…in the immensity of the distance, the water in some miraculous manner having disappeared altogether.I was deliberating what I had better do, when an enormously tall, nude figure — not unlike a human being — brushed past me, and, turning round, laid one of its long, gleaming fingers against its nose — and smiled knowingly. Fascinated beyond measure, I immediately followed this strange being, and, almost before I was aware of what was happening, found myself racing down the marble steps in close pursuit of it. The peculiarity of its antics increased the further we descended, and at length reached a climax. Suddenly halting on the very margin of a step, it stood on its head and revolved at such a terrific speed that, overcome with dizziness, I fell. I have a vague notion that the figure caught me in its arms as I whizzed past it, and then all…

To analyze our dreams with fire, we have to observe the form of flames. A devouring fire, opposite from brightening, symbolizes exalted passion. A small but well lit fire, with no smoke, represents desire and tenderness, our need of human warmth. A burning fire can talk about betrayals or problems, presages that concern both body and spirit. Feeling threatened in a dream by flames, speaks of an intuitive fear of seeing us overcome by a company that holds some disloyalty or failure.

(Conduct | Quality | Magnitude) The quality of humankind in a dream may represent the quality of the like creations. Thus, a beneficial bird may mean a praiseworthy person, a beast may represent the like quality in man, a harvest projecting a particular person denotes human qualities of a lesser magnitude, etcetera. (Also see Human being | Man)

…(Person) When a man is recognized in a dream, he is the same person in wakefulness, or it could be his brother, or a person with the same resemblance or name. If he takes something valuable or cherished from the person having the dream, it means the opposite, and one will receive from such a man what he wishes for in wakefulness. If he takes a shirt or a rope in the dream, it means that he will accept a promise from the person seeing the dream. If he takes a child away from him, it means enmity between the two. As explained under ‘Human being” p. 217, seeing the children of Adam in a dream is an exalted thing in general. Each category of people conveys a different interpretation. The category of rulers and judges in a dream means courts. The category of government authorities represents fear. Soldiers…

…One’s skin in a dream represents the element that cloaks the human being, veils his wealth and what he wills for his heirs. Skin in a dream also represents the elements of father, might, wealth, garment, farm, state of worship, faith, polytheism, or it could mean one’s enemy, friend, wife, house, beloved, son, or what protects the human being from harm. Ahealthy skin in a dream represents a healthy life, and a diseased skin means weakness. A discolored skin in a dream means sickness. If a deceased person is seen wearing a healthy and a beautiful skin in a dream, it represents his good state or condition in the life after death. If a sick person sees himself being skinned like a goat in a dream, it means his death. Being skinned in a dream also represents a robbery in one’s house, or it may represent a tyrant, or…

…there were legions — to swarthy Dagos and bullet -headed negroes, vied with one another in their mad efforts to escape the falling bricks and burning timber. In trying to elude one death men only courted another, and the dreamer saw scores of human beings who leaped from burning buildings, only to be dashed to pieces on the cruel stone pavements. Nor was the heroic element wanting, for many men and women perished in their efforts to rescue the infirm and sick, and to help those to escape, who were either too old or too young to help themselves. For some time, the dreamer was merely a spectator, but very suddenly, and by some inconceivable impulse, she became imbued with personal interest in what was going on, and, labouring under the impression that her home and family were in danger, fought her way to get to them. The city was…

…(Defecate | Excrete | Human excrements) Feces in a dream represent money. Excreting solid intestinal waste in a dream means that one will spend large amounts of money in caringforhis health. Having diarrhea and defecating in public in a dream means that one should be careful about exposing himself or becoming subject to a scandal or saying dirty words. Excreting involuntarily, then cleaning after oneself and carrying one’s pickings in a dream means earnings and money. Feces in a dream also mean honey. Defecating in one’s bed in a dream means divorcing one’s wife. Walking on feces in a dream means distress or depression. Walking away from the bathroom after cleansing one’s bowels in a dream means walking away from adversities. Falling into the sewers or a toilet bowl in a dream means entering a prison. Defecating in one’s pants in a dream means falling into sin, humiliation, speaking…

…(Meat) Human flesh in a dream represents one’s health, strength, earnings, sickness or one’s shop, piety, religious attendance, fear of wrongdoing, scruti- nizing the difference between the lawful and the unlawful, patience, forbear- ance, anger, distress, sexual desires, suffering from adversities and punishment for sins. If one’s flesh grows bigger than what one actually has in a dream, it means prosperity, and if one is sick, it means recovering from his illness. If one sees himself having less flesh than what he actually has in a dream, it means stagnation of his business or loss of his money and property. If a devoted worshiper sees growth in his physical fitness in a dream, it means slackening in his devotion and occupying himself more in material gains and worldly pleasures. If one sees himself emaciated in a dream, then it means the opposite. Buying a piece of human flesh in…

