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Miller wrote: “To dream that you find treasures, denotes that you will be greatly aided in your pursuit of fortune by…” 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

Treasures · Heading 2052; source lines 22620–22628 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream that you find treasures, denotes that you will be greatly aided in your pursuit of fortune by some unexpected generosity.

If you lose treasures, bad luck in business and the inconstancy of friends is foretold.

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A. H. Noe

The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885

Treasure · Dream section, heading 531; source lines 1923–1929 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream you find a treasure in the earth, is very ominous. It shows that you will be betrayed by some one whom you make your bosom friend; that your sweetheart is unfaithful and grossly deceives you; and should you not be able to carry it away, then it denotes that you will have some very heavy loss, and that you will be waylaid by robbers, who will ill-treat you.

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Astra Cielo

Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917

Treasure · Dream section, heading 433; source lines 4908–4911 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

Finding a treasure or a heap of money indicates a disappointment.

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Anonymous

Guide to Fortune-Telling by Dreams · Multum in Parvo Library, Vol. I, No. 10, October 1894

Treasure · Dream section, heading 40; source lines 350–356 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream you find a treasure in the earth is very ominous; it shows that you will be betrayed by your bosom friend; your sweetheart is unfaithful and deceives you; if you should not be able to carry it away, you will have some very heavy losses; if you have lawsuit it will go against you by the treachery of your attorney.

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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

Treasure · Printed p. 259; NLM OCR lines 12255–12261 · OCR transcription

Original source (English)

To find treasure is a dream of success (Gypsy). One of the few dreams involving material gain that is not a dream of contrary, the reason probably lies in the fact that treasure and its discovery so frequently figures as the traditional reward of virtue in the fairy stories and in mythology.

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