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Ten Thousand Dreams
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OR, WHAT'S IN A DREAM.
A SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL EXPOSITION

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BY GUSTAVUS HINDMAN MILLER

``In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in
slumberings upon the bed; then he openeth the ears of men and sealeth their
instruction that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride
from man.'' —Job xxxiii., 15.

PREFACE.

``Dreams are rudiments of the great state to come.
We dream what is about to happen.''—BAILEY,

The Bible, as well as other great books of historical and revealed
religion, shows traces of a general and substantial belief in dreams. Plato,
Goethe, Shakespeare and Napoleon assigned to certain dreams prophetic
value. Joseph saw eleven stars of the Zodiac bow to himself, the twelfth
star. The famine of Egypt was revealed by a vision of fat and lean cattle.
The parents of Christ were warned of the cruel edict of Herod, and fled with
the Divine Child into Egypt.

Pilate's wife, through the influence of a dream, advised her husband to
have nothing to do with the conviction of Christ. But the gross materialism
of the day laughed at dreams, as it echoed the voice and verdict of the
multitude, ``Crucify the Spirit, but let the flesh live.'' Barabbas, the robber,
was set at liberty.

The ultimatum of all human decrees and wisdom is to gratify the
passions of the flesh at the expense of the spirit. The prophets and those
who have stood nearest the fountain of universal knowledge used dreams
with more frequency than any other mode of divination.

Profane, as well as sacred, history is threaded with incidents of dream
prophecy. Ancient history relates that Gennadius was convinced of the
immortality of his soul by conversing with an apparition in his dream.

Through the dream of Cecilia Metella, the wife of a Consul, the Roman
Senate was induced to order the temple of Juno Sospita rebuilt.

The Emperor Marcian dreamed he saw the bow of the Hunnish conqueror
break on the same night that Attila died.

Plutarch relates how Augustus, while ill, through the dream of a friend,
was persuaded to leave his tent, which a few hours after was captured by
the enemy, and the bed whereon he had lain was pierced with the enemies'
swords.

If Julius Caesar had been less incredulous about dreams he would have
listened to the warning which Calpurnia, his wife, received in a dream.

Croesus saw his son killed in a dream.

Petrarch saw his beloved Laura, in a dream, on the day she died, after
which he wrote his beautiful poem, ``The Triumph of Death.''

Cicero relates the story of two traveling Arcadians who went to different
lodgings—one to an inn, and the other to a private house. During the night
the latter dreamed that his friend was begging for help. The dreamer awoke;
but, thinking the matter unworthy of notice, went to sleep again. The second
time he dreamed his friend appeared, saying it would be too late, for he had
already been murdered and his body hid in a cart, under manure. The cart
was afterward sought for and the body found. Cicero also wrote, ``If the
gods love men they will certainly disclose their purposes to them in sleep.''

Chrysippus wrote a volume on dreams as divine portent. He refers to the
skilled interpretations of dreams as a true divination; but adds that, like all
other arts in which men have to proceed on conjecture and on artificial
rules, it is not infallible.

Plato concurred in the general idea prevailing in his day, that there were
divine manifestations to the soul in sleep. Condorcet thought and wrote
with greater fluency in his dreams than in waking life.

Tartini, a distinguished violinist, composed his ``Devil's Sonata'' under
the inspiration of a dream. Coleridge, through dream influence, composed
his ``Kubla Khan.''

The writers of Greek and Latin classics relate many instances of dream
experiences. Homer accorded to some dreams divine origin. During the
third and fourth centuries, the supernatural origin of dreams was so
generally accepted that the fathers, relying upon the classics and the Bible
as authority, made this belief a doctrine of the Christian Church.

Synesius placed dreaming above all methods of divining the future; he
thought it the surest, and open to the poor and rich alike.

Aristotle wrote: ``There is a divination concerning some things in dreams
not incredible.'' Camille Flammarion, in his great book on ``Premonitory
Dreams and Divination of the Future,'' says: ``I do not hesitate to affirm at
the outset that occurrence of dreams foretelling future events with accuracy
must be accepted as certain.''

Joan of Arc predicted her death.

Cazotte, the French philosopher and transcendentalist, warned Condorcet
against the manner of his death.

People dream now, the same as they did in medieval and ancient times.

The following excerpt from ``The Unknown,''[1] a recent book by
Flammarion, the French astronomer, supplemented with a few of my own
thoughts and collections, will answer the purposes intended for this book.

[1] ``From `The Unknown.' Published by Harper & Brothers Copyright,
1900, by Camille Flammarion.''

``We may see without eyes and hear without ears, not by unnatural
excitement of our sense of vision or of hearing, for these accounts prove the
contrary, but by some interior sense, psychic and mental.

``The soul, by its interior vision, may see not only what is passing at a
great distance, but it may also know in advance what is to happen in the
future. The future exists potentially, determined by causes which bring to
pass successive events.

``POSITIVE OBSERVATION PROVES THE EXISTENCE OF A
PSYCHIC WORLD, as real as the world known to our physical senses.

``And now, because the soul acts at a distance by some power that
belongs to it, are we authorized to conclude that it exists as something real,
and that it is not the result of functions of the brain?

``Does light really exist?

``Does heat exist?

``Does sound exist?

``No.

``They are only manifestations produced by movement.

``What we call light is a sensation produced upon our optic nerve by the
vibrations of ether, comprising between 400 and 756 trillions per second,
undulations that are themselves very obscure.

``What we call heat is a sensation produced by vibrations between 350
and and{sic} 600 trillions.

``The sun lights up space, as much at midnight as at midday.
Its temperature is nearly 270 degrees below zero.

``What we call sound is a sensation produced upon our auditory nerve by
silent vibrations of the air, themselves comprising between 32,000 and
36,000 a second.

......

``Very many scientific terms represent only results, not causes.
``The soul may be in the same case.

``The observations given in this work, the sensations, the impressions,
the visions, things heard, etc., may indicate physical effects produced
without the brain.

``Yes, no doubt, but it does not seem so.

``Let us examine one instance.

``Turn back to page 156.@@@

``A young woman, adored by her husband, dies at Moscow. Her father-
in-law, at Pulkowo, near St. Petersburg, saw her that same hour by his side.

She walked with him along the street; then she disappeared. Surprised,
startled, and terrified, he telegraphed to his son, and learned both the
sickness and the death of his daughter-in-law.

``We are absolutely obliged to admit that SOMETHING emanated from
the dying woman and touched her father-in-law. This thing unknown may
have been an ethereal movement, as in the case of light, and may have been
only an effect, a product, a result; but this effect must have had a cause, and
this cause evidently proceeded from the woman who was dying. Can the
constitution of the brain explain this projection? I do not think that any
anatomist or physiologist will give this question an affirmative answer. One
feels that there is a force unknown, proceeding, not from our physical
organization, but from that in us which can think.

``Take another example (see page 57).@@@

``A lady in her own house hears a voice singing. It is the voice of a friend
now in a convent, and she faints, because she is sure it is the voice of the
dead. At the same moment that friend does really die, twenty miles away
from her.

``Does not this give us the impression that one soul holds communication
with another?

``Here is another example (page 163):@@@

``The wife of a captain who has gone out to the Indian mutiny sees one
night her husband standing before her with his hands pressed to his breast,
and a look of suffering on his face. The agitation that she feels convinces
her that he is either killed or badly wounded. It was November 14th. The
War Office subsequently publishes his death as having taken place on

November 15th. She endeavors to have the true date ascertained. The War
Office was wrong. He died on the 14th.

``A child six years old stops in the middle of his play and cries out,
frightened: ``Mamma, I have seen Mamma.'' At that moment his mother
was dying far away from him (page 124).@@@

``A young girl at a ball stops short in the middle of a dance and cries,
bursting into tears. `My father is dead; I have just seen him.' At that moment
her father died. She did not even know he was ill.

``All these things present themselves to us as indicating not physiological
operations of one brain acting on another, but psychic actions of spirit upon
spirit. We feel that they indicate to us some power unknown.

``No doubt it is difficult to apportion what belongs to the spirit, the soul,
and what belongs to the brain. We can only let ourselves be guided in our
judgment and our appreciations by the same feeling that is created in us by
the discussion of phenomena. This is how all science has been started. Well,
and does not every one feel that we have here to do with manifestations
from beings capable of thought, and not with material physiological facts
only?

``This impression is superabundantly confirmed by investigation
concerning the unknown faculties of the soul, when active in dreams and
somnambulism.

``A brother learns the death of his young sister by a terrible nightmare.

``A young girl sees beforehand, in a dream, the man whom she will
marry.

``A mother sees her child lying in a road, covered with blood.

``A lady goes, in a dream, to visit her husband on a distant steamer, and
her husband really receives this visit, which is seen by a third person.

``A magnetized lady sees and describes the interior of the body of her
dying mother; what she said is confirmed by the autopsy.

``A gentleman sees, in a dream, a lady whom he knows arriving at night
in a railroad station, her journey having been undertaken suddenly.

``A magistrate sees three years in advance the commission of a crime,
down to its smallest details.

``Several persons report that they have seen towns and landscapes before
they ever visited them, and have seen themselves in situations in which they
found themselves long after.

``A mother hears her daughter announce her intended marriage six
months before it has been thought of.

``Frequent cases of death are foretold with precision.

``A theft is seen by a somnambulist, and the execution of the criminal is
foretold.

``A young girl sees her fiance', or an intimate friend dying (these are
frequent cases), etc.

``All these show unknown faculties in the soul. Such at least is my own
impression. It seems to me that we cannot reasonably attribute the prevision
of the future and mental sight to a nervous action of the brain.

``I think we must either deny these facts or admit that they must have had
an intellectual and spiritual cause of the psychic order, and I recommend

sceptics who do not desire to be convinced, to deny them outright; to treat
them as illusions and cases of a fortuitous coincidence of circumstances.
They will find this easier. Uncompromising deniers of facts, rebels against
evidence, may be all the more positive, and may declare that the writers of
these extraordinary narratives are persons fond of a joke, who have written
them to hoax me, and that there have been persons in all ages who have
done the same thing to mystify thinkers who have taken up such questions.

``These phenomena prove, I think, that the soul exists, and that it is
endowed with faculties at present unknown. That is the logical way of
commencing our study, which in the end may lead us to the problem of the
after-life and immortality. A thought can be transmitted to the mind of
another. There are mental transmissions, communications of thoughts, and
psychic currents between human souls. Space appears to be no obstacle in
these cases, and time sometimes seems to be annihilated.''

A few years ago a person whom I will designate as ``A'' related a dream
to me as follows: ``I take no interest in pugilism or pugilists, but I saw, in a
dream, every detail of the Corbett and Fitzsimmons mill, four days before it
took place out West. Two nights before the fight I had a second dream in
which a favorite horse was running, but suddenly, just before the judge's
stand was passed, a hitherto unobserved little black horse ran ahead and the
crowd shouted in my ears, `Fitzsimmons wins!' ''

``B'' relates the following as a dream: ``I saw the American soldiers, in
clay-colored uniform, bearing the flag of victory two weeks before the
Spanish-American war was declared, and of course before any living being
could have known the uniform to be adopted. Later I saw, several days
before the actual occurrence happened, the destruction of Cervera's fleet by
the American navy.'' Signed ``B.''

``Just after the South African hostilities began, I saw in a dream a fierce
struggle between the British and Boers, in which the former suffered severe
losses. A few nights after I had a second dream in which I saw the
contending forces in a long-drawn contest, very disastrous to both, and in
which neither could claim a victory. They seemed to be fighting to a
frazzle.'' Signed ``C.''

``D'' related to me at the time of the occurrence of the dream the
following: ``It had been suggested to me that the two cereals, corn and
wheat, were too far apart, and that I ought to buy corn. At noon I lay down
on a lounge to await luncheon; I had barely closed my eyes before a voice
whispered: `Don't buy, but sell that corn.' `What do you mean?' I asked.
`Sell at the present price, and buy at 23 7/8.' '' The foregoing dream was
related to me by a practical, successful business man who never speculates.
I watched the corn market and know it took the turns indicated in the
dream.

In this dream we find the dreamer conversing with some strange
intelligence possessed of knowledge unknown to objective reason. It could
not, therefore, have been the waking thoughts of the dreamer, for he
possessed no such information. Was the message superinduced through the
energies and activities of the waking mind on the subjective mind? This
could not have been, because he had no such thoughts; besides, the
intelligence given was free from the errors of the calculating and anxious
waking mind.

We must therefore look to other sources for an explanation. Was it the
higher self that manifested to Abraham in the dim ages of the world? Was it
the Divine Voice that gave solace to Krishna in his abstraction? Was it the
unerring light that preceded Gautama into the strange solitudes of Asia?
Was it the small voice that Elijah heard in the desert of Shurr? Was it the

Comforter of Jesus in the wilderness and the garden of distress? Or, was it
Paul's indwelling spirit of this earthly tabernacle? One thing we may
truthfully affirm—that it did not proceed from the rational, objective mind
of the rank materialist, who would close all doors to that inner life and
consciousness where all true religion finds its birthmark, its hope, its
promises and its faith; which, rightly understood, will leave to the horrors
of the Roman crucifixion the twin thieves, superstition and scepticism,
while the angel of ``Goodwill'' will go free to solace the world with the fruit
and fragrance of enduring power and promise{.} The steel chains that
fasten these hydra-headed crocodiles of sensuous poison around love and
destiny can only be severed by the diamond of wisdom and knowledge.

A citizen worthy of confidence relates the following dream: ``In
December, 1878, I saw in a dream my brother-in-law, Henry Yarnell,
suffering from a bloody knife wound; after this I awoke, but soon fell asleep
again. The second time I dreamed of a similar scene, except that the wound
was the result of a shotgun. After this I did not go to sleep again. I was
much troubled about my dream, and soon started in the direction of my
brother-in-law's house. I had not gone far, when I met an acquaintance who
promptly informed me that my brother-in-law had been shot.'' Signed ``E.''

A well-known resident of Chattanooga, Tenn., formerly of New York
City, will vouch for the accuracy of the following incident in his life:

``On February 19, 1878, I was boarding with a family on Christopher
street, New York, while my wife and baby were visiting my parents in the
country, a short distance from the city. Our baby was taken sick. The
malady developed into brain fever, followed by water on the brain, causing
the little one's death.

``At our boarding-place there was at the time a quartette of us grass
widowers, as we called ourselves, and in order to pass away the time

pleasantly we had organized a `grass widowers' euchre club.' We used to
meet almost every evening after dinner in the dining-room, and play until
about eleven o'clock, when we would retire. On the above date I dreamed
that after playing our usual evening games we took our departure for our
rooms, and on the way up the second flight of stairs I heard a slight
movement behind me; on looking around I found I was being followed by a
tall figure robed in a long, loose white gown, which came down to the floor.
The figure seemed to be that of a man—I would say, about seven feet tall—
who followed me up the second flight and along the hallway, entering my
room. After coming in the door he made a circle of the room and seemed to
be looking for something, and when he approached the door to make his
exit he stopped still, and with a gesture of his hand remarked, `I have taken
all you have.' On the following morning, about 9:30 o'clock, I received a
telegram from my wife announcing the death of our only baby.'' Signed ``F.''

A well-known citizen of Chattanooga, Tenn., relates and vouches for the
truth of the following occurrence:

``Several years ago, when a boy, I had a schoolmate and friend, Willie T.,
between whom and myself there sprung up a mutual feeling of high regard.
We were chums in the sense that we were almost constantly together, both
at school and at home, and among the partnerships we formed was one of
having amateur shadowgraph and panoramic shows in the basement of
Willie's home. This much to show the mental and social relationship that
existed between us. Some time during this association (I cannot recall the
exact night now) I had a strange dream, in which my chum appeared to me
with outstretched hand, asking me to shake, saying, `I shall not see you any
more.' With that, the dream lapsed and was over. I thought nothing of the
occurrence, and had almost forgotten it, when one day, about a week later,
during which time I had not had a glimpse of my chum, while he was out
hunting with another friend, W. McC., in following him over a rail fence,

the latter's gun was accidentally discharged in Willie's face and neck,
resulting in instant death. With this shocking news the memory of the dream
I had had came back to me vividly and puzzled me very greatly, and indeed
has puzzled me to this day.'' Signed ``G.''

The recipients of the above dreams are living to-day and their names and
address may be obtained, none of them are credulous fanatics or
predisposed to a belief in psychic or spirit phenomena.

The above dreams, except two, cannot be explained by telepathy, because
the mental picture cast on the dream mind had not in either instance taken
place in waking life. This would account for the dream perception of ``D,''
which did not, in all probability, take place until after the murder had been
committed.

The vision of ``F'' might be disposed of in the same way. In this instance
``F'' saw the white-robed specter open the door, walk around the room and
finally, taking his position as if to depart, say: ``I have taken all you have.''
No doubt this vision took place at the exact moment of the child's death.

There are thousands of similar experiences occurring daily in the lives of
honest, healthy and sane human beings, that rival the psychic
manifestations of Indian Yogism or Hebrew records.

Still men go on doubting this true and loving subjective intelligence that
is constantly wooing for entrance into the soul and is ever vigilant in
warning the material life of approaching evils. They prefer the Witch of
Endor, and the Black Magicians of ancient Egypt to the higher, or Christ
self, that has been seen and heard by the sages and saints of all ages,
assuming appropriate symbols, as in the case of the vision of ``F,'' where the
angel of death was assumed.

To Paul it appeared as a great personal truth whom he was relentlessly
persecuting. To many a wayward son or daughter of the present time, it
appears as a dead relative or friend, in order to approach the material mind
and make its warning more effective.

To those who were interested in the teachings of Christ, but who after his
death were inclined to doubt him, this higher self materialized in the form
of the Great Master in order to impress on their material minds the spiritual
import of his teachings. So, to this day, when doubt and temptation mar the
moral instinct, God, through the spiritual self, as Job says, approaches man
while in deep sleep upon the bed to impress his instructions that he may
change man from his purpose.

The spiritual world always fixes its orbit upon a straight line, while the
material world is fonder of curves. We find man struggling through dreadful
marshes and deserts of charlatanism in order to get a glimpse into his
future, instead of solicitously following the straight line of inner
consciousness that connects with the infinite mind, from which, aided by
his Church and the healthy action of his own judgment, he may receive
those helpful spiritual impressions and messages necessary to solace the
longings of the searching soul.

The philosophy of the True Master is the straight line. Pythagoras, Plato
and Christ created angles by running vertical lines through the ecclesiastical
and hypocritical conventionalities of their day. The new angles and curves
thus produced by the bold philosophy of the humble Nazarene have
confronted with impregnable firmness during the intervening ages the
sophistry of the Pharisees.

``In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men,
in slumberings upon the bed; then he openeth the ears of men and sealeth

their instruction. That he may withdraw man from his purpose and hide
pride from man.''—JOB 33:15.

``Man cannot contradict the laws of Nature. But, are all the laws of
Nature yet understood?''

``Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.''—LYTTON.

Those who live active lives exclude spiritual thought and fill their minds
with the fascinations of worldly affairs, pleasure and business, dream with
less frequency than those who regard objective matters with lighter concern.
The former depend alone upon the voluptuous warmth of the world for
contentment; they look to money, the presence of some one, or to other
external sources for happiness, and are often disappointed; while the latter,
with a just appreciation of temporal wants, depend alone upon the inner
consciousness for that peace which passeth all carnal understanding.

They are strengthened, as were Buddha and Christ, by suppressing the
sensual fires for forty days and nights in the wilderness of trial and
temptation. They number a few, and are never disappointed, while the
former number millions.

Nature is three-fold, so is man; male and female, son or soul. The union
of one and two produce the triad or the trinity which underlies the
philosophy of the ancients.

Man has a physical or visible body, an atom of the physical or visible
earth. He has a soul the exact counterpart of his body, but invisible and
subjective; incomplete and imperfect as the external man, or vice versa.

The soul is not only the son or creation of man, but it is the real man. It is
the inner imperishable double or imprint of what has outwardly and

inwardly transpired. All thoughts, desires and actions enter the soul through
the objective mind.

The automaton of the body responds as quickly to the bat of the eye as it
does to the movement of the whole body. By it the foot-steps of man and
the very hairs of his head are numbered. Thus it becomes his invisible
counterpart. It is therefore the book of life or death, and by it he judges
himself or is already judged. When it is complete nothing can be added or
taken from its personnel. It is sometimes partly opened to him in his
dreams, but in death is clearly revealed.

Man has also a spiritual body, subjective to, and more ethereal than the
soul. It is an infinitesimal atom, and is related in substance to the spiritual
or infinite mind of the universe. Just as the great physical sun, the center of
visible light, life and heat, is striving to purify the foul miasma of the marsh
and send its luminous messages of love into the dark crevices of the earth,
so the Great Spiritual Sun, of which the former is a visible prototype or
reflection, is striving to illuminate with Divine Wisdom the personal soul
and mind of man, thus enabling him to become cognizant of the spiritual or
Christ presence within.

The heresy and Herod of wanton flesh, degenerate victim of the sensuous
filth and fermentation of self-indulgence, is ever striving to exile and
suppress, from the wilderness of sin, the warning cry of the Nazarite voice
by intriguing with the cunning, incestuous daughters of unholy thoughts and
desires.

The objective mind is most active when the body is awake. The
subjective influences are most active, and often fill the mind with
impressions, while the physical body is asleep. The spiritual intelligence
can only intrude itself when the human will is suspended, or passive to
external states. A man who lives only on the sensual plane will receive his

knowledge through the senses, and will not, while in that state, receive
spiritual impressions or warning dreams.

Men and women rarely ever degrade themselves so low that the small
voice of the desert does not bring them a message. Sodom and Gomorrah,
vile with the debauchery of a nameless crime, were not deserted by the
angel of love until the fire which they had lighted in their souls had
consumed them. The walls of Jericho did not fall until Rahab, the harlot,
had been saved and the inmates had heard for several days the ram's-horn
and the tramp of Joshua's infantry.

The evangelist Jonah, the Sam Jones of Hebrew theology, exhorted the
adulterous Nineveh many times to repentance before it fell.

David, while intoxicated with the wine of love, from languishing in the
seductive embrace of the beautiful bathing nymph, Bathsheba, heard the
voice of Nathan. Surely God is no respecter of persons, and will speak to all
classes if the people will not stiffen their necks or harden their hearts.

Women dream more often and more vividly than men, because their
dream composition is less influenced and allied to external environments.

All dreams possess an element of warning or prescience; some more than
others. This is unknown to the many, but is known to the observing few.
There are many people who have no natural taste for music, and who do not
know one note from another. There are also those who cannot distinguish
one color from another. To the former there is no harmony of sound, and to
the latter there is no blending of colors.

They are heard and seen, but there is no artistic recognition of the same.
Still it would be absurd to say to either the musician or the artist: your art is
false and is only an illusion of the senses.

One man apparently never dreams; another dreams occasionally, and still
another more frequently; none atttempt{sic} to interpret their dream, or to
observe what follows; therefore, the verdict is, ``There is nothing in
dreams.'' (Schopenhauer aptly says: ``No man can see over his own
height…. Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.'') The first is like
the blind man who denies the existence of light, because he does not
perceive it. The second and third resemble the color-blind man, who sees
but who persists in calling green blue, and vice versa.

A fourth man sees in a dream a friend walking in his room; the vision is
so vivid he instantly gets up and strikes a match. After making sure there is
no intruder about the room he looks at his watch and goes back to bed. The
next day he receives the unwelcome tidings that his friend died at the exact
moment of the vision.

At another time he hears in his dream a familiar voice cry out in agony.
Soon he hears of a shocking accident or distressing illness befalling the one
whose voice he recognized in the dream.[2]

[2] For authentic records, see Flammarion's ``Unknown.''

The third man, already referred to, has about the same dream
experiences, but calls them strange coincidences or unconscious
cerebration, etc.

Again, the fourth man dreams of walking through green fields of corn,
grass or wheat. He notes after such dreams prosperous conditions follow for
at least a few days. He also notes, if the area over which he passes is
interspersed with rocks or other adverse signs, good and bad follow in the
wake of the dream. If he succeeds in climbing a mountain and finds the top

barren he will accomplish his object, but the deal will prove unprofitable. If
it is green and spring-like in appearance, it will yield good results. If he sees
muddy water, sickness, business depression or causes for jealousy may
develop.

A nightmare suggests to the dreamer to be careful of health and diet, to
relax his whole body, to sleep with his arms down and keep plenty of fresh
air in the room.

He sums up the foregoing with a thousand similar dream incidents, and is
led to believe certain dreams possess an element of warning.

There are three pure types of dreams, namely, subjective, physical and
spiritual. They relate to the past, present and future, and are influenced by
past or subjective, physical and spiritual causes. The latter is always deeply
prophetic, especially when it leaves a vivid impression on the conscious
mind. The former, too, possesses an element of warning and prophecy,
though the true meaning is hidden in symbols or allegory. They are due to
contingent mental pictures of the past falling upon the conscious mind of
the dreamer. Thus he is back at the old home, and finds mother pale and
aged, or ruddy and healthy, and the lawn withered or green. It all augurs,
according to the aspect the picture assumes, ill or good fortune.

Physical dreams are more or less unimportant. They are usually
superinduced by the anxious waking mind, and when this is so they possess
no prophetic significance.

Dreams induced by opiates, fevers, mesmerism and ill health come under
this class. A man who gambles is liable to dream of cards; if he dreams of
them in deep sleep the warning is to be heeded; but if it comes as a reverie
while he sleeps lightly he should regard it as worthless. Such dreams reflect
only the present condition of the body and mind of the dreamer; but as the

past and present enter into shaping the future, the reflections thus left on the
waking mind should not go by unheeded.

We often observe matters of dress and exterior appearance through
mirrors, and we soon make the necessary alterations to put our bodies in
harmony with existing formalities. Then, why not study more seriously the
mental images reflected from the mirror of the soul upon our minds through
the occult processes within us?

Thirdly, the spiritual dreams are brought about by the higher self
penetrating the soul realm, and reflecting upon the waking mind
approaching events. When we put our animal mind and soul in harmony
with our higher self we become one with it, and, therefore, one with the
universal mind or will by becoming a part of it. It is through the higher self
we reach the infinite. It is through the lower self we fall into the whirlpool
of matter.

These dreams are a part of the universal mind until they transpire in the
life of man. After this they go to make a part of the personal soul. Whatever
has not taken place in the mind, or life of man, belongs exclusively to the
impersonal mind. But as soon as a man lives or sees a thing, that thing
instantly becomes a part of his soul; hence, the clairvoyant, or mind reader,
never perceives beyond the personal ego, as the future belongs exclusively
to God or the universal mind, and has no material, subjective existence;
therefore, it cannot be known except through the channels of the higher self,
which is the Truth or the Word that is constantly striving to manifest itself
through the flesh.

Our psychical research people give us conclusive proof of mental
telepathy or telegraphy between finite minds. Thus communications or
impressions are conveyed many miles from one mind to another. This

phenomenon is easier when one or both of the subjects are in a state of
somnambulence or asleep.

In thought transference or mind reading it is absolutely necessary to have
a positive and a negative subject. Through the same law that mental
impressions are telegraphed from one finite mind to another a man may
place himself in harmony with the infinite mind and thus receive true and
healthful warnings of coming evil or good. Homer, Aristotle and other
writers of the ancient classics thought this not improbable.

The statesman, the poet, the philosopher of the Bible were unanimous in
attaching prophetic significance to dreams. Has the law of ethereal
vibrations undergone any recent changes to debar or molest the communion
of the soul with its spiritual father, any more than it has debarred contact
with its material mother or environments?

We only understand the great laws of nature by effects. We know that
vegetation planted in native soil and properly attended with light, heat and
moisture, will grow and yield a certain species of fruit. We may infer how it
does this, but we cannot explain the process of transformation any more
than we can explain why certain tropical birds are burnished with glowing
colors, and that other birds under the murky skies are gray and brown, while
in the Arctic regions they bleach.

In sleep we see, without being awakened, the angry lightning rend the
midnight clouds, and hear the explosive thunder hurl its fury at us; but can
we explain it any more than our scientist can explain the natural forces of
thought, of love and hate, or the subtle intuition of woman?

What of the silhouette or the anthelion of the Scandinavian Alps, and the
aerial cities so often seen by explorers and travelers? Do not they defy the
law of optics? Must we understand the intricacies of articulation and the

forces back of it before we can appropriate speech? Must we discard all
belief in an infinite mind because we cannot understand it, and therefore say
we are not a part of it because there is no Infinite? Should we discard the
belief in the infinitude of number, because we cannot understand it, and
therefore say that finite number is not a part of the infinite?

No scientist or naturalist is so grossly stupid as to deny the infinite
expansion of numbers? If this be so, it establishes the infinite of number, of
which every finite number is a part, and thus we have a parallel in
mathematics, the very cornerstone of the exact sciences, for a finite and an
infinite mind. It is from the prototype of this infinite of number, namely, the
infinite of intelligence, that spiritual dreams proceed. They are, therefore,
the reflection of truth upon the dream mind and occur with less frequency
than do dreams of the other two classes.

There are also mixed dreams, due to a multitude of incidents arising from
one or more sources, which being reflected upon the mind at the same
instant, produce an incoherent effect similar to that which might be
produced by running the same newspaper through two or more presses all
of different size type.

Again, if you sit before a mirror where flashlights of faces and other
things are reflected simultaneously and instantly removed, you will fail to
obtain a well-defined impression of what passed before your mind.

If you should pass on a train, at the speed of two miles a minute, through
a forest of flowers and trees, your mind would be unable to distinguish one
flower or tree from another.

It is in a similar way dream life and incidents may fall upon the mind.

A woman may dream of receiving a letter, and in the same connection see
muddy water, or an arid landscape. Closely following, in waking life, she is
astonished to receive a letter in about the same manner of her dream, but the
muddy water and the arid landscape are missing.

This is a mixed dream and is due to more than one cause. The first part is
literal in its fulfilment, and belongs to the spiritual class; the other part of
the dream is subjective, and therefore allegorical in meaning. Together with
the letter, it was a forewarning of misfortune.

