Q. Why can we not feel when we are asleep?
A. Because the ends of the nerves (called papillæ), situated in the skin, are inactive and at rest.
Q. Why have persons in sleep no will of their own, but may be moved at the will of any one?
A. Because the “cerebellum” (or posterior part of the brain) is inactive and at rest.
Q. Why have dreamers no power of judgment or reason?
A. Because the “cerebrum” (or front of the brain) is inactive and at rest.
Q. Why are dreams such foolish and inconsistent things?
A. Because the “pineal gland” is acting without the brain; and the faculty of thinking exists in the “pineal gland,” but the faculty of judgment in the “cerebrum of the brain.”
The cerebrum of the brain occupies the top and front of the skull. The pineal gland is a small conical gland (about the size of a pea) in the brain.