Miller wrote: “To dream of struggling, foretells that you will encounter serious difficulties, but if you gain the…” 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
Struggling · Heading 1940; source lines 21455–21461 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of struggling, foretells that you will encounter serious difficulties, but if you gain the victory in your struggle, you will also surmount present obstacles.
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
Struggling · Printed p. 255–256; NLM OCR lines 12056–12066 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
With a burglar or in a dangerous place, a dream denoting attainment of honor; the struggle to obtain mastery denotes recovery from illness, to dream of being overcome in a struggle forecasts death during the next illness, which is probably near at hand (Gypsy).
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