Miller wrote: “Dreaming of ashes omens woe, and many bitter changes are sure to come to the dreamer.” Compare 4 historical dream books.
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These are the authors’ historical interpretations. Their forecasts and period judgments are preserved as source material, not as predictions or established meanings for your dream.
Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Ashes · Heading 113; source lines 2732–2739 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
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.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Ashes · Heading 33; source line 1118 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Great misfortune is at hand; to a lover or sweetheart, such a dream forebodes that he or she will be jealous because of seeing some one in company with their intended.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Ashes · Dream section, heading 26; source lines 3917–3919 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Signify embarrassment and loss.
Katherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Ashes · Printed p. 198; NLM OCR lines 9040–9042 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream of trouble and misfortune at hand. Christian symbol of mourning and grief.
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