Miller wrote: “To grieve over the absence of any one in your dreams, denotes that repentance for some hasty action will…” Compare 4 historical dream books.
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Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Absence · Heading 13; source lines 1710–1718 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
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.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Absence · Heading 2; source line 981 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of absent persons, signifies that they will soon return. It also denotes success in business.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Absence · Dream section, heading 14; source lines 123–130 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of any absent friends, Good news of them, or ill, portends; But if at thy bedside they seem, Their deaths, perhaps, may solve thy dream.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Absence · Dream section, heading 4; source lines 3860–3864 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To be absent from home means a joyful reunion. To see people who are absent foretells speedy return.
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