Miller wrote: “For a sailor to see a beacon-light, portends fair seas and a prosperous voyage.” Compare 2 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
Beacon-light · Heading 184; source lines 3315–3328 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
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.
The source heading “Beacon-light” is shown on the Beacon Light page: same heading; hyphen vs space produced two slugs (key() strips hyphens)
View source editionKatherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Beacon Light · Printed p. 199; NLM OCR lines 9128–9130 · OCR transcription
Original source heading: Beacon Light
Original source (English)
A dream indicating deliverance from care and trouble (Artemidorus). Symbolism obvious.
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