…Seeing string instruments in a dream means recovering from an illness, or they can represent man’s spinal cord, or his spinal column, strength, sternness, relentlessness, health condition, or physical fitness. Seeing string instruments in a dream also means gaining some understanding about human nature, or the physiology of the human being, or they could represent medicine or astronomy. If a bachelor sees string instruments in his dream, it may mean that he will get married. If a wife sees herself playing a string instrument in her dream, it means that she will put a child in her lap. If one sees himself playing a string instrument in front of the governor’s house in a dream, it means that he will preside over people should he qualify. Otherwise, it could mean that he will piece together or fabricate a story. Seeing a lute or a guitar in a dream denotes…

…(Daughter | Pulsate | Servant) In a dream, the human heart represents his awareness, diligence, intelligence, master, king of the human body and its governor. Seeing a heart in a dream also represents good conduct, good spiritual awareness, religious assiduity and clarity of speech. If one’s heart is stolen from him in a dream, it means fear, yearnings, bad religious practices, an accident, or a calamity. Seeing one’s heart blackened, or covered with an opaque seal in a dream, it means heedlessness, sinfulness and blindness of the heart. (Also see Body’ | Chest)…

…(Dwellings | House | State) In a dream, the human body represents his state, and its strength represents his faith in God Almighty. If one sees himself wearing the skin of a snake in a dream, it means that he will avow his enmity toward others. If one sees himself as a ram in a dream, it means that he will beget a son from whose success he will earn his livelihood. If one sees his body turn into iron or clay in a dream, it means his death. If one’s body appears bigger in a dream, it means that he will prosper accordingly. Having a fat body in a dream means prosperity and knowledge, and an emaciated body in a dream represents poverty and ignorance. The body in a dream is what envelops and contains the human being. The body is like one’s wife, a garment, a house,…

Dreaming of crystal, no matter the form, is usually a bad omen. Dreaming of crystal objects placed in order insinuates that the dreamer’s affairs are inactive which makes them fragile and they are waiting for something unpleasant to happen. If objects appear in disarray and some are broken, it’s an announcement that bad times are approaching and the dreamer’s business affairs will soon suffer disruption and even losses. A woman who dreams that furniture and flatware, are made of glass, hints a warning that she should not trust some of her friends because they might be envious and false.

…Dreaming of hearing the lonely sighing of the sea, foretells that you will be fated to spend a weary and unfruitful life devoid of love and comradeship. Dreams of the sea, prognosticate unfulfilled anticipations, while pleasures of a material form are enjoyed, there is an inward craving for pleasure that flesh cannot requite. For a young woman Dreaming that she glides swiftly over the sea with her lover, there will come to her sweet fruition of maidenly hopes, and joy will stand guard at the door of the consummation of changeless vows. See Ocean….

Dream of seeing or hearing the rain symbolizes forgiveness and tolerance. The rain means purification of feelings and desire to reach your highest form, goodness. Rain or storm indicates a clean life and the clearance of difficult situations. Dream of being wet from rain symbolizes fertility and renewal of your strengths and vitality. Dream of watching the rain from a window indicates that ideas and spiritual insights will bring you knowledge. It may also symbolize fortune and love. Hearing the rain hit the roof means that spiritual ideas and blessings are coming to you. On the other hand, it indicates you will receive much joy in your home life.

…to. The ghosts in dream could indicate your inability to be down to earth. You do not understand the reality the way it is. If you dream of seeing a ghost ant trying to touch him, then such dream indicates your effort to understand some situation in your waking life even if subconscious mind of yours doesn’t want you to understand it. If you see someone you know in your waking life being a ghost, then such dream represents the bad qualities of that person. You should be aware of that and more careful while dealing with this individual. If you see the ghost of someone who is already dead, then such dream shows the guilt you are suffering from. Perhaps you did something unpleasant to that person. Alternatively, the dream could indicate how much you’ve missed this person, therefore you see him in the form of the ghost….

(Crystalline compound containing aluminum | Fake jewelry) In a dream, owning or having a piece of alum in any form means money. If one melts it in a dream, it means that he argues for the sake of a cheap matter. If one sees a piece of alum or a yellow piece of metal in a dream, it means that he will be addressed with harsh words or become subject to slander and defamation.

