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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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Mat medallion
Mat

Mat

A mat — trodden underfoot at the threshold — often touches sorrow and perplexities best kept away from. The dream may ask where you risk being walked over or stepping into trouble, and what entanglement, lying quietly across your path like something to wipe your feet on, you'd do better to avoid altogether.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for mat, 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

Keep away from mats in your dreams, as they will usher you into sorrow and perplexities.