Torch
A torch in darkness often speaks to clarity found in confusion, or the courage to keep moving when certainty is scarce. Whether you carry the light yourself or see it flickering ahead, the dream may be asking: what do you trust to guide you forward, and what happens if that light falters?
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for torch, 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 seeing torches, foretells pleasant amusement and favorable business.
To carry a torch, denotes success in love making or intricate affairs. For one to go out, denotes failure and distress.
[226] See Lantern and Lamp.
Fontaine, 1862
To see a bright torch-light at a distance in a dark night, and go toward it, foretells a successful journey; but if you stumble by the way you will experience an accident: to dream of carrying a lighted torch at night, is a sign that some distant friend will pay you a visit.