Miller wrote: “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.”
The historical account
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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
Affliction · Heading 52; source lines 2181–2189 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
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.
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