Having plenty to do.

Being accused and defamed.

Desk The creative aspects of the dreamer.

For persons who cannot write, fortune through trouble; for those who can, unlucky progress in an undertaking. 250.

Having trouble with one’s debtors. 498….

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…(College | School) In a dream, one’s college or school represents his commitment, an agreement, a covenant, an oath, reminiscence or memories. To visit one’s institute in a dream means remembering a place which is fraught with memories, plans, emotions, anxieties, hopes, or it could denote one’s old home. Visiting one’s college, institute, or school in a dream also may mean that one will revisit them again. (Also see School)…

(Carrier | Carrying weight | Burdens | Forbearance | Serving others) In a dream, a porter or a carrier represents a school bus driver who is entrusted with bringing the children to school, then taking them back home. Whatever appear- ance he shows in the dream, it will indicate the mental state of the school bus driver. A porter in a dream also represents someone who is carrying his own sins and burdens. To see oneself as a porter in a dream means doing penance. If a porter enters before a sick person in a dream, it means recovering from an illness. (Also see Tithe collector)

…(Books | Credentials | Letter | Newspaper | Records | Revelations | Scrolls | Studies) Papers in a dream represent witnesses, guidance, spiritual leaders, knowledge, warnings, or glad tidings. Holding papers in a dream means glad tidings and celebration. If a woman hands someone a piece of paper in a dream, then one may expect good news to arrive from one moment to another. If the woman who hands him the paper covers herself with a veil in the dream, it means that he should be careful. Carrying a folded piece of paper in a dream means that one may have an accident that could be the cause of his death. If one sees himself carrying a paper in his left hand in a dream, it means that he regrets something he did. Writing a paper with the left hand in a dream means writing poem, or committing abominable…

…To dream that you’re writing a letter suggests that you’ll soon transmit information to others. If it’s a very long letter, your writing will address accusations. To dream with a writer that is working (writing) anxiously, symbolizes your actual state….

…(Qur’an | The Last Revelation) In a dream, the Holy Book, or the Qur’an represents a king or a judge who deals with Islamic jurisprudence. If a king, a ruler, or a judge sees that the Holy Book does no longer exist, or if he sees it burning, or if its contents are washed away in a dream, it means his death. If one sees a ruler or a governor handwriting a copy of the Holy Book in a dream, it means that he is a just person who uses the divine laws in making his decision. If a judge sees himself handwriting a copy of the Holy Book in a dream, it means that he does not share his knowledge, and that he is audacious about his rank and status. If a religious scholar or a theologian sees himself writing a copy of Holy Book in a dream,…

…(Insane asylum | Hell-fire | Lunatics | Prison) In a dream, a mental hospital or an insane asylum represents a bathhouse, or a sauna which is the dwelling of evil spirits, the place of uncovering one’s private parts, or showing unpleasant conduct in public. A mental hospital in a dream also represents a training school, caring for children’s education, teaching children to behave themselves, a place of learning, a school, a playground, a place of clamor and noise, using vile words, stealing money, or separation from one’s family and children. If a deceased person is seen in a mental hospital in a dream, it means that he is dwelling in hell-fire, for a mental hospital sometime uses force with its patients and ties them up, or imprisons them. If one sees himself in a mental hospital in a dream, it means that he might go to jail for a…

Dreaming of writing on a blackboard suggests that affairs and business are not going well, with serious risks of failures and losses. Dreaming of just a blackboard indicates that soon there will be problems that were not seen coming. Dreaming that someone else is writing on a blackboard suggests that a family member or a close friend is in poor health and is asking for help.

…To dream about pencils, pens, or any modern writing instrument indicates that you’ll obtain a good job or will do a great negotiation in the immediate future, so that means that you’ll earn more money. When a young woman dreams that she is writing something, it suggests that she will have good luck in her marriage, though it will take longer for her to get married. But if she dreams that she’s erasing what she has written, it suggests that she’ll have a marriage that will experience many rifts and/or a loving relationship that will never get to marry….

