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Parables

Parables

Parables — truths told slant, through story — often touch indecision over the best course in a tangled business matter, with misunderstanding for lovers. The dream may ask where the lesson before you is veiled and hard to read straight, and whether a meaning you can't quite pin down is leaving you unsure which way to move.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for parables, 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 parables, denotes that you will be undecided as to the best course to pursue in dissenting to some business complication. To the lover, or young woman, this is a prophecy of misunderstandings and disloyalty.