Miller wrote: “To dream that you are in pain, will make sure of your own unhappiness.” Compare 3 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
Pain · Heading 1466; source lines 16652–16660 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you are in pain, will make sure of your own unhappiness. This dream foretells useless regrets over some trivial transaction.
To see others in pain, warns you that you are making mistakes in your life.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Pain · Dream section, heading 383; source lines 1472–1475 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are suffering great pain from toothache, headache, rheumatism, or in any part or your body, denotes that you are about to receive some glad tidings from one who has been long absent from you.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Pain · Dream section, heading 303; source lines 4592–4595 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of suffering pain foretells a sickness and a speedy recovery.
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