Miller wrote: “To dream of a lily, denotes much chastisement through illness and death.” 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
Lily · Heading 1199; source lines 13975–13993 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a lily, denotes much chastisement through illness and death. To see lilies growing with their rich foliage, denotes early marriage to the young and subsequent separation through death.
To see little children among the flowers, indicates sickness and fragile constitutions to these little ones.
For a young woman to dream of admiring, or gathering, lilies, denotes much sadness coupled with joy, as the one she loves will have great physical suffering, if not an early dissolution. If she sees them withered, sorrow is even nearer than she could have suspected.
To dream that you breathe the fragrance of lilies, denotes that sorrow will purify and enhance your mental qualities.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Lilies · Heading 433; source line 2986 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you dream of an abundance of these beautiful flowers in your garden or door-yard, it foretells good luck in getting servants or people to work for you; it also denotes thrift generally about a farm. If a young girl dreams about lilies, it is a sign she will marry a smart and industrious man and live happily with him.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Lilies · Dream section, heading 305; source lines 1224–1227 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that one sees, holds, smells lilies out of their season, it signifies that the hope of the thing desired will be frustrated. But the same dream of lilies in their season is good.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Lily · Dream section, heading 256; source lines 4477–4479 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
A sign of innocence and happiness.
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
Lilies · Printed p. 230; NLM OCR lines 10681–10683 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream promising happiness through virtue (Raphael). A symbol of innocence, of chastity and of purity.
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