Miller wrote: “To dream of darkness overtaking you on a journey, augurs ill for any work you may attempt, unless the sun…” Compare 5 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
Dark · Heading 594; source lines 7144–7154 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of darkness overtaking you on a journey, augurs ill for any work you may attempt, unless the sun breaks through before the journey ends, then faults will be overcome.
To lose your friend, or child, in the darkness, portends many provocations to wrath. Try to remain under control after dreaming of darkness, for trials in business and love will beset you.
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View source editionFelix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Darkness · Heading 180; source line 1708 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are in a dark place, is an unfavorable omen; to the lovers it denotes, loss of sweethearts, to the trader, loss of goods; but to dream of getting out of darkness into light, is good; if you are in poverty, it foretells riches; if in love, a happy marriage.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Darkness · Dream section, heading 137; source lines 613–617 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are in a very dark place, or that you are in the dark, is a very unfavorable omen. To dream you get out of darkness into light, denotes good to the dreamer. Expect also to hear some glad tidings from a far distant country.
Anonymous
Guide to Fortune-Telling by Dreams · Multum in Parvo Library, Vol. I, No. 10, October 1894
Darkness · Dream section, heading 21; source lines 213–223 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are in a very dark place, or that you are in the dark, is a very unfavorable omen; to the lover, it denotes the loss of your sweetheart; to the trader, loss by debts, business; to the farmer, bad crops; to the sailor, shipwreck and misfortune. To dream you get out of darkness into light denotes good to the dreamer; if you are in poverty, you will rise to riches and honor; if you are in love, it denotes a happy marriage and many children, with an industrious husband or wife; expect also to hear some glad tidings from a far distant country.
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
Darkness · Printed p. 212; NLM OCR lines 9730–9733 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream of warning against treachery, false friends, willful blindness to reason and good sense (Artemidorus).
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