Miller wrote: “To dream of being in a life-boat, denotes escape from threatened evil.” Compare 2 historical dream books.
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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
Life-boat · Heading 1193; source lines 13896–13906 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of being in a life-boat, denotes escape from threatened evil.
To see a life-boat sinking, friends will contribute to your distress.
To be lost in a life-boat, you will be overcome with trouble, in which your friends will be included to some extent. If you are saved, you will escape a great calamity.
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
Life-Boat · Printed p. 229; NLM OCR lines 10660–10662 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream prognosticating success at the last moment (Raphael).
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