TG Dreams 27 - 1 Nephi 1

Lehi is a "visionary man" (1 Nephi 5:2,4).  He (like his contemporaries, Daniel and Nephi) move in world where symbols in dream and trance are full of meaning, message and direction.  Nephi notes that his father's personal record focuses on "many things which he saw in visions and in dreams" (v. 16) as well as on his prophecies and teachings passed on to his children.  The Book of Mormon really starts with Lehi's revelatory experiences - first his concentrated engagement with hearing prophets prophesy (v. 4, 5), then a vision which begins with a pillar of fire in which he "saw and heard much" (v. 6), then a vision seen while lying on his bed in a state of exhaustion (v. 7, 8) whose details we are given.