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Adulation

Adulation

Adulation is praise laid on too thick, and in dreams it can carry a quiet warning about flattery — sought or given. To crave it may hint at filling a place we have not truly earned; to offer it, at parting with something dear in hope of gain. The dream asks what we are trading for approval.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for adulation, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.

Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted

To dream that you seek adulation, foretells that you will pompously fill unmerited positions of honor.

If you offer adulation, you will expressly part with some dear belonging in the hope of furthering material interests.