Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream: A Scientific and Practical Exposition — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream: A Scientific and Practical Exposition
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For a young woman to get into an abbey, foretells her violent illness.
If she converses with a priest in an abbey, she will incur the censure
of true friends for indiscretion.
_Abbess_.
For a young woman to dream that she sees an abbess, denotes that she
will be compelled to perform distasteful tasks, and will submit
to authority only after unsuccessful rebellion.
To dream of an abbess smiling and benignant, denotes you will be surrounded
by true friends and pleasing prospects.
_Abbot_.[3]
To dream that you are an abbot, warns you that treacherous plots
are being laid for your downfall.
If you see this pious man in devotional exercises, it forewarns
you of smooth flattery and deceit pulling you a willing victim
into the meshes of artful bewilderment.
For a young woman to talk with an abbot, portends that she will yield to
insinuating flatteries, and in yielding she will besmirch her reputation.
If she marries one, she will uphold her name and honor despite
poverty and temptation.
[3] See similar words in connection with churches, priests, etc.
_Abdomen_.[4]
To see your abdomen in a dream, foretells that you will have
great expectations, but you must curb hardheadedness and redouble
your energies on your labor, as pleasure is approaching to your hurt.
To see your abdomen shriveled, foretells that you will be persecuted
and defied by false friends.
To see it swollen, you will have tribulations, but you will overcome them
and enjoy the fruits of your labor.
To see blood oozing from the abdomen, foretells an accident or tragedy
in your family.
The abdomen of children in an unhealthy state, portends that contagion
will pursue you.
[4] See Belly.
_Abhor_.
To dream that you abhor a person, denotes that you will entertain
strange dislike for some person, and your suspicion of his honesty
will prove correct.
To think yourself held in abhorrence by others, predicts that your good
intentions to others will subside into selfishness.
For a young woman to dream that her lover abhors her, foretells that she
will love a man who is in no sense congenial.
_Abject_.
To dream that you are abject, denotes that you will be the recipient
of gloomy tidings, which will cause a relaxation in your strenuous
efforts to climb the heights of prosperity.
To see others abject, is a sign of bickerings and false dealings
among your friends.
_Abode_.[5]
To dream that you can't find your abode, you will completely lose
faith in the integrity of others.
If you have no abode in your dreams, you will be unfortunate in your affairs,
and lose by speculation.
To change your abode, signifies hurried tidings and that hasty journeys
will be made by you.
For a young woman to dream that she has left her abode, is significant
of slander and falsehoods being perpetrated against her.
[5] See Home.
_Abortion_.