…(Artist | Illustrator) In a dream, a painter represents knowledge, archi- tecture, wisdom, writing poems, writing love songs or telling lies. A painter in a dream also represents someone who conceals his acts, or hides his true face. He also could represent alcoholism, falling in love, marriage, or having children. Some of the painter’s works are beneficial while others are harmful. All depending on the quality of his work, its objectives, balance, resemblance to the object painted and authenticity. The characteristics of such a person in the dream may be that of a hypocrite in wakefulness, or an ostentatious person, a toadying person, a hypocrite, a panegyrist, or a lauding person, though he mostly looks as a good, sincere and a hard working person. The value of his paintings varies depending on the subject treated. A painter in a dream also represents a person who loves flattery, self-adulation, an…

…The screeching sound of a pen in a dream represents a writer, or writing on paper, or writing on a chalkboard. Such screeching in a dream also could represent the chalkboard itself, or teachers of various grades. As for most people, hearing the screeching of a pen in a dream means divulging secrets, or attacking people’s reputation in the process of attaining one’s selfish goals….

…could denote enjoying peace after experiencing fear. If a ruler sees the Preserved Tablet in a dream, it means that his sovereignty will expand, or it could mean that he will discover a great treasure. As for the tablets that were revealed to God’s prophet Moses, upon whom be peace, seeing them in a dream represents witnesses, spiritual guides, guidance or admonition. A wooden blackboard in a dream represents one’s wife, child, farmland, or finding peace after suffering from fear, or it could mean knowledge if one is a seeker of such avenues. In general, all boards in a dream represent admonition or prohibition of sin. Receiving a writing tablet from an Imam in a dream means an appointment to leadership, knowledge, understanding, or becoming an Imam, except if what is written on the blackboard in the dream implies admonition to do good, then the tablet means guidance and mercy….

…To dream that you’re working on a desk indicates bad luck and futile efforts. If you find money on top of your desk, then it indicates hardship, poverty and various other problems. To dream about something that has been written incompletely in such desk suggests that you have to put more attention to your matters. In case the writing is complete and can be read clearly, it indicates that everything is well and in order. To dream that you’re writing something implies that you have doubts and also fear failure, but if you feel satisfied about what you wrote, then it indicates that your fears are unfounded. To dream that you’ve lost a written paper symbolizes you’ve managed your matters negligently, and that can cause you many problems. To dream that what you just wrote is burning announces success in your life….

…To dream that you’re writing a memorandum suggests that you´ll try to participate in risky and unproductive businesses. To dream that others are writing a memorandum suggests that someone will cause you some discomfort, as you’ll be required an unfounded matter. To dream that you find a memorandum that was lost indicates that you’re about to lose something important, either in your sentimental life or in your business….

…down, swirled round and round her face, though never near enough to touch her, and whilst they were still swirling, she awoke. A day or two afterwards, her favourite sister was drowned in Lake Lucerne. A Major Roper: writing to me some time ago from India, said: Here is an experience that may be useful to you in compiling your work on dreams. I have twice dreamed of bats, and on each occasion the dream has been followed by a calamity. In the first instance, I thought I was sitting in my bedroom in my old home in Bedford (I am an old B.G.S. boy), when six bats, one after the other, flew in at the window, and, after whizzing round the room, vanished in the marvellous fashion that seems so natural in a dream. The next day I had a cablegram from England to say my brother was drowned…

…(Notebook | Record | Parchment) A sheet of paper in a dream represents an oath, a vow, or a pledge. Writing a note on a piece of paper in a dream means being ungrateful and perfidious toward others. A writer in a dream also represents someone who is burdened, pressured, doubtful and uncertain, whereby, writing has become his escape goat and a way out of his depression. If one’s boss gives him a paper to write something on it in a dream, it means that he will solicit something from his boss and eventually receive it. If one feels uncertain about some people then sees himself holding a pen and a piece of paper in a dream, it means that his obscurity will be replaced with clarity. Holding a piece of paper in a dream also means attaining one’s goal, or completing a project, or finalizing a program. A…

…In a dream, sparks represent ugly words. If one sees sparks hitting him in a dream, it means that he will hear harsh words pronounced against him by someone in authority. If one’s clothing ignites and burns from sparks in the dream, it means aggravation of his condition. If smoke engulfs the sparks in one’s dream, then they represent an awesome adversity. Whenever smoke appears in one’s dream, it represents an appalling and a horrifying calamity. If the sparks cause secondary burns in the dream, then they represent a weak enemy who slanders him and one may bear the consequences of such slander with patience, and its evil and fire will eventually diminish. If one sees a major eruption of sparks in his dream, they represent a major calamity. If a spark falls in the midst of a gathering in the dream, it means a fight and harm. Sparks…

