Miller wrote: “To dream that you are building a shelter, signifies that you will escape the evil designs of enemies.” Compare 2 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
Shelter · Heading 1826; source lines 20254–20262 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you are building a shelter, signifies that you will escape the evil designs of enemies.
If you are seeking shelter, you will be guilty of cheating, and will try to justify yourself.
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
Shelter · Printed p. 252; NLM OCR lines 11872–11878 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeking shelder against rain denotes secret trouble; to fly from a storm, evil to come; to find shelter prognosticates misery and despair; to have it refused, triumph and joy (Gypsy). Here the interpretation is easily traceable to early Christian persecution, when shelter and food were refused to the elect.
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