These dreams are more difficult of interpretation than those belonging to
the spiritual type. In such dreams you may see water, letters, houses, money,
people, and countless other things. The next day you may cross water or
receive a letter; the other things you may not see, but annoyance or pleasure
will follow.

Again, you may have a similar dream and not receive a letter or cross
water, but the waking life will be filled with the other dream pictures and
you will experience disappointing or pleasant surprises as are indicated by
the letter or water sign.

I have selected the allegorical type of dreams for the subject of this work.
Dreams that are common occurrences and are thought by the world to be
meaningless.

I have endeavored, through the occult forces in and about me to find their
esoteric or hidden import.

Dreams transpire on the subjective plane. They should therefore be
interpreted by subjective intelligence. This, though burdened with many
business cares, I have honestly endeavored to do. Through the long hours of
many nights I have waited patiently and passively the automatic movement

of my hand to write the subjective definitions without receiving a word or a
single manifestation of intelligence, and again the mysterious forces would
write as fast as my hand could move over the paper.

I will leave it for my readers to draw their own conclusions as to whether
automatic writing is the work of extraneous spirits, through the brain and
intelligence of the medium, or the result of auto-suggestive influence upon
the subjective personality.

It is argued by the Materialist, with some degree of strength, that the
healthy man does not dream, This is, perhaps, true, in a way, but the whole
man comprises the past, present, and future. The past and future always
embrace more of the conditions that surround him than the present. The
present is only the acute stage, while the chronic stage, considered from a
personal view, is the past and future combined. Man cannot eliminate
entirely these states from himself, for, while they are past and future to the
personal mind, they are ever present to the higher subjective senses; he is,
therefore, never in perfect health unless these states are in harmony with the
present. The personal self, in a normal state, cannot free itself from the past
or from the anxieties of the future.

The reader should ever keep before his mind the fact that no man ever
had the same dream twice. He may have had very similar dreams, but some
detail will be missing. Nature seems to abhor duplicates. You could no more
find two dreams alike than you could find facsimiles in two blades of grass.
A man cannot live two days exactly alike. Different influences and passions
will possess him. Consequently, no two dreams can be had under exactly
the same influences. Stereotypes are peculiarly the invention of man and
not of God or nature.

Since it is impossible to find a man twice in exactly the same mental
state, it is equally impossible for him to dream the same dream twice;

therefore, it is only possible to approximate dream interpretation by classing
them into families. This I have attempted to do in a more comprehensive
way than other writers who have preceded me.

All men are acquainted with health and sickness, love and hate, success
and failure. Sickness, hate and failure belong to kindred families, and often
ally their forces in such a way that it is hard to say whether the dreamer will
fail in love, health or some business undertaking. But at all times a bad
symbol is a warning of evil, though that evil may be minimized or
exaggerated, or vice versa, according as signs are good.

Thus, if the dream symbol indicates wealth or fortune to the peasant, his
waking life may be gladdened by receiving or seeing a fifty-cent piece, or
finding assuring work, while the same symbol to a wealthy man would
mean many dollars, or a favorable turn in affairs.

It is the same in physical life. A man may hear the sound of a wagon. He
cannot determine by the rattle of the wheels whether it is laden with
laundry, groceries or dry goods. He may judge as to its size and whether it
is bearing a heavy or a light burden. When it objectifies he will be able to
know its full import and not before. So with dream symbols. We may know
they are fraught with evil or good, as in the case of Pilate's wife, but we
cannot tell their full meaning until their reflections materialize before the
objective sense.

Death is more frequently foretold by dream messages or visions, as
explained in another part of this chapter.

During sleep the will is suspended, leaving the mind often a prey to its
own fancy. The slightest attack of an enemy may be foretold by the
unbridled imagination exaggerating the mental picture into a monstrous

shark or snake, when, indeed, a much less portentous sign was cast from the
dream mold.

A woman may see a serpent in waking life and through fright lose reason
or self-control. She imagines it pursues her when in reality it is going an
opposite direction; in a like way dreams may be many times unreal.

The mind loses its reason or will in sleep, but a supersensitive perception
is awakened, and, as it regains consciousness from sleep, the sound of a
knock on the wall may be magnified into a pistol shot.

The sleeping mind is not only supersensitive as to existing external
sounds and light, but it frequently sees hours and days ahead of the waking
mind.

Nor is this contradictory to the laws of nature. The ant housed in the
depth of the earth, away from atmospheric changes, knows of the approach
of the harvest, and comes forth to lay by his store.

In a like manner, the pet squirrel is a better barometer of the local
weather than the Weather Bureau. With unerring foresight, when a wintry
frown nowhere mars the horizon, he is able to apprehend a cold wave
twenty-four hours ahead, and build his house accordingly.

So in sleep, man dreams the future by intuitive perception of invisible
signs or influences, while awake he reasons it out by cause and effect. The
former seems to be the law of the spiritual world, while the latter would
appear to be the law of the material world. Man should not depend alone
upon either. Together they proclaim the male and female principle of
existence and should find harmonious consummation.

In this manner only can man hope to achieve that perfect normal state to
which the best thought of the human race is aspiring, where he can create
and control influences instead of being created and controlled by them, as
the majority of us are at the present day.

God, the highest subjective source of intelligence, may in a dream leave
impressions or presentiments on the mind of man, the highest objective
source of intelligence.

The physical sun sends its light into the dark corners of the earth, and
God, the Spiritual Sun, imparts spiritual light into the passive and receptive
soul.

Man, by hiding in a cave, or closing the windows and doors of his house,
may shut out all physical light; so he may steep his soul in sensual
debauchery until all spiritual light is shut out.

Just as the vital essence of the soil, the mother of nature, may be
extracted by abuse, either from omission or commission, until neither the
light of the sun, nor the moisture of the heavens will wake the flush of life,
so may the spiritual essence be deadened when the soil of the soul is filled
with the aged and multiplying weeds of ravishing materiality.

The dream mind is often influenced by the waking mind. When the
waking mind dwells upon any subject, the dream mind is more or less
influenced by it, and it often assists the waking mind in solving difficult
problems. The personal future, embodied in the active states of the
universal mind, may affect the dream mind, producing premonitions of
death, accidents and misfortune.

The objective mind rejoices or laments over the aspects of the past and
present, while the spiritual mind, striving with the personal future, either

laments or rejoices over the prospective conditions.

One is the barometer of the past, while the other is the barometer of the
future.

If we study carefully the spiritual impressions left upon the dream mind,
through the interpretations of this book, we will be able to shape our future
in accordance with spiritual law.

Thus our temporal events will contribute to our spiritual development,
and in turn our spiritual knowledge will contribute to our temporal welfare.
Without this harmonious interaction of the two great forces in man, the
Divine plan of destiny cannot be reached.

This can only be accomplished through the material mind or reason
dominating the animal emotions of the heart. In this way we would not
covet our neighbor's goods, or grow angry with our brother over trifles.

The house vacated by the sefish{sic} appetites of the world would be
filled with the whispers of spiritual love and wisdom necessary to the
mutual welfare and development of body and soul.

The theory used in this book to interpret dreams is both simple and
rational. By the using of it you will be surprised to find so many of the
predictions fulfilled in your waking life. We deal with both the thought and
the dream. The thought or sign implied in the object dreamed of and the
influence surrounding it are always considered in the interpretation.

Thoughts proceed from the visible mind and dreams from the invisible
mind. The average waking mind receives and retains only a few of the
lessons of life. It is largely filled with idle and incoherent thoughts that are
soon forgotten. The same may be truly said of the dream mind. Many of our

day thoughts are day dreams, just as many of our night dreams are night
thoughts. Our day deeds of evil or good pierce or soothe the conscience,
just as our night symbols of sorrow and joy sadden or please the objective
senses. Our day's thoughts are filled with the warnings and presence of the
inner mind and our night's thoughts are tinctured and often controlled by
our external mind.

Some writer has said: ``Everything that exists upon earth has its ethereal
counterpart.'' Christ said: ``As a man thinketh so is he.'' A Hindu proverb
says: ``Man is a creature of reflection; he becomes that upon which he
reflects.'' A modern metaphysicist says: ``Our thoughts are real substance
and leave their images upon our personality, they fill our aura with beauty
or ugliness according to our intents and purposes in life.'' Each evil thought
or action has its pursuing phantom, each smile or kindly deed its guiding
angel, we leave wherever we ignobly stand, a tomb and an epitaph to haunt
us through the furnace of conscience and memory.

Closely following in the wake of our multiplying evil thoughts are armies
of these ghastly spectres pursuing each other with the exact intents and
purposes of the mind that gave them being. If we consider well these facts
we will be forced into thinking our best thoughts at all times. Thoughts are
the subjective and creative force that produces action. Action is the
objective effect of thought; hence the character of our daily thoughts is
making our failure or success of to-morrow.

The impersonal mind deals with all time and things as ever present. The
objective mind is constantly striving to penetrate the spiritual realm, while
the spiritual mind is striving to enter matter, hence our actions have their
subjective counterparts and their subethereal counterparts. The universal
mind, in harmony with the evolutionary plans and laws of the macrocosms,
materializes through functions of the microcosm, imparting to each, with its

routine of failure and success, its daily objectivity. The inner or passive
dream mind may perceive the subjective types or antitypes many days
before they objectify through the microcosm. Their meaning is often wrapt
in symbols, but sometimes the actual as it occurs in objective life is
conveyed. Our own thought images which have passed before the objective
mind may be perceived by the clever mind reader, but those antitypes which
are affecting our future, but which have none other but subjective existence,
are rarely ever perceived by any one except by the power of the higher self
or the spirit within. For this reason we are enjoined by the sages to study
self. With the physical mind we only see physical objects, with the
subjective mind we see only subjective objects. This was Paul's doctrine
and it is the belief of the best psychic thought of this century. By means of
our reason— an objective process for divining the future—aided by
mathematical and geographical data, we may outline the storm centers and
the path of the rain days before they appear in certain localities. After
eliminating all contingencies arising from clerical error and counteracting
influence, the prognostication is sure of fulfilment. For centuries ahead the
astronomer foretells the eclipse of the moon and the sun and the arrival of
comets. He does not do this by crossing the borderland dividing the spiritual
from the physical world. In a like manner the subjective forces operate upon
their own planes and know very little even of their own corporal realm, just
as our physical senses know little, if anything, of the soul or spiritual
habitation. They know that by gross living the sense of conscience may be
dulled, or that by right living it may be strengthened. In like manner the
subjective mind perceives by its own senses certain invisible types of evil
seeking external manifestations in the microcosm. It knows that these forms
of error will work harm to the objective mind, and that if persisted in they
will pervert all intercourse or interchange of counsel between the two
factions of the man. In this there is no spiritual perception of physical
objects, any more than there is in mundane life a sense perception of

spiritual images and antitypes. The former only sees the forms that manifest
on its plane, while the latter can note only those common to its sphere. Each
may recognize and feel the violence or good that these manifestations will
do to their respective counterparts, but we have no reason to believe that
normal objective or subjective states have visional powers beyond their
own plane. The mind of man acting upon the mind of the macrocosm will
produce, according as he thinks or acts, antitypes of good or evil in the
imagination of the world which is reflected upon the spiritual aura of the
microcosm previous to taking on corporal form. While in this state they
may be perceived by subjectivity, and thus the images seen are impressed
on the dream mind during sleep, or on the passivity of the objective sense.

Evil or righteous acts recently committed will more acutely affect the
present waking mind than those enacted at a more remote period. In a
similar way future disaster or success which is soon to occur will impress
the dream mind more vividly than those which are to transpire at a later
date. But in the lives of all men there are past incidents which they will
never forget, and which will never cease to fill their hearts with pride or
remorse. So, too, in their distant future there are important events to
transpire which are struggling through tumultuous infinitude to leave their
ghastly or smiling impress upon the dream mind. If your mental states are
passive you will receive the warnings. There are cases on record which
show events have been forecast years ahead of their occurrence.

We do not claim that this book will prove an interpreter of all dreams, or
that the keys disclosed will open to you all the mysteries of the future, or
even all those surrounding your own personality, but by studying the
definitions and the plane upon which they were written, you will be able,
through the power of your own spirit, to interpret your own dreams. The
combination of dream and dream influences are as infinite as the stars, or
the combination of thought and number. They can only be classed and

considered as such. They cannot be analyzed in detail or as a whole. In
mathematics we have nine digits from which an infinite variety of
combinations may be formed and solved by the deduction of the mind.
Through them we may measure time, space, quality and quantity.

The symbol o and I exist by reason of no thing and some thing or death
and life. The figure one is subject to illimitable expansion. It is without
beginning in the infinite of number, as God is without beginning in the
infinite of being. As with the vegetable kingdom, the tiny seed or acorn
silently working its magical transformation into a plant or tree, and
directing its destiny with marvelous intelligence through the torrid and
frigid vicissitudes of the seasons; so is man without beginning in the
infinitude of his own being or microcosm. Man is both a type and antitype.
A type of what pre-existed in the imagination of the world, and an antitype
of a future life yet to manifest itself on another plane where the incidents of
the one will be subjective, as the events occurring in infancy or in other
planes are now subjective. His dreams, thoughts and actions, and the
influences that produce them and their multiplying combination, cannot be
numbered or reproduced any more than you can number the leaves of the
forest, or find two exactly similar units among them. Thus the full meaning
or interpretation of dreams cannot be fully demonstrated through mental or
even spiritual stereotypes. But by the intelligent use of this book you will be
able to trace out almost any dream combination and arrive at the true nature
of its portent.

A wise doctor, in preparing medicine for a patient, considers well his age,
temperament and his present condition. So should the interpreter of dreams
ponder well the mental state, the health, habits and temperament of the
dreamer. These things no one can know so well as the dreamer himself. He,
therefore, with the aid of this book, will be able to interpret his dreams by
the light that is in him.

Man is the microcosm or a miniature world. He has a soul and mental
firmament, bounded by the stellar dust and the milky way, and filled with
the mystery of suns, satellites and stars. These he can study best by the
astronomy of induction and introspection. He has also a physical plane,
diversified by oceans, lakes, rivers, fertile valleys, waste places and
mountains. All are in cosmic interdependency as they are in the macrocosm.
Here rests the mystery of being—the grandest of subjects! The student is no
less bewildered and awed than the geologist who gropes blindly through the
seams of the earth searching for links in the infinite chain of knowledge, or
the astronomer sweeping the heavens of the macrocosm in quest of new
phenomena. The two planes are dependent upon each other. It is the smile
or disease of the firmament that blesses or diseases the earth. It is likewise
the impure firmament of the microcosm that diseases the body and soul. If
it reflects the drought of thought or the various states of evil, deserts will
enlarge, forest of infectious, venomous growth will form the habitation of
lust and murder. Before great moral or physical revolutions or catastrophes
occur, clouds will darken the horizon of the dream mind; storms will gather,
lurid flames of lightning will flash their volatile anger; the explosive
thunder will recklessly carry on its bombardment; bells will ring, strange
knocking will be heard—symbols of a message— phantom forms will be
seen, familiar voices will call and plead with you, unknown visitors will
threaten you, unearthly struggles with hideous giants and agonies of mind
and body will possess you; malformations of the most hideous type will
seize your vision; shrouded in sheets of a whitish vapor, evanescent
specters, with pallid face and of warning countenance, will cling around
you, and contagion and famine will leave their desolate impress upon the
flower of health and in the field of plenty. Thus all of us would be nightly
warned in our circle or miniature world if we would develop subjective
strength to retain the impressions left upon our dream mind. But in spite of
all reason and conscience— in spite of the inductive knowledge received

through our senses— we go on from day to day, and step by step, feeding
our soul on the luscious fruit of the outward senses, until the rank weeds of
sefishness{sic} have choked out all other forces. Thus the soul is filled with
thought images that assume the form of vicious animals, homely visaged
fowls, rabid and snarling cats and dogs, leprous and virile serpents,
cankerous lizards, slimy intestine worms, hairy and malicious insects. They
are generated by greed, envy, jealousy, covetousness, backbiting, amorous
longings and other impure thoughts. With the soul filled with this
conglomeration of virus and filth, why doubt a hell and its counterpart
condition, or expect the day or night to bring happiness? If evil thoughts
will infest the soul with ravenous microbes, good thoughts and deeds will
starve and suppress their activity, and create a heaven to supplant them.
With this grand and eternal truth in view, man should ever think kindly of
those about him, control his temper in word and action, seek his own, think
the best of thoughts, study to relieve the worthy poor, seek solace in the
depth of being, and let gentleness and meekness characterize his life. Then
will he sow the seeds of a present and future heaven. His day thoughts and
his night thoughts in harmony will point with unerring forecast to a
peaceful end. Spiritual and helpful warnings will fall upon the dream mind,
as gently as dew upon the flowers and as softly as a mother's kiss upon the
lips of love. When our external lives are guided by the forces within, sweet
are the words and messages from our own spirit; for those who are truly
blessed are those who seek divine love through the channels of their inner
world of consciousness.

{illust. caption = A DIAGRAM GIVING THE THEORY OF THIS
BOOK, AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MICROCOSM
AND THE MACROCOSM.

FRAGMENTARY THOUGHTS FROM DREAM REALMS:}

Man is a little circle or world composed of the infinitesimal atoms
thrown off from the great circle or parent world, and fitting into his place in
the zone of life. If in the revolutions of the great circle he catches more
material he increases his circle to objective or subjective growth: if he
absorbs spiritual or mind atoms as they fall from the great body of creative
source, he enlarges or contracts his own circle according to the assimilation
of the food he receives from the parent.

It is optional with man to obtain spiritual or material manna as it is
disseminated throughout existence. To feed on material diet alone, contracts
and distorts the circle of the man; but a full comprehension of the needs of
the circle, a proper denial of supply to some of the compounds, together
with a tender care of other parts, will round out the whole into a perfect
physical and mental circle of life.

Dissentious and conflicting results should be avoided in computing the
length and breadth of the compounded circle of man's individual world.
Objective life is one of the smallest compounds in real life.

Dream life is fuller of meaning and teaching of the inner, or God life,
than is the exterior life of man. The mind receives education from
communing with the dream composition in the great circle. Consult with
your whole nature or circle before beginning a serious work; partial
consultations, or material advice only, often brings defeat of objects sought,
when a true home counsel would have brought success and consequent
happiness.

Man should live in his subjective realms and study more his relation to
other compositions or circles; thus fructifying and making beautiful his own
world through intercourse with others who have worked in the great
storehouse of subjectivity, and who have climbed already from the
basement into the light of spiritual sunshine.

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A FEW QUESTIONS AND SUBJECTIVE ANSWERS REGARDING DREAMS.

QUESTION.—What is a dream?

ANSWER—A dream is an event transpiring in that world belonging to
the mind when the objective senses have withdrawn into rest or oblivion.

Then the spiritual man is living alone in the future or ahead of objective
life and consequently lives man's future first, developing conditions in a
way that enables waking man to shape his actions by warnings, so as to
make life a perfect existence.

Q.—What relationship is sustained between the average man and his
dreams?

A.—A dream to the average or sensual person, bears the same relation to
his objective life that it maintained in the case of the ideal dreamer, but it
means pleasures, sufferings and advancements on a lower or material plane.

Q.—Then why is man not always able to correctly interpret his dreams?

A.—Just as words fail sometimes to express ideas, so dreams fail
sometimes in their mind pictures to portray coming events.

Q.—If they relate to the future, why is it we so often dream of the past?

A.—When a person dreams of past events, those events are warnings of
evil or good; sometimes they are stamped so indelibly upon the subjective
mind that the least tendency of the waking mind to the past throws these
pictures in relief on the dream consciousness.

Q.—Why is it that present environments often influence our dreams?

A.—Because the future of man is usually affected by the present, so if he
mars the present by wilful wrongs, or makes it bright by right living it will
necessarily have influence on his dreams, as they are forecastings of the
future.

Q.—What is an apparition?

A.—It is the subjective mind stored with the wisdom gained from
futurity, and in its strenuous efforts to warn its present habitation— the
corporal body—of dangers just ahead, takes on the shape of a dear one as
the most effective method of imparting this knowledge.

Q.—How does subjectivity deal with time?

A.—There is no past and future to subjectivity.
It is all one living present.

Q.—If that is so, why can't you tell us accurately of our future as you do
of our past?

A.—Because events are like a procession; they pass a few at a time and
cast a shadow on subjective minds, and those which have passed before the
waking mind are felt by other minds also and necessarily make a more
lasting impression on the subjective mind.

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Q.—To illustrate: A person on retiring or closing his eyes had a face
appear to him, the forehead well formed but the lower parts distorted.
Explain this phenomenon?

A.—A changed state from perfect sleep or waking possessed him.

Now, the man's face was only the expression of his real thoughts and the
state of his business combined. His thoughts were strong and healthy, but
his business fagging, hence his own spirit is not a perfect likeness of his
own soul, as it takes every atom of earthly composition perfectly normal to
reproduce a perfect spirit picture of the soul or mortal man. He would have
seen a true likeness of himself had conditions been favorable; thus a man
knows when a complete whole is his portion. Study to make surroundings
always harmonious. Life is only being perfectly carried on when these
conditions are in unison.

HOW TO DEVELOP THE POWER TO DREAM.

Keep the mind clear and as free from material rubbish as is possible and go
to sleep in a negative condition (this will, of course, have to be cultivated
by the subject). A person can, if he will, completely relax his mind and body
to the receptive mood required for dreams to appear as realities, or true
explanations of future events.

****

To dream you are conversing with a dead relative, and that relative
endeavors to extract a promise from you, warns you of coming distress
unless you follow the advice given. Disastrous consequences could be
averted if minds could grasp the inner workings and sight of the higher or
spiritual self. The voice of relatives is only that higher self taking form to
approach more distinctly the mind that lives near the material plane. There
is so little congeniality between common or material natures that persons

should depend more largely upon their own subjectivity for true
contentment and pleasure.

****

DREAMS EXAGGERATED.

The will is suspended during sleep, so the dream mind is more a prey to
excitability than the waking mind.

Thus when images appear upon the dream vision they are frequently
distorted into hideous malformations that fill it with fear and excitement.

CONTRARY DREAMS.

The constant dwelling of the mind upon certain things distorts their shapes
upon subjectivity, thus throwing dreams in exactly opposite channels to the
waking reality. Yet the dreamer always feels a sense of being awake in
dreams like these, and on awakening experiences no recuperation of mind
or body after such contrary dreams, Sleep is not fully sustained while the
dreamer is held by material ideas in the subjective state.

****

WHEN DREAMS ARE LESS PRESCIENT.

The cessation of the organs to perform healthful functions converts a man
into a different person, and dreams while in this state would have no
prophetic meaning, unless to warn the dreamer of this disorganization of his
physical system.

Dreams are symbols used by subjectivity to impress the objective or
material mind with a sense of coming good or evil. Subjectivity is the
spiritual part of man. The soul is that circle of man lying just outside the
gross materiality and partaking largely of it. All thoughts and desires enter
first the soul or material mind and then cast themselves on the spirit.
Frequently the soul becomes so filled with material or present ideas, that the
spiritual symbols are crowded out, and then it is that dreams seen to be
contrary. Material subjectivity, that is, all thoughts and ideas emanating
from material sources, go to make up this circle; then the mind catches up
the better thoughts of this section and weaves them into a broader and more
comprehensive power, sustaining the owner in his own judgment.

And still another circle is formed of the finer compound of this, which is
spiritual subjectivity, or the highest element of intelligence reached by man.
[This circle is ``the spiritual man'' and relates in substance to the spiritual
soul of the macrocosm or universe. It becomes strong or weak as we
recognize or fail to recognize it as a factor of being. The process of spiritual
development is similar to that of the vegetable and animal kingdoms. The
trees on the outer rim of the forest are more capable of resisting the wind
than those more to the center, by reason of their exposure to storms; the
roots have penetrated with double strength far into the earth, and the
branches are braced with toughened bark and closely knitted ligaments.

The same may be said of the animal kingdom. The mind is developed by
vigorous exercise just as are likewise the muscles of the body. The more
these are cultivated by drawing from their parental affinities in the
macrocosm, the more knowledge or power they take on. Thus as a man
simulates in thought and action an ape, a tiger, a goat, a snake or a lamb he
takes on their characteristics and is swayed by like influences to enmity,
meekness, covetousness and avariciousness. To illustrate further. If he is
cunning he draws on the fox of the microcosm and becomes, in action and

thought, like that animal. If selfishness survives, the hog principle is
aroused from its latent cells in the microcosm and he is dominated by
material appetites. In a similar way he may perceive the spiritual in himself.
Nature's laws, with all their numberless and intricate ramifications are
simple in their harmony of process and uniformity of purpose when applied
to the physical and ethical developments of man.]

Possibilities for inner improvements or expansions rest with material
man. If he entertains gross desires to the exclusion of spiritual germs, he
will dwarf and degrade higher aspirations, and thus deprive subjective
spirituality of her rightful possessions.

****

Nature, in compounding the materials for the creation of the deaf man,
inadvertently dropped the ingredient sound, hence making an imperfect
being; and sound, being thus foreign to his nature, he can only be
approached by signs even in dreams. Subjectivity uses nature's forces, while
a normal person uses dreams to work on his waking consciousness. As it is
impossible to use with effect a factor which a man does not naturally
possess, a deaf man rarely ever dreams of sound, or a blind man of light.

****

TWO DREAMS ARE NEVER THE SAME, NOR ARE TWO FLOWERS EVER ALIKE.

Whatever symbol is used to impress the dreamer is the one which is
likely to warn him more definitely than any other. No two persons being
ever in the same state at the same time, the same symbols would hardly
convey identical impressions; neither will the same dream be as effective in
all cases of business or love with the same dreamer.

A person's dream perception wavers, much as it does in waking hours.
You fail to find the same fragrance in the rose at all times, though the same
influences seemingly surround you; and thus it is that different dreams must
be used for different persons to convey the same meaning.

Creation, confident of her power to perfect her designs, does not resort to
that monotony in her work, which might result were the perception of man,
or the petals and fragrance of flowers cast from one stereotyped mold of
intelligence, beauty or sweetness. This variety of scheme runs through all
creation. You think you have identical dreams, but there is always some
variation, even if it be something dreamed immediately over. Nature is no
sluggard and is forever changing her compounds, so that there is bound to
be change in the details even of dreams. This change would not materially
affect the approach of happiness or sorrow in different people, and hence
the same dreams are reliable for all.

Persons of the same or similar temperament will be more deeply
impressed by a certain dream than would people their opposite; and though
the dream cannot be the same in detail yet it is apparently the same, just as
two like flowers are called roses, though they are not identical.

If a young woman twenty-five and a girl of fifteen should each have a
dream of marriage, the same definition would apply to each, just the same
as if they would each approach a flower and smell of it differently. Different
influences will possess them unconsciously, though the outward appearance
be the same.

A young woman of a certain age is warned in a dream of trouble likely to
befall her, while another of similar age and threatened trouble is warned
also, but in different symbols, which she fails to grasp and bring back to
waking existence, and she thus believes she has had no warning dream.

There are those in the world who lack subjective strength, material or
spiritual, and hence they fail to receive dreams, however symbolic, because
there is no power within them to retain these impressions.

There are many reasons for this loss, utter material gross-ness, want of
memory, physical weakness uncoupled from extreme nervousness, and total
lack of faith in any warning or revelation purporting or coming from the
dream consciousness.

To dream at night and the following day have the thing dreamed of
actually take place, or come before your notice, is not allegorical. It is the
higher or spiritual sense living or grasping the immediate future ahead of
the physical mind. The spiritual body is always first to come into contact
with the approaching future; it is present with it, while still future to the
physical body. There is no reason why man should not grasp coming events
earlier, only he does not cultivate inner sight as he does his outer senses.
The allegorical is used because man weakens his spiritual force by catering
to the material senses.

He clings to the pleasures and woes of the material world to the exclusion
of spirituality.

WHAT'S IN A DREAM.

A.

``When he was set down on the Judgment seat, his wife sent unto him,
saying, `Have thou nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered
many things this day in a dream, because of him.' ''—Matthew xxvii, 19.

Abandon.

To dream that you are abandoned, denotes that you will have difficulty in
framing your plans for future success.

To abandon others, you will see unhappy conditions piled thick around
you, leaving little hope of surmounting them.

If it is your house that you abandon, you will soon come to grief in
experimenting with fortune.

If you abandon your sweetheart, you will fail to recover lost valuables,
and friends will turn aside from your favors.

If you abandon a mistress, you will unexpectedly come into a goodly
inheritance.

If it is religion you abandon, you will come to grief by your attacks on
prominent people.

To abandon children, denotes that you will lose your fortune by lack of
calmness and judgment.

To abandon your business, indicates distressing circumstances in which
there will be quarrels and suspicion. (This dream may have a literal
fulfilment if it is impressed on your waking mind, whether you abandon a
person, or that person abandons you, or, as indicated, it denotes other
worries.)

To see yourself or friend abandon a ship, suggests your possible
entanglement in some business failure, but if you escape to shore your
interests will remain secure.

Abbey.[3]

To see an abbey in ruins, foretells that your hopes and schemes will fall
into ignoble incompletion.

To dream that a priest bars your entrance into an abbey, denotes that you
will be saved from a ruinous state by enemies mistaking your
embarrassment for progress.

For a young woman to get into an abbey, foretells her violent illness. If
she converses with a priest in an abbey, she will incur the censure of true
friends for indiscretion.

Abbess.

For a young woman to dream that she sees an abbess, denotes that she
will be compelled to perform distasteful tasks, and will submit to authority
only after unsuccessful rebellion.

To dream of an abbess smiling and benignant, denotes you will be
surrounded by true friends and pleasing prospects.

Abbot.[3]

To dream that you are an abbot, warns you that treacherous plots are
being laid for your downfall.

If you see this pious man in devotional exercises, it forewarns you of
smooth flattery and deceit pulling you a willing victim into the meshes of
artful bewilderment.

For a young woman to talk with an abbot, portends that she will yield to
insinuating flatteries, and in yielding she will besmirch her reputation. If

she marries one, she will uphold her name and honor despite poverty and
temptation.

[3] See similar words in connection with churches, priests, etc.

