Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Gustavus Hindman Miller
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If it is green and spring-like in appearance, it will yield good results.
If he sees muddy water, sickness, business depression or causes for jealousy may develop. A nightmare suggests to the dreamer to be careful of health and diet, to relax his whole body, to sleep with his arms down and keep plenty of fresh air in the room. He sums up the foregoing with a thousand similar dream incidents, and is led to believe certain dreams possess an element of warning. There are three pure types of dreams, namely, _subjective_, _physical_ and _spiritual_. They relate to the past, present and future, and are influenced by past or subjective, physical and spiritual causes. The latter is always deeply prophetic, especially when it leaves a vivid impression on the conscious mind. The former, too, possesses an element of warning and prophecy, though the true meaning is hidden in symbols or allegory. They are due to contingent mental pictures of the past falling upon the conscious mind of the dreamer. Thus he is back at the old home, and finds mother pale and aged, or ruddy and healthy, and the lawn withered or green. It all augurs, according to the aspect the picture assumes, ill or good fortune. Physical dreams are more or less unimportant. They are usually superinduced by the anxious waking mind, and when this is so they possess no prophetic significance. Dreams induced by opiates, fevers, mesmerism and ill health come under |
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