The writer Edgar Allen Poe describes the ineffable state between sleep and waking:
“I realized that this condition is realized only for an inappreciable minute. … Moreover, these ‘fancies’ are accompanied by an ecstasy more voluptuous then all raptures experienced in the real world or in the world of dreams…”
Further, Poe says that he is capable, but only when conditions are proper, to induce this phenomenon. He adds that he is aware of: “the moment of fusion between waking and sleep … a passing beyond the extreme limits of consciousness, without getting lost in the domain of sleep.”
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