Abdomen.[4]

To see your abdomen in a dream, foretells that you will have great
expectations, but you must curb hardheadedness and redouble your energies
on your labor, as pleasure is approaching to your hurt.

To see your abdomen shriveled, foretells that you will be persecuted and
defied by false friends.

To see it swollen, you will have tribulations, but you will overcome them
and enjoy the fruits of your labor.

To see blood oozing from the abdomen, foretells an accident or tragedy
in your family.

The abdomen of children in an unhealthy state, portends that contagion
will pursue you.

[4] See Belly.

Abhor.

To dream that you abhor a person, denotes that you will entertain strange
dislike for some person, and your suspicion of his honesty will prove
correct.

To think yourself held in abhorrence by others, predicts that your good
intentions to others will subside into selfishness.

For a young woman to dream that her lover abhors her, foretells that she
will love a man who is in no sense congenial.

Abject.

To dream that you are abject, denotes that you will be the recipient of
gloomy tidings, which will cause a relaxation in your strenuous efforts to
climb the heights of prosperity.

To see others abject, is a sign of bickerings and false dealings among
your friends.

Abode.[5]

To dream that you can't find your abode, you will completely lose faith in
the integrity of others.

If you have no abode in your dreams, you will be unfortunate in your
affairs, and lose by speculation.

To change your abode, signifies hurried tidings and that hasty journeys
will be made by you.

For a young woman to dream that she has left her abode, is significant of
slander and falsehoods being perpetrated against her.

[5] See Home.

Abortion.

For a woman to dream that she assents to abortion being committed on
her, is a warning that she is contemplating some enterprise which if carried
out will steep her in disgrace and unhappiness.

For a doctor to dream that he is a party to an abortion, foretells that his
practice will suffer from his inattention to duty, which will cause much
trouble.

Above.

To see anything hanging above you, and about to fall, implies danger; if
it falls upon you it may be ruin or sudden disappointment. If it falls near,
but misses you, it is a sign that you will have a narrow escape from loss of
money, or other misfortunes may follow.

Should it be securely fixed above you, so as not to imply danger, your
condition will improve after threatened loss.

Abroad.

To dream that you are abroad, or going abroad, foretells that you will
soon, in company with a party, make a pleasant trip, and you will find it
necessary to absent yourself from your native country for a sojourn in a
different climate.

Absalom.

To dream of Absalom, is significant of distressing incidents. You may
unconsciously fall a victim to error, and penetrate some well beloved heart
with keen anguish and pain over the committal of immoral actions and the
outraging of innocence. No flower of purity will ever be too sacred for you
to breathe a passionate breath upon. To dream of this, or any other
disobedient character, is a warning against immoral tendencies. A father is
warned by this dream to be careful of his children.

Absence.

To grieve over the absence of any one in your dreams, denotes that
repentance for some hasty action will be the means of securing you life-
long friendships.

If you rejoice over the absence of friends, it denotes that you will soon be
well rid of an enemy.

Abscess.

To dream that you have an abscess which seems to have reached a
chronic stage, you will be overwhelmed with misfortune of your own; at the
same time your deepest sympathies will be enlisted for the sorrows of
others.

Absinthe.

To come under the influence of absinthe in dreams, denotes that you will
lead a merry and foolish pace with innocent companions, and waste your
inheritance in prodigal lavishness on the siren, selfish fancy.

For a young woman to dream that she drinks absinthe with her lover
warns her to resist his persuasions to illicit consummation of their love. If
she dreams she is drunk, she will yield up her favors without strong
persuasion. (This dream typifies that you are likely to waste your energies
in pleasure.)

Abundance.

To dream that you are possessed with an abundance; foretells that you
will have no occasion to reproach Fortune, and that you will be independent
of her future favors; but your domestic happiness may suffer a collapse
under the strain you are likely to put upon it by your infidelity.

Abuse.

To dream of abusing a person, means that you will be unfortunate in your
affairs, losing good money through over-bearing persistency in business
relations with others.

To feel yourself abused, you will be molested in your daily pursuits by
the enmity of others.

For a young woman to dream that she hears abusive language, foretells
that she will fall under the ban of some person's jealousy and envy. If she
uses the language herself, she will meet with unexpected rebuffs, that may
fill her with mortification and remorse for her past unworthy conduct
toward friends.

Abyss.

To dream of looking into an abyss, means that you will be confronted by
threats of seizure of property, and that there will be quarrels and reproaches
of a personal nature which will unfit you to meet the problems of life.

For a woman to be looking into an abyss, foretells that she will burden
herself with unwelcome cares. If she falls into the abyss her disappointment
will be complete; but if she succeeds in crossing, or avoiding it, she will
reinstate herself.

Academy.

To visit an academy in your dreams, denotes that you will regret
opportunities that you have let pass through sheer idleness and indifference.

To think you own, or are an inmate of one, you will find that you are to
meet easy defeat of aspirations. You will take on knowledge, but be unable

to rightly assimilate and apply it.

For a young woman or any person to return to an academy after having
finished there, signifies that demands will be made which the dreamer may
find himself or her self unable to meet.

Accepted.[6]

For a business man to dream that his proposition has been accepted,
foretells that he will succeed in making a trade, which heretofore looked as
if it would prove a failure.

For a lover to dream that he has been accepted by his sweetheart, denotes
that he will happily wed the object of his own and others' admiration.

[6] If this dream has been occasioned by overanxiety and weakness, the
contrary may be expected. The elementary influences often play pranks
upon weak and credulous minds by lying, and deceptive utterances.
Therefore the dreamer should live a pure life, fortified by a strong will, thus
controlling his destiny by expelling from it involuntary intrusions.

Accident.

To dream of an accident is a warning to avoid any mode of travel for a
short period, as you are threatened with loss of life.

For an accident to befall stock, denotes that you will struggle with all
your might to gain some object and then see some friend lose property of
the same value in aiding your cause.

Accordion.

To dream of hearing the music of an accordion, denotes that you will
engage in amusement which will win you from sadness and retrospection.
You will by this means be enabled to take up your burden more cheerfully.

For a young woman to dream that she is playing an accordion, portends
that she will win her lover by some sad occurrence; but, notwithstanding
which, the same will confer lasting happiness upon her union. If the
accordion gets out of tune, she will be saddened by the illness or trouble of
her lover.

Accounts.

To dream of having accounts presented to you for payment, you will be
in a dangerous position. You may have recourse to law to disentangle
yourself. If you pay the accounts, you will soon effect a compromise in
some serious dispute.

To hold accounts against others, foretells that disagreeable contingencies
will arise in your business, marring the smoothness of its management.

For a young woman book-keeper to dream of footing up accounts,
denotes that she will have trouble in business, and in her love affairs; but
some worthy person will persuade her to account for his happiness. She will
be much respected by her present employers.

Accuse.[7]

To dream that you accuse any one of a mean action, denotes that you will
have quarrels with those under you, and your dignity will be thrown from a
high pedestal.

If you are accused, you are in danger of being guilty of distributing
scandal in a sly and malicious way.

[7] See similar words in following chapters.

Aches.[8]

To dream that you have aches, denotes that you are halting too much in
your business, and that some other person is profiting by your ideas.

For a young woman to dream that she has the heartache, foretells that she
will be in sore distress over the laggardly way her lover prosecutes his suit.
If it is the backache, she will encounter illness through careless exposure. If
she has the headache, there will be much disquietude of mind for the risk
she has taken to rid herself of rivalry.

[8] This dream is usually due to physical causes and is of little
significance.

Acid.

To drink any acid is an adverse dream, bringing you much anxiety.

For a woman to drink aciduous liquors, denotes that she may ensnare
herself with compromising situations; even health may be involved.

To see poisonous acids, some treachery against you may be discovered.

Acorn.

Seeing acorns in dreams, is portent of pleasant things ahead, and much
gain is to be expected.

To pick them from the ground, foretells success after weary labors.

For a woman to eat them, denotes that she will rise from a station of
labor to a position of ease and pleasure.

To shake them from the trees, denotes that you will rapidly attain your
wishes in business or love.

To see green-growing acorns, or to see them scattered over the ground,
affairs will change for the better. Decayed or blasted acorns have import of
disappointments and reverses.

To pull them green from the trees, you will injure your interests by haste
and indiscretion.

Acquaintance.[9]

To meet an acquaintance, and converse pleasantly with him, foretells that
your business will run smoothly, and there will be but little discord in your
domestic affairs.

If you seem to be disputing, or engaged in loud talk, humiliations and
embarrassments will whirl seethingly around you.

If you feel ashamed of meeting an acquaintance, or meet him at an
inopportune time, it denotes that you will be guilty of illicitly conducting
yourself, and other parties will let the secret out.

For a young woman to think that she has an extensive acquaintance,
signifies that she will be the possessor of vast interests, and her love will be
worthy the winning. If her circle of acquaintances is small, she will be
unlucky in gaining social favors.

[9] After dreaming of acquaintances, you may see or hear from them.

Acquit.

To dream that you are acquitted of a crime, denotes that you are about to
come into possession of valuable property, but there is danger of a law suit
before obtaining possession.

To see others acquitted, foretells that your friends will add pleasure to
your labors.

Acrobat.

To dream of seeing acrobats, denotes that you will be prevented from
carrying out hazardous schemes by the foolish fears of others.

To see yourself acrobating, you will have a sensation to answer for, and
your existence will be made almost unendurable by the guying of your
enemies.

To see women acrobating, denotes that your name will be maliciously
and slanderously handled. Also your business interests will be hindered.

For a young woman to dream that she sees acrobats in tights, signifies
that she will court favor of men.

Actor and Actress.

To see in your dreams an actress, denotes that your present state will be
one of unbroken pleasure and favor.

To see one in distress, you will gladly contribute your means and
influence to raise a friend from misfortune and indebtedness.

If you think yourself one, you will have to work for subsistence, but your
labors will be pleasantly attended.

If you dream of being in love with one, your inclination and talent will be
allied with pleasure and opposed to downright toil.

To see a dead actor, or actress, your good luck will be overwhelmed in
violent and insubordinate misery.

To see them wandering and penniless, foretells that your affairs will
undergo a change from promise to threatenings of failure. To those enjoying
domestic comforts, it is a warning of revolution and faithless vows.

For a young woman to dream that she is engaged to an actor, or about to
marry one, foretells that her fancy will bring remorse after the glamor of
pleasure has vanished.

If a man dreams that he is sporting with an actress, it foretells that private
broils with his wife, or sweetheart, will make him more misery than
enjoyment.

Adam and Eve.

To dream of Adam and Eve, foretells that some eventful occasion will
rob you of the hope of success in your affairs.

To see them in the garden, Adam dressed in his fig leaf, but Eve perfectly
nude save for an Oriental colored serpent ornamenting her waist and
abdomen, signifies that treachery and ill faith will combine to overthrow
your fortune.

To see or hear Eve conversing with the serpent, foretells that artful
women will reduce you to the loss of fortune and reputation.

Adamant.

To dream of adamant, denotes that you will be troubled and defeated in
some desire that you held as your life.

Adder.

To dream of seeing an adder strike, and a friend, who is dead but seems
to be lying down and breathing, rises partly to a sitting position when the
adder strikes at him, and then both disappearing into some bushes nearby,
denotes that you will be greatly distressed over the ill luck of friends, and a
loss threatened to yourself.

For a young woman to see an adder, foretells a deceitful person is going
to cause her trouble. If it runs from her, she will be able to defend her
character in attacks made on her.

Addition.

To dream of pondering over addition, denotes that you will have a
struggle to overcome difficult situations, which will soon prominently
assume formidable shapes in your business transactions.

To find some error in addition, shows that you will be able to overcome
enemies by fortunately discerning their intention before they have executed
their design.

To add figures with a machine, foretells that you will have a powerful
ally who will save you from much oppression.

If you fail to read the figures, you will lose fortune by blind speculation.

Adieu.

To dream of bidding cheerful adieus to people, denotes that you will
make pleasant visits and enjoy much social festivity; but if they are made in
a sad or doleful strain, you will endure loss and bereaving sorrow.

If you bid adieu to home and country, you will travel in the nature of an
exile from fortune and love.

To throw kisses of adieu to loved ones, or children, foretells that you will
soon have a journey to make, but there will be no unpleasant accidents or
happenings attending your trip.

Admire.

To dream that you are an object of admiration, denotes that you will
retain the love of former associates, though your position will take you
above their circle.

Admonish.

To admonish your child, or son, or some young person, denotes that your
generous principles will keep you in favor, and fortune will be added to
your gifts.

Adopted.

To see your adopted child, or parent, in your dreams, indicates that you
will amass fortune through the schemes and speculations of strangers.

To dream that you or others are adopting a child, you will make an
unfortunate change in your abode.

Adultery.[10]

To dream that you commit adultery, foretells that you will be
arrainged{sic} for some illegal action. If a woman has this dream, she will
fail to hold her husband's affections, letting her temper and spite overwhelm
her at the least provocation. If it is with her husband's friend, she will be
unjustly ignored by her husband. Her rights will be cruelly trampled upon
by him. If she thinks she is enticing a youth into this act, she will be in
danger of desertion and divorced for her open intriguing.

For a young woman this implies abasement and low desires, in which she
will find strange adventures afford her pleasure.

[10] It is always good to dream that you have successfully resisted any
temptation. To yield, is bad. If a man chooses low ideals, vampirish
influences will swarm around him ready to help him in his nefarious
designs. Such dreams may only be the result of depraved elementary
influences. If a man chooses high ideals, he will be illuminated by the deific
principle within him, and will be exempt from lascivious dreams. The man
who denies the existence and power of evil spirits has no arcana or occult
knowledge. Did not the black magicians of Pharaoh's time, and Simon
Magnus, the Sorcerer, rival the men of God? The dreamer of amorous
sweets is warned to beware of scandal.

Adulation.

To dream that you seek adulation, foretells that you will pompously fill
unmerited positions of honor.

If you offer adulation, you will expressly part with some dear belonging
in the hope of furthering material interests.

Advancement.

To dream of advancing in any engagement, denotes your rapid
ascendency to preferment and to the consummation of affairs of the heart.

To see others advancing, foretells that friends will hold positions of favor
near you.

Adversary.[11]

To dream that you meet or engage with an adversary, denotes that you
will promptly defend any attacks on your interest. Sickness may also
threaten you after this dream.

If you overcome an adversary, you will escape the effect of some serious
disaster.

[11] See Enemies.

Adventurer.

To dream that you are victimized by an adventurer, proves that you will
be an easy prey for flatterers and designing villains. You will be unfortunate
in manipulating your affairs to a smooth consistency.

For a young woman to think she is an adventuress, portends that she will
be too wrapped up in her own conduct to see that she is being flattered into
exchanging her favors for disgrace.

Adversity.

To dream that you are in the clutches of adversity, denotes that you will
have failures and continued bad prospects.

To see others in adversity, portends gloomy surroundings, and the illness
of some one will produce grave fears of the successful working of plans.

[12]

[12] The old dream books give this as a sign of coming prosperity. This
definition is untrue. There are two forces at work in man, one from within
and the other from without. They are from two distinct spheres; the animal
mind influenced by the personal world of carnal appetites, and the spiritual
mind from the realm of universal Brotherhood, present antagonistic motives
on the dream consciousness. If these two forces were in harmony, the spirit
or mental picture from the dream mind would find a literal fulfilment in the
life of the dreamer. The pleasurable sensations of the body cause the spirit
anguish. The selfish enrichment of the body impoverishes the spirit
influence upon the Soul. The trials of adversity often cause the spirit to
rejoice and the flesh to weep. If the cry of the grieved spirit is left on the
dream mind it may indicate to the dreamer worldly advancement, but it is
hardly the theory of the occult forces, which have contributed to the
contents of this book.

Advertisement.

To dream that you are getting out advertisements, denotes that you will
have to resort to physical labor to promote your interest, or establish your
fortune.

To read advertisements, denotes that enemies will overtake you, and
defeat you in rivalry.

Advice.

To dream that you receive advice, denotes that you will be enabled to
raise your standard of integrity, and strive by honest means to reach
independent competency and moral altitude.

To dream that you seek legal advice, foretells that there will be some
transactions in your affairs which will create doubt of their merits and
legality.

Advocate.

To dream that you advocate any cause, denotes that you will be faithful to
your interests, and endeavor to deal honestly with the public, as your
interests affect it, and be loyal to your promises to friends.

Afraid.

To feel that you are afraid to proceed with some affair, or continue a
journey, denotes that you will find trouble in your household, and
enterprises will be unsuccessful.

To see others afraid, denotes that some friend will be deterred from
performing some favor for you because of his own difficulties.

For a young woman to dream that she is afraid of a dog, there will be a
possibility of her doubting a true friend.

Africa.

To dream that you are in Africa surrounded by Cannibals, foretells that
you will be oppressed by enemies and quarrelsome persons.

For a woman to dream of African scenes, denotes she will make journeys
which will prove lonesome and devoid of pleasure or profit.

Afternoon.

For a woman to dream of an afternoon, denotes she will form friendships
which will be lasting and entertaining. A cloudy, rainy afternoon, implies

disappointment and displeasure.

Affliction.

To dream that affliction lays a heavy hand upon you and calls your
energy to a halt, foretells that some disaster is surely approaching you.

To see others afflicted, foretells that you will be surrounded by many ills
and misfortunes.

Affrighted.

To dream that you are affrighted, foretells that you will sustain an injury
through an accident.

[13] See Agony. {unable to tie this note to the text???}

To see others affrighted, brings you close to misery and distressing
scenes. Dreams of this nature are frequently caused by nervous and feverish
conditions, either from malaria or excitement. When such is the case, the
dreamer is warned to take immediate steps to remove the cause. Such
dreams or reveries only occur when sleep is disturbed.

Affront.

This is a bad dream. The dreamer is sure to shed tears and weep. For a
young woman to dream that she is affronted, denotes that some unfriendly
person will take advantage of her ignorance to place her in a compromising
situation with a stranger, or to jeopardize her interests with a friend.

Affluence.[14]

To dream that you are in affluence, foretells that you will make fortunate
ventures, and will be pleasantly associated with people of wealth. To young
women, a vision of weird and fairy affluence is ominous of illusive and
evanescent pleasure. They should study more closely their duty to friends
and parents. After dreams of this nature they are warned to cultivate a love
for home life.

[14] See Wealth.

Agate.

To see agate in a dream, signifies a slight advancement in business
affairs.

Age.

To dream of age, portends failures in any kind of undertaking.

To dream of your own age, indicates that perversity of opinion will bring
down upon you the indignation of relatives.

For a young woman to dream of being accused of being older than she is,
denotes that she will fall into bad companionship, and her denial of stated
things will be brought to scorn. To see herself looking aged, intimates
possible sickness, or unsatisfactory ventures. If it is her lover she sees aged,
she will be in danger of losing him.

Agony.[15]

This is not as good a dream, as some would wish you to believe. It
portends worry and pleasure intermingled, more of the former than of the
latter.

To be in agony over the loss of money, or property, denotes that
disturbing and imaginary fears will rack you over the critical condition of
affairs, or the illness of some dear relative.

[15] See Weeping.

Ague.

A sickly condition of the dreamer is sometimes implied by this dream. To
dream that you are shaking with an ague, signifies that you will suffer from
some physical disorder, and that fluctuating opinions of your own affairs
may bring you to the borders of prostration.

To see others thus affected, denotes that you will offend people by your
supreme indifference to the influences of others.

Air.

This dream denotes a withering state of things, and bodes no good to the
dreamer.

To dream of breathing hot air suggests that you will be influenced to evil
by oppression.

To feel cold air, denotes discrepancies in your business, and
incompatibility in domestic relations.

To feel oppressed with humidity, some curse will fall on you that will
prostrate and close down on your optimistical views of the future.

Alabaster.

To dream of alabaster, foretells success in marriage and all legitimate
affairs. To break an alabaster figure or vessel, denotes sorrow and

repentence. For a young woman to lose an alabaster box containing incense,
signifies that she will lose her lover or property through carelessness of her
reputation.

Alarm Bell.

To hear a bell in your sleep, denotes that you will have cause for anxiety.

Album.

To dream of an album, denotes you will have success and true friends.

For a young woman to dream of looking at photographs in an album,
foretells that she will soon have a new lover who will be very agreeable to
her.

Ale-house.

The dreamer of an ale-house should be very cautious of his affairs.
Enemies are watching him.

Alien.

To dream of a stranger pleasing you, denotes good health and pleasant
surroundings; if he displeases you, look for disappointments.

To dream you are an alien, denotes abiding friendships.

Alley.

To dream of an alley, denotes your fortune will not be so pleasing or
promising as formerly. Many vexing cares will present themselves to you.

For a young woman to wander through an alley after dark, warns her of
disreputable friendships and a stigma on her character.

Alligator.

To dream of an alligator, unless you kill it, is unfavorable to all persons
connected with the dream. It is a dream of caution.

Alloy.

To dream of alloy, denotes your business will vex you in its
complications. For a woman to dream of alloy, is significant of sorrow and
trouble completely hiding pleasure.

Almanac.

To dream of an almanac, means variable fortunes and illusive pleasures.
To be studying the signs, foretells that you will be harassed by small
matters taking up your time.

Almonds.

This is a good omen. It has wealth in store. However, sorrow will go with
it for a short while. If the almonds are defective, your disappointment in
obtaining a certain wish will be complete until new conditions are brought
about.

Alms.

Alms will bring evil if given or taken unwillingly. Otherwise, a good
dream.

Alms-house.

For a young woman to dream of an alms-house, denotes she will meet
failure in her efforts to contract a worldly marriage.

Altar.

To dream of seing{sic} a priest at the altar, denotes quarrels and
unsatisfactory states in your business and home. To see a marriage, sorrow
to friends, and death to old age.

An altar would hardly be shown you in a dream, accept to warn you
against the commission of error. Repentance is also implied.

Alum.

Alum seen in a dream, portends frustration of well laid plans. To taste
alum, denotes secret remorse over some evil work by you upon some
innocent person.

For a woman to dream of quantities of alum, foretells disappointment in
her marriage and loss of affection.

Aluminum.

To dream of aluminum, denotes contentment with any fortune, however
small. For a woman to see her aluminum ornaments or vessels tarnished,
foretells strange and unexpected sorrow, and loss will befall her.

Amateur.

To dream of seeing an amateur actor on the stage, denotes that you will
see your hopes pleasantly and satisfactorily fulfilled. If they play a tragedy,
evil will be disseminated through your happiness. If there is an
indistinctness or distorted images in the dream, you are likely to meet with

quick and decided defeat in some enterprise apart from your regular
business.

Ambush.

To dream that your are atacked{sic} from ambush, denotes that you have
lurking secretly near you a danger, which will soon set upon and overthrow
you if you are heedless of warnings.

If you lie in ambush to revenge yourself on others, you will
unhesitatingly stoop to debasing actions to defraud your friends.

America.

High officials should be careful of State affairs, others will do well to
look after their own person, for some trouble is at hand after this dream.

Amethyst.

Amethyst seen in a dream, represents contentment with fair business.

For a young woman to lose an amethyst, fortells broken engagements and
slights in love.

Ammonia.

Ammonia seen in a dream, means displeasure will be felt by the dreamer
at the conduct of a friend. Quarrels and disruptions of friendships will
follow this dream.

For a young woman to see clear bottles of ammonia, foretells she will be
deceived in the character and intentions of some person whom she
considers friendly.

Ammunition.

To dream of ammunition, foretells the undertaking of some work, which
promises fruitful completion. To dream your ammunition is exhausted,
denotes fruitless struggles and endeavors.

Amorous.

To dream you are amorous, warns you against personal desires and
pleasures, as they are threatening to engulf you in scandal.

For a young woman it portends illicit engagements, unless she chooses
staid and moral companions. For a married woman, it foreshadows
discontent and desire for pleasure outside the home.

To see others amorous, foretells that you will be persuaded to neglect
your moral obligations. To see animals thus, denotes you will engage in
degrading pleasures with fast men or women.

Amputation.

Ordinary amputation of limbs, denotes small offices lost; the loss of
entire legs or arms, unusual depression in trade. To seamen, storm and loss
of property. Afflicted persons should be warned to watchfulness after this
dream.

Anchor.

To dream of an anchor is favorable to sailors, if seas are calm. To others
it portends separation from friends, change of residence, and foreign travel.
Sweethearts are soon to quarrel if either sees an anchor.

Andirons.

Andirons seen in a dream, denotes good will among friends, if the irons
support burning logs; if they are in an empty fireplace, loss of property and
death are signified.

Anecdote.

To dream of relating an anecdote, signifies that you will greatly prefer
gay companionship to that of intellect, and that your affairs will prove as
unstable as yourself.

For a young woman to hear anecdotes related, denotes that she will be
one of a merry party of pleasure-seekers.

Angels.

To dream of angels is prophetic of disturbing influences in the soul. It
brings a changed condition of the person's lot. If the dream is unusually
pleasing, you will hear of the health of friends, and receive a legacy from
unknown relatives.

If the dream comes as a token of warning, the dreamer may expect
threats of scandal about love or money matters. To wicked people, it is a
demand to repent; to good people it should be a consolation.

Anger.

To dream of anger, denotes that some awful trial awaits you.
Disappointments in loved ones, and broken ties, of enemies may make new
attacks upon your property or character.

To dreams that friends or relatives are angry with you, while you meet
their anger with composure, denotes you will mediate between opposing
friends, and gain their lasting favor and gratitude.

Angling.

To dream of catching fish is good. If you fail to catch any, it will be bad
for you.

Annoy.

This dream denotes that you have enemies who are at work against you.
Annoyances experienced in dreams are apt to find speedy fulfilment in the
trifling incidents of the following day.

Antelope.

Seeing antelopes in a dream, foretells your ambitions will be high, but
may be realized by putting forth great energy.

For a young woman to see an antelope miss its footing and fall from a
height, denotes the love she aspires to will prove her undoing.

Ants.

The dreamer of ants should expect many petty annoyances during the
day; chasing little worries, and finding general dissatisfaction in all things.

Anvil.

To see hot iron with sparks flying, is significant of a pleasing work; to the
farmer, an abundant crop; favorable indeed to women. Cold, or small,
favors may be expected from those in power. The means of success is in
your power, but in order to obtain it you will have to labor under difficulty.
If the anvil is broken, it foretells that you have, through your own neglect,
thrown away promising opportunities that cannot be recalled.

Anxiety.

A dream of this kind is occasionally a good omen, denoting, after
threatening states, success and rejuvenation of mind; but if the dreamer is
anxious about some momentous affair, it indicates a disastrous combination
of business and social states.

Apes.

This dream brings humiliation and disease to some dear friend.

To see a small ape cling to a tree, warns the dreamer to beware; a false
person is close to you and will cause unpleasantness in your circle. Deceit
goes with this dream.

Apparel.[16]

Dreams of apparel, denote that enterprises will be successes or failures,
as the apparel seems to be whole and clean, or soiled and threadbare.

To see fine apparel, but out of date, foretells that you will have fortune,
but you will scorn progressive ideas.

If you reject out-of-date apparel, you will outgrow present environments
and enter into new relations, new enterprises and new loves, which will
transform you into a different person.

To see yourself or others appareled in white, denotes eventful changes,
and you will nearly always find the change bearing sadness.

To walk with a person wearing white, proclaims that person's illness or
distress, unless it be a young woman or child, then you will have pleasing
surroundings for a season at least.

To see yourself, or others, dressed in black, portends quarrels,
disappointments, and disagreeable companions; or, if it refers to business,
the business will fall short of expectations.

To see yellow apparel, foretells approaching gaieties and financial
progress. Seen as a flitting spectre, in an unnatural light, the reverse may be
expected. You will be fortunate if you dream of yellow cloth.

To dream of blue apparel, signifies carrying forward to victory your
aspirations, through energetic, insistent efforts. Friends will loyally support
you.

To dream of crimson apparel, foretells that you will escape formidable
enemies by a timely change in your expressed intention.

To see green apparel, is a hopeful sign of prosperity and happiness.

To see many colored apparel, foretells swift changes, and intermingling
of good and bad influences in your future.

To dream of misfitting apparel, intimates crosses in your affections, and
that you are likely to make a mistake in some enterprise.

To see old or young in appropriate apparel, denotes that you will
undertake some engagement for which you will have no liking, and which
will give rise to many cares.

For a woman to dream that she is displeased with her apparel, foretells
that she will find many vexatious rivalries in her quest for social distinction.

To admire the apparel of others, denotes that she will have jealous fears
of her friends.

To dream of the loss of any article of apparel, denotes disturbances in
your business and love affairs.

For a young woman to dream of being attired in a guazy black costume,
foretells she will undergo chastening sorrow and disappointment.

For a young woman to dream that she meets another attired in a crimson
dress with a crepe mourning veil over her face, foretells she will be
outrivaled by one she hardly considers her equal, and bitter disappointment
will sour her against women generally.

The dreamer interpreting the dream of apparel should be careful to note
whether the objects are looking natural. If the faces are distorted and the
light unearthly, though the colors are bright, beware; the miscarriage of
some worthy plan will work you harm. There are few dreams in which the
element of evil is wanting, as there are few enterprises in waking life from
which the element of chance is obviated.

[16] See Clothes and Coat.

Apparition.

Take unusual care of all depending upon you. Calamity awaits you and
yours.
Both property and life are in danger. Young people should be
decidedly upright in their communications with the opposite sex.
Character is likely to be rated at a discount.

Apples.

This is a very good dream to the majority of people.

To see red apples on trees with green foliage is exceedingly propitious to
the dreamer.

To eat them is not as good, unless they be faultless. A friend who
interprets dreams says: ``Ripe apples on a tree, denotes that the time has
arrived for you to realize your hopes; think over what you intend to do, and
go fearlessly ahead. Ripe on the top of the tree, warns you not to aim too
high. Apples on the ground imply that false friends, and flatterers are
working you harm. Decayed apples typify hopeless efforts.''

Apprentice.

To dream that you serve as an apprentice, foretells you will have a
struggle to win a place among your companions

Apricot.

Dreams of seeing apricots growing, denote that the future, though
seemingly rosy hued, holds masked bitterness and sorrow for you.

