(See Naked)

If you are a woman and dream that you are in a room full of men, highlights the masculine aspect of yourself and forces you to acknowledge your authorities and aggressive side. Consider also how the men are dressed as this will provide a clue as to what area in your life you need to assert more power. Please, also see the meanings of man.

…Dreaming of being in a coal-mine or colliery and seeing miners, denotes that some evil will assert its power for your downfall | but if you dream of holding a share in a coal-mine, it denotes your safe investment in some deal. For a young woman Dreaming of mining coal, foreshows she will become the wife of a real-estate dealer or dentist….

…Dreaming that you are in a hypnotic state or under the power of others, portends disastrous results, for your enemies will enthrall you | but if you hold others under a spell you will assert decided will power in governing your surroundings. For a young woman Dreaming that she is under strange influences, denotes her immediate exposure to danger, and she should beware. Dreaming of seeing hypnotic and slight-of-hand performances, signifies worries and perplexities in business and domestic circles, and unhealthy conditions of state….

Playing tennis in a dream represents your need to assert active and upcoming changes. On the other hand, you can’t rely on a situation or a person. Dreaming of playing tennis with another person denotes love. The game of tennis can be a metaphor for a romantic relationship with this person.

…(Assertion | Nude | Stripped | Unclothed | Undressed) Nakedness in a dream represents inward purity and clarity, or it could mean committing an act that will culminate in regret. Undressing oneself in a dream means facing a reticent, hidden, unexpected and notorious enemy who will publicly assert his enmity. If one sees himself alone and naked in a dream, it means that one of his enemies, knowing his weaknesses, is demanding capitulation from him, or threatening him, or blackmailing him. If one sees himself naked during an assembly or a party in a dream, it means that he will be exposed or defamed. If one sees himself naked in the midst of people, though he does not feel shy and is not aware of it in the dream, it means that he engages in a project then exaggerates the degree of his involvement, suffer hardships and gains nothing…

People around do assert their claims.

…dear wife pass twice by me through this room, with her hair hanging about her shoulders and a dead child in her arms.” A messenger was immediately despatched to England to inquire after Mrs. Donne; and it appeared that, at the very time Dr. Donne affirmed he had seen her, their child had died, and she had been completely prostrated with grief.”In this case I am inclined to believe the vision was due to projection on the part of Mrs. Donne — which projection had taken place during the delirium characteristic of her illness — and that the figures seen by Dr. Donne were actually those of her astral body and the spirit of the dead child.Of course, I do not assert that all vivid dreams are due to projection; many, I know, are merely caused by an over -tired or excited brain going through a recapitulation of the events…