Sleep
Sleep — deep rest, where we're most defenceless — often touches peace on clean beds but sickness on unnatural ones, with a warning against yielding to a fascinating but unwise pull. The dream may ask where you're seeking true rest, and whether the place you lie down, and what you lie beside, brings renewal or quietly costs you.
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See what’s rising tonight →What the old dream-books say
These are the entries the historical dream-books record for sleep, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream of sleeping on clean, fresh beds, denotes peace and favor from those whom you love.
To sleep in unnatural resting places, foretells sickness and broken engagements.
To sleep beside a little child, betokens domestic joys and reciprocated love.
To see others sleeping, you will overcome all opposition in your pursuit for woman's favor.
To dream of sleeping with a repulsive person or object, warns you that your love will wane before that of your sweetheart, and you will suffer for your escapades.
For a young woman to dream of sleeping with her lover or some fascinating object, warns her against yielding herself a willing victim to his charms.