To eat them signifies the near approach of calamitous influences. If
others eat them, your surroundings will be unpleasant and disagreeable to
your fancies. A friend says: ``Apricots denote that you have been wasting
time over trifles or small things of no value.''

April.

To dream of the month of April, signifies that much pleasure and profit
will be your allotment. If the weather is miserable, it is a sign of passing ill
luck.

Apron.

To dream of an apron, signifies a zigzag course, for a young woman. For
a school girl to dream that her apron is loosened, or torn, implies bad
lessons, and lectures in propriety from parents and teachers.

Arch.

An arch in a dream, denotes your rise to distinction and the gaining of
wealth by persistent effort. To pass under one, foretells that many will seek
you who formerly ignored your position.

For a young woman to see a fallen arch, denotes the destruction of her
hopes, and she will be miserable in her new situation.

Archbishop.

To dream of seeing an archbishop, foretells you will have many obstacles
to resist in your attempt to master fortune or rise to public honor. To see one
in the every day dress of a common citizen, denotes you will have aid and
encouragement from those in prominent positions and will succeed in your
enterprises.

For a young woman to dream that an archbishop is kindly directing her,
foretells she will be fortunate in forming her friendships.

Architect.

Architects drawing plans in your dreams, denotes a change in your
business, which will be likely to result in loss to you.

For a young woman to see an architect, foretells she will meet rebuffs in
her aspirations and maneuvers to make a favorable marriage.

Arm.

To dream of seeing an arm amputated, means separation or divorce.
Mutual dissatisfaction will occur between husband and wife.
It is a dream of sinister import. Beware of deceitfulness and fraud.

Aroma.

For a young woman to dream of a sweet aroma, denotes she will soon be
the recipient of some pleasure or present.

Arrested.[17]

To see respectable-looking strangers arrested, foretells that you desire to
make changes, and new speculations will be subordinated by the fear of
failure. If they resist the officers, you will have great delight in pushing to
completion the new enterprise.

[17] See Prisoner.

Arrow.

Pleasure follows this dream. Entertainments, festivals and pleasant
journeys may be expected. Suffering will cease.

An old or broken arrow, portends disappointments in love or business.

Art Gallery.

To visit an art gallery, portends unfortunate unions in domestic circles.
You will struggle to put forth an appearance of happiness, but will secretly
care for other associations.

Ascend.

If you reach the extreme point of ascent, or top of steps, without
stumbling, it is good; otherwise, you will have obstacles to overcome before
the good of the day is found.

Asceticism.

To dream of asceticism, denotes that you will cultivate strange principles
and views, rendering yourself fascinating to strangers, but repulsive to
friends.

Ashes.

Dreaming of ashes omens woe, and many bitter changes are sure to come
to the dreamer. Blasted crops to the farmer. Unsuccessful deals for the
trader. Parents will reap the sorrows of wayward children.

Asia.

To dream of visiting Asia is assurance of change, but no material benefits
from fortune will follow.

Asp.

This is an unfortunate dream. Females may lose the respect of honorable
and virtuous people. Deadly enemies are at work to defame character.
Sweethearts will wrong each other.

Asparagus.

To dream of asparagus, signifies prosperous surroundings and obedience
from servants and children. To eat it, denotes interrupted success.

Ass.[18]

To see an ass in a dream, you will meet many annoyances, and delays
will accrue in receiving news or goods.

To see donkeys carrying burdens, denotes that, after patience and toil,
you will succeed in your undertakings, whether of travel or love.

If an ass pursues you, and you are afraid of it, you will be the victim of
scandal or other displeasing reports.

If you unwillingly ride on one, or, as jockey, unnecessary quarrels may
follow.

[18] See Donkey.

Assassin.

If you are the one to receive the assassin's blow, you will not surmount all
your trials.

To see another, with the assassin standing over him with blood stains,
portends that misfortune will come to the dreamer.

To see an assassin under any condition is a warning that losses may befall
you through secret enemies.

Assistance.

Giving assistance to any one in a dream, foretells you will be favored in
your efforts to rise to higher position.

If any one assists you, you will be pleasantly situated, and loving friends
will be near you.

Asylum.

To dream of an asylum, denotes sickness and unlucky dealings, which
cannot be overcome without great mental struggle.

Astral.

Dreams of the astral, denote that your efforts and plans will culminate in
worldly success and distinction. A spectre or picture of your astral self
brings heart-rending tribulation.

Atlas.

To dream you are looking at an atlas, denotes that you will carefully
study interests before making changes or journeys.

Atonement.

Means joyous communing with friends, and speculators need not fear any
drop in stocks. Courting among the young will meet with happy
consummation. The sacrifice or atonement of another for your
waywardness, is portentous of the humiliation of self or friends through
your open or secret disregard of duty. A woman after this dream is warned
of approaching disappointment.

Attic.

To dream that you are in an attic, denotes that you are entertaining hopes
which will fail of materialization.

For a young woman to dream that she is sleeping in an attic, foretells that
she will fail to find contentment in her present occupation.

Attorney.

To see an attorney at the bar, denotes that disputes of a serious nature will
arise between parties interested in worldly things. Enemies are stealing
upon you with false claims. If you see an attorney defending you, your
friends will assist you in coming trouble, but they will cause you more
worry than enemies.

Auction.

To dream of an auction in a general way, is good. If you hear the
auctioneer crying his sales, it means bright prospects and fair treatment
from business ventures.

To dream of buying at an auction, signifies close deals to tradesmen, and
good luck in live stock to the farmer. Plenty, to the housewife is the omen
for women. If there is a feeling of regret about the dream, you are warned to
be careful of your business affairs.

August.

To dream of the month of August, denotes unfortunate deals, and
misunderstandings in love affairs.

For a young woman to dream that she is going to be married in August, is
an omen of sorrow in her early wedded life.

Augur.

To see augurs in your dreams, is a forecast of labor and toil.

Aunt.

For a young woman to dream of seeing her aunt, denotes she will receive
sharp censure for some action, which will cause her much distress.

If this relative appears smiling and happy, slight difference will soon give
way to pleasure.

Aura.

To dream of discussing any subject relating to aura, denotes that you will
reach states of mental unrest, and work to discover the power which
influences you from within.

Autumn.

For a woman to dream of Autumn, denotes she will obtain property
through the struggles of others. If she thinks of marrying in Autumn, she
will be likely to contract a favorable marriage and possess a cheerful home.

Automobile.

To dream that you ride in an automobile, denotes that you will be restless
under pleasant conditions, and will make a change in your affairs. There is
grave danger of impolitic conduct intimated through a dream of this nature.

If one breaks down with you, the enjoyment of a pleasure will not extend
to the heights you contemplate.

To find yourself escaping from the path of one, signifies that you will do
well to avoid some rival as much as you can honestly allow.

For a young woman to look for one, she will be disappointed in her aims
to entice some one into her favor.

Author.

For an author to dream that his manuscript has been rejected by the
publisher, denotes some doubt at first, but finally his work will be accepted

as authentic and original.

To dream of seeing an author over his work, perusing it with anxiety,
denotes that you will be worried over some literary work either of your own
or that of some other person.

Awake.

To dream that you are awake, denotes that you will experience strange
happenings which will throw you into gloom.

To pass through green, growing fields, and look upon landscape, in your
dreams, and feel that it is an awaking experience, signifies that there is
some good and brightness in store for you, but there will be
disappointments intermingled between the present and that time.

Axe.

Seeing an axe in a dream, foretells that what enjoyment you may have
will depend on your struggles and energy. To see others using an axe,
foretells, your friends will be energetic and lively, making existence a
pleasure when near them.

For a young woman to see one, portends her lover will be worthy, but not
possessed with much wealth. A broken or rusty axe, indicates illness and
loss of money and property.

B. ``God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him,
`Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman thou hast taken; for she is
a man's wife.''—Gen. xx., 3rd.

Baby.

To dream of crying babies, is indicative of ill health and disappointments.

A bright, clean baby, denotes love requited, and many warm friends.
Walking alone, it is a sure sign of independence and a total ignoring of
smaller spirits. If a woman dream she is nursing a baby, she will be
deceived by the one she trusts most.

It is a bad sign to dream that you take your baby if sick with fever.
You will have many sorrows of mind.

Baby Carriages.

To dream of a baby carriage, denotes that you will have a congenial
friend who will devise many pleasurable surprises for you.

Bachelor.

For a man to dream that he is a bachelor, is a warning for him to keep
clear of women.

For a woman to dream of a bachelor, denotes love not born of purity.
Justice goes awry. Politicians lose honor.

Back.

To dream of seeing a nude back, denotes loss of power. Lending advice
or money is dangerous. Sickness often attends this dream.

To see a person turn and walk away from you, you may be sure envy and
jealousy are working to your hurt.

To dream of your own back, bodes no good to the dreamer.

Back-bite.

Conditions will change from good to bad if you are joined with others in
back-biting.

For your friends to back-bite you, indicates worriment by servants and
children.

Backgammon.

To dream of playing backgammon, denotes that you will, while visiting,
meet with unfriendly hospitality, but will unconsciously win friendships
which will endure much straining.

If you are defeated in the game, you will be unfortunate in bestowing
your affections, and your affairs will remain in an unsettled condition.

Bacon.

To dream of eating bacon is good, if some one is eating with you and
hands are clean.

Rancid bacon, is dulness of perception and unsatisfactory states will
worry you.

To dream of curing bacon is bad, if not clear of salt and smoke.
If clear, it is good.

Badger.

To dream of a badger, is a sign of luck after battles with hardships.

Bag-Pipe.

This is not a bad dream, unless the music be harsh and the player in rags.

Baghavad Ghitta.

To dream of the Baghavad, foretells for you a season of seclusion; also
rest to the exhausted faculties. A pleasant journey for your advancement
will be planned by your friends. Little financial advancement is promised in
this dream.

Bail.

If the dreamer is seeking bail, unforeseen troubles will arise; accidents
are likely to occur; unfortunate alliances may be made.

If you go bail for another, about the same conditions, though hardly as
bad.

Bailiff.

Shows a striving for a higher place, and a deficiency in intellect. If the
bailiff comes to arrest, or make love, false friends are trying to work for
your money.

Bake-house.

To dream of a bake-house, demands caution in making changes in one's
career.
Pitfalls may reveal themselves on every hand.

For a young woman to dream that she is in a bake house, portends that
her character wil{l} be assailed. She should exercise great care in her social
affairs.

Baking.

Baking is unpropitious for a woman. Ill health and the care of many
children; meanness and poverty of supporters are indicated.

Balcony.

For lovers to dream of making sad adieus on a balcony, long and perhaps
final separation may follow. Balcony also denotes unpleasant news of
absent friends.

Bald.

To see a bald-headed man, denotes that sharpers are to make a deal
adverse to your interests, but by keeping wide awake, you will outwit them.

For a man to dream of a bald-headed woman, insures him to have a vixen
for wife.

A bald hill, or mountain, indicates famine and suffering in various forms.

For a young woman to dream of a bald-headed man, is a warning to her
to use her intelligence against listening to her next marriage offer.

Bald-headed babies signify a happy home, a loving companion, and
obedient children.

Ball.

A very satisfactory omen, if beautiful and gaily-dressed people are
dancing to the strains of entrancing music. If you feel gloomy and
distressed at the inattention of others, a death in the family may be expected
soon.

Ballet.

Indicates infidelity in the marriage state; also failures in business, and
quarrels and jealousies among sweethearts.

Balloon.

Blighted hopes and adversity come with this dream.
Business of every character will sustain an apparent falling off.

To ascend in a balloon, denotes an unfortunate journey.

Banishment.

Evil pursues the unfortunate dreamer. If you are banished
to foreign lands, death will be your portion at an early date.
To banish a child, means perjury of business allies.
It is a dream of fatality.

Banjo.

To dream of a banjo, denotes that pleasant amusements will be enjoyed.
To see a negro playing one, denotes that you will have slight worries, but no
serious vexation for a season.

For a young woman to see negroes with their banjos, foretells that she
will fail in some anticipated amusement. She will have misunderstandings
with her lover.

Bank.

To see vacant tellers, foretells business losses. Giving out gold money,
denotes carelessness; receiving it, great gain and prosperity.

To see silver and bank-notes accumulated, increase of honor and fortune.
You will enjoy the highest respect of all classes.

Bankrupt.

Denotes partial collapse in business, and weakening of the brain
faculties.
A warning to leave speculations alone.

Banana.

To dream of bananas, foretells that you will be mated to an uninteresting
and an unloved companion.

To eat them, foretells a tiresome venture in business, and self-inflicted
duty.

To see them decaying, you are soon to fall into some disagreeable
enterprise.

To trade in them, non-productive interests will accumulate around you.

Banner.

To see one's country's banner floating in a clear sky, denotes triumph over
foreign foes. To see it battered, is significant of wars and loss of military
honors on land and sea.

Banquet.

It is good to dream of a banquet. Friends will wait to do you favors. To
dream of yourself, together with many gaily-attired guests, eating from
costly plate and drinking wine of fabulous price and age, foretells enormous
gain in enterprises of every nature, and happiness among friends.

To see inharmonious influences, strange and grotesque faces or empty
tables, is ominous of grave misunderstandings or disappointments.

Bantam.

To see bantam chickens in your dream, denotes your fortune will be
small, yet you will enjoy contentment. If they appear sickly, or exposed to
wintry storms, your interests will be impaired.

Baptism.

To dream of baptism, signifies that your character needs strengthening by
the practice of temperance in advocating your opinions to the
disparagement of your friends.

To dream that you are an applicant, signifies that you will humiliate your
inward self for public favor.

To dream that you see John the Baptist baptizing Christ in the Jordan,
denotes that you will have a desperate mental struggle between yielding
yourself to labor in meagre capacity for the sustenance of others, or follow
desires which might lead you into wealth and exclusiveness.

To see the Holy Ghost descending on Christ, is significant of resignation
to duty and abnegation of self.

If you are being baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire, means that you
will be thrown into a state of terror over being discovered in some lustful
engagement.

Bar.

To dream of tending a bar, denotes that you will resort to some
questionable mode of advancement.

Seeing a bar, denotes activity in communities, quick uplifting of fortunes,
and the consummation of illicit desires.

Barber.

To dream of a barber, denotes that success will come through struggling
and close attention to business. For a young woman to dream of a barber,
foretells that her fortune will increase, though meagerly.

Barefoot.

To wander in the night barefoot with torn garments, denotes that you will
be crushed in expectation, and evil influences will surround your every
effort.

Barley-field.

The dreamer will obtain his highest desires, and every effort will be
crowned with success. Decay in anything denotes loss.

Barmaid.

For a man to dream of a barmaid, denotes that his desires run to low
pleasures, and he will scorn purity.

For a young woman to dream that she is a barmaid, foretells that she will
be attracted to fast men, and that she will prefer irregular pleasures to
propriety.

Barn.

If well filled with ripe and matured grain, and perfect ears of corn, with
fat stock surrounding it, it is an omen of great prosperity. If empty, the
reverse may be expected.

Barrel.[19]

[19] See Cask.

Barometer.

To see a barometer in a dream, foretells a change will soon take place in
your affairs, which will prove profitable to you. If it is broken, you will find
displeasing incidents in your business, arising unexpectedly.

Baseball.

To see baseball in your dream, denotes you will be easily contented, and
your cheerfulness will make you a popular companion.

For a young woman to dream that she is playing baseball, means much
pleasure for her, but no real profit or comfort.

Basement.[20]

To dream that you are in a basement, foretells that you will see
prosperous opportunities abating, and with them, pleasure will dwindle into
trouble and care.

[20] See Cellar.

Basin.

For a young woman to dream of bathing in a basin, foretells her womanly
graces will win her real friendships and elevations.

Basket.

To dream of seeing or carrying a basket, signifies that you will meet
unqualified success, if the basket is full; but empty baskets indicate
discontent and sorrow.

Baste.

To dream of basting meats while cooking, denotes you will undermine
your own expectations by folly and selfishness. For a woman to baste her
sewing, omens much vacation owing to her extravagance.

Bass Voice.

To dream that you have a bass voice, denotes you will detect some
discrepancy in your business, brought about by the deceit of some one in
your employ. For the lover, this foretells estrangements and quarrels.

Bath.

For a young person to dream of taking a bath, means much solicitude for
one of the opposite sex, fearing to lose his good opinion through the
influence of others.

For a pregnant woman to dream this, denotes miscarriage or accident. For
a man, adultery. Dealings of all kinds should be carried on with discretion
after this dream.

To go in bathing with others, evil companions should be avoided.
Defamation of character is likely to follow. If the water is muddy, evil,

indeed death, and enemies are near you.

For a widow to dream of her bath, she has forgotten her former ties, and
is hurrying on to earthly loves. Girls should shun male companions. Men
will engage in intrigues of salacious character.

A warm bath is generally significant of evil. A cold, clear bath is the fore-
runner of joyful tidings and a long period of excellent health. Bathing in a
clear sea, denotes expansion of business and satisfying research after
knowledge.

Bathroom.

To see white roses in a bathroom, and yellow ones in a box, denote that
sickness will interfere with pleasure; but more lasting joys will result from
this disappointment.

For a young woman to dream of a bathroom, foretells that her
inclinations trend too much toward light pleasures and frivolities.

Bats.

Awful is the fate of the unfortunate dreamer of this ugly animal. Sorrows
and calamities from hosts of evil work against you. Death of parents and
friends, loss of limbs or sight, may follow after a dream of these ghoulish
monsters. A white bat is almost a sure sign of death. Often the death of a
child follows this dream.

Battle.

Battle signifies striving with difficulties, but a final victory over the
same.

If you are defeated in battle, it denotes that bad deals made by others will
mar your prospects for good.

Bayonet.

To dream of a bayonet, signifies that enemies will hold you in their
power, unless you get possession of the bayonet.

Bay Tree.

A palmy leisure awaits you in which you will meet many pleasing
varieties of diversions. Much knowledge will be reaped in the rest from
work. It is generally a good dream for everybody.

Beacon-light.

For a sailor to see a beacon-light, portends fair seas and a prosperous
voyage.

For persons in distress, warm attachments and unbroken, will arise
among the young.

To the sick, speedy recovery and continued health. Business will gain
new impetus. To see it go out in time of storm or distress, indicates reverses
at the time when you thought Fortune was deciding in your favor.

Beads.

To dream of beads, foretells attention from those in elevated position will
be shown you. To count beads, portends immaculate joy and contentment.
To string them, you will obtain the favor of the rich.

To scatter them, signifies loss of caste among your acquaintances.

Beans.

This is a bad dream. To see them growing, omens worries and sickness
among children.

Dried beans, means much disappointment in worldly affairs.
Care should be taken to prevent contagious diseases from spreading.

To dream of eating them, implies the misfortune or illness of a well loved
friend.

Bear.

Bear is significant of overwhelming competition in pursuits of every
kind.

To kill a bear, portends extrication from former entanglements.

A young woman who dreams of a bear will have a threatening rival or
some misfortune.

Beard.

To dream of seeing a beard, denotes that some uncongenial person will
oppose his will against yours, and there will be a fierce struggle for mastery,
and you are likely to lose some money in the combat.

Gray beard, signifies hard luck and quarrels.

To see beard on women, foretells unpleasant associations and lingering
illness.

For some one to pull your beard, denotes that you will run a narrow risk
if you do not lose property.

To comb and admire it, shows that your vanity will grow with prosperity,
making you detestable in the sight of many of your former companions.

For a young woman to admire a beard, intimates her desire to leave
celibacy; but she is threatened with an unfortunate marriage.

Beat.

It bodes no good to dream of being beaten by an angry person; family
jars and discord are signified.

To beat a child, ungenerous advantage is taken by you of another;
perhaps the tendency will be to cruelly treat a child.

Beauty.

Beauty in any form is pre-eminently good. A beautiful woman brings
pleasure and profitable business. A well formed and beautiful child,
indicates love reciprocated and a happy union.

Beaver.

To dream of seeing beavers, foretells that you will obtain comfortable
circumstances by patient striving. If you dream of killing them for their
skins, you will be accused of fraud and improper conduct toward the
innocent.

Bed.

A bed, clean and white, denotes peaceful surcease of worries. For a
woman to dream of making a bed, signifies a new lover and pleasant
occupation.

To dream of being in bed, if in a strange room, unexpected friends will
visit you. If a sick person dreams of being in bed, new complications will
arise, and, perhaps, death.

To dream that you are sleeping on a bed in the open air, foretells that you
will have delightful experiences, and opportunity for improving your
fortune. For you to see negroes passing by your bed, denotes exasperating
circumstances arising, which will interfere with your plans.

To see a friend looking very pale, lying in bed, signifies strange and
woeful complications will oppress your friends, bringing discontent to
yourself.

For a mother to dream that her child wets a bed, foretells she will have
unusual anxiety, and persons sick, will not reach recovery as early as may
be expected. For persons to dream that they wet the bed, denotes sickness,
or a tragedy will interfere with their daily routine of business.

Bedbugs.

Seen in your dreams, they indicate continued sickness and unhappy
states.
Fatalities are intimated if you see them in profusion.

To see bedbugs simulating death, foretells unhappiness caused by illness.
To mash them, and water appears instead of blood, denotes alarming but not
fatal illness or accident. To see bedbugs crawling up white walls, and you
throw scalding water upon them, denotes grave illness will distress you, but
there will be useless fear of fatality.

If the water fails to destroy them, some serious complication with fatal
results is not improbable.

Bed Fellow.

To dream that you do not like your bed fellow, foretells that some person
who has claims upon you, will censure and make your surroundings
unpleasant generally.

If you have a strange bed fellow, your discontent will worry all who
come near you. If you think you have any kind of animal in bed with you,
there will be unbounded ill luck overhanging you.

Bed-chamber.

To see one newly furnished, a happy change for the dreamer.
Journeys to distant places, and pleasant companions.

Beef.

If raw and bloody, cancers and tumors of a malignant nature will attack
the subject. Be on your guard as to bruises and hurts of any kind.

To see, or eat cooked beef, anguish surpassing human aid is before you.
Loss of life by horrible means will occur. Beef properly served under
pleasing surroundings denotes harmonious states in love and business, if
otherwise, evil is foreboded, though it may be of a trifling nature.

Beer.

Fateful of disappointments if drinking from a bar. To see others drinking,
work of designing intriguers will displace your fairest hopes.

To habitue's of this beverage, harmonious prospectives are foreshadowed,
if pleasing, natural and cleanly conditions survive. The dream occurrences
frequently follow in the actual.

Bees.

Bees signify pleasant and profitable engagements.

For an officer, it brings obedient subjects and healthful environments.

To a preacher, many new members and a praying congregation.

To business men, increase in trade. To parents, much pleasure from
dutiful children. If one stings, loss or injury will bear upon you from a
friendly source.

Beetles.

To dream of seeing them on your person, denotes poverty and small ills.
To kill them is good.

Beets.

To see them growing abundantly, harvest and peace will obtain in the
land; eating them with others, is full of good tidings.

If they are served in soiled or impure dishes, distressful awakenings will
disturb you.

Beggar.

To see an old, decrepit beggar, is a sign of bad management, and unless
you are economical, you will lose much property. Scandalous reports will
prove detrimental to your fame.

To give to a beggar, denotes dissatisfaction with present surroundings.

To dream that you refuse to give to a beggar is altogether bad.

Beheading.

To dream of being beheaded, overwhelming defeat or failure in some
undertaking will soon follow.

To see others beheaded, if accompanied by a large flow of blood, death
and exile are portended.

Bier.

To see one, indicates disastrous losses and the early dissolution of a dear
relative.

To see one, strewn with flowers in a church, denotes an unfortunate
marriage.

Belladonna.

Strategic moves will bring success in commercial circles. Women will
find rivals in society; vain and fruitless efforts will be made for places in
men's affections.

Taking it, denotes misery and failure to meet past debts.

Bell-man.

Fortune is hurrying after you. Questions of importance will be settled
amicably among disputants. To see him looking sad some sorrowful event
or misfortune may soon follow.

Bellows.

Working a bellows, denotes a struggle, but a final triumph over poverty
and fate by energy and perseverance.

To dream of seeing a bellows, distant friends are longing to see you.

To hear one, occult knowledge will be obtained by the help of powerful
means. One fallen into disuse, portends you have wasted energies under
misguiding impulses.

Bells.

To hear bells tolling in your dreams, death of distant friends will occur,
and intelligence of wrong will worry you.

Liberty bells, indicate a joyous victory over an opponent.

Belly.[21]

It is bad to dream of seeing a swollen mortifying belly, it indicates
desperate sickness.

To see anything moving on the belly, prognosticates humiliation and hard
labor.

To see a healthy belly, denotes insane desires.

[21] See Abdomen.

Belt.

To dream that you have a new style belt, denotes you are soon to meet
and make engagements with a stranger, which will demoralize your
prosperity. If it is out of date, you will be meritedly censured for rudeness.

Bench.

Distrust debtors and confidants if you dream of sitting on one.

If you see others doing so, happy reunions between friends who have
been separated through misunderstandings are suggested.

Bequest.

After this dream, pleasures of consolation from the knowledge of duties
well performed, and the health of the young is assured.

Bereavement.

To dream of the bereavement of a child, warns you that your plans will
meet with quick frustration, and where you expect success there will be
failure.

Bereavement of relatives, or friends, denotes disappointment in well
matured plans and a poor outlook for the future.

Bet.

Betting on races, beware of engaging in new undertakings.
Enemies are trying to divert your attention from legitimate business.

Betting at gaming tables, denotes that immoral devices will be used to
wring money from you.

Bible.

To dream of the Bible, foretells that innocent and disillusioned enjoyment
will be proffered for your acceptance.

To dream that you villify{sic} the teachings of the Bible, forewarns you
that you are about to succumb to resisted temptations through the seductive
persuasiveness of a friend.

Bigamy.

For a man to commit bigamy, denotes loss of manhood and failing
mentality.
To a woman, it predicts that she will suffer dishonor unless very discreet.

Bicycle.

To dream of riding a bicycle up hill, signifies bright prospects. Riding it
down hill, if the rider be a woman, calls for care regarding her good name
and health; misfortune hovers near.

Billiards.

Billiards, foretell coming troubles to the dreamer. Law suits and
contentions over property. Slander will get in her work to your detriment. If
you see table and balls idle, deceitful comrades are undermining you{.}

Birds.

It is a favorable dream to see birds of beautiful plumage. A wealthy and
happy partner is near if a woman has dreams of this nature.

Moulting and songless birds, denotes merciless and inhuman treatment of
the outcast and fallen by people of wealth.

To see a wounded bird, is fateful of deep sorrow caused by erring
offspring.

To see flying birds, is a sign of prosperity to the dreamer. All
disagreeable environments will vanish before the wave of prospective good.

To catch birds, is not at all bad. To hear them speak, is owning one's
inability to perform tasks that demand great clearness of perception.

To kill than with a gun, is disaster from dearth of harvest.

Bird's Nest.

To see an empty bird's nest, denotes gloom and a dull outlook for
business. With eggs in the nest, good results will follow all engagements. If
young ones are in the nest, it denotes successful journeys and satisfactory
dealings. If they are lonely and deserted, sorrow, and folly of yours will
cause you anxiety.

Birth.

For a married woman to dream of giving birth to a child, great joy and a
handsome legacy is foretold.

For a single woman, loss of virtue and abandonment by her lover.

Birthday.

To dream of a birthday is a signal of poverty and falsehood to the young,
to the old, long trouble and desolation.

Birthday Presents.

Receiving happy surprises, means a multitude of high accomplishments.
Working people will advance in their trades.

Giving birthday presents, denotes small deferences, if given at a fe^te or
reception.

Biscuits.

Eating or baking them, indicates ill health and family peace ruptured over
silly disputes.

Bishop.

To dream of a bishop, teachers and authors will suffer great mental
worries, caused from delving into intricate subjects.

To the tradesman, foolish buying, in which he is likely to incur loss of
good money.

For one to see a bishop in his dreams, hard work will be his patrimony,
with chills and ague as attendant. If you meet the approval of a much
admired bishop, you will be successful in your undertakings in love or
business.

Bite.

This dream omens ill.

It implies a wish to undo work that is past undoing.
You are also likely to suffer losses through some enemy.

Blackberries.

To dream of blackberries denotes many ills. To gather them is unlucky.
Eating them denotes losses.

Blackboard.

To see in your dreams writing in white chalk on a blackboard, denotes ill
tidings of some person prostrated with some severe malady, or your
financial security will be swayed by the panicky condition of commerce.

Blacksmith.

To see a blacksmith in a dream, means laborious undertakings will soon
work to your advantage.

Bladder.

To dream of your bladder, denotes you will have heavy trouble in your
business if you are not careful of your health and the way you spend your
energies.

To see children blowing up bladders, foretells your expectations will fail
to give you much comfort.

Blanket.

Blankets in your dream means treachery if soiled. If new and white,
success where failure is feared, and a fatal sickness will be avoided through
unseen agencies.

Blasphemy.[22]

Blasphemy, denotes an enemy creeping into your life, who under
assumed friendship will do you great harm.

To dream you are cursing yourself, means evil fortune. To dream you are
cursed by others, signifies relief through affection and prosperity.

The interpretation of this dream here given is not satisfactory.

[22] See Profanity.

Bleating.

To hear young animals bleating in your dreams, foretells that you will
have new duties and cares, though not necessarily unpleasant ones.

Bleeding.

To dream of bleeding, denotes death by horrible accidents and malicious
reports about you. Fortune will turn against you.

Blind.

To dream of being blind, denotes a sudden change from affluence to
almost abject poverty.

To see others blind, denotes that some worthy person will call on you for
aid.

Blindfold.

For a woman to dream that she is blindfolded, means that disturbing
elements are rising around to distress and trouble her. Disappointment will
be felt by others through her.

Blind Man's Buff.

To dream that you are playing at blind man's buff, denotes that you are
about to engage in some weak enterprise which will likely humiliate you,
besides losing money for you.

Blood.

Blood-stained garments, indicate enemies who seek to tear down a
successful career that is opening up before you.

The dreamer should beware of strange friendships.

To see blood flowing from a wound, physical ailments and worry.
Bad business caused from disastrous dealings with foreign combines.