Skywriting in the dream represents the spirituality of the dreamer. Dreaming about skywriting, has also the symbolic significance of the secret message, which refers to non material or religious content. Alternatively, the dream about the words in the sky, in the form of smoke trails made by an airplane, stand as a symbol of the connection and the union between spirituality and materiality. Skywriting in the dream means that the spiritual realm and the physical realm are joining together. Maybe you have been looking for the action of removing doubts or fears. Skywriting is the message from your subconscious, that foretells complete reassurance for your success in the future of your life.

…Pleasant pursuits, honor and riches Dreaming of studying them. For an author Dreaming of his works going to press, is a dream of caution | he will have much trouble in placing them before the public. Dreaming of spending great study and time in solving some intricate subjects, and the hidden meaning of learned authors, is significant of honors well earned. To see children at their books, denotes harmony and good conduct of the young. Dreaming of old books, is a warning to shun evil in any form….

Dreaming of a thistle reflects the dreamer is going through a time of bad mood. If we tear off the thistle in the dream, this situation is accentuated. If we are able to avoid the damage form thistle, then it is a good sign.

…Here again the subject of fish-dreams is a very large one, far too large for me to deal with very exhaustively. I must therefore, as in the case of the bird and dog dreams, be content with a few selections.To dream about gold and silver fish is distinctly fortunate, and points to legacies and presents, chiefly monetary.To dream about whales is indicative of impending law suits, debts, bankruptcy, and pecuniary difficulties.To dream about sharks portends death, illness, or an enemy. To dream about mackerel imports coming domestic bothers; about herring, pleasures in the shape of visits to friends or places of entertainment; about sprats, children’s ailments; about pike, quarrels; about flat fish (generally speaking), misfortunes in some form or another, but seldom deaths; about salmon, unexpected success; happiness, presents, and the forming of sound friendships; about minnows and sticklebacks, petty quarrels, and disappointments; about eels, ruptures in love affairs,…

…To see a Nazi in a dream represents a form of evil and merciless force that you can’t fight back, you may feel that others will want to put you down….

…Sheep in dreams imply the advent of trouble in the form of family disputes and disagreements, quarrels with friends and neighbours.Apart from the experiences of those whom I have met, on which I have based the above statements, I have invariably found that after dreaming of sheep myself I have had to encounter much petty and uncalled-for disagreeableness….

Dreaming about being the target of slander hints that the dreamer’s affairs are being managed or operated by inept people and people who are acting in bad faith. When a woman dreams about being slandered she needs to monitor her behavior in order to not lead to misinterpretations. In reality, it’s a warning that people have already started talking bad about her, and her subconscious knows it. Dreaming about one person slandering another implies that someone will soon ask or even demand favors, perhaps in the form of blackmail. Dreaming about being slandered implies that one’s behavior has not been appropriate, which is the reason why losing friendships or romantic partners will bring trouble and disappointment.

Dreaming of being in a mine or somewhere else and working with gold could mean that there is an ambition for something that doesn’t belong to the dreamer, which will cause serious problems. Dreaming of handling gold, even if it’s not yours, suggests that the dreamer is on the right path to achieve success in certain activities. Dreaming of losing gold, especially in the form of coins could mean that, by the dreamer’s own fault, he or she is at risk of significant losses. Dreaming of finding gold of any kind suggests big chances of success in whatever is desired. When a woman dreams of receiving gifts of gold, it suggests that in reality she desires to get married to a rich man, regardless of background or reputation.

The water in dreams have many different explanations depending on the circumstances of the dream and waking life. The water that is seen in the form of sea, ocean or lake indicates the big amount of energy you are surrounded by. If the water is crystal clear, the dream promises good and easy life. If you are floating in the clean and calm water, you found the peace with your mind. The water that is muddy or dirty represents the worries and problems the one is suffering from. If the water is stormy, has many waves, then such dream represents the things in your life that causes stress. The changes of the water indicates the changes of your life.

…If you dream of seeking rank or advancement through the influence of others, your desires will fail to materialize | but if you are in an influential position, your prospects will assume a bright form. To see friends in high positions, your companions will be congenial, and you will be free from vexations….

…If anyone dream that he sees the moon shine, it shows that his wife loves him extremely well; it also implies the getting of silver; for, as the sun represents gold, so the moon doth silver. Dreaming you see the moon darkened, denotes the death or sickness of your wife, mother, sister, or daughter; loss of money, or danger in a voyage or journey, especially if it be by water; or else it denotes a distemper in the brain or eyes. To dream you see the moon darkened, and grow clear and bright again, implies gain to the woman that dreams, and to the man joy and prosperity; but to dream that you see the moon clear, and afterwards cloudy, presages the contrary. To dream you see the moon in the form of a full white face, implies to the virgin speedy marriage; to the married woman, that she…

…To dream that you’ve forgotten your name or another person’s name means that you feel overwhelmed and overloaded. It also indicates that you will forget your family roots. On the other hand, it suggests that in real life you’ll behave like someone else. If you hear your name in a dream it indicates that you are connected to your spirituality and emphasize your individuality. If you see the name of another person written in the dream, it symbolizes your opinion about that person. Pay attention to the form of writing, your intuition may be true….