…To touch or to see crickets (insects), when you are dreaming, have the symbolic significance of self-examination. Crickets suggests contemplation of one’s own thoughts, feelings, and sensations. But also it shows that you are seeking for guidance. To hear crickets in your dream, can be interpreted as symbolism of insignificant troubles. Are you letting minor things to bother you?…

…youth was then closely watched, and on being observed to come up, about noon one day, to the door of his mistress’s apartment with a case-knife in his hand, he was stopped, and an explanation of his conduct was demanded. In reply, he said he intended going into the adjoining room — i.e. the room leading out of his mistress’s — to scrape the dirt off his master’s embroidered shirt.”The answer not being deemed at all satisfactory, he was taken aside and put to a searching examination, when he ended by confessing that he had” always remembered with indignation his master’s severity to him, and had fully resolved on revenge,” but in what manner he would not say. He was, of course, instantly discharged; and the lady and her husband congratulated themselves on their esc. From a horrible death — an escape which they confessed was entirely owing to the…

…a very sick person that is at risk of death, which will cause losses and discomfort. Dreaming of a snake that wraps in itself or that escapes from you may mean problems or enemies that decide to disappear temporarily, but they will surely come back. Dreaming that a snake moves smoothly, gracefully and that seems like it won’t attack you, is usually a sign of unfulfilled sexual desires, which requires an examination of your relationships with the opposite sex. When a woman dreams of one or more snakes, then it means that she will experience some disappointments and suffer from various problems. If the snake attacks, the meaning worsens. If she manages to escape, she will face less problems. Dreaming of one or more snakes is always a bad dream that announces betrayal, rumors, depression, despair, etc. Dreaming of snakes that fall on top of other snakes hints that a…

…family members or you will face some misfortune while dealing with your daily life. To dream that you’re in a house that is being shaken or even destroyed by a storm indicates serious disturbances to your daily life, which may force you to move from your address, employment and perhaps city. To dream that other people are suffering in a storm and that some of them die suggests that you should immediately make an examination of conscience to figure out how close you are to those people in waking life, because you are going to suffer the same fate as those people in the dream. To dream that a destructive storm moves away and that sunlight and general tranquility comes back, may mean, that all of the sorrows that you suffered at the time of the dream, will be finished and you will have a happy and calm life….

Examination in the dream has meaningful symbolism of your high expectations and criticism from others. Dreaming that you are taking an exam, also stands as a symbol for fear of missing an possibility and opportunity. Additionally, test also can represent fear of failure.

…Dreaming that you are skiing, can be interpreted as the examination of your qualities. Skiing in the dream also means that you testing your mental and physical abilities. Maybe you are pushing yourself to much and that is represented by skiing in the dream. Maybe your subconscious is trying to relax you by putting you on skis. Are you fiercest adversary for yourself? Maybe you shouldn’t put all of your energy in competition with yourself….

…difficulties, if it’s the father, it means lack of the necessary willpower to carry out what you want, if it’s the spouse, then it means difficult material circumstances that are occurring because of our own actions. When we ourselves give up something or someone, it means that we are living tied to principles or habits, or maybe we live trapped by the environment, family or friends who are limiting our best possibilities. What we abandon in this dream will clarify which of these causes holds us prisoners, and therefore what we should free ourselves from or at least significantly modify. The dreams of abandonment can also be a warning that some aspects of our health are not well, so the first thing to be done with such dreams is a medical examination that will clarify if there is a health problem or if it is our attitude towards life….

…head of the household, the housekeeper, the butler, a treasure chest, one’s coffer or a safety box. The baker’s oven in a dream represents the governor’s house, a juvenile correction house, fulfillment of one’s needs, earning one’s livelihood, or recovering from illness. If one bakes dough in a dream, it means satisfying one’s needs, recovering from illness, winning victory over one’s enemies, or opponent, winning a court case, teaching one’s son a craft, sending one’s child to a school, enlisting one’s son in the army, or it could mean becoming wealthy. A bakery oven in a dream also represents one’s source of income, revenues, or shop, or it could denote one’s carnal self, its good and evil nature, or it could mean changes in one’s life, profits and losses. Seeing an unknown bakery oven in a dream also represents the governor’s house, or the court house because of the fires…