To see blood on your hands, immediate bad luck, if not careful of your
person and your own affairs.

Blood Stone.

To dream of seeing a blood stone, denotes that you will be unfortunate in
your engagements. For a young woman to receive one as a gift, denotes she
will suffer estrangement from one friend, but will, by this, gain one more
worthy of her.

Blossoms.

To dream of seeing trees and shrubs in blossom, denotes a time of
pleasing prosperity is nearing you.

Blows.

Denotes injury to yourself. If you receive a blow, brain trouble will
threaten you.

If you defend yourself, a rise in business will follow.

Blotting Paper.

To dream of using blotting paper, signifies you will be deceived into the
betrayal of secrets which will seriously involve a friend.

To see worn blotting paper, denotes continued disagreements in the home
or among friends.

Blushing.

For a young woman to dream of blushing, denotes she will be worried
and humiliated by false accusations. If she sees others blush, she will be
given to flippant railery which will make her unpleasing to her friends.

Boarding House.

To dream of a boarding house, foretells that you will suffer entanglement
and disorder in your enterprises, and you are likely to change your
residence.

Boa-Constrictor.

To dream of this is just about the same as to dream of the devil; it
indicates stormy times and much bad fortune. Disenchantment with
humanity will follow. To kill one is good.

Boasting.

To hear boasting in your dreams, you will sincerely regret an impulsive
act, which will cause trouble to your friends. To boast to a competitor,
foretells that you will be unjust, and will use dishonest means to overcome
competition.

Boat.

Boat signals forecast bright prospects, if upon clear water. If the water is
unsettled and turbulent, cares and unhappy changes threaten the dreamer. If
with a gay party you board a boat without an accident, many favors will be
showered upon you. Unlucky the dreamer who falls overboard while sailing
upon stormy waters.

Bobbin.

To dream of bobbins, denotes that important work will devolve on you,
and your interests will be adversely affected if you are negligent in
dispatching the same work.

Bog.[23]

Bogs, denotes burdens under whose weight you feel that endeavors to
rise are useless. Illness and other worries may oppress you.

[23] See Swamp.

Boiler.

To dream of seeing a boiler out of repair, signifies you will suffer from
bad management or disappointment. For a woman to dream that she goes
into a cellar to see about a boiler foretells that sickness and losses will
surround her.

Boils.

To dream of a boil running pus and blood, you will have unpleasant
things to meet in your immediate future. May be that the insincerity of
friends will cause you great inconvenience.

To dream of boils on your forehead, is significant of the sickness of some
one near you.

Bolts.

To dream of bolts, signifies that formidable obstacles will oppose your
progress.

If the bolts are old or broken, your expectations will be eclipsed by
failures.

Bomb Shell.

To dream of bomb shells, foretells anger and disputes, ending in law
suits.
Many displeasing incident{s?} follow this dream.

Bones.

To see your bones protruding from the flesh, denotes that treachery is
working to ensnare you.

To see a pile of bones, famine and contaminating influences surround
you.

Bonnet.

Bonnet, denotes much gossiping and slanderous insinuations, from which
a woman should carefully defend herself.

For a man to see a woman tying her bonnet, denotes unforeseen good
luck near by. His friends will be faithful and true.

A young woman is likely to engage in pleasant and harmless flirtations if
her bonnet is new and of any color except black.

Black bonnets, denote false friends of the opposite sex.

Books.

Pleasant pursuits, honor and riches to dream of studying them. For an
author to dream of his works going to press, is a dream of caution; he will

have much trouble in placing them before the public.

To dream of spending great study and time in solving some intricate
subjects, and the hidden meaning of learned authors, is significant of honors
well earned.

To see children at their books, denotes harmony and good conduct of the
young.

To dream of old books, is a warning to shun evil in any form.

Bookcase.

To see a bookcase in your dreams, signifies that you will associate
knowledge with your work and pleasure. Empty bookcases, imply that you
will be put out because of lack of means or facility for work.

Book Store.

To visit a book store in your dream, foretells you will be filled with
literary aspirations, which will interfere with your other works and labors.

Boots.

To see your boots on another, your place will be usurped in the affections
of your sweetheart.

To wear new boots, you will be lucky in your dealings.
Bread winners will command higher wages.

Old and torn boots, indicate sickness and snares before you.

Borrowing.

Borrowing is a sign of loss and meagre support. For a banker to dream of
borrowing from another bank, a run on his own will leave him in a state of
collapse, unless he accepts this warning. If another borrows from you, help
in time of need will be extended or offered you. True friends will attend
you.

Bosom.

For a young woman to dream that her bosom is wounded, foretells that
some affliction is threatening her.

To see it soiled or shrunken, she will have a great disappointment in love
and many rivals will vex her. If it is white and full she is soon to be
possessed of fortune. If her lover is slyly observing it through her sheer
corsage, she is about to come under the soft persuasive influence of a too
ardent wooer.

Bottles.

Bottles are good to dream of if well filled with transparent liquid. You
will overcome all obstacles in affairs of the heart, prosperous engagements
will ensue. If empty, coming trouble will envelop you in meshes of sinister
design, from which you will be forced to use strategy to disengage yourself.

Bouquet.

To dream of a bouquet beautifully and richly colored, denotes a legacy
from some wealthy and unknown relative; also, pleasant, joyous gatherings
among young folks.

To see a withered bouquet, signifies sickness and death.

Bow and Arrow.

Bow and arrow in a dream, denotes great gain reaped from the inability
of others to carry out plans.

To make a bad shot means disappointed hopes in carrying forward
successfully business affairs.

Box.

Opening a goods box in your dream, signifies untold wealth and that
delightful journeys to distant places may be made with happy results. If the
box is empty disappointment in works of all kinds will follow.

To see full money boxes, augurs cessation from business cares and a
pleasant retirement.

Bracelet.

To see in your dreams a bracelet encircling your arm, the gift of lover or
friend, is assurance of an early marriage and a happy union.

If a young woman lose her bracelet she will meet with sundry losses and
vexations.

To find one, good property will come into her possession.

Brain.

To see your own brain in a dream, denotes uncongenial surroundings will
irritate and dwarf you into an unpleasant companion. To see the brains of
animals, foretells that you will suffer mental trouble.

If you eat them, you will gain knowledge, and profit unexpectedly.

Brambles.

To dream of brambles entangling you, is a messenger of evil. Law suits
will go against you, and malignant sickness attack you, or some of your
family.

Brandy.

To dream of brandy, foretells that while you may reach heights of
distinction and wealth, you will lack that innate refinement which wins true
friendship from people whom you most wish to please.

Branch.

It betokens, if full of fruit and green leaves, wealth, many delightful
hours with friends. If they are dried, sorrowful news of the absent.

Brass.

To dream of brass, denotes that you will rise rapidly in your profession,
but while of apparently solid elevation you will secretly fear a downfall of
fortune.

Bray.

Hearing an ass bray, is significant of unwelcome tidings or intrusions.

Bread.[24]

For a woman to dream of eating bread, denotes that she will be afflicted
with children of stubborn will, for whom she will spend many days of
useless labor and worry.

To dream of breaking bread with others, indicates an assured competence
through life.

To see a lot of impure bread, want and misery will burden the dreamer.
If the bread is good and you have access to it, it is a favorable dream.

[24] See Baking and Crust.

Break.

Breakage is a bad dream. To dream of breaking any of your limbs,
denotes bad management and probable failures. To break furniture, denotes
domestic quarrels and an unquiet state of the mind.

To break a window, signifies bereavement. To see a broken ring order
will be displaced by furious and dangerous uprisings, such as jealous
contentions often cause.

Breakfast.[25]

Is favorable to persons engaged in mental work. To see a breakfast of
fresh milk and eggs and a well filled dish of ripe fruit, indicates hasty, but
favorable changes.

If you are eating alone, it means you will fall into your enemies' trap.
If you are eating with others it is good.

[25] See Meals.

Breath.

To come close to a person in your dreaming with a pure and sweet breath,
commendable will be your conduct, and a profitable consummation of
business deals will follow.

Breath if fetid, indicates sickness and snares.

Losing one's breath, denotes signal failure where success seemed assured.

Brewing.

To dream of being in a vast brewing establishment, means unjust
persecution by public officials, but you will eventually prove your
innocence and will rise far above your persecutors.

Brewing in any way in your dreams, denotes anxiety at the outset, but
usually ends in profit and satisfaction.

Briars.

To see yourself caught among briars, black enemies are weaving cords of
calumny and perjury intricately around you and will cause you great
distress, but if you succeed in disengaging yourself from the briars, loyal
friends will come to your assistance in every emergency.

Brick.

Brick in a dream, indicates unsettled business and disagreements in love
affairs. To make them you will doubtless fail in your efforts to amass great
wealth.

Bride.[26]

For a young woman to dream that she is a bride, foretells that she will
shortly come into an inheritance which will please her exceedingly, if she is
pleased in making her bridal toilet. If displeasure is felt she will suffer
disappointments in her anticipations.

To dream that you kiss a bride, denotes a happy reconciliation between
friends. For a bride to kiss others, foretells for you many friends and
pleasures; to kiss you, denotes you will enjoy health and find that your
sweetheart will inherit unexpected fortune.

To kiss a bride and find that she looks careworn and ill, denotes you will
be displeased with your success and the action of your friends.

If a bride dreams that she is indifferent to her husband, it foretells that
many unhappy circumstances will pollute her pleasures.

[26] See Wedding.

Bridge.

To see a long bridge dilapidated, and mysteriously winding into darkness,
profound melancholy over the loss of dearest possessions and dismal
situations will fall upon you. To the young and those in love,
disappointment in the heart's fondest hopes, as the loved one will fall below
your ideal.

To cross a bridge safely, a final surmounting of difficulties, though the
means seem hardly safe to use. Any obstacle or delay denotes disaster.

To see a bridge give way before you, beware of treachery and false
admirers. Affluence comes with clear waters. Sorrowful returns of best
efforts are experienced after looking upon or coming in contact with muddy
or turbid water in dreams.

Bridle.

To dream of a bridle, denotes you will engage in some enterprise which
will afford much worry, but will eventually terminate in pleasure and gain.
If it is old or broken you will have difficulties to encounter, and the
probabilities are that you will go down before them.

A blind bridle signifies you will be deceived by some wily enemy, or
some woman will entangle you in an intrigue.

Bridle Bits.

To see bridle bits in your dreams, foretells you will subdue and overcome
any obstacle opposing your advancement or happiness. If they break or are
broken you will be surprised into making concessions to enemies,

Brimstone.

To dream of brimstone, foretells that discreditable dealings will lose you
many friends. if you fail to rectify the mistakes you are making.

To see fires of brimstone, denotes you will be threatened with loss by
contagion in your vicinity.

Bronchitis.

To dream that you are affected with bronchitis, foretells you will be
detained from pursuing your views and plans by unfortunate complications
of sickness in your home.

To suffer with bronchitis in a dream, denotes that discouraging prospects
of winning desired objects will soon loom up before you.

Bronze.

For a woman to dream of a bronze statue, signifies that she will fail in
her efforts to win the person she has determined on for a husband.

If the statue simulates life, or moves, she will be involved in a love affair,
but no marriage will occur. Disappointment to some person may follow the
dream.

To dream of bronze serpents or insects, foretells you will be pursued by
envy and ruin. To see bronze metals, denotes your fortune will be uncertain
and unsatisfactory.

Brood.

To see a fowl with her brood, denotes that, if you are a woman, your
cares will be varied and irksome. Many children will be in your care, and
some of them will prove wayward and unruly.

Brood, to others, denotes accumulation of wealth.

Broom.

To dream of brooms, denotes thrift and rapid improvement in your
fortune, if the brooms are new. If they are seen in use, you will lose in
speculation. For a woman to lose a broom, foretells that she will prove a
disagreeable and slovenly wife and housekeeper.

Broth.

Broth denotes the sincerity of friends. They will uphold you in all
instances. If you need pecuniary aid it will be forthcoming. To lovers, it
promises a strong and lasting attachment.

To make broth, you will rule your own and others' fate.

Brothel.

To dream of being in a brothel, denotes you will encounter disgrace
through your material indulgence.

Brothers.

To see your brothers, while dreaming, full of energy, you will have cause
to rejoice at your own, or their good fortune; but if they are poor and in
distress, or begging for assistance, you will be called to a deathbed soon, or
some dire loss will overwhelm you or them.

Brush.

To dream of using a hair-brush, denotes you will suffer misfortune from
your mismanagement. To see old hair brushes, denotes sickness and ill
health. To see clothes brushes, indicates a heavy task is pending over you.

If you are busy brushing your clothes, you will soon receive
reimbursement for laborious work. To see miscellaneous brushes, foretells a
varied line of work, yet withal, rather pleasing and remunerative.

Buckle.

To dream of buckles, foretells that you will be beset with invitations to
places of pleasure, and your affairs will be in danger of chaotic confusion.

Buffalo.

If a woman dreams that she kills a lot of buffaloes, she will undertake a
stupendous enterprise, but by enforcing will power and leaving off material
pleasures, she will win commendation from men, and may receive long
wished for favors. Buffalo, seen in a dream, augurs obstinate and powerful

but stupid enemies. They will boldly declare against you but by diplomacy
you will escape much misfortune.

Bugle.

To hear joyous blasts from a bugle, prepare for some unusual happiness,
as a harmony of good things for you is being formed by unseen powers.

Blowing a bugle, denotes fortunate dealings.

Bugs.

To dream of bugs denotes that some disgustingly revolting complications
will rise in your daily life. Families will suffer from the carelessness of
servants, and sickness may follow.

Buildings.

To see large and magnificent buildings, with green lawns stretching out
before them, is significant of a long life of plenty, and travels and
explorations into distant countries.

Small and newly built houses, denote happy homes and profitable
undertakings; but, if old and filthy buildings, ill health and decay of love
and business will follow.

Bull.

To see one pursuing you, business trouble, through envious and jealous
competitors, will harass you.

If a young woman meets a bull, she will have an offer of marriage, but,
by declining this offer, she will better her fortune.

To see a bull goring a person, misfortune from unwisely using another's
possessions will overtake you.

To dream of a white bull, denotes that you will lift yourself up to a higher
plane of life than those who persist in making material things their God. It
usually denotes gain.

Bulldog.[27]

To dream of entering strange premises and have a bulldog attack you,
you will be in danger of transgressing the laws of your country by using
perjury to obtain your desires.

If one meets you in a friendly way, you will rise in life, regardless of
adverse criticisms and seditious interference of enemies.

[27] See Dog.

Bullock.[28]

Denotes that kind friends will surround you, if you are in danger from
enemies. Good health is promised you.

[28] See Bull.

Burden.

To dream that you carry a heavy burden, signifies that you will be tied
down by oppressive weights of care and injustice, caused from favoritism
shown your enemies by those in power. But to struggle free from it, you
will climb to the topmost heights of success.

Burr.

To dream of burrs, denotes that you will struggle to free self from some
unpleasant burden, and will seek a change of surroundings.

Burglars.

To dream that they are searching your person, you will have dangerous
enemies to contend with, who will destroy you if extreme carefulness is not
practised in your dealings with strangers.

If you dream of your home, or place of business, being burglarized, your
good standing in business or society will be assailed, but courage in
meeting these difficulties will defend you. Accidents may happen to the
careless after this dream.

Burial.[29]

To attend the burial of a relative, if the sun is shining on the procession,
is a sign of the good health of relations, and perhaps the happy marriage of
some one of them is about to occur. But if rain and dismal weather prevails,
sickness and bad news of the absent will soon come, and depressions in
business circles will be felt

A burial where there are sad rites performed, or sorrowing faces, is
indicative of adverse surroundings or their speedy approach.

[29] See Funeral.

Buried Alive.

To dream that you are buried alive. denotes that you are about to make a
great mistake, which your opponents will quickly turn to your injury. If you

are rescued from the grave, your struggle will eventually correct your
misadventure.

Burns.

Burns stand for tidings of good. To burn your hand in a clear and flowing
fire, denotes purity of purpose and the approbation of friends. To burn your
feet in walking through coals, or beds of fire, denotes your ability to
accomplish any endeavor, however impossible it may be to others. Your
usual good health will remain with you, but, if you are overcome in the fire,
it represents that your interests will suffer through treachery of supposed
friends.

Butcher.

To see them slaughtering cattle and much blood, you may expect long
and fatal sickness in your family. To see a butcher cutting meat, your
character will be dissected by society to your detriment. Beware of writing
letters or documents.

Butter.

To dream of eating fresh, golden butter, is a sign of good health and plans
well carried out; it will bring unto you possessions, wealth and knowledge.

To eat rancid butter, denotes a competency acquired through struggles of
manual labor.

To sell butter, denotes small gain.

Butterfly.

To see a butterfly among flowers and green grasses, indicates prosperity
and fair attainments.

To see them flying about, denotes news from absent friends by letter, or
from some one who has seen them. To a young woman, a happy love,
culminating in a life union.

Buttons.

To dream of sewing bright shining buttons on a uniform, betokens to a
young woman the warm affection of a fine looking and wealthy partner in
marriage. To a youth, it signifies admittance to military honors and a bright
career.

Dull, or cloth buttons, denotes disappointments and systematic losses and
ill health.

The loss of a button, and the consequent anxiety as to losing a garment,
denotes prospective losses in trade.

Buttermilk.

Drinking buttermilk, denotes sorrow will follow some worldly pleasure,
and some imprudence will impair the general health of the dreamer.

To give it away, or feed it to pigs, is bad still.

To dream that you are drinking buttermilk made into oyster soup, denotes
that you will be called on to do some very repulsive thing, and ill luck will
confront you. There are quarrels brewing and friendships threatened. If you
awaken while you are drinking it, by discreet maneuvering you may effect a
pleasant understanding of disagreements.

Buzzard.

To dream that you hear a buzzard talking, foretells that some old scandal
will arise and work you injury by your connection with it.

To see one sitting on a railroad, denotes some accident or loss is about to
descend upon you. To see them fly away as you approach, foretells that you
will be able to smooth over some scandalous disagreement among your
friends, or even appertaining to yourself.

To see buzzards in a dream, portends generally salacious gossip or that
unusual scandal will disturb you.

C.

``And the Angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob; and I
said, here am I.''—Gen. xxx., II.

Cab.

To ride in a cab in dreams, is significant of pleasant avocations, and
average prosperity you will enjoy.

To ride in a cab at night, with others, indicates that you will have a secret
that you will endeavor to keep from your friends.

To ride in a cab with a woman, scandal will couple your name with
others of bad repute.

To dream of driving a public cab, denotes manual labor, with little chance
of advancement.

Cabbage.

It is bad to dream of cabbage. Disorders may run riot in all forms. To
dream of seeing cabbage green, means unfaithfulness in love and infidelity
in wedlock.

To cut heads of cabbage, denotes that you are tightening the cords of
calamity around you by lavish expenditure.

Cable.

To dream of a cable, foretells the undertaking of a decidedly hazardous
work, which, if successfully carried to completion, will abound in riches
and honor to you.

To dream of receiving cablegrams, denotes that a message of importance
will reach you soon, and will cause disagreeable comments.

Cabin.

The cabin of a ship is rather unfortunate to be in in{sic} a dream. Some
mischief is brewing for you. You will most likely be engaged in a law suit,
in which you will lose from the unstability of your witness.

For log cabin, see house.

Cackle.

To hear the cackling of hens denotes a sudden shock produced by the
news of an unexpected death in your neighborhood, Sickness will cause
poverty.

Cage.

In your dreaming if you see a cageful of birds, you will be the happy
possessor of immense wealth and many beautiful and charming children.
To see only one bird, you will contract a desirable and wealthy marriage.
No bird indicates a member of the family lost, either by elopement or death.

To see wild animals caged, denotes that you will triumph over your
enemies and misfortunes. If you are in the cage with them, it denotes
harrowing scenes from accidents while traveling.

Cakes.

Batter or pancakes, denote that the affections of the dreamer are well
placed, and a home will be bequeathed to him or her.

To dream of sweet cakes, is gain for the laboring and a favorable
opportunity for the enterprising. Those in love will prosper.

Pound cake is significant of much pleasure either from society or
business. For a young woman to dream of her wedding cake is the only bad
luck cake in the category. Baking them is not so good an omen as seeing
them or eating them.

Calomel.

To dream of calomel shows some person is seeking to deceive and injure
you through the unconscious abetting of friends. For a young woman to
dream of taking it, foretells that she will be victimized through the artful
designing of persons whom she trusts. If it is applied externally, she will
close her eyes to deceit in order to enjoy a short season of pleasure.

Calves.[30]

To dream of calves peacefully grazing on a velvety lawn, foretells to the
young, happy, festive gatherings and enjoyment. Those engaged in seeking
wealth will see it rapidly increasing.

[30] See Cattle.

Called.

To hear your name called in a dream by strange voices, denotes that your
business will fall into a precarious state, and that strangers may lend you
assistance, or you may fail to meet your obligations.

To hear the voice of a friend or relative, denotes the desperate illness of
some one of them, and may be death; in the latter case you may be called
upon to stand as guardian over some one, in governing whom you should
use much discretion.

Lovers hearing the voice of their affianced should heed the warning.
If they have been negligent in attention they should make amends.
Otherwise they may suffer separation from misunderstanding.

To hear the voice of the dead may be a warning of your own serious
illness or some business worry from bad judgment may ensue. The voice is
an echo thrown back from the future on the subjective mind, taking the
sound of your ancestor's voice from coming in contact with that part of your
ancestor which remains with you. A certain portion of mind matter remains
the same in lines of family descent.

Calendar.

To dream of keeping a calendar, indicates that you will be very orderly
and systematic in habits throughout the year.

To see a calendar, denotes disappointment in your calculations.

Calm.

To see calm seas, denotes successful ending of doubtful undertaking.

To feel calm and happy, is a sign of a long and well-spent life and a
vigorous old age.

Calumny.

To dream that you are the subject of calumny, denotes that your interests
will suffer at the hands of evil-minded gossips. For a young woman, it
warns her to be careful of her conduct, as her movements are being
critically observed by persons who claim to be her friends.

Camera.

To dream of a camera, signifies that changes will bring undeserved
environments. For a young woman to dream that she is taking pictures with
a camera, foretells that her immediate future will have much that is
displeasing and that a friend will subject her to acute disappointment.

Cameo Brooch.

To dream of a cameo brooch, denotes some sad occurrence will soon
claim your attention.

Camels.

To see this beast of burden, signifies that you will entertain great patience
and fortitude in time of almost unbearable anguish and failures that will
seemingly sweep every vestige of hope from you.

To own a camel, is a sign that you will possess rich mining property.

To see a herd of camels on the desert, denotes assistance when all human
aid seems at a low ebb, and of sickness from which you will arise, contrary
to all expectations.

Camp.

To dream of camping in the open air, you may expect a change in your
affairs, also prepare to make a long and wearisome journey.

To see a camping settlement, many of your companions will remove to
new estates and your own prospects will appear gloomy.

For a young woman to dream that she is in a camp, denotes that her lover
will have trouble in getting her to name a day for their wedding, and that he
will prove a kind husband. If in a military camp she will marry the first time
she has a chance.

A married woman after dreaming of being in a soldier's camp is in danger
of having her husband's name sullied, and divorce courts may be her
destination.

Campaign.

To dream of making a political one, signifies your opposition to approved
ways of conducting business, and you will set up original plans for yourself
regardless of enemies' working against you. Those in power will lose.

If it is a religious people conducting a campaign against sin, it denotes
that you will be called upon to contribute from your private means to
sustain charitable institutions.

For a woman to dream that she is interested in a campaign against fallen
women, denotes that she will surmount obstacles and prove courageous in
time of need.

Cane.

To see cane growing in your dream, foretells favorable advancement will
be made toward fortune. To see it cut, denotes absolute failure in all
undertakings.

Cancer.

To have one successfully treated in a dream, denotes a sudden rise from
obscure poverty to wealthy surroundings.

To dream of a cancer, denotes illness of some one near you, and quarrels
with those you love. Depressions may follow to the man of affairs after this
dream.

To dream of a cancer, foretells sorrow in its ugliest phase. Love will
resolve itself into cold formality, and business will be worrying and
profitless.

Canal.

To see the water of a canal muddy and stagnant-looking, portends
sickness and disorders of the stomach and dark designs of enemies. But if
its waters are clear a placid life and the devotion of friends is before you.

For a young woman to glide in a canoe across a canal, denotes a chaste
life and an adoring husband. If she crossed the canal on a bridge over clear
water and gathers ferns and other greens on the banks, she will enjoy a life
of ceaseless rounds of pleasure and attain to high social distinction. But if

the water be turbid she will often find herself tangled in meshes of
perplexity and will be the victim of nervous troubles.

Canary Birds. To dream of this sweet songster, denotes unexpected
pleasures. For the young to dream of possessing a beautiful canary, denotes
high class honors and a successful passage through the literary world, or a
happy termination of love's young dream.

To dream one is given you, indicates a welcome legacy. To give away a
canary, denotes that you will suffer disappointment in your dearest wishes.

To dream that one dies, denotes the unfaithfulness of dear friends.

Advancing, fluttering, and singing canaries, in luxurious apartments,
denotes feasting and a life of exquisite refinement, wealth, and satisfying
friendships. If the light is weird or unnaturally bright, it augurs that you are
entertaining illusive hopes. Your over-confidence is your worst enemy. A
young woman after this dream should beware, lest flattering promises react
upon her in disappointment. Fairy-like scenes in a dream are peculiarly
misleading and treacherous to women.

Candles.

To see them burning with a clear and steady flame, denotes the constancy
of those about you and a well-grounded fortune.

For a maiden to dream that she is molding candles, denotes that she will
have an unexpected offer of marriage and a pleasant visit to distant
relatives. If she is lighting a candle, she will meet her lover clandestinely
because of parental objections.

To see a candle wasting in a draught, enemies are circulating detrimental
reports about you.

To snuff a candle, portends sorowful{sic} news. Friends are dead or in
distressful straits.

Candlestick.

To see a candlestick bearing a whole candle, denotes that a bright future
lies before you filled with health, happiness and loving companions. If
empty, the reverse.

Canker.[31]

To dream of seeing canker on anything, is an omen of evil.
It foretells death and treacherous companions for the young.
Sorrow and loneliness to the aged.

Cankerous growths in the flesh, denote future distinctions either as head
of State or stage life.

[31] The last definition is not consistent with other parts of this book, but
I let it stand, as I find it among my automatic writings.

Cannon.

This dream denotes that one's home and country are in danger of foreign
intrusion, from which our youth will suffer from the perils of war.

For a young woman to hear or see cannons, denotes she will be a soldier's
wife and will have to bid him godspeed as he marches in defense of her and
honor.

The reader will have to interpret dreams of this character by the
influences surrounding him, and by the experiences stored away in his

subjective mind. If you have thought about cannons a great deal and you
dream of them when there is no war, they are most likely to warn you
against struggle and probable defeat. Or if business is manipulated by
yourself successful engagements after much worry and ill luck may ensue.

Cannon-Ball.

This means that secret enemies are uniting against you. For a maid to see
a cannon-ball, denotes that she will have a soldier sweetheart. For a youth
to see a cannon-ball, denotes that he will be called upon to defend his
country.

Canoe.

To paddle a canoe on a calm stream, denotes your perfect confidence in
your own ability to conduct your business in a profitable way.

To row with a sweetheart, means an early marriage and fidelity. To row
on rough waters you will have to tame a shrew before you attain connubial
bliss. Affairs in the business world will prove disappointing after you dream
of rowing in muddy waters. If the waters are shallow and swift, a hasty
courtship or stolen pleasures, from which there can be no lasting good, are
indicated.

Shallow, clear and calm waters in rowing, signifies happiness of a
pleasing character, but of short duration.

Water is typical of futurity in the dream realms. If a pleasant immediate
future awaits the dreamer he will come in close proximity with clear water.
Or if he emerges from disturbed watery elements into waking life the near
future is filled with crosses for him.

Candy.

To dream of making candy, denotes profit accruing from industry.

To dream of eating crisp, new candy, implies social pleasures and much
love-making among the young and old. Sour candy is a sign of illness or
that disgusting annoyances will grow out of confidences too long kept.

To receive a box of bonbons, signifies to a young person that he or she
will be the recipient of much adulation. It generally means prosperity. If
you send a box you will make a proposition, but will meet with
disappointment.

Canopy.

To dream of a canopy or of being beneath one, denotes that false friends
are influencing you to undesirable ways of securing gain. You will do well
to protect those in your care.

Cap.

For a woman to dream of seeing a cap, she will be invited to take part in
some festivity.

For a girl to dream that she sees her sweetheart with a cap on, denotes
that she will be bashful and shy in his presence.

To see a prisoner's cap, denotes that your courage is failing you in time of
danger.

To see a miner's cap, you will inherit a substantial competency.

Captive.

To dream that you are a captive, denotes that you may have treachery to
deal with, and if you cannot escape, that injury and misfortune will befall

you.

To dream of taking any one captive, you will join yourself to pursuits and
persons of lowest status.

For a young woman to dream that she is a captive, denotes that she will
have a husband who will be jealous of her confidence in others; or she may
be censured for her indiscretion.

Captain.

To dream of seeing a captain of any company, denotes your noblest
aspirations will be realized. If a woman dreams that her lover is a captain,
she will be much harassed in mind from jealousy and rivalry.

Cars.

To dream of seeing cars, denotes journeying and changing in quick
succession. To get on one shows that travel which you held in
contemplation will be made under different auspices than had been
calculated upon.

To miss one, foretells that you will be foiled in an attempt to forward
your prospects.

To get off of one, denotes that you will succeed with some interesting
schemes which will fill you with self congratulations.

To dream of sleeping-cars, indicates that your struggles to amass wealth
is animated by the desire of gratifying selfish and lewd principles which
should be mastered and controlled.

To see street-cars in your dreams, denotes that some person is actively
interested in causing you malicious trouble and disquiet.

To ride on a car, foretells that rivalry and jealousy will enthrall your
happiness.

To stand on the platform of a street-car while it is running, denotes you
will attempt to carry on an affair which will be extremely dangerous, but if
you ride without accident you will be successful.