…Dreaming of letters indicates discomfort. If the letters are urgent or they’re telegrams it suggests that economic hardship or bad health news in the family are going to approach the dreamer. Dreaming of receiving anonymous letters suggests jealousy or envy at the success of others. Dreaming of having a letter in hand, but not being able to read it suggests that the dreamer has mental confusion that prevents the dreamer from resolving problems. Dreaming about receiving a letter from a loved one, to which the dreamer isn’t paying attention to, suggests that in everyday life the dreamer is behaving improperly by giving preference to trivialities. Dreaming about receiving a letter about mourning hints that bad news is coming or that there is illness in the immediate future. Anonymous dreams of any kind and in any form are notice of fears and problems that can be serious. A woman who…

Dreaming of seeing intestines, signifies you are about to be visited by a grave calamity, which will remove some friend. To see your own intestines, denotes grave situations are closing around you | sickness of a nature to affect you in your daily communications with others threatens you. Probable loss, with much displeasure, is also denoted. If you think you lay them upon something, which turns out to be a radiator, and they begin to grow hot and make you very uncomfortable, and you ask others to assist you, and they refuse, it foretells unexpected calamity, which will probably come in the form of a desperate illness or a misfortune for which you will be censured by those formerly your friends. You may have trouble in extricating yourself from an unpromising predicament.

Gold symbolizes everything superior, light, knowledge, wealth, perfection and irradiation. Also, gold indicates the permanent and unchanging value of the goods and the supreme spiritual enlightenment. To dream we seek gold by digging in the ground tells us that our desires will not become reality. If we look for gold in the sands of a river it is that we are not sure of the goodness of our feelings. To dream that we manufacture gold indicates that in life we are wasting time in false utopias and ambitions instead of using it for useful things. Spend or lose gold announces that we will be cheated or robbed of our goods. The gold is a good omen if we find it, especially if it is in the form of a treasure.

…For a man Dreaming of wearing epaulets, if he is a soldier, denotes his disfavor for a time, but he will finally wear honors. For a woman Dreaming that she is introduced to a person wearing epaulets, denotes that she will form unwise attachments, very likely to result in scandal….

…It means purification of feelings and desires to reach the most sublime form – goodness. To dream of slow, steady raining foretells that the benefit will be great but slow to arrive. If it’s a downpour that has us immobilized it means there will be interference or problems that need to be solved before achieving those benefits. This dream indicates that the greater amount of rain water means a greater benefit….

…Usually the escape is interpreted as the good omen, because you are able to escape any situation, especially the ones that makes problems or are unpleasant. If you escaped the jail, then such dream foretells about some situation that was hard to deal with, maybe even unfair one from your point of view, and now you found the way how to escape it, instead of being reconciled with it. If you escaped form some kind of the animal, who was scaring you or you were in danger of losing your life, then you will be able to avoid some unfair and false people that you are surrounded by. To escape the disaster that is cause by the nature is a very good dream, because it shows the strength and power you have. If you were not able to escape this disaster that was caused by nature you will fail…

To wear a mantle or blanket in dreams indicates protection, success, honors and satisfactions of self-esteem, proportional to the length and richness of the mantle. To give the mantle to someone else is a form of surrender to that person.

In mortal form means happy marriage.

…Dreaming of being under the spell of enchantment, denotes that if you are not careful you will be exposed to some evil in the form of pleasure. The young should heed the benevolent advice of their elders. To resist enchantment, foretells that you will be much sought after for your wise counsels and your liberality. Dreaming of trying to enchant others, portends that you will fall into evil….

…To find yourself teasing any person in the dream, denotes that you will be loved and sought after because of your cheerful and amiable manners. Your business will be eventually successful. Dreaming of being teased, denotes that you will win the love of merry and well-to-do persons. For a young woman dreaming of being teased, foretells that she will form a hasty attachment, but will not be successful in consummating an early marriage….

In a dream, it represents an illness, debts, a journey that necessi- tates living a simple life, being filthy, or it could represent a rare form of art.

Maybe you found what you wanted in a plot of your life. Some interpretations say that if in the dream someone is serving you gasoline, then it symbolizes the granting of some form of credit.