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Drowning

Being overtaken by what the water stands for, which is feeling. Distinguished from swimming by consent: the dreamer is in it either way, and only one of them chose.

Where the reading comes from

The night sea journey again, at its worst point. In the myth it is survivable and it is not pleasant, and the material is consistent that the going under is part of the passage rather than the end of it.