Bier
The bier, on which the dead are borne, is among the dream's gravest images, and the old books tie it to loss and the passing of someone dear. Strewn with flowers in a church, it softens toward solemn ceremony. The dream tends to touch mortality and farewell, and to ask what ending we feel approaching.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for bier, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To see one, indicates disastrous losses and the early dissolution of a dear relative.
To see one, strewn with flowers in a church, denotes an unfortunate marriage.