Noe wrote: “If any one dreams that he sees the devil, or any other infernal spirit or representation, it is a very bad…” Compare 2 historical dream books.
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A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Infernal Things · Dream section, heading 259; source lines 1089–1092 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If any one dreams that he sees the devil, or any other infernal spirit or representation, it is a very bad dream, bringing along with it to those sick, death, and to the healthy, melancholy, anger and violent sickness.
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
Infernal Things · Printed p. 225; NLM OCR lines 10446–10450 · OCR transcription
Original source heading: Infernal Things
Original source (English)
To dream of an infernal spirit is a bad sign, indicating death to the sick, melancholy to the healthful, also anger, tumults, illness (Artemidorus). This dream is conceded by physiologists to result from outward stimuli.
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