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Search across 2,348 dream symbols drawn from the older dream books and the public archive. Each entry carries an original interpretive note for the contemporary dreamer.

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Dulcimer medallion
Dulcimer

Dulcimer

A dulcimer's sweet, struck strings often touch high aspiration reached through fineness of mind — a life lifted above petty jealousy. The dream may ask what your loftiest wishes truly are, whether you're cultivating the qualities to attain them, and where a clearer, more generous spirit might free you from small, gnawing resentments.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for dulcimer, 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 of a dulcimer, denotes that the highest wishes in life will be attained by exalted qualities of mind. To women, this is significant of a life free from those petty jealousies which usually make women unhappy.