Miller wrote: “To see a lamp-post in your dreams, some stranger will prove your staunchiest friend in time of pressing need.”
The historical account
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
Lamp-post · Heading 1147; source lines 13302–13313 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see a lamp-post in your dreams, some stranger will prove your staunchiest friend in time of pressing need.
To fall against a lamp-post, you will have deception to overcome, or enemies will ensnare you.
To see a lamp-post across your path, you will have much adversity in your life.
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