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DREAM STUDIES : Real dreams with police in them
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THE DREAM An officer asked me to strip for a police party, while he
should have been arresting me. I said maybe later, with no real intention
of doing it. I saw a guy smoking marihuana from a huge coconut. I went into
an older cripple mans house and smoked with him ( I haven’t smoked in a long
time). I had to leave him, but I felt bad because he was so lonely and nice
and I knew everyone was using him. I was worried about my fiancé’ finding
out, so I had to leave. I had been there before, so I knew my way around.
The coconut was so big, and it had a huge joint in it.
THE REALITY The dreamer had just opened up to her fiancé and told him
exactly how she felt about him. She was not usually one for showing her deep
feelings.
THE INTERPRETATION Dreams capture our emotions but in symbolic form. Here
the stripping is a strong symbol and since the dreamer had just been revealing
her true(naked) feelings to her fiancé then its fair to assume that
the dream links to this. Thats especially the case as the dream features her
fiancé. Stripping links to moments when we show our true emotions.
What else can the dream show? Well its not an easy dream to understand symbolically
but we can pick up a sense of awkwardness and even a strong sense of guilt.
That links to the dreamers feelings in reality as she did feel awkward revealing
her true feelings. Normally its her fiancée that is the one to get
emotional.
Perhaps the other symbols build up this picture of how the dreamer thinks.
The police could symbolise how she feels as if revealing her true feelings
is somehow against some rules that she has about relationships(her own rules
about what is the right way to behave). Its a police party so any rules that
she does have will not be enforced as vigorously as the police are off their
guard. The drugs could symbolise how this sharing of emotions is very new
to the dreamer. Its almost like its a whole different reality.
Symbolic Meanings
DRUGS : "sharing feelings is a while new world for the dreamer"
GUILT : "the dreamers sense of guilt and awkwardness showing her true
feelings"
POLICE : "the dreamers own unwritten rules about what is the right way
to behave in relationships"
POLICE PARTY : "the dreamer is off guard and less likely to enforce her
own rules"
STRIPPING : "revealing your own true feelings"
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I was talking to my fiancé and said something I should not
about my ex. I do not like talking about feelings and it opened the floodgates.
My fiancé wanted to have an open and honest discussion"
See how the Symbolic meanings weave together to form a key insight in the DREAM MEANING
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DREAM TIP : Police in real life refer to real and strict rules which
we must obey. In dreams police will often link to unwritten rules and coventions
about how we ought to behave. Constantly we interact with other human beings
and there are unwritten rules that govern what is appropriate behavior. For
instance people form queues in banks and shops. If someone pushes in then
this causes anger and hostility. Its not an offence you can get arrested for
but people will "police" such laws themselves. Within our own relationships
there are also unwritten rules. For example you may have a friend who is sensitive
about an ex girlfriend. So one unwritten law is that you should not mention
that person. To mention her would be a crime. We constantly "police" our own
boundaries.
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THE DREAM - HINDERWELL - I am at a house which is someone called Mr.
Right lives in. My best friend is in the house. The police are there and he
has cornered and then they shoot right into the house. There house is riddled
with bullets. Then the word Hinderwell appears in my mind. Finally all that
remains is for the sister of my best friend and me to go in and collect the
body
THE REALITY The dreamer had not done a task at work that she was due to complete.
She had to think up and excuse or explain away this fact. The dream was about
that
THE INTERPRETATION Dreams can often link to issues from the day before but
they can equally symbolise our thoughts about something that is likely to
happen on the actual day of the dream. In this case something was on the dreamers
mind. He had not completed a work task and feared been found out.
The key to this dream is in the word plays. This dream features this word
HINDERWELL. This is a name of an area in the dreamers home town. Its an obvious
play on words and can easily link to the wish to "hinder some investigations
as well as possible".
It just so happens that there was a situation where such a theme was highly
relevant. So thats clearly what this dream is about. The dreamer was clearly
having to think up some arguments to defend himself. What exactly does the
dream mean though?
Guns often link to well targeted and precise criticism. In this case this
may show that he needs to be prepared to face lots of tough questions about
his work task.
The dream also features another strong wordplay. The Mr. Wright is clearly
a wordplay here which links to issues of right and wrong.
Symbolic Meanings
BEST FRIEND : "my own ideal situation"
CORNER : "unseen consequences"
HINDERWELL : "a play on words - a wish to hinder her boss"
MR. WRIGHT : "a synonym - the need to find the RIGHT path"
POLICE : "being caught out breaking the rules"
SHOOT : "focusing on the rules that have been broken"
SISTER : "think openly and freely on a subject - thinking through what is
likely to happen"
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I have not completed my task at work. I am sure to be found out. But
I do not really want to get caught. "
See how the Symbolic meanings weave together to form a key insight in the DREAM MEANING
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DREAM TIP : If the police appear in your dreams then think about the
phrase "caught in the act!" If you feel like you are about to be found out
in some way then it is possibly this issue which has triggered the dream.
This can refer to any issue. For instance if you have been cheating on your
boyfriend or girlfriend then there is a risk you will be found out. If you
have filled in your expenses form and lied or exaggerated the true amount
then you can easily be found out. If you have been spreading rumours about
a friend then that maybe discovered and you will get punished in some way.
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THE DREAM Last night I dreamt of my husband with another blond woman
that I don’t know. There was something that was going on in the town and somebody
got killed and I wanted him to go investigate or do something but he was just
ignoring me and he was holding his woman in his lap. I was so pissed off and
angry, I took a hammer and I was trying to break things. I felt so helpless
and I felt if I break something I will be relived from those feelings. I hit
things that look like a glass shelf but it didn’t break, no matter how hard
I was hitting it didn’t break. And I woke up angry. I wasn’t angry about him
being with another woman, I was mad at him for not doing anything to find
out what happened.