…(Instructor | Master | Mentor | Teacher) In a dream, an educator or a teacher represents himself, or he could represent the principal of a school, or a model, a pillar, a shaikh, a jailer, one’s son or one’s mother. An educator in a dream also means a coach or an animal trainer. Seeing oneself as an educator in a dream means advancing in one’s field. A math teacher in a dream represents intellect and wisdom. Adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing in a dream represents common benefits and losses one incurs during the course of his life. A Qur’an teacher in a dream represents singing, honor or favors. An unknown teacher in a dream represents the Almighty God Himself. (Also see Teacher)…

If you were suspended from school in your dream, then such dream denotes to lost connection with those around you. Maybe you think you are unable to meet other people expectations therefore you feel lost. On the other hand, the dream may indicate the guilt you feel from the things you did in the past.

…In a dream, a money exchanger represents knowledge, poetry, speaking the right words, richness after poverty, a school, the fellowship of a wise man, or a scale. In a dream, a money exchanger also could represent someone who has knowledge, though no one benefit from what he knows except in mundane matters. His work relates to scientific writings, scientific argu- ments, dispute of authority, or questions and answers. Perhaps his only balance or criterion is his own judgment. His balance represents his tongue and ears. His weights are his only instrument for justice and judgment. His measuring pennies are his fights with people. A money exchanger in a dream also represents a religious doctor or a scholar who takes religious questions and interprets their definitions. He also could be a dream interpreter who measures everything he takes in and gives an appropriate answer. He takes a pearl necklace for…

(Abstinence | Asceticism | Bat | Celibacy | Extremism | Fear | School of thought) Living a monastic life in a dream means walking away from common traditions. Becoming a monk in a dream means receiving praises, respect, or commendation, though one will become uptight because of it, or have limited resources, little money, lives meekly, have constant fears, or it could mean hiding away from people.

…a mosque as an offering for God’s pleasure in a dream, it means that he will rule his subjects with justice, command what is lawful and forbid what is unlawful. If he builds a school, it shows him to be a man of knowledge. If he builds a hospice in a dream, it means that he is an ascetic. If a sick person sees himself building a house in a dream, it means that he will recover from his illness and enjoy good health. Seeing buildings in a dream explains one’s determination, it also means one’s wants for himself when he rejoices at finding something suitable for status. If one sees his house bigger than it is in reality in a dream, it means expansion in one’s material resources. If it grows beyond the normal norms in a dream, it means anxiety, or a delegation that hastens to enter that…

…Reaching a well which is dug for the general public to draw from its water means getting relief after suffering from difficulties. Finding a well adjacent to a barmaid in a dream means finding a spiritual teacher, or joining a fellowship and a school for the seekers. If one sees the well of Zamzam quenching the thirst of people in a particular neighborhood other than Mecca in a dream, it means that a gnostic will come to that town, and whose knowledge and wisdom will greatly benefit its people. It also may denote the bounty and blessings which are imparted to that town, or it could denote the victory of its people over their real enemy. Drinking from such a well in a dream means fulfillment of one’s intentions and satisfaction of his needs. In a dream, a well also means a prison or depression. If one is in such…

Dreaming of an apron, signifies a zigzag course, for a young woman. For a school girl Dreaming that her apron is loosened, or torn, implies bad lessons, and lectures in propriety from parents and teachers.

…of the day. For instance, when I was about fourteen years of age and at a public school, I was put under gas during the extraction of a couple of very firmly rooted grinders. Owing to some difficulty the dentist had in extracting them, I ”came to” before the operation was over, and suffered agonies. That night in my sleep I again went through the grim proceedings, detail for detail, from my entry into the surgery and the anxious gaze around for the dreaded instruments, to the final look at the gold-fish in the aquarium, before my jaws were propped open, and my nose and mouth enveloped in the soft and spongy cap, I had so uneasily remarked in the hands of the anaesthetist. Again I smelt the sweet and sickly odour of the gas; again I heard the voices of the doctor and dentist growing fainter and fainter till…

To see Krishna in your dreams, denotes that your greatest joy will be in pursuit of occult knowledge, and you will school yourself to the taunts of friends, and cultivate a philosophical bearing toward life and sorrow.

If it is made of wood, it indicates that the proposition that was made to us is tricky. If the bench is made of stone, the proposal must be taken into account. If it is made of iron, the proposition will be accompanied by a gift. We must not trust. If the bench is from a church, it will be marriage proposal. Then we must trust in it. If it is from a school, it indicates that we still have much to learn.