Abyss
To look into an abyss is to face the edge of something vast and unknown — threat, loss, or simply the depth of what we cannot see the bottom of. The dream often gathers our anxieties about what might be seized or what we might fall into. It can also be a warning to tread carefully before any leap.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for abyss, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream of looking into an abyss, means that you will be confronted by threats of seizure of property, and that there will be quarrels and reproaches of a personal nature which will unfit you to meet the problems of life.
For a woman to be looking into an abyss, foretells that she will burden herself with unwelcome cares. If she falls into the abyss her disappointment will be complete; but if she succeeds in crossing, or avoiding it, she will reinstate herself.
Fontaine, 1862
To see an abyss, or deep hole, is a warning; avoid, after such a dream, taking a journey by land, or a voyage by sea, for eight-and forty hours, because it forebodes accidents by travelling.