Léon d'Hervey de Saint-Denys
Marie Jean Léon le Coq, Baron d'Hervey, Marquis de Saint-Denys (born May 6, 1822 in Paris , † November 2, 1892 ibid) was a French writer, sinologist and dream researcher.
He was Professor of Chinese at the Collège de France and Commissioner for the Chinese Empire at the Paris World Exhibition in 1867 ( Legion of Honor ). He translated works by Li Bai from Chinese into French. These translations - translated into German by Hans Bethge - were incorporated into Gustav Mahler's Lied von der Erde .
He is known today for his private research in the field of lucid dreams . At the age of 13 he started writing down his dreams. After a while, he gained the ability to control his dreams and dream lucidly on a regular basis . In 1867 he published his findings anonymously in the book Les Rêves et les moyens de les diriger. In it he suggests various ways of controlling dreams. D'Hervey de Saint-Denys is considered a lucid dream pioneer. In the still young discipline of lucid dream research, most researchers (including Jayne Gackenbach , Stephen LaBerge , Paul Tholey ) include his work in their work. Sigmund Freud referred to d'Hervey's work The Interpretation of Dreams (1900 [1899]) to explain the relationship between the creation of dream images and the reaction of the dreaming ego to them (secondary processing).
Works
- Les Rêves et les moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Librairie d'Amyot, Paris 1867. (Original published anonymously)
- New edition: Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations Pratiques. Île Saint-Denis. Ed. Oniros, Île Saint-Denis 1995. ISBN 2-909318-04-4 .
- Hervey de Saint-Denys (2013). Dromen: Practical Observaties . Dutch translation of Les Rêves et les moyens de les diriger: Observations Pratiques (E-book) ISBN 978-90-82096309 . Contains frontispice, couverture and the appendix. Translation & Editing Drs. Carolus M. den Blanken. Text online
- Hervey de Saint-Denys (2016). Dreams and the Ways to Direct Them: Practical Observations . (E-book) ISBN 978-90-820963-6-1 . Editors: Drs. Carolus den Blanken & Drs. Eli Meijer. Editor Latin Sentences: Prof. Dr. Jan van Gijn. Integral Edition, including original covers, frontispiece, as well as the (censored) appendix. English text online
literature
- Olivier de Luppé, Angel Pino, Roger Ripert, Betty Schwartz (eds.): D'Hervey de Saint-Denys, 1822-1892: Biographie, Correspondance familiale, l'oeuvre de l'onirologue & du sinologue. Les hommages rendus à l'auteur lors du centenaire de sa mort et l'exposition artistique autour de ses rêves . Ed. Oniros, Île Saint-Denis 1995. ISBN 2-909318-05-2 .
- Carolus M. den Blanken, Eli JG Meijer: An Historical View of "Dreams and the Ways to Direct Them. Practical Observations" by Marie-Jean-Léon LeCoq, le Marquis d'Hervey-Saint-Denys. In: Lucidity Letter, Vol. 7, Issue 2 (December 1988), pp. 67-78. Revised edition in: Lucidity Letter, Vol. 10 (1991), Issue 1-2, pp. 311-322.
Web links
- genealogy [2] geneanet pierfit (after registration)
- Information on Marie Jean Léon le Coq (French)
- Carolus M. den Blanken, Eli JG Meijer: A historical overview of Dromen en de manieren om deze te sturen (Dutch)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hervey de Saint-Denys, Léon d ' |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coq, Marie Jean Léon le; Hervey de Saint-Denys, Marie Jean Léon d ' |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer and sinologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1892 |
| Place of death | Paris |