reason I was brought in.  I was informed by the Mormon in charge of the site that we needed the Mayor's signature on some documents verifying that these were in fact ancient artifacts that were found at the site, and that they were not manufactured by modern means.
In short, the Mayor's signature would prove the Book of Mormon Sequel was real.
I took a clipboard with its documents to the Mayor's capital building, which was pretty nice but also doesn't exist in the real Perkasie.

President Allison Taylor from 24.
(Photo taken from newscoma.com)

The Mayor in my dream was President Allison Taylor from the last two seasons in 24.
I've been watching a LOT of 24 lately...
I approached the Mayor with my request to have her authenticate the plates origins.  She'd been privy to the whole discovery and knew all the details.  She knew the plates were legitimate.
"I won't sign that." She exclaimed, turning from me and walking away.
"Why not?" I asked, "You know they're real..."
"I won't sign them because I don't want people thinking I support your church.  I can't sign that without being 'pro-Mormon' and I believe church and State should be separate."
Her objections made some sense to me, but I wasn't about to give up.
"You know these plates are real.  You've seen everything that's happened.  You're gonna SIGN these documents or I'm gonna label you as 'anti-religion'!"  I threatened.
This caught her attention.  Perkasie has a lot of old tradition and despite its low population it has a lot of churches.  An openly anti-religion Mayor has no hope of being reelected in Perkasie.
She signed the forms.
I woke up as I headed back to the cave.