Absinthe
Absinthe carries the flavour of heady, reckless pleasure — the merry pace that spends what it should save. In dreams it can mark a season of foolish delight in good company, enjoyable in the moment but costly if left unchecked. The dream tends to ask what we are squandering for the sake of a brief brightness.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for absinthe, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
WHAT'S IN A DREAM. 24 To come under the influence of absinthe in dreams, denotes that you will lead a merry and foolish pace with innocent companions, and waste your inheritance in prodigal lavishness on the siren, selfish fancy.
For a young woman to dream that she drinks absinthe with her lover warns her to resist his persuasions to illicit consummation of their love. If she dreams she is drunk, she will yield up her favors without strong persuasion. (This dream typifies that you are likely to waste your energies in pleasure.)