Miller wrote: “To dream that you are in a strange city, denotes you will have sorrowful occasion to change your abode or…” Compare 3 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
City · Heading 425; source lines 5656–5661 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you are in a strange city, denotes you will have sorrowful occasion to change your abode or mode of living.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
City · Dream section, heading 107; source lines 4117–4119 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To be in a strange city means a speedy marriage.
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
City · Printed p. 208; NLM OCR lines 9547–9550 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A busy city, riches; a deserted city, plague (Gypsy). Maternal symbol of woman who fosters the inhabitants as children (Jung).
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