If the platform is up high, your danger will be more apparent, but if low,
you will barely accomplish your purpose.

Cardinal.

It is unlucky to dream you see a cardinal in his robes. You will meet such
misfortunes as will necessitate your removal to distant or foreign lands to
begin anew your ruined fortune. For a woman to dream this is a sign of her
downfall through false promises. If priest or preacher is a spiritual adviser
and his services are supposed to be needed, especially in the hour of
temptation, then we find ourselves dreaming of him as a warning against
approaching evil.

Cards.

If playing them in your dreams with others for social pastime, you will
meet with fair realization of hopes that have long buoyed you up. Small ills
will vanish. But playing for stakes will involve you in difficulties of a
serious nature.

If you lose at cards you will encounter enemies. If you win you will
justify yourself in the eyes of the law, but will have trouble in so doing.

If a young woman dreams that her sweetheart is playing at cards, she will
have cause to question his good intentions.

In social games, seeing diamonds indicate wealth; clubs, that your
partner in life will be exacting, and that you may have trouble in explaining
your absence at times; hearts denote fidelity and cosy surroundings; spades
signify that you will be a widow and encumbered with a large estate.

Carnival.

To dream that you are participating in a carnival, portends that you are
soon to enjoy some unusual pleasure or recreation. A carnival when masks
are used, or when incongruous or clownish figures are seen, implies discord
in the home; business will be unsatisfactory and love unrequited.

Cart.

To dream of riding in a cart, ill luck and constant work will employ your
time if you would keep supplies for your family.

To see a cart, denotes bad news from kindred or friends.

To dream of driving a cart, you will meet with merited success in
business and other aspirations.

For lovers to ride together in a cart, they will be true in spite of the
machinations of rivals.

Cartridge.

To dream of cartridges, foretells unhappy quarrels and dissensions.

Some untoward fate threatens you or some one closely allied to you.

If they are empty, there will be foolish variances in your associations.

Carving.

To dream of carving a fowl, indicates you will be poorly off in a worldly
way. Companions will cause you vexation from continued ill temper.

Carving meat, denotes bad investments, but, if a change is made,
prospects will be brighter.

Carpet.

To see a carpet in a dream, denotes profit, and wealthy friends to aid you
in need.

To walk on a carpet, you will be prosperous and happy.

To dream that you buy carpets, denotes great gain. If selling them, you
will have cause to go on a pleasant journey, as well as a profitable one.

For a young woman to dream of carpets, shows she will own a beautiful
home and servants will wait upon her.

Carpenter.

To see carpenters at their labor, foretells you will engage in honest
endeavors to raise your fortune, to the exclusion of selfish pastime or so-
called recreation.

Carriage.

To see a carriage, implies that you will be gratified, and that you will
make visits.

To ride in one, you will have a sickness that will soon pass, and you will
enjoy health and advantageous positions.

To dream that you are looking for a carriage, you will have to labor hard,
but will eventually be possessed with a fair competency.

Carrot.

To dream of carrots, portends prosperity and health For a young woman
to eat them, denotes that she will contract an early marriage and be the
mother of several hardy children.

Cask.

To see one filled, denotes prosperous times and feastings. If empty, your
life will be void of any joy or consolation from outward influences.

Cash.[32]

To dream that you have plenty of cash, but that it has been borrowed,
portends that you will be looked upon as a worthy man, but that those who
come in close contact with you will find that you are mercenary and
unfeeling.

For a young woman to dream that she is spending borrowed money,
foretells that she will be found out in her practice of deceit, and through this
lose a prized friend.

[32] See Money.

Cash Box.

To dream of a full cash box, denotes that favorable prospects will open
around you. If empty, you will experience meager reimbursements.

Cashier.

To see a cashier in your dream, denotes that others will claim your
possessions. If you owe any one, you will practice deceit in your designs
upon some wealthy person.

Castle.

To dream of being in a castle, you will be possessed of sufficient wealth
to make life as you wish. You have prospects of being a great traveler,
enjoying contact with people of many nations.

To see an old and vine-covered castle, you are likely to become romantic
in your tastes, and care should be taken that you do not contract an
undesirable marriage or engagement. Business is depressed after this dream.

To dream that you are leaving a castle, you will be robbed of your
possessions, or lose your lover or some dear one by death.

Castor Oil.

To dream of castor oil, denotes that you will seek to overthrow a friend
who is secretly abetting your advancement.

Castoria.

To dream of castoria, denotes that you will fail to discharge some
important duty, and your fortune will seemingly decline to low stages.

Cats.

To dream of a cat, denotes ill luck, if you do not succeed in killing it or
driving it from your sight. If the cat attacks you, you will have enemies who
will go to any extreme to blacken your reputation and to cause you loss of
property. But if you succeed in banishing it, you will overcome great
obstacles and rise in fortune and fame.

If you meet a thin, mean and dirty-looking cat, you will have bad news
from the absent. Some friend lies at death's door; but if you chase it out of
sight, your friend will recover after a long and lingering sickness.

To hear the scream or the mewing of a cat, some false friend is using all
the words and work at his command to do you harm.

To dream that a cat scratches you, an enemy will succeed in wrenching
from you the profits of a deal that you have spent many days making.

If a young woman dreams that she is holding a cat, or kitten, she will be
influenced into some impropriety through the treachery of others.

To dream of a clean white cat, denotes entanglements which, while
seemingly harmless, will prove a source of sorrow and loss of wealth.

When a merchant dreams of a cat, he should put his best energies to
work, as his competitors are about to succeed in demolishing his standard of
dealing, and he will be forced to other measures if he undersells others and
still succeeds.

To dream of seeing a cat and snake on friendly terms signifies the
beginning of an angry struggle. It denotes that an enemy is being
entertained by you with the intention of using him to find out some secret
which you believe concerns yourself; uneasy of his confidences given, you

will endeavor to disclaim all knowledge of his actions, as you are fearful
that things divulged, concerning your private life, may become public.

Catechism.

To dream of the catechism, foretells that you will be offered a lucrative
position, but the strictures will be such that you will be worried as to
accepting it.

Caterpillar.

To see a caterpillar in a dream, denotes that low and hypocritical people
are in your immediate future, and you will do well to keep clear of deceitful
appearances. You may suffer a loss in love or business.

To dream of a caterpillar, foretells you will be placed in embarrassing
situations, and there will be small honor or gain to be expected.

Cattle.[33]

To dream of seeing good-looking and fat cattle contentedly grazing in
green pastures, denotes prosperity and happiness through a congenial and
pleasant companion.

To see cattle lean and shaggy, and poorly fed, you will be likely to toil all
your life because of misspent energy and dislike of details of work. Correct
your habits after this dream.

To see cattle stampeding, means that you will have to exert all the powers
of command you have to keep your career in a profitable channel.

To see a herd of cows at milking time, you will be the successful owner
of wealth that many have worked to obtain. To a young woman this means

that her affections will not suffer from the one of her choice.

To dream of milking cows with udders well filled, great good fortune is
in store for you. If the calf has stolen the milk, it signifies that you are about
to lose your lover by slowness to show your reciprocity, or your property
from neglect of business.

To see young calves in your dream, you will become a great favorite in
society and win the heart of a loyal person. For business, this dream
indicates profit from sales. For a lover, the entering into bonds that will be
respected. If the calves are poor, look for about the same, except that the
object sought will be much harder to obtain.

Long-horned and dark, vicious cattle, denote enemies.

[33] See Calves.

Cathedral.

To dream of a wast cathedral with its domes rising into space, denotes
that you will be possessed with an envious nature and unhappy longings for
the unattainable, both mental and physical; but if you enter you will be
elevated in life, having for your companions the learned and wise.

Cauliflower.

To dream of eating it, you will be taken to task for neglect of duty.
To see it growing, your prospects will brighten after a period of loss.

For a young woman to see this vegetable in a garden, denotes that she
will marry to please her parents and not herself.

Cavalry.

To dream that you see a division of cavalry, denotes personal
advancement and distinction. Some little sensation may accompany your
elevation.

Cavern or Cave.

To dream of seeing a cavern yawning in the weird moonlight before you,
many perplexities will assail you, and doubtful advancement because of
adversaries. Work and health is threatened.

To be in a cave foreshadows change. You will probably be estranged
from those who are very dear to you.

For a young woman to walk in a cave with her lover or friend, denotes
she will fall in love with a villain and will suffer the loss of true friends.

Cedars.

To dream of seeing them green and shapely, denotes pleasing success in
an undertaking.

To see them dead or blighted, signifies despair.
No object will be attained from seeing them thus.

Celestial Signs.[34]

To dream of celestial signs, foretells unhappy occurrences will cause you
to make unseasonable journeys. Love or business may go awry, quarrels in
the house are also predicted if you are not discreet with your engagements.

[34] See Illumination.

Celery.

To dream of seeing fresh, crisp stalks of celery, you will be prosperous
and influential beyond your highest hopes.

To see it decaying, a death in your family will soon occur.

To eat it, boundless love and affection will be heaped upon you.

For a young woman to eat it with her lover, denotes she will come into
rich possessions.

Cellar.

To dream of being in a cold, damp cellar, you will be oppressed by
doubts.
You will lose confidence in all things and suffer gloomy forebodings
from which you will fail to escape unless you control your will.
It also indicates loss of property.

To see a cellar stored with wines and table stores, you will be offered a
share in profits coming from a doubtful source. If a young woman dreams
of this she will have an offer of marriage from a speculator or gambler.

Cemetery.

To dream of being in a beautiful and well-kept cemetery, you will have
unexpected news of the recovery of one whom you had mourned as dead,
and you will have your title good to lands occupied by usurpers.

To see an old bramble grown and forgotten cemetery, you will live to see
all your loved ones leave you, and you will be left to a stranger's care.

For young people to dream of wandering through the silent avenues of
the dead foreshows they will meet with tender and loving responses from

friends, but will have to meet sorrows that friends are powerless to avert.

Brides dreaming of passing a cemetery on their way to the wedding
ceremony, will be bereft of their husbands by fatal accidents occurring on
journeys.

For a mother to carry fresh flowers to a cemetery, indicates she may
expect the continued good health of her family.

For a young widow to visit a cemetery means she will soon throw aside
her weeds for robes of matrimony. If she feels sad and depressed she will
have new cares and regrets.

Old people dreaming of a cemetery, shows they will soon make other
journeys where they will find perfect rest.

To see little children gathering flowers and chasing butterflies among the
graves, denotes prosperous changes and no graves of any of your friends to
weep over. Good health will hold high carnival.

Chaff.

To see chaff, denotes an empty and fruitless undertaking and ill health
causing much anxiety.

Women dreaming of piles of chaff, portends many hours spent in useless
and degrading gossip, bringing them into notoriety and causing them to lose
husbands who would have maintained them without work on their part.

Chains.

To dream of being bound in chains, denotes that unjust burdens are about
to be thrown upon your shoulders; but if you succeed in breaking them you

will free yourself from some unpleasant business or social engagement.

To see chains, brings calumny and treacherous designs of the envious.

Seeing others in chains, denotes bad fortunes for them.

Chair.

To see a chair in your dream, denotes failure to meet some obligation.
If you are not careful you will also vacate your most profitable places.

To see a friend sitting on a chair and remaining motionless, signifies
news of his death or illness.

Chair Maker.

To dream of seeing a chair maker, denotes that worry from apparently
pleasant labor will confront you.

Chairman.

To dream that you see the chairman of any public body, foretells you will
seek elevation and be recompensed by receiving a high position of trust. To
see one looking out of humor you are threatened with unsatisfactory states.

If you are a chairman, you will be distinguished for your justice and
kindness to others.

Chalk.

For a woman to dream of chalking her face, denotes that she will scheme
to obtain admirers.

To dream of using chalk on a board, you will attain public honors, unless
it is the blackboard; then it indicates ill luck.

To hold hands full of chalk, disappointment is foretold.

Chalice.

To dream of a chalice, denotes pleasure will be gained by you to the
sorrow of others. To break one foretells your failure to obtain power over
some friend.

Challenge.

If you are challenged to fight a duel, you will become involved in a social
difficulty wherein you will be compelled to make apologies or else lose
friendships.

To accept a challenge of any character, denotes that you will bear many
ills yourself in your endeavor to shield others from dishonor.

Chamber.

To find yourself in a beautiful and richly furnished chamber implies
sudden fortune, either through legacies from unknown relatives or through
speculation. For a young woman, it denotes that a wealthy stranger will
offer her marriage and a fine establishment. If the chamber is plainly
furnished, it denotes that a small competency and frugality will be her
portion.

Chambermaid.

To see a chambermaid, denotes bad fortune and decided changes will be
made.

For a man to dream of making love to a chambermaid, shows he is likely
to find himself an object of derision on account of indiscreet conduct and
want of tact.

Chameleon.

To dream of seeing your swetheart{sic} wearing a chameleon chained to
her, shows she will prove faithless to you if by changing she can better her
fortune. Ordinarily chameleons signify deceit and self advancement, even
though others suffer.

Champion.

To dream of a champion, denotes you will win the warmest friendship of
some person by your dignity and moral conduct.

Chandelier.

To dream of a chandelier, portends that unhoped-for success will make it
possible for you to enjoy pleasure and luxury at your caprice.

To see a broken or ill-kept one, denotes that unfortunate speculation will
depress your seemingly substantial fortune. To see the light in one go out,
foretells that sickness and distress will cloud a promising future.

Chapel.

To dream of a chapel, denotes dissension in social circles and unsettled
business.

To be in a chapel, denotes disappointment and change of business.

For young people to dream of entering a chapel, implies false loves and
enemies. Unlucky unions may entangle them.

Charity.

To dream of giving charity, denotes that you will be harassed with
supplications for help from the poor and your business will be at standstill.

To dream of giving to charitable institutions, your right of possession to
paving property will be disputed. Worries and ill health will threaten you.

For young persons to dream of giving charity, foreshows they will be
annoyed by deceitful rivals. To dream that you are an object of charity,
omens that you will succeed in life after hard times with misfortunes.

Charcoal.

To dream of charcoal unlighted, denotes miserable situations and bleak
unhappiness. If it is burning with glowing coals, there is prospects of great
enhancement of fortune, and possession of unalloyed joys.

Chariot.

To dream of riding in a chariot, foretells that favorable opportunities will
present themselves resulting in your good if rightly used by you.

To fall or see others fall from one, denotes displacement from high
positions.

Chastise.

To dream of being chastised, denotes that you have not been prudent in
conducting your affairs.

To dream that you administer chastisement to another, signifies that you
will have an ill-tempered partner either in business or marriage.

For parents to dream of chastising their children, indicates they will be
loose in their manner of correcting them, but they will succeed in bringing
them up honorably.

Cheated.

To dream of being cheated in business, you will meet designing people
who will seek to close your avenues to fortune.

For young persons to dream that they are being cheated in games,
portend they will lose their sweethearts through quarrels and
misunderstandings.

Checks.

To dream of palming off false checks on your friends, denotes that you
will resort to subterfuge in order to carry forward your plans.

To receive checks you will be able to meet your payments and will
inherit money.

To dream that you pay out checks, denotes depression and loss in
business.

Checkers.

To dream of playing checkers, you will be involved in difficulties of a
serious character, and strange people will come into your life, working you
harm.

To dream that you win the game, you will succeed in some doubtful
enterprise.

Cheese.

To dream of eating cheese, denotes great disappointments and sorrow.
No good of any nature can be hoped for. Cheese is generally a bad dream.

Chemise.

For a woman to dream of a chemise, denotes she will hear unfavorable
gossip about herself.

Cherries.

To dream of cherries, denotes you will gain popularity by your amiability
and unselfishness. To eat them, portends possession of some much desired
object. To see green ones, indicates approaching good fortune.

Cherubs.

To dream you see cherubs, foretells you will have some distinct joy,
which will leave an impression of lasting good upon your life.

To see them looking sorrowful or reproachful, foretells that distress will
come unexpectedly upon you.

Chess.

To dream of playing chess, denotes stagnation of business, dull
companions, and poor health.

To dream that you lose at chess, worries from mean sources will ensue;
but if you win, disagreeable influences may be surmounted.

Chestnuts.

To dream of handling chestnuts, foretells losses in a business way, but
indicates an agreeable companion through life.

Eating them, denotes sorrow for a time, but final happiness.

For a young woman to dream of eating or trying her fortune with them,
she will have a well-to-do lover and comparative plenty.

Chickens.

To dream of seeing a brood of chickens, denotes worry from many cares,
some of which of which will prove to your profit.

Young or half grown chickens, signify fortunate enterprises, but to make
them so you will have to exert your physical strength.

To see chickens going to roost, enemies are planning to work you evil.

To eat them, denotes that selfishness will detract from your otherwise
good name. Business and love will remain in precarious states.

Chiffonier.

To see or search through a chiffonier, denotes you will have
disappointing anticipations. To see one in order, indicates pleasant friends
and entertainments.

Chilblain.

To dream of suffering with chilblains, denotes that you will be driven
into some bad dealing through over anxity{sic} of a friend or partner. This
dream also portends your own illness or an accident.

Childbed.

To dream of giving child birth, denotes fortunate circumstances and safe
delivery of a handsome child.

For an unmarried woman to dream of being in childbed, denotes unhappy
changes from honor to evil and low estates.

Children.

``Dream of children sweet and fair,
To you will come suave debonair,
Fortune robed in shining dress,
Bearing wealth and happiness.''

To dream of seeing many beautiful children is portentous of great
prosperity and blessings.

For a mother to dream of seeing her child sick from slight cause, she may
see it enjoying robust health, but trifles of another nature may harass her.

To see children working or studying, denotes peaceful times and general
prosperity.

To dream of seeing your child desperately ill or dead, you have much to
fear, for its welfare is sadly threatened.

To dream of your dead child, denotes worry and disappointment in the
near future.

To dream of seeing disappointed children, denotes trouble from enemies,
and anxious forebodings from underhanded work of seemingly friendly
people.

To romp and play with children, denotes that all your speculating and
love enterprises will prevail.

Chimes.

To dream of Christmas chimes, denotes fair prospects for business men
and farmers.

For the young, happy anticipations fulfilled. Ordinary chimes, denotes
some small anxiety will soon be displaced by news of distant friends.

Chimney.

To dream of seeing chimneys, denotes a very displeasing incident will
occur in your life. Hasty intelligence of sickness will be borne you. A
tumble down chimney, denotes sorrow and likely death in your family. To
see one overgrown with ivy or other vines, foretells that happiness will
result from sorrow or loss of relatives.

To see a fire burning in a chimney, denotes much good is approaching
you.
To hide in a chimney corner, denotes distress and doubt will assail you.
Business will appear gloomy.

For a young woman to dream that she is going down a chimney, foretells
she will be guilty of some impropriety which will cause consternation
among her associates. To ascend a chimney, shows that she will escape
trouble which will be planned for her.

China.

For a woman to dream of painting or arranging her china, foretells she
will have a pleasant home and be a thrifty and economical matron.

China Store.[35]

For a china merchant to dream that his store looks empty, foretells he will
have reverses in his business, and withal a gloomy period will follow.

[35] See Crockery.

Chocolate.

To dream of chocolate, denotes you will provide abundantly for those
who are dependent on you. To see chocolate candy, indicates agreeable
companions and employments. If sour, illness or other disappointments will
follow. To drink chocolate, foretells you will prosper after a short period of
unfavorable reverses.

Choir.

To dream of a choir, foretells you may expect cheerful surroundings to
replace gloom and discontent. For a young woman to sing in a choir,
denotes she will be miserable over the attention paid others by her lover.

Cholera.

To dream of this dread disease devastating the country, portends sickness
of virulent type will rage and many disappointments will follow.

To dream that you are attacked by it, denotes your own sickness.

Christ.

To dream of beholding Christ, the young child, worshiped by the wise
men, denotes many peaceful days, full of wealth and knowledge, abundant
with joy, and content.

If in the garden of the Gethsemane, sorrowing adversity will fill your
soul, great longings for change and absent objects of love will be felt.

To see him in the temple scourging the traders, denotes that evil enemies
will be defeated and honest endeavors will prevail.

Christmas Tree.

To dream of a Christmas tree, denotes joyful occasions and auspicious
fortune. To see one dismantled, foretells some painful incident will follow
occasions of festivity.

Chrysanthemum.

To dream that you gather white chrysanthemums, signifies loss and much
perplexity; colored ones, betokens pleasant engagements.

To see them in bouquets, denotes that love will be offered you, but a
foolish ambition will cause you to put it aside. To pass down an avenue of
white chrysanthemums, with here and there a yellow one showing among
the white, foretells a strange sense of loss and sadness, from which the
sensibilities will expand and take on new powers. While looking on these
white flowers as you pass, and you suddenly feel your spirit leave your
body and a voice shouts aloud ``Glory to God, my Creator,'' foretells that a
crisis is pending in your near future. If some of your friends pass out, and
others take up true ideas in connection with spiritual and earthly needs, you
will enjoy life in its deepest meaning. Often death is near you in these
dreams.

Church.[36]

To dream of seeing a church in the distance, denotes disappointment in
pleasures long anticipated.

To enter one wrapt in gloom, you will participate in a funeral.
Dull prospects of better times are portended.

Churchyard.

To dream of walking in a churchyard, if in winter, denotes that you are to
have a long and bitter struggle with poverty, and you will reside far from
the home of your childhood, and friends will be separated from you; but if
you see the signs of springtime, you will walk up in into pleasant places and
enjoy the society of friends.

For lovers to dream of being in a churchyard means they will never
marry each other, but will see others fill their places.

Churning.

To dream of churning, you will have difficult tasks set you, but by
diligence and industry you will accomplish them and be very prosperous.
To the farmer, it denotes profit from a plenteous harvest; to a young woman,
it denotes a thrifty and energetic husband.

Cider.

To dream of cider, denotes fortune may be won by you if your time is not
squandered upon material pleasure. To see people drinking it, you will be
under the influence of unfaithful friends.

Cipher.

To dream of reading cipher, indicates that you are interested in literary
researches, and by constant study you will become well acquainted with the
habits and lives of the ancients.

Circle.

To dream of a circle, denotes that your affairs will deceive you in their
proportions of gain. For a young woman to dream of a circle, warns her of
indiscreet involvement to the exclusion of marriage.

Cistern. To dream of a cistern, denotes you are in danger of trespassing
upon the pleasures and rights of your friends. To draw from one, foretells
that you will enlarge in your pastime and enjoyment in a manner which may
be questioned by propriety.

To see an empty one, foretells despairing change from happiness to
sorrow.

City.

To dream that you are in a strange city, denotes you will have sorrowful
occasion to change your abode or mode of living.

City Council.

To dream of a city council, foretells that your interests will clash with
public institutions and there will be discouraging outlooks for you.

City Hall.

To dream of a city hall, denotes contentions and threatened law suits.

To a young woman this dream is a foreboding of unhappy estrangement
from her lover by her failure to keep virtue inviolate.

Clams.

To dream of clams, denotes you will have dealings with an obstinate but
honest person. To eat them, foretells you will enjoy another's prosperity.

For a young woman to dream of eating baked clams with her sweetheart,
foretells that she will enjoy his money as well as his confidence.

Clay.

To dream of clay, denotes isolation of interest and probable insolvency.
To dig in a clay bank, foretells you will submit to extraordinary demands of
enemies. If you dig in an ash bank and find clay, unfortunate surprises will
combat progressive enterprises or new work. Your efforts are likely to be
misdirected after this dream.

Women will find this dream unfavorable in love, social and business
states, and misrepresentations will overwhelm them.

Claret.

To dream of drinking claret, denotes you will come under the influence
of ennobling association. To dream of seeing broken bottles of claret,
portends you will be induced to commit immoralities by the false
persuasions of deceitful persons.

Claret Cup and Punch.

To dream of claret cup or punch, foretells that you will be much pleased
with the attention shown you by new acquaintances.

Clarionet.

To dream of a claironet, foretells that you will indulge in frivolity
beneath your usual dignity. {I}f it is broken, you will incur the displeasure
of a close friend.

Clairvoyance.

To dream of being a clairvoyant and seeing yourself in the future, denotes
signal changes in your present occupation, followed by a series of unhappy
conflicts with designing people.

To dream of visiting a clairvoyant, foretells unprosperous commercial
states and unhappy unions.

Clergyman.[37]

To dream that you send for a clergyman to preach a funeral sermon,
denotes that you will vainly strive against sickness and to ward off evil
influences, but they will prevail in spite of your earnest endeavors.

If a young woman marries a clergyman in her dream, she will be the
object of much mental distress, and the wayward hand of fortune will lead
her into the morass of adversity.

[37] See Minister.

Climbing.[38]

To dream of climbing up a hill or mountain and reaching the top, you will
overcome the most formidable obstacles between you and a prosperous
future; but if you should fail to reach the top, your dearest plans will suffer
being wrecked.

To climb a ladder to the last rung, you will succeed in business; but if the
ladder breaks, you will be plunged into unexpected straits, and accidents
may happen to you.

To see yourself climbing the side of a house in some mysterious way in a
dream, and to have a window suddenly open to let you in, foretells that you
will make or have made extraordinary ventures against the approbation of
friends, but success will eventually crown your efforts, though there will be
times when despair will almost enshroud you.

[38] See Ascend Hill and Mountain.

Clock.

To dream that you see a clock, denotes danger from a foe.
To hear one strike, you will receive unpleasant news.
The death of some friend is implied.

Cloister.

To dream of a cloister, omens dissatisfaction with present surroundings,
and you will soon seek new environments. For a young woman to dream of
a cloister, foretells that her life will be made unselfish by the chastening of
sorrow.

Clothes.[39]

To dream of seeing clothes soiled and torn, denotes that deceit will be
practised to your harm. Beware of friendly dealings with strangers.

For a woman to dream that her clothing is soiled or torn, her virtue will
be dragged in the mire if she is not careful of her associates. Clean new
clothes, denotes prosperity.

To dream that you have plenty, or an assortment of clothes, is a doubtful
omen; you may want the necessaries of life. To a young person, this dream
denotes unsatisfied hopes and disappointments.

[39] See Apparel.

Clouds.

To dream of seeing dark heavy clouds, portends misfortune and bad
management.
If rain is falling, it denotes troubles and sickness.

To see bright transparent clouds with the sun shining through them, you
will be successful after trouble has been your companion.

To see them with the stars shining, denotes fleeting joys and small
advancements.

Clover.

Walking through fields of fragrant clover is a propitious dream.
It brings all objects desired into the reach of the dreamer.
Fine crops is portended for the farmer and wealth for the young.
Blasted fields of clover brings harrowing and regretful sighs.

To dream of clover, foretells prosperity will soon enfold you. For a young
woman to dream of seeing a snake crawling through blossoming clover,
foretells she will be early disappointed in love, and her surroundings will be
gloomy and discouraging, though to her friends she seems peculiarly
fortunate.

Cloven Foot.

To dream of a cloven foot, portends some unusual ill luck is threatening
you, and you will do well to avoid the friendship of strange persons.

Club.

To dream of being approached by a person bearing a club, denotes that
you will be assailed by your adversaries, but you will overcome them and

be unusually happy and prosperous; but if you club any one, you will
undergo a rough and profitless journey.

Coach.

To dream of riding in a coach, denotes continued losses and depressions
in business. Driving one implies removal or business changes.

Coals.

To see bright coals of fire, denotes pleasure and many pleasant changes.
To dream you handle them yourself, denotes unmitigated joy.
To see dead coals implies trouble and disappointments.

Coal-hod.

To dream of a coal-hod, denotes that grief will be likely to fill a vacancy
made by reckless extravagance. To see your neighbor carrying in hods,
foretells your surroundings will be decidedly distasteful and inharmonious.

Coat.[40]

To dream of wearing another's coat, signifies that you will ask some
friend to go security for you. To see your coat torn, denotes the loss of a
close friend and dreary business.

To see a new coat, portends for you some literary honor.

To lose your coat, you will have to rebuild your fortune lost through
being over-confident in speculations.

[40] See Apparel and Clothes.

Coat-of-Arms.

To dream of seeing your coat-of-arms, is a dream of ill luck.
You will never possess a title.

Cocoa.

To dream of cocoa, denotes you will cultivate distasteful friends for your
own advancement and pleasure.

Cocoanut.

Cocoanuts in dreams, warns you of fatalities in your expectations, as sly
enemies are encroaching upon your rights in the guise of ardent friends.
Dead cocoanut trees are a sign of loss and sorrow. The death of some one
near you may follow.

Cock-Crowing.

To dream of hearing a cock crowing in the morning, is significant of
good.
If you be single, it denotes an early marriage and a luxurious home.

To hear one at night is despair, and cause for tears you will have.

To dream of seeing cocks fight, you will leave your family because of
quarrels and infidelity. This dream usually announces some unexpected and
sorrowful events. The cock warned the Apostle Peter when he was about to
perjure himself. It may also warn you in a dream when the meshes of the
world are swaying you from ``the straight line'' of spiritual wisdom.

Cockade.

This dream denotes that foes will bring disastrous suits against you.
Beware of titles.

Cocktail.

To drink a cocktail while dreaming, denotes that you will deceive your
friends as to your inclinations and enjoy the companionship of fast men and
women while posing as a serious student and staid home lover. For a
woman, this dream portends fast living and an ignoring of moral and set
rules.

Coca-Cola.

For a woman to dream that she is drinking coca-cola signifies that she
will lose health and a chance for marrying a wealthy man by her
abandonment to material delights.

Coffin.

This dream is unlucky. You will, if you are a farmer, see your crops
blasted and your cattle lean and unhealthy. To business men it means debts
whose accumulation they are powerless to avoid. To the young it denotes
unhappy unions and death of loved ones.

To see your own coffin in a dream, business defeat and domestic sorrow
may be expected.

To dream of a coffin moving of itself, denotes sickness and marriage in
close conjunction. Sorrow and pleasure intermingled. Death may follow this
dream, but there will also be good.

To see your corpse in a coffin, signifies brave efforts will be crushed in
defeat and ignominy,

To dream that you find yourself sitting on a coffin in a moving hearse,
denotes desperate if not fatal illness for you or some person closely allied to
you.

Quarrels with the opposite sex is also indicated.
You will remorsefully consider your conduct toward a friend.

