Dream #1
As Haven recounts, Navidson’s first dream places him within an enormous concrete chamber. The walls, ceiling, and floor are all veined with mineral deposits and covered in a thin ever-present film of moisture. There are no windows or exits. The air reeks of rot, mildew, and despair.
Everywhere people wander aimlessly around, dressed in soiled togas. Toward the center of the room lies what appears to be a large well. A dozen people sit on the edge, dangling their feet inside. As Navidson approaches this aperture, he realizes two things: 1) he has died and this is some kind of half-way station, and 2) the only way out is down through the well.
As he sits on the edge, he beholds a very strange and disconcerting sight. No more than twenty feet below is the surface of an incredibly clear liquid. Navidson presumes it is water though he senses it is somewhat more viscous. By some peculiar quality intrinsic to itself, this liquid does not impede but actually clarifies the impossible vision of what lies beneath: a long shaft descending for miles ultimately opening up into a black bottomless pit which instantly fills Navidson with an almost crippling sense of dread.
Suddenly next to him, someone leaps into the well. There is a slight splash and the figure begins to think slowly but steadily toward the darkness below. Fortunately, after a few seconds, a violent blue light envelops the figure and transports it somewhere else. Navidson realizes, however, that there are other figures down there who have not been visited by that blue light and are instead writhing in fear as they continue their descent into oblivion.
Without anyone telling him, Navidson somehow understands the logic of that place: 1) he can remain in that awful room for as long as he likes, even forever if he chooses - looking around, he can tell that some people have been here for thousands of years - or he can jump into the well. 2) If he has lived a good life, a blue light will carry him to some ethereal and gentle place. if, however, he has lived an “inappropriate life,” (Navidson’s words) no light will visit him and he will sink into the horrible blackness below where he will fall forever.
The dream ends with Navidson attempting to assess the life he has led, unable to decide whether he should or should not leap.
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