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Sponges

Historical archive

2 historical accounts to explore.

IN SHORT

Miller wrote: “Sponges seen in a dream, denote that deception is being practised upon you.” Compare 2 historical dream books.

ATTRIBUTED HISTORICAL WRITING

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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.

SOURCE ACCOUNT

Gustavus Hindman Miller

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints

Sponges · Heading 1899; source lines 21076–21082 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

Sponges seen in a dream, denote that deception is being practised upon you.

To use one in erasing, you will be the victim of folly.

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SOURCE ACCOUNT

Astra Cielo

Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917

Sponge · Dream section, heading 399; source lines 4827–4829 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

Is a sign of greed and avarice.

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