Coffee.

To dream of drinking coffee, denotes the disapproval of friends toward
your marriage intentions. If married, disagreements and frequent quarrels
are implied.

To dream of dealing in coffee, portends business failures. If selling, sure
loss. Buying it, you may with ease retain your credit.

For a young woman to see or handle coffee she will be made a by-word if
she is not discreet in her actions.

To dream of roasting coffee, for a young woman it denotes escape from
evil by luckily marrying a stranger.

To see ground coffee, foretells successful struggles with adversity.
Parched coffee, warns you of the evil attentions of strangers.

Green coffee, denotes you have bold enemies who will show you no
quarter, but will fight for your overthrow.

Coffee Mill.

To see a coffee mill in your dreams, denotes you are approaching a
critical danger, and all your energy and alertness will have to stand up with

obduracy to avert its disastrous consequences. To hear it grinding, signifies
you will hardly overthrow some evil pitted against your interest.

Coffee House.

To see or visit a coffee house in your dreams, foretells that you will
unwisely entertain friendly relations with persons known to be your
enemies. Designing women may intrigue against your morality and
possessions.

Coins.

To dream of gold, denotes great prosperity and much pleasure derived
from sight-seeing and ocean voyages.

Silver coin is unlucky to dream about. Dissensions will arise in the most
orderly families.

For a maiden to dream that her lover gives her a silver coin, signifies she
will be jilted by him.

Copper coins, denotes despair and physical burdens. Nickel coins, imply
that work of the lowest nature will devolve upon you.

If silver coins are your ideal of money, and they are bright and clean, or
seen distinctly in your possession, the dream will be a propitious one.

Coke.

To dream of coke, denotes affliction and discord will enter your near
future.

Coke Oven.

To see coke ovens burning, foretells some unexpected good fortune will
result from failure in some enterprise.

Cold.

To dream of suffering from cold, you are warned to look well to your
affairs.
There are enemies at work to destroy you. Your health is also menaced.

Colonel.

To dream of seeing or being commanded by a colonel, denotes you will
fail to reach any prominence in social or business circles.

If you are a colonel, it denotes you will contrive to hold position above
those of friends or acquaintances.

Collar.

To dream of wearing a collar, you will have high honors thrust upon you
that you will hardly be worthy of. For a woman to dream of collars, she will
have many admirers, but no sincere ones, She will be likely to remain single
for a long while.

College.

To dream of a college, denotes you are soon to advance to a position long
sought after. To dream that you are back in college, foretells you will
receive distinction through some well favored work.

Colliery or Coal-Mine.

To dream of being in a coal-mine or colliery and seeing miners, denotes
that some evil will assert its power for your downfall; but if you dream of

holding a share in a coal-mine, it denotes your safe investment in some
deal.

For a young woman to dream of mining coal, foreshows she will become
the wife of a real-estate dealer or dentist.

Collision.

To dream of a collision, you will meet with an accident of a serious type
and disappointments in business.

For a young woman to see a collision, denotes she will be unable to
decide between lovers, and will be the cause of wrangles.

Combat.

To dream of engaging in combat, you will find yourself seeking to
ingratiate your affections into the life and love of some one whom you
know to be another's, and you will run great risks of losing your good
reputation in business. It denotes struggles to keep on firm ground.

For a young woman to dream of seeing combatants, signifies that she will
have choice between lovers, both of whom love her and would face death
for her.

Combing.[41]

To dream of combing one's hair, denotes the illness or death of a friend or
relative. Decay of friendship and loss of property is also indicated by this
dream{.}

[41] See Hair.

Comedy.

To dream of being at a light play, denotes that foolish and short-lived
pleasures will be indulged in by the dreamer.

To dream of seeing a comedy, is significant of light pleasures and
pleasant tasks.

Comet.

To dream of this heavenly awe-inspiring object sailing through the skies,
you will have trials of an unexpected nature to beset you, but by bravely
combating these foes you will rise above the mediocre in life to heights of
fame.

For a young person, this dream portends bereavement and sorrow.

Comic Songs.

To hear comic songs in dreams, foretells you will disregard opportunity
to advance your affairs and enjoy the companionship of the pleasure loving.
To sing one, proves you will enjoy much pleasure for a time, but difficulties
will overtake you.

Command.

To dream of being commanded, denotes that you will be humbled in
some way by your associates for scorn shown your superiors.

To dream of giving a command, you will have some honor conferred
upon you.
If this is done in a tyrannical or boastful way disappointments will follow.

Commandment.

To dream of receiving commands, foretells you will be unwisely
influenced by persons of stronger will than your own. To read or hear the
Ten Commandments read, denotes you will fall into errors from which you
will hardly escape, even with the counsels of friends of wise and unerring
judgment.

Commerce.

To dream that you are engaged in commerce, denotes you will handle
your opportunities wisely and advantageously. To dream of failures and
gloomy outlooks in commercial circles, denotes trouble and ominous
threatening of failure in real business life.

Committee.

To dream of a committee, foretells that you will be surprised into doing
some distasteful work. For one to wait on you, foretells some unfruitful
labor will be assigned you.

Companion.

To dream of seeing a wife or husband, signifies small anxieties and
probable sickness.

To dream of social companions, denotes light and frivolous pastimes will
engage your attention hindering you from performing your duties.

Compass.

To dream of a compass, denotes you will be forced to struggle in narrow
limits, thus making elevation more toilsome but fuller of honor.

To dream of the compass or mariner's needle, foretells you will be
surrounded by prosperous circumstances and honest people will favor you.

To see one pointing awry, foretells threatened loss and deception.

Completion.

To dream of completing a task or piece of work, denotes that you will
have acquired a competency early in life, and that you can spend your days
as you like and wherever you please.

For a young woman to dream that she has completed a garment, denotes
that she will soon decide on a husband.

To dream of completing a journey, you will have the means to make one
whenever you like.

Complexion.

To dream that you have a beautiful complexion is lucky.
You will pass through pleasing incidents.

To dream that you have bad and dark complexion, denotes
disappointment and sickness.

Composing.

To see in your dreams a composing stick, foretells that difficult problems
will disclose themselves, and you will be at great trouble to meet them.

Concert.

To dream of a concert of a high musical order, denotes delightful seasons
of pleasure, and literary work to the author. To the business man it portends

successful trade, and to the young it signifies unalloyed bliss and faithful
loves.

Ordinary concerts such as engage ballet singers, denote that disagreeable
companions and ungrateful friends will be met with. Business will show a
falling off.

Concubine.

For a man to dream that he is in company with a concubine, forecasts he
is in danger of public disgrace, striving to keep from the world his true
character and state of business.

For a woman to dream that she is a concubine, indicates that she will
degrade herself by her own improprieties.

For a man to dream that his mistress is untrue, denotes that he has old
enemies to encounter. Expected reverses will arise.

Confectionary.

To dream of impure confectionary, denotes that an enemy in the guise of
a friend will enter your privacy and discover secrets of moment to your
opponents.

Confetti.

To dream of confetti obstructing your view in a crowd of merry-makers,
denotes that you will lose much by first seeking enjoyment, and later fulfil
tasks set by duty.

Conjurer.

To dream of a conjuror, denotes unpleasant experience will beset you in
your search for wealth and happiness.

Conjuring.

To dream that you are in a hypnotic state or under the power of others,
portends disastrous results, for your enemies will enthrall you; but if you
hold others under a spell you will assert decided will power in governing
your surroundings.

For a young woman to dream that she is under strange influences,
denotes her immediate exposure to danger, and she should beware.

To dream of seeing hypnotic and slight-of-hand performances, signifies
worries and perplexities in business and domestic circles, and unhealthy
conditions of state.

Conflagration.[42]

To dream of a conflagration, denotes, if no lives are lost, changes in the
future which will be beneficial to your interests and happiness.

[42] See Fire.

Conspiracy

To dream that you are the object of a conspiracy, foretells you will make
a wrong move in the directing of your affairs.

Conscience.

To dream that your conscience censures you for deceiving some one,
denotes that you will be tempted to commit wrong and should be constantly

on your guard.

To dream of having a quiet conscience, denotes that you will stand in
high repute.

Consumption.

To dream that you have consumption, denotes that you are exposing
yourself to danger. Remain with your friends.

Contempt.

To dream of being in contempt of court, denotes that you have committed
business or social indiscretion and that it is unmerited.

To dream that you are held in contempt by others, you will succeed in
winning their highest regard, and will find yourself prosperous and happy.
But if the contempt is merited, your exile from business or social circles is
intimated.

Convent.

To dream of seeking refuge in a convent, denotes that your future will be
signally free from care and enemies, unless on entering the building you
encounter a priest. If so, you will seek often and in vain for relief from
worldly cares and mind worry.

For a young girl to dream of seeing a convent, her virtue and honestly
will be questioned.

Convicts.

To dream of seeing convicts, denotes disasters and sad news. To dream
that you are a convict, indicates that you will worry over some affair; but

you will clear up all mistakes.

For a young woman to dream of seeing her lover in the garb of a convict,
indicates she will have cause to question the character of his love.

Convicted.[43]

[43] See Accuse.

Convention.

To dream of a convention, denotes unusual activity in business affairs
and final engagement in love. An inharmonious or displeasing convention
brings you disappointment.

Cooking.

To cook a meal, denotes some pleasant duty will devolve on you. Many
friends will visit you in the near future. If there is discord or a lack of
cheerfulness you may expect harassing and disappointing events to happen.

Cooking Stove.

To see a cooking stove in a dream, denotes that much unpleasantness will
be modified by your timely interference. For a young woman to dream of
using a cooking stove, foretells she will be too hasty in showing her
appreciation of the attention of some person and thereby lose a closer
friendship.

Cooling Board.

For a young woman to see a cooling board in her dreams, foretells
sickness and quarrels with her lover. To dream of some living person as

dead and rising up from a cooling board, denotes she will be indirectly
connected with that person in some trouble, but will find out that things will
work out satisfactorily.

To see her brother, who has long since been dead, rising from a cooling
board, warns her of complications which may be averted if she puts forth
the proper will and energy in struggling against them.

Copper.

To dream of copper, denotes oppression from those above you in station.

Copperas.

To dream of copperas, foretells unintentional wrong will be done you
which will be distressing and will cause you loss.

Copper Plate.

Copper plate seen in a dream, is a warning of discordant views causing
unhappiness between members of the same household.

Coppersmith.

To dream of a coppersmith, denotes small returns for labor, but withal
contentment.

Copying.

To dream of copying, denotes unfavorable workings of well tried plans.

For a young woman to dream that she is copying a letter, denotes she will
be prejudiced into error by her love for a certain class of people.

Coral.

To dream of coral, is momentous of enduring friend ship which will
know no weariness in alleviating your trouble. Colored coral is meant in
this dream.

White coral, foretells unfaithfulness and warning of love.

Cornet.

A cornet seen or heard in a dream, denotes kindly attentions from
strangers.

Coronation.

To dream of a coronation, foretells you will enjoy acquaintances and
friendships with prominent people. For a young woman to be participating
in a coronation, foretells that she will come into some surprising favor with
distinguished personages. But if the coronation presents disagreeable
incoherence in her dreams, then she may expect unsatisfactory states
growing out of anticipated pleasure.

Cords.[44]

[44] See Rope.

Cork.

To dream of drawing corks at a banquet, signifies that you will soon enter
a state of prosperity, in which you will revel in happiness of the most select
kind.

To dream of medicine corks, denotes sickness and wasted energies.

To dream of seeing a fishing cork resting on clear water, denotes success.
If water is disturbed you will be annoyed by unprincipled persons.

To dream that you are corking bottles, denotes a well organized business
and system in your living.

For a young woman to dream of drawing champagne corks, indicates she
will have a gay and handsome lover who will lavish much attention and
money on her. She should look well to her reputation and listen to the
warning of parents after this dream.

Corn.

To dream of husking pied ears of corn, denotes you will enjoy varied
success and pleasure. To see others gathering corn, foretells you will rejoice
in the prosperity of friends or relatives.

Corn and Corn-Field.

To dream of passing through a green and luxurious corn-field, and seeing
full ears hanging heavily, denotes great wealth for the farmer. It denotes fine
crops and rich harvest and harmony in the home. To the young it promises
much happiness and true friends, but to see the ears blasted, denotes
disappointments and bereavements.

To see young corn newly ploughed, denotes favor with the powerful and
coming success. To see it ripe, denotes fame and wealth. To see it cribbed,
signifies that your highest desires will be realized.

To see shelled corn, denotes wealthy combines and unstinted favors.

To dream of eating green corn, denotes harmony among friends and
happy unions for the young.

Corns.

To dream that your corns hurt your feet, denotes that some enemies are
undermining you, and you will have much distress; but if you succeed in

clearing your feet of corns, you will inherit a large estate from some
unknown source.

For a young woman to dream of having corns on her feet, indicates she
will have to bear many crosses and be coldly treated by her sex.

Corkscrew.

To dream of seeing a corkscrew, indicates an unsatisfied mind, and the
dreamer should heed this as a warning to curb his desires, for it is likely
they are on dangerous grounds.

To dream of breaking a corkscrew while using it, indicates to the dreamer
perilous surroundings, and he should use force of will to abandon
unhealthful inclinations.

Corpse.

To dream of a corpse is fatal to happiness, as this dream indicates
sorrowful tidings of the absent, and gloomy business prospects. The young
will suffer many disappointments and pleasure will vanish.

To see a corpse placed in its casket, denotes immediate troubles to the
dreamer.

To see a corpse in black, denotes the violent death of a friend or some
desperate business entanglement.

To see a battle-field strewn with corpses, indicates war and general
dissatisfaction between countries and political factions.

To see the corpse of an animal, denotes unhealthy situation, both as to
business and health.

To see the corpse of any one of your immediate family, indicates death to
that person, or to some member of the family, or a serious rupture of
domestic relations, also unusual business depression. For lovers it is a sure
sign of failure to keep promises of a sacred nature.

To put money on the eyes of a corpse in your dreams, denotes that you
will see unscrupulous enemies robbing you while you are powerless to
resent injury. If you only put it on one eye you will be able to recover lost
property after an almost hopeless struggle. For a young woman this dream
denotes distress and loss by unfortunately giving her confidence to
designing persons.

For a young woman to dream that the proprietor of the store in which she
works is a corpse, and she sees while sitting up with him that his face is
clean shaven, foretells that she will fall below the standard of perfection in
which she was held by her lover. If she sees the head of the corpse falling
from the body, she is warned of secret enemies who, in harming her, will
also detract from the interest of her employer. Seeing the corpse in the store,
foretells that loss and unpleasantness will offset all concerned. There are
those who are not conscientiously doing the right thing. There will be a
gloomy outlook for peace and prosperous work.

Cornmeal.

To see cornmeal, foretells the consummation of ardent wishes. To eat it
made into bread, denotes that you will unwittingly throw obstructions in the
way of your own advancement.

Corner.

This is an unfavorable dream if the dreamer is frightened and secretes
himself in a corner for safety.

To see persons talking in a corner, enemies are seeking to destroy you.
The chances are that some one whom you consider a friend will prove a
traitor to your interest.

Corpulence.

For a person to dream of being corpulent, indicates to the dreamer
bountiful increase of wealth and pleasant abiding places.

To see others corpulent, denotes unusual activity and prosperous times.

If a man or woman sees himself or herself looking grossly corpulent, he
or she should look well to their moral nature and impulses. Beware of either
concave or convex telescopically or microscopically drawn pictures of
yourself or others, as they forbode evil.

Corset.

To dream of a corset, denotes that you will be perplexed as to the
meaning of attentions won by you. If a young woman is vexed over
undoing or fastening her corset, she will be strongly inclined to quarrel with
her friends under slight provocations.

Cossack.

To dream of a Cossack, denotes humiliation of a personal character,
brought about by dissipation and wanton extravagance.

Cot.

To dream of a cot, foretells some affliction, either through sickness or
accident. Cots in rows signify you will not be alone in trouble, as friends
will be afflicted also.

Cotton.

To dream of young growing cotton-fields, denotes great business and
prosperous times. To see cotton ready for gathering, denotes wealth and
abundance for farmers.

For manufacturers to dream of cotton, means that they will be benefited
by the advancement of this article. For merchants, it denotes a change for
the better in their line of business.

To see cotton in bales, is a favorable indication for better times.

To dream that cotton is advancing, denotes an immediate change from
low to high prices, and all will be in better circumstances.

Cotton Cap.

It is a good dream, denoting many sincere friends.

Cotton Cloth.

To see cotton cloth in a dream, denotes easy circumstances.
No great changes follow this dream.

For a young woman to dream of weaving cotton cloth, denotes that she
will have a thrifty and enterprising husband. To the married it denotes a
pleasant yet a humble abode.

Cotton Gin.

To dream of a cotton gin, foretells you will make some advancement
toward fortune which will be very pleasing and satisfactory. To see a broken
or dilapidated gin, signifies misfortune and trouble will overthrow success.

Couch.

To dream of reclining on a couch, indicates that false hopes will be
entertained. You should be alert to every change of your affairs, for only in
this way will your hopes be realized.

Cough.

To dream that you are aggravated by a constant cough indicates a state of
low health; but one from which you will recuperate if care is observed in
your habits.

To dream of hearing others cough, indicates unpleasant surroundings
from which you will ultimately emerge.

Counter.

To dream of counters, foretells that active interest will debar idleness
from infecting your life with unhealthful desires. To dream of empty and
soiled counters, foretells unfortunate engagements which will bring great
uneasiness of mind lest your interest will be wholly swept away.

Counterfeit Money.

To dream of counterfeit money, denotes you will have trouble with some
unruly and worthless person. This dream always omens evil, whether you
receive it or pass it.

Counselor.

To dream of a counselor, you are likely to be possessed of some ability
yourself, and you will usually prefer your own judgment to that of others.
Be guarded in executing your ideas of right.

Countenance.

To dream of a beautiful and ingenuous countenance, you may safely look
for some pleasure to fall to your lot in the near future; but to behold an ugly
and scowling visage, portends unfavorable transactions.

Counterpane.

A counterpane is very good to dream of, if clean and white, denoting
pleasant occupations for women; but if it be soiled you may expect
harassing situations. Sickness usually follows this dream.

Counting.

To dream of counting your children, and they are merry and sweet-
looking, denotes that you will have no trouble in controlling them, and they
will attain honorable places.

To dream of counting money, you will be lucky and always able to pay
your debts; but to count out money to another person, you will meet with
loss of some kind. Such will be the case, also, in counting other things. If
for yourself, good; if for others, usually bad luck will attend you.

Country.

To dream of being in a beautiful and fertile country, where abound rich
fields of grain and running streams of pure water, denotes the very acme of
good times is at hand. Wealth will pile in upon you, and you will be able to
reign in state in any country. If the country be dry and bare, you will see
and hear of troublous times. Famine and sickness will be in the land.

Courtship.

Bad, bad, will be the fate of the woman who dreams of being courted.
She will
often think that now he will propose, but often she will be disappointed.
Disappointments will follow illusory hopes and fleeting pleasures.
For a man to dream of courting, implies that he is not worthy of a
companion.

Cousin.

Dreaming of one's cousin, denotes disappointments and afflictions.
Saddened lives are predicted by this dream.

To dream of an affectionate correspondence with one's cousin, denotes a
fatal rupture between families.

Cows.[45]

To dream of seeing cows waiting for the milking hour, promises
abundant fulfilment of hopes and desires.

[45] See Cattle.

Cowslip.

To dream of gathering cowslips, portends unhappy ending of seemingly
close and warm friendships; but seeing them growing, denotes a limited
competency for lovers. This is a sinister dream.

To see them in full bloom, denotes a crisis in your affairs.
The breaking up of happy homes may follow this dream.

Coxcomb.

To dream of a coxcomb, denotes a low state of mind.
The dreamer should endeavor to elevate his mind to nobler thoughts.

Cradle.

To dream of a cradle, with a beautiful infant occupying it, portends
prosperity and the affections of beautiful children.

To rock your own baby in a cradle, denotes the serious illness of one of
the family.

For a young woman to dream of rocking a cradle is portentous of her
downfall.
She should beware of gossiping.

Crabs.

To dream of crabs, indicates that you will have many complicated affairs,
for the solving of which you will be forced to exert the soundest judgment.
This dream portends to lovers a long and difficult courtship.

Crane.

To dream of seeing a flight of cranes tending northward, indicates
gloomy prospects for business. To a woman, it is significant of
disappointment; but to see them flying southward, prognosticates a joyful
meeting of absent friends, and that lovers will remain faithful.

To see them fly to the ground, events of unusual moment are at hand.

Crape.

To dream of seeing crape hanging from a door, denotes that you will hear
of the sudden death of some relative or friend.

To see a person dressed in crape, indicates that sorrow, other than death,
will possess you. It is bad for business and trade. To the young, it implies
lovers' disputes and separations.

Crawfish.

Deceit is sure to assail you in your affairs of the heart, if you are young,
after dreaming of this backward-going thing.

Crawl.

To dream that you are crawling on the ground, and hurt your hand, you
may expect humiliating tasks to be placed on you.

To crawl over rough places and stones, indicates that you have not taken
proper advantage of your opportunities. A young woman, after dreaming of
crawling, if not very careful of her conduct, will lose the respect of her
lover.

To crawl in mire with others, denotes depression in business and loss of
credit. Your friends will have cause to censure you.

Cream.

To dream of seeing cream served, denotes that you will be associated
with wealth if you are engaged in business other than farming.

To the farmer, it indicates fine crops and pleasant family relations.
To drink cream yourself, denotes immediate good fortune.
To lovers, this is a happy omen, as they will soon be united.

Credit.

To dream of asking for credit, denotes that you will have cause to worry,
although you may be inclined sometimes to think things look bright.

To credit another, warns you to be careful of your affairs, as you are
likely to trust those who will eventually work you harm.

Creek.

To dream of a creek, denotes new experiences and short journeys.
If it is overflowing, you will have sharp trouble, but of brief period.

If it is dry, disappointment will be felt by you, and you will see another
obtain the things you intrigued to secure.

Cremate.

To dream of seeing bodies cremated, denotes enemies will reduce your
influence in business circles. To think you are being cremated, portends
distinct failure in enterprises, if you mind any but your own judgment in
conducting them.

Crew.

To dream of seeing a crew getting ready to leave port, some
unforseen{sic} circumstance will cause you to give up a journey from
which you would have gained much.

To see a crew working to save a ship in a storm, denotes disaster on land
and sea. To the young, this dream bodes evil.

Cricket.

To hear a cricket in one's dream, indicates melancholy news, and perhaps
the death of some distant friend.

To see them, indicates hard struggles with poverty.

Cries.

To hear cries of distress, denotes that you will be engulfed in serious
troubles, but by being alert you will finally emerge from these distressing
straits and gain by this temporary gloom.

To hear a cry of surprise, you will receive aid from unexpected sources.

To hear the cries of wild beasts, denotes an accident of a serious nature.

To hear a cry for help from relatives, or friends, denotes that they are sick
or in distress.

Criminal.

To dream of associating with a person who has committed a crime,
denotes that you will be harassed with unscrupulous persons, who will try
to use your friendship for their own advancement.

To see a criminal fleeing from justice, denotes that you will come into the
possession of the secrets of others, and will therefore be in danger, for they
will fear that you will betray them, and consequently will seek your
removal.

Crippled.

To dream of the maimed and crippled, denotes famine and distress among
the poor, and you should be willing to contribute to their store. It also
indicates a temporary dulness in trade.

Crochet Work.

To dream of doing crochet work, foretells your entanglement in some
silly affair growing out of a too great curiosity about other people's
business. Beware of talking too frankly with over-confidential women.

Crockery.

To dream of having an abundance of nice, clean crockery, denotes that
you will be a tidy and economical housekeeper.

To be in a crockery store, indicates, if you are a merchant or business
man, that you will look well to the details of your business and thereby
experience profit. To a young woman, this dream denotes that she will
marry a sturdy and upright man. An untidy store, with empty shelves,
implies loss.

Crocodile.

As sure as you dream of this creature, you will be deceived by your
warmest friends. Enemies will assail you at every turn.

To dream of stepping on a crocodile's back, you may expect to fall into
trouble, from which you will have to struggle mightily to extricate yourself.
Heed this warning when dreams of this nature visit you. Avoid giving your
confidence even to friends.

Cross.

To dream of seeing a cross, indicates trouble ahead for you.
Shape your affairs accordingly.

To dream of seeing a person bearing a cross, you will be called on by
missionaries to aid in charities.

Cross-bones.

To dream of cross-bones, foretells you will be troubled by the evil
influence of others, and prosperity will assume other than promising
aspects.

To see cross-bones as a monogram on an invitation to a funeral, which
was sent out by a secret order, denotes that unnecessary fears will be
entertained for some person, and events will transpire seemingly harsh, but
of good import to the dreamer.

Cross Roads.

To dream of cross roads, denotes you will be unable to hold some former
favorable opportunity for reaching your desires. If you are undecided which
one to take, you are likely to let unimportant matters irritate you in a
distressing manner. You will be better favored by fortune if you decide on
your route. It may be after this dream you will have some important matter
of business or love to decide.

Croup.

To dream that your child has the croup, denotes slight illness, but useless
fear for its safety. This is generally a good omen of health and domestic
harmony.

Crow.[46]

To dream of seeing a crow, betokens misfortune and grief. To hear crows
cawing, you will be influenced by others to make a bad disposal of
property. To a young man, it is indicative of his succumbing to the wiles of
designing women.

[46] See Raven.

Crowd.

To dream of a large, handsomely dressed crowd of people at some
entertainment, denotes pleasant association with friends; but anything
occurring to mar the pleasure of the guests, denotes distress and loss of
friendship, and unhappiness will be found where profit and congenial
intercourse was expected. It also denotes dissatisfaction in government and
family dissensions.

To see a crowd in a church, denotes that a death will be likely to affect
you, or some slight unpleasantness may develop.

To see a crowd in the street, indicates unusual briskness in trade and a
general air of prosperity will surround you.

To try to be heard in a crowd, foretells that you will push your interests
ahead of all others.

To see a crowd is usually good, if too many are not wearing black or dull
costumes.

To dream of seeing a hypnotist trying to hypnotize others, and then turn
his attention on you, and fail to do so, indicates that a trouble is hanging
above you which friends will not succeed in warding off. Yourself alone can
avert the impending danger.

Crown.

To dream of a crown, prognosticates change of mode in the habit of one's
life. The dreamer will travel a long distance from home and form new
relations. Fatal illness may also be the sad omen of this dream.

To dream that you wear a crown, signifies loss of personal property.

To dream of crowning a person, denotes your own worthiness.

To dream of talking with the President of the United States, denotes that
you are interested in affairs of state, and sometimes show a great longing to
be a politician.

Crucifixion.

If you chance to dream of the crucifixion, you will see your opportunities
slip away, tearing your hopes from your grasp, and leaving you wailing
over the frustration of desires.

Crucifix.

To see a crucifix in a dream, is a warning of distress approaching, which
will involve others beside yourself. To kiss one, foretells that trouble will be
accepted by you with resignation.

For a young woman to possess one, foretells she will observe modesty
and kindness in her deportment, and thus win the love of others and better
her fortune.

Cruelty.

To dream of cruelty being shown you, foretells you will have trouble and
disappointment in some dealings. If it is shown to others, there will be a
disagreeable task set for others by you, which will contribute to you own
loss.

Crust.

To dream of a crust of bread, denotes incompetency, and threatened
misery through carelessness in appointed duties.

Crutches.

To dream that you go on crutches, denotes that you will depend largely
on others for your support and advancement.

To see others on crutches, denotes unsatisfactory results from labors.

Crying.

To dream of crying, is a forerunner of illusory pleasures, which will
subside into gloom, and distressing influences affecting for evil business
engagements and domestic affairs.

To see others crying, forbodes unexpected calls for aid from you.

Crystal.

To dream of crystal in any form, is a fatal sign of coming depression
either in social relations or business transactions. Electrical storms often
attend this dream, doing damage to town and country.

For a woman to dream of seeing a dining-room furnished in crystal, even
to the chairs, she will have cause to believe that those whom she holds in
high regard no longer deserve this distinction, but she will find out that
there were others in the crystal-furnished room, who were implicated also
in this sinister dream.

Cuckoo.

To dream of a cuckoo, prognosticates a sudden ending of a happy life
caused by the downfall of a dear friend.

To dream that you hear a cuckoo, denotes the painful illness of the death
of some absent loved one, or accident to some one in your family.

Cucumber.

This is a dream of plenty, denoting health and prosperity.
For the sick to dream of serving cucumbers, denotes their speedy recovery.
For the married, a pleasant change.

Cunning.

To dream of being cunning, denotes you will assume happy cheerfulness
to retain the friendship of prosperous and gay people. If you are associating
with cunning people, it warns you that deceit is being practised upon you in
order to use your means for their own advancement.

Cupboard.[47]

To see a cupboard in your dream, is significant of pleasure and comfort,
or penury and distress, according as the cupboard is clean and full of
shining ware, or empty and dirty.

[47] See Safe.

Curbstone.

To dream of stepping on a curbstone, denotes your rapid rise in business
circles, and that you will be held in high esteem by your friends and the
public.

For lovers to dream of stepping together on a curb, denotes an early
marriage and consequent fidelity; but if in your dream you step or fall from
a curbstone your fortunes will be reversed.

Currycomb.

To dream of a currycomb foretells that great labors must be endured in
order to obtain wealth and comfort.

Currying a Horse.

To dream of currying a horse, signifies that you will have a great many
hard licks to make both with brain and hand before you attain to the heights
of your ambition; but if you successfully curry him you will attain that
height, whatever it may be.

Curtains.

To dream of curtains, foretells that unwelcome visitors will cause you
worry and unhappiness. Soiled or torn curtains seen in a dream means
disgraceful quarrels and reproaches.

Cushion.

To dream of reclining on silken cushions, foretells that your ease will be
procured at the expense of others; but to see the cushions, denotes that you
will prosper in business and love-making.

For a young woman to dream of making silken cushions, implies that she
will be a bride before many months.

Cuspidor.

To see a cuspidor in a dream, signifies that an unworthy attachment will
be formed by you, and that your work will be neglected.

To spit in one, foretells that reflections wil{sic} be cast upon your
conduct.

Custard.[48]

For a married woman to dream of making or eating custard, indicates she
will be called upon to entertain an unexpected guest. A young woman will
meet a stranger who will in time become a warm friend. If the custard has a
sickening sweet taste, or is insipid, nothing but sorrow will intervene where
you had expected a pleasant experience.

[48] See Baking.

Custom-house.

To dream of a custom-house, denotes you will have rivalries and
competition in your labors.

To enter a custom-house, foretells that you will strive for, or have offered
you, a position which you have long desired.

To leave one, signifies loss of position, trade or failure of securing some
desired object.

Cut.

To dream of a cut, denotes sickness or the treachery of a friend will
frustrate your cheerfulness.

Cymbal.

Hearing a cymbal in your dreams, foretells the death of a very aged
person of your acquaintance. The sun will shine, but you will see it darkly
because of gloom.

D.

``God came to Laban, the Syrian, by night, in a dream, and said unto him,
take heed that thou speak not to Jacob, either good or bad.''— Gen. xxxi.,
24.

Dagger.

If seen in a dream, denotes threatening enemies. If you wrench the
dagger from the hand of another, it denotes that you will be able to
counteract the influence of your enemies and overcome misfortune.

Dahlia.[49]

To see dahlias in a dream, if they are fresh and bright, signifies good
fortune to the dreamer.

[49] See Bouquet

Dairy.[50]

Dairy is a good dream both to the married and unmarried.

[50] See Churning Butter.

Daisy.

To dream of a bunch of daisys, implies sadness, but if you dream of being
in a field where these lovely flowers are in bloom, with the sun shining and
birds singing, happiness, health and prosperity will vie each with the other
to lead you through the pleasantest avenues of life.

To dream of seeing them out of season, you will be assailed by evil in
some guise.

Damask Rose.

To dream of seeing a damask rosebush in full foliage and bloom, denotes
that a wedding will soon take place in your family, and great hopes will be
fulfilled.

For a lover to place this rose in your hair, foretells that you will be
deceived. If a woman receives a bouquet of damask roses in springtime, she
will have a faithful lover; but if she received them in winter, she will
cherish blasted hopes.

Damson.

This is a peculiarly good dream if one is so fortunate as to see these trees
lifting their branches loaded with rich purple fruit and dainty foliage; one
may expect riches compared with his present estate.

To dream of eating them at any time, forebodes grief.

Dance.[51]

To dream of seeing a crowd of merry children dancing, signifies to the
married, loving, obedient and intelligent children and a cheerful and
comfortable home. To young people, it denotes easy tasks and many
pleasures.

To see older people dancing, denotes a brighter outlook for business.

To dream of dancing yourself, some unexpected good fortune will come
to you.

[51] See Ball.

Dancing Master.

To dream of a dancing master, foretells you will neglect important affairs
to pursue frivolities. For a young woman to dream that her lover is a
dancing master, portends that she will have a friend in accordance with her
views of pleasure and life.

Dandelion.

Dandelions blossoming in green foliage, foretells happy unions and
prosperous surroundings.

Danger.

To dream of being in a perilous situation, and death seems iminent,{sic}
denotes that you will emerge from obscurity into places of distinction and
honor; but if you should not escape the impending danger, and suffer death
or a wound, you will lose in business and be annoyed in your home, and by
others. If you are in love, your prospects will grow discouraging.

Dark.

To dream of darkness overtaking you on a journey, augurs ill for any
work you may attempt, unless the sun breaks through before the journey
ends, then faults will be overcome.

To lose your friend, or child, in the darkness, portends many provocations
to wrath. Try to remain under control after dreaming of darkness, for trials
in business and love will beset you.

Dates.

To dream of seeing them on their parent trees, signifies prosperity and
happy union; but to eat them as prepared for commerce, they are omens of
want and distress.

Daughter.

To dream of your daughter, signifies that many displeasing incidents will
give way to pleasure and harmony. If in the dream, she fails to meet your
wishes, through any cause, you will suffer vexation and discontent.

Daughter-in-law.

To dream of your daughter-in-law, indicates some unusual
occurence{sic} will add to happiness, or disquiet, according as she is
pleasant or unreasonable.

David.

To dream of David, of Bible fame, denotes divisions in domestic circles,
and unsettled affairs, will tax heavily your nerve force.

Day.

To dream of the day, denotes improvement in your situation, and pleasant
associations. A gloomy or cloudy day, foretells loss and ill success in new
enterprises.

Daybreak.

To watch the day break in a dream, omens successful undertakings,
unless the scene is indistinct and weird; then it may imply disappointment
when success in business or love seems assured.

Dead.[52]

To dream of the dead, is usually a dream of warning. If you see and talk
with your father, some unlucky transaction is about to be made by you.
Be careful how you enter into contracts, enemies are around you.
Men and women are warned to look to their reputations after this dream.

To see your mother, warns you to control your inclination to cultivate
morbidness and ill will towards your fellow creatures. A brother, or other
relatives or friends, denotes that you may be called on for charity or aid
within a short time.

To dream of seeing the dead, living and happy, signifies you are letting
wrong influences into your life, which will bring material loss if not
corrected by the assumption of your own will force.

To dream that you are conversing with a dead relative, and that relative
endeavors to extract a promise from you, warns you of coming distress,
unless you follow the advice given you. Disastrous consequences could
often be averted if minds could grasp the inner workings and sight of the
higher or spiritual self. The voice of relatives is only that higher self taking
form to approach more distinctly the mind that lives near the material plane.
There is so little congeniality between common or material natures that
persons should depend upon their own subjectivity for true contentment and
pleasure.

[52] Paracelsus says on this subject: ``It may happen that the soul of
persons who have died perhaps fifty years ago may appear to us in a dream,
and if it speaks to us we should pay special attention to what it says, for
such a vision is not an illusion or delusion, and it is possible that a man is as
much able to use his reason during the sleep of his body as when the latter
is awake; and if in such a case such a soul appears to him and he asks
questions, he will then hear that which is true. Through these solicitous

souls we may obtain a great deal of knowledge to good or to evil things if
we ask them to reveal them to us. Many persons have had such prayers
granted to them. Some people that were sick have been informed during
their sleep what remedies they should use, and after using the remedies,
they became cured, and such things have happened not only to Christians,
but also to Jews, Persians, and heathens, to good and to bad persons.''

The writer does not hold that such knowledge is obtained from external
or excarnate spirits, but rather through the personal Spirit Glimpses that is
in man.—AUTHOR.

Death.[53]

To dream of seeing any of your people dead, warns you of coming
dissolution or sorrow. Disappointments always follow dreams of this nature.

To hear of any friend or relative being dead, you will soon have bad news
from some of them.

Dreams relating to death or dying, unless they are due to spiritual causes,
are misleading and very confusing to the novice in dream lore when he
attempts to interpret them. A man who thinks intensely fills his aura with
thought or subjective images active with the passions that gave them birth;
by thinking and acting on other lines, he may supplant these images with
others possessed of a different form and nature. In his dreams he may see
these images dying, dead or their burial, and mistake them for friends or
enemies. In this way he may, while asleep, see himself or a relative die,
when in reality he has been warned that some good thought or deed is to be
supplanted by an evil one. To illustrate: If it is a dear friend or relative
whom he sees in the agony of death, he is warned against immoral or other
improper thought and action, but if it is an enemy or some repulsive object

dismantled in death, he may overcome his evil ways and thus give himself
or friends cause for joy. Often the end or beginning of suspense or trials are
foretold by dreams of this nature. They also frequently occur when the
dreamer is controlled by imaginary states of evil or good. A man in that
state is not himself, but is what the dominating influences make him. He
may be warned of approaching conditions or his extrication from the same.
In our dreams we are closer to our real self than in waking life. The hideous
or pleasing incidents seen and heard about us in our dreams are all of our
own making, they reflect the true state of our soul and body, and we cannot
flee from them unless we drive them out of our being by the use of good
thoughts and deeds, by the power of the spirit within us.

[53] See Corpse.

Debt.

Debt is rather a bad dream, foretelling worries in business and love, and
struggles for a competency; but if you have plenty to meet all your
obligations, your affairs will assume a favorable turn.

December.

To dream of December, foretells accumulation of wealth, but loss of
friendship. Strangers will occupy the position in the affections of some
friend which was formerly held by you.

Deck.[54]

To dream of being on a ship and that a storm is raging, great disasters and
unfortunate alliances will overtake you; but if the sea is calm and the light
distinct, your way is clear to success. For lovers, this dream augurs
happiness.

[54] See Boat.

Decorate.

To dream of decorating a place with bright-hued flowers for some festive
occasion, is significant of favorable turns in business, and, to the young, of
continued rounds of social pleasures and fruitful study.

To see the graves or caskets of the dead decorated with white flowers, is
unfavorable to pleasure and worldly pursuits.

To be decorating, or see others decorate for some heroic action, foretells
that you will be worthy, but that few will recognize your ability.

Deed.[55]

To dream of seeing or signing deeds, portends a law suit, to gain which
you should be careful in selecting your counsel, as you are likely to be the
loser. To dream of signing any kind of a paper, is a bad omen for the
dreamer.

[55] See Mortgage.

Deer.

This is a favorable dream, denoting pure and deep friendships for the
young and a quiet and even life for the married.

To kill a deer, denotes that you will be hounded by enemies. For farmers,
or business people, to dream of hunting deer, denotes failure in their
respective pursuits.

Delay.

To be delayed in a dream, warns you of the scheming of enemies to
prevent your progress.

Delight.

To dream of experiencing delight over any event, signifies a favorable
turn in affairs. For lovers to be delighted with the conduct of their
sweethearts, denotes pleasant greetings.

To feel delight when looking on beautiful landscapes, prognosticates to
the dreamer very great success and congenial associations.

Demand.

To dream that a demand for charity comes in upon you, denotes that you
will be placed in embarrassing situations, but by your persistency you will
fully restore your good standing. If the demand is unjust, you will become a
leader in your profession. For a lover to command you adversely, implies
his, or her, leniency.

Dentist.

To dream of a dentist working on your teeth, denotes that you will have
occasion to doubt the sincerity and honor of some person with whom you
have dealings.

To see him at work on a young woman's teeth, denotes that you will soon
be shocked by a scandal in circles near you.

Derrick.

Derricks seen in a dream, indicate strife and obstruction in your way to
success.

Desert.

To dream of wandering through a gloomy and barren desert, denotes
famine and uprisal of races and great loss of life and property.

For a young woman to find herself alone in a desert, her health and
reputation is being jeopardized by her indiscretion. She should be more
cautious.

Desk.

To be using a desk in a dream, denotes unforeseen ill luck will rise before
you. To see money on your desk, brings you unexpected extrication from
private difficulties.

Despair.

To be in despair in dreams, denotes that you will have many and cruel
vexations in the working world.

To see others in despair, foretells the distress and unhappy position of
some relative or friend.

Detective.

To dream of a detective keeping in your wake when you are innocent of
charges preferred, denotes that fortune and honor are drawing nearer to you
each day; but if you feel yourself guilty, you are likely to find your
reputation at stake, and friends will turn from you. For a young woman, this
is not a fortunate dream.

Devotion.

For a farmer to dream of showing his devotion to God, or to his family,
denotes plenteous crops and peaceful neighbors. To business people, this is
a warning that nothing is to be gained by deceit.

For a young woman to dream of being devout, implies her chastity and
an adoring husband.

Devil.

For farmers to dream of the devil, denotes blasted crops and death among
stock, also family sickness. Sporting people should heed this dream as a
warning to be careful of their affairs, as they are likely to venture beyond
the laws of their State. For a preacher, this dream is undeniable proof that
he is over-zealous, and should forebear worshiping God by tongue-lashing
his neighbor.

To dream of the devil as being a large, imposingly dressed person,
wearing many sparkling jewels on his body and hands, trying to persuade
you to enter his abode, warns you that unscrupulous persons are seeking
your ruin by the most ingenious flattery. Young and innocent women,
should seek the stronghold of friends after this dream, and avoid strange
attentions, especially from married men. Women of low character, are likely
to be robbed of jewels and money by seeming strangers.

Beware of associating with the devil, even in dreams. He is always the
forerunner of despair. If you dream of being pursued by his majesty, you
will fall into snares set for you by enemies in the guise of friends. To a
lover, this denotes that he will be won away from his allegiance by a
wanton.

Dew.

To feel the dew falling on you in your dreams, portends that you will be
attacked by fever or some malignant disease; but to see the dew sparkling
through the grass in the sunlight, great honors and wealth are about to be
heaped upon you. If you are single, a wealthy marriage will soon be your
portion.

Diadem.

To dream of a diadem, denotes that some honor will be tendered you for
acceptance.

Diamonds.

To dream of owning diamonds is a very propitious dream, signifying
great honor and recognition from high places.

For a young woman to dream of her lover presenting her with diamonds,
foreshows that she will make a great and honorable marriage, which will fill
her people with honest pride; but to lose diamonds, and not find them again,
is the most unlucky of dreams, foretelling disgrace, want and death.

For a sporting woman to dream of diamonds, foretells for her many
prosperous days and magnificent presents. For a speculator, it denotes
prosperous transactions. To dream of owning diamonds, portends the same
for sporting men or women.

Diamonds are omens of good luck, unless stolen from the bodies of dead
persons, when they foretell that your own unfaithfulness will be discovered
by your friends.

Dice.

To dream of dice, is indicative of unfortunate speculations, and
consequent misery and despair. It also foretells contagious sickness.

For a girl to dream that she sees her lover throwing dice, indicates his
unworthiness.

Dictionary.

To dream that you are referring to a dictionary, signifies you will depend
too much upon the opinion and suggestions of others for the clear
management of your own affairs, which could be done with proper dispatch
if your own will was given play.

Difficulty.

This dream signifies temporary embarrassment for business men of all
classes, including soldiers and writers. But to extricate yourself from
difficulties, foretells your prosperity.

For a woman to dream of being in difficulties, denotes that she is
threatened with ill health or enemies. For lovers, this is a dream of
contrariety, denoting pleasant courtship.

Digging.

To dream of digging, denotes that you will never be in want, but life will
be an uphill affair.

To dig a hole and find any glittering substance, denotes a favorable turn
in fortune; but to dig and open up a vast area of hollow mist, you will be
harrassed with real misfortunes and be filled with gloomy forebodings.
Water filling the hole that you dig, denotes that in spite of your most
strenuous efforts things will not bend to your will.

Dinner.

To dream that you eat your dinner alone, denotes that you will often have
cause to think seriously of the necessaries of life.

For a young woman to dream of taking dinner with her lover, is
indicative of a lovers' quarrel or a rupture, unless the affair is one of
harmonious pleasure, when the reverse may be expected.

To be one of many invited guests at a dinner, denotes that you will enjoy
the hospitalities of those who are able to extend to you many pleasant
courtesies.

Dirt.

To dream of seeing freshly stirred dirt around flowers or trees, denotes
thrift and healthful conditions abound for the dreamer.

To see your clothes soiled with unclean dirt, you will be forced to save
yourself from contagious diseases by leaving your home or submitting to
the strictures of the law.

To dream that some one throws dirt upon you, denotes that enemies will
try to injure your character.

Disaster.

To dream of being in any disaster from public conveyance, you are in
danger of losing property or of being maimed from some malarious disease.

For a young woman to dream of a disaster in which she is a participant,
foretells that she will mourn the loss of her lover by death or desertion.

To dream of a disaster at sea, denotes unhappiness to sailors and loss of
their gains. To others, it signifies loss by death; but if you dream that you
are rescued, you will be placed in trying situations, but will come out
unscathed.

To dream of a railway wreck in which you are not a participant, you will
eventually be interested in some accident because of some relative or friend
being hurt, or you will have trouble of a business character.

Disease.

To dream that you are diseased, denotes a slight attack of illness, or of
unpleasant dealings with a relative.

For a young woman to dream that she is incurably diseased, denotes that
she will be likely to lead a life of single blessedness.

Disgrace.

To be worried in your dream over the disgraceful conduct of children or
friends, will bring you unsatisfying hopes, and worries will harass you. To
be in disgrace yourself, denotes that you will hold morality at a low rate,
and you are in danger of lowering your reputation for uprightness. Enemies
are also shadowing you.

Dish.[56]

To dream of handling dishes, denotes good fortune; but if from any cause
they should be broken, this signifies that fortune will be short-lived for you.

To see shelves of polished dishes, denotes success in marriage.

To dream of dishes, is prognostic of coming success and gain, and you
will be able to fully appreciate your good luck. Soiled dishes, represent
dissatisfaction and an unpromising future.

[56] See Crockery

Disinherited.

To dream that you are disinherited, warns you to look well to your
business and social standing.

For a young man to dream of losing his inheritance by disobedience,
warns him that he will find favor in the eyes of his parents by contracting a
suitable marriage. For a woman, this dream is a warning to be careful of her
conduct, lest she meet with unfavorable fortune.

Dispute.

To dream of holding disputes over trifles, indicates bad health and
unfairness in judging others.

To dream of disputing with learned people, shows that you have some
latent ability, but are a little sluggish in developing it.

Distaff.

To dream of a distaff, denotes frugality, with pleasant surroundings.
It also signifies that a devotional spirit will be cultivated by you.

Distance.

To dream of being a long way from your residence, denotes that you will
make a journey soon in which you may meet many strangers who will be
instrumental in changing life from good to bad.

To dream of friends at a distance, denotes slight disappointments.

To dream of distance, signifies travel and a long journey. To see men
plowing with oxen at a distance, across broad fields, denotes advancing
prosperity and honor. For a man to see strange women in the twilight, at a
distance, and throwing kisses to him, foretells that he will enter into an
engagement with a new acquaintance, which will result in unhappy
exposures.

Ditch.

To dream of falling in a ditch, denotes degradation and personal loss; but
if you jump over it, you will live down any suspicion of wrong-doing.

Diving.

To dream of diving in clear water, denotes a favorable termination of
some embarrassment. If the water is muddy, you will suffer anxiety at the
turn your affairs seem to be taking.

To see others diving, indicates pleasant companions. For lovers to dream
of diving, denotes the consummation of happy dreams and passionate love.

Dividend.

To dream of dividends, augments successful speculations or prosperous
harvests. To fail in securing hoped-for dividends, proclaims failure in
management or love affairs.

Divining Rods.

To see a divining rod in your dreams, foretells ill luck will dissatisfy you
with present surroundings.

Divorce.

To dream of being divorced, denotes that you are not satisfied with your
companion, and should cultivate a more congenial atmosphere in the home
life. It is a dream of warning.

For women to dream of divorce, denotes that a single life may be theirs
through the infidelity of lovers.

Docks.

To dream of being on docks, denotes that you are about to make an
unpropitious journey. Accidents will threaten you. If you are there,
wandering alone, and darkness overtakes you, you will meet with deadly
enemies, but if the sun be shining, you will escape threatening dangers.

Doctor.

This is a most auspicious dream, denoting good health and general
prosperity, if you meet him socially, for you will not then spend your money
for his services. If you be young and engaged to marry him, then this dream
warns you of deceit.

To dream of a doctor professionally, signifies discouraging illness and
disagreeable differences between members of a family.

To dream that a doctor makes an incision in your flesh, trying to discover
blood, but failing in his efforts, denotes that you will be tormented and
injured by some evil person, who may try to make you pay out money for
his debts. If he finds blood, you will be the loser in some transaction.

Dogs.

To dream of a vicious dog, denotes enemies and unalterable misfortune.
To dream that a dog fondles you, indicates great gain and constant friends.

To dream of owning a dog with fine qualities, denotes that you will be
possessed of solid wealth.

To dream that a blood-hound is tracking you, you are likely to fall into
some temptation, in which there is much danger of your downfall.

To dream of small dogs, indicates that your thoughts and chief pleasures
are of a frivolous order.

To dream of dogs biting you, foretells for you a quarrelsome companion
either in marriage or business.

Lean, filthy dogs, indicate failure in business, also sickness among
children.

To dream of a dog-show, is indicative of many and varied favors from
fortune.

To hear the barking of dogs, foretells news of a depressing nature.
Difficulties are more than likely to follow. To see dogs on the chase of
foxes, and other large game, denotes an unusual briskness in all affairs.

To see fancy pet dogs, signifies a love of show, and that the owner is
selfish and narrow. For a young woman, this dream foretells a fop for a
sweetheart.

To feel much fright upon seeing a large mastiff, denotes that you will
experience inconvenience because of efforts to rise above mediocrity. If a
woman dreams this, she will marry a wise and humane man.

To hear the growling and snarling of dogs, indicates that you are at the
mercy of designing people, and you will be afflicted with unpleasant home
surroundings.

To hear the lonely baying of a dog, foretells a death or a long separation
from friends.

To hear dogs growling and fighting, portends that you will be overcome
by your enemies, and your life will be filled with depression.

To see dogs and cats seemingly on friendly terms, and suddenly turning
on each other, showing their teeth and a general fight ensuing, you will
meet with disaster in love and worldly pursuits, unless you succeed in
quelling the row.

If you dream of a friendly white dog approaching you, it portends for you
a victorious engagement whether in business or love. For a woman, this is
an omen of an early marriage.

To dream of a many-headed dog, you are trying to maintain too many
branches of business at one time. Success always comes with concentration
of energies. A man who wishes to succeed in anything should be warned by
this dream.

To dream of a mad dog, your most strenuous efforts will not bring
desired results, and fatal disease may be clutching at your vitals. If a mad
dog succeeds in biting you, it is a sign that you or some loved one is on the
verge of insanity, and a deplorable tragedy may occur.

To dream of traveling alone, with a dog following you, foretells stanch
friends and successful undertakings.

To dream of dogs swimming, indicates for you an easy stretch to
happiness and fortune.

To dream that a dog kills a cat in your presence, is significant of
profitable dealings and some unexpected pleasure.

For a dog to kill a snake in your presence, is an omen of good luck

Dolphin.

To dream of a dolphin, indicates your liability to come under a new
government. It is not a very good dream.

Dome.

To dream that you are in the dome of a building, viewing a strange
landscape, signifies a favorable change in your life. You will occupy
honorable places among strangers.

To behold a dome from a distance, portends that you will never reach the
height of your ambition, and if you are in love, the object of your desires
will scorn your attention.

Dominoes.

To dream of playing at dominoes, and lose, you will be affronted by a
friend, and much uneasiness for your safety will be entertained by your
people, as you will not be discreet in your affairs with women or other
matters that engage your attention.

If you are the winner of the game, it foretells that you will be much
courted and admired by certain dissolute characters, bringing you selfish
pleasures, but much distress to your relatives.

Donkey.

To dream of a donkey braying in your face, denotes that you are about to
be publicly insulted by a lewd and unscrupulous person.

To hear the distant braying filling space with melancholy, you will
receive wealth and release from unpleasant bonds by the death of some
person close to you.

If you see yourself riding on a donkey, you will visit foreign lands and
make many explorations into places difficult of passage.

To see others riding donkeys, denotes a meagre inheritance for them and
a toiling life.

To dream of seeing many of the old patriarchs traveling on donkeys,
shows that the influence of Christians will be thrown against you in your
selfish wantonness, causing you to ponder over the rights and duties of man
to man.

To drive a donkey, signifies that all your energies and pluck will be
brought into play against a desperate effort on the part of enemies to
overthrow you. If you are in love, evil women will cause you trouble.

If you are kicked by this little animal, it shows that you are carrying on
illicit connections, from which you will suffer much anxiety from fear of
betrayal.

If you lead one by a halter, you will be master of every situation, and lead
women into your way of seeing things by flattery.

To see children riding and driving donkeys, signifies health and
obedience for them.

To fall or be thrown from one, denotes ill luck and disappointment in
secular affairs. Lovers will quarrel and separate.

To see one dead, denotes satiated appetites, resulting from licentious
excesses.

To dream of drinking the milk of a donkey, denotes that whimsical
desires will be gratified, even to the displacement of important duties.

If you see in your dreams a strange donkey among your stock, or on your
premises, you will inherit some valuable effects.

To dream of coming into the possession of a donkey by present, or
buying, you will attain to enviable heights in the business or social world,
and if single, will contract a congenial marriage.

To dream of a white donkey, denotes an assured and lasting fortune,
which will enable you to pursue the pleasures or studies that lie nearest your
heart. For a woman, it signals entrance into that society for which she has
long entertained the most ardent desire. Woman has in her composition
those qualities, docility and stubbornness, which tallies with the same
qualities in the donkey; both being supplied from the same storehouse,
mother Nature; and consequently, they would naturally maintain an affinity,
and the ugliest phase of the donkey in her dreams are nothing but woman's
nature being sounded for her warning, or vice versa when pleasure is just
before her.

Doomsday.

To dream that you are living on, and looking forward to seeing
doomsday, is a warning for you to give substantial and material affairs close
attention, or you will find that the artful and scheming friends you are

entertaining will have possession of what they desire from you, which is
your wealth, and not your sentimentality.

To a young woman, this dream encourages her to throw aside the
attention of men above her in station and accept the love of an honest and
deserving man near her.

Door.

To dream of entering a door, denotes slander, and enemies from whom
you are trying in vain to escape. This is the same of any door, except the
door of your childhood home. If it is this door you dream of entering, your
days will be filled with plenty and congeniality.

To dream of entering a door at night through the rain, denotes, to women,
unpardonable escapades; to a man, it is significant of a drawing on his
resources by unwarranted vice, and also foretells assignations.

To see others go through a doorway, denotes unsuccessful attempts to get
your affairs into a paying condition. It also means changes to farmers and
the political world. To an author, it foretells that the reading public will
reprove his way of stating facts by refusing to read his later works.

To dream that you attempt to close a door, and it falls from its hinges,
injuring some one, denotes that malignant evil threatens your friend through
your unintentionally wrong advice. If you see another attempt to lock a
door, and it falls from its hinges, you will have knowledge of some friend's
misfortune and be powerless to aid him.

Door Bell.

To dream you hear or ring a door bell, foretells unexpected tidings, or a
hasty summons to business, or the bedtide of a sick relative.

Doves.

Dreaming of doves mating and building their nests, indicates
peacefulness of the world and joyous homes where children render
obedience, and mercy is extended to all.

To hear the lonely, mournful voice of a dove, portends sorrow and
disappointment through the death of one to whom you looked for aid. Often
it portends the death of a father.

To see a dead dove, is ominous of a separation of husband and wife,
either through death or infidelity.

To see white doves, denotes bountiful harvests and the utmost confidence
in the loyalty of friends.

To dream of seeing a flock of white doves, denotes peaceful, innocent
pleasures, and fortunate developments in the future.

If one brings you a letter, tidings of a pleasant nature from absent friends
is intimated, also a lovers' reconciliation is denoted.

If the dove seems exhausted, a note of sadness will pervade the
reconciliation, or a sad touch may be given the pleasant tidings by mention
of an invalid friend; if of business, a slight drop may follow. If the letter
bears the message that you are doomed, it foretells that a desperate illness,
either your own or of a relative, may cause you financial misfortune.

Dowry.

To dream that you fail to receive a dowry, signifies penury and a cold
world to depend on for a living. If you receive it, your expectations for the

day will be fulfilled. The opposite may be expected if the dream is
superinduced by the previous action of the waking mind.

Dragon.[57]

To dream of a dragon, denotes that you allow yourself to be governed by
your passions, and that you are likely to place yourself in the power of your
enemies through those outbursts of sardonic tendencies. You should be
warned by this dream to cultivate self-control.

[57] See Devil.

Drama.

To see a drama, signifies pleasant reunions with distant friends.

To be bored with the performance of a drama, you will be forced to
accept an uncongenial companion at some entertainment or secret affair.

To write one, portends that you will be plunged into distress and debt, to
be extricated as if by a miracle.

Dram-drinking.

To be given to dram-drinking in your dreams, omens ill-natured rivalry
and contention for small possession. To think you have quit dram-drinking,
or find that others have done so, shows that you will rise above present
estate and rejoice in prosperity.

Draw-knife.

To see or use a draw-knife, portends unfulfiled hopes or desires.

Some fair prospect will loom before you, only to go down in mistake and
disappointment.

Dressing.

To think you are having trouble in dressing, while dreaming, means some
evil persons will worry and detain you from places of amusement.

If you can't get dressed in time for a train, you will have many
annoyances through the carelessness of others. You should depend on your
own efforts as far as possible, after these dreams, if you would secure
contentment and full success.

Drinking.[58]

For a woman to dream of hilarious drinking, denotes that she is engaging
in affairs which may work to her discredit, though she may now find much
pleasure in the same. If she dreams that she fails to drink clear water,
though she uses her best efforts to do so, she will fail to enjoy some
pleasure that is insinuatingly offered her.

[58] See Water.

Driving.[59]

To dream of driving a carriage, signifies unjust criticism of your seeming
extravagance. You will be compelled to do things which appear undignified.

To dream of driving a public cab, denotes menial labor, with little chance
for advancement. If it is a wagon, you will remain in poverty and
unfortunate circumstances for some time. If you are driven in these
conveyances by others, you will profit by superior knowledge of the world,
and will always find some path through difficulties. If you are a man, you

will, in affairs with women, drive your wishes to a speedy consummation. If
a woman, you will hold men's hearts at low value after succeeding in
getting a hold on them.

[59] See Cab or Carriage.

Dromedary.

To dream of a dromedary, denotes that you will be the recipient of
unexpected beneficence, and will wear your new honors with dignity; you
will dispense charity with a gracious hands. To lovers, this dream foretells
congenial dispositions.

Dropsy.

To dream of being afflicted with the dropsy, denotes illness for a time,
but from which you will recover with renewed vigor. To see others thus
afflicted, denotes that you will hear from the absent shortly, and have
tidings of their good health.

Drouth.

This is-an evil dream, denoting warring disputes between nations, and
much bloodshed therefrom. Shipwrecks and land disasters will occur, and
families will quarrel and separate; sickness will work damage also. Your
affairs will go awry, as well.

Drowning.

To dream of drowning, denotes loss of property and life; but if you are
rescued, you will rise from your present position to one of wealth and
honor.