THE REALITY In real life a day before the dream the dreamer had a fight with
her boss and almost quit her job. It was very bad, and the dreamer was glad
her boss hung up the phone on her because she was about to tell her:"this
is it, I am done working for you". She was in a mood all day and couldn’t
get to sleep easily.
THE INTERPRETATION The dream seems to be about this very important issue.
If something was absolutely dominating your feelings the day before the dream
then its likely that the dreamer will have a dream on the issue.
Having said that the dream has two possible meanings. In life we are wedded
to many things and not just our husband and wives. So maybe the husband symbolises
the dreamers marriage to her work. She has commitments and responsibilities
just like in real life. In that way the anger she has towards her husband
in the dream represents her anger towards the boss.
A second explanation is possible. A husband has certain responsibilities and
maybe he has failed in his respoinsibilities here. The major feeling in the
dream is that her husband has failed to ask her what was wrong. He should
intuitively know when something is wrong and help and support his wife whilst
these problems occured.The dream has then made the point that his failing
here is as bad as any cheating with another woman. Dreams can be overly dramatic
in the points they make. Simply the main emotion from the dream was that her
husbnad was ignoring her. The stopryline that this was wrapped around was
irrelevant. The dream captured his main mood.
But overall the dream undoubtedly captures that sense of real anger. The hammer
is a perfect symbol for her mood. It perfectly caught her emotions from the
day.
Symbolic Meanings
GLASS : "see through issue"
KILL : "wanting to resist something"
POLICE : "a need to restore order to your own peace of mind"
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I had a real argument with my boss and nearly quit yesterday. It stuck
with me all day"
See how the Symbolic meanings weave together to form a key insight in the DREAM MEANING
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DREAM TIP : Police dreams may often be very easy to understand. The
primary function of the police in dreams is to restore order to the mind.
There are occasions when chaos breaks out in our thinking. Things are going
too fast and we need to take stock and restore order. So think back to the
day before the dream and look for issues which are causing chaos in your thinking.
Such a dream means that you need to take time out and have a think. You just
wish to settle things down.
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THE DREAM I am in a pub. It seems to have been attacked by a group
of scousers. There is a narrow alleyway that leads from our pub to their pub.
We start off to give them a "right kicking". But their appear to be police
on the way so I hide in a court yard. Later I am in some kind of war. There
appears to be some middle eastern guy who is almost naked and his wounds appear.
He was shot right across his stomach. From the bottom left to the top right.
There is another guy there who also has scars on him. He seems to have been
walked all over and has deep imprints on him. Then I am in this room. Its
like a one room building. I have this kind of heart thing on me but it stinks.
There is an Native American there who is looking at me.
THE REALITY The dreamer woke up and thought of a group of people at work whom
he was imposing his ideas on.
THE INTERPRETATION Quite often when you wake up some immediate issue will
rise to the surface. Its quite possible that the dream is about that. Dreams
are also about very abstract ideas. So what evidence is there to link to this
"issue"?
The dreamer immediately seemed to link this dream to the work situation where
he felt he was not considering the ideas of others. This tendency was also
getting to quite a general tendency within him. And indeed on first inspection
the dream does seem to be at least consistent.
The dream deals with football supporters and violent male attitudes. What
better symbols for an aggressive tendency to impose your views and attitudes
on others. The dream also deals with middle eastern people which can obviously
link to the issue of prejudice. So perhaps the dreamer was starting to realise
his own prejudices and his own tendency to trample all over other peoples
opinions.
The dreamer tended to think of himself as rather a spiritual person and that
can obviously link to the Native American. But there is a smell attached to
this so he is noticing that his own spiritual nature which he cherishes is
actually not so spiritual in reality.
So the dream does seem to link to the issue that the dreamer woke up thinking
about. Its worth looking for some connections to such issues. Dreams are linked
to new feelings rising to the surface in your own subconscious. So look for
those nagging issues that keep you awake at night.
Symbolic Meanings
ALLEY : "unaware of other peoples views - the dreamer realises he does not
listen to other peoples views"
COURT : "people judging the dreamers behavior"
HEART : "the dreamer likes to get to the heart of the matter - but does not
listen to others"
NARROW : "a need to widen your vision - being small minded and not open to
new ideas"
POLICE : "a need not to break rules and conventions - listening to others
"
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "Maybe I have been too bossy as far as my ideas are concerned. I tend
to impose my ideas at work. Maybe I should be more willing to listen"
See how the Symbolic meanings weave together to form a key insight in the DREAM MEANING
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THE DREAM when I DID eventually get to sleep, I dreamed that I was
at home (not university home - home home), and I was walking up my road, and
the Rasta man/hippy who has his guts ripped out in "Live Organ Transplants"
in The Meaning of Life (played by Terry Gilliam) was having his house raided
by the police and they were carrying his computer out, and he was like "no
man, thats got my Terry Jones photos on it! and the police were like "yes,
thats why we’re taking it away - its illegal" and as I was walking up my street,
practically everyone was having their computers confiscated for having Terry
Jones photos on it!
Then they got to my house and they were carrying out our home computer and
my dad was like "what are you doing? I don’t even like Terry Jones! I think
Monty Python is a load of rubbish!" and the police were saying that I’d got
images in my user area so thats why and it’s not personal! lol all I remember
thinking was that I sure as hell wasn’t going to tell them I’d got my laptop
in my backpack because I’d never get my T-shirts made, and feeling really
nervous in case they searched me!!
THE REALITY The dreamer had recently become very interested in Terry Jones
off Monty Python. He is a great writer and she is interested in him for his
talents as well as his fame. The night before she was looking on the Internet
with her best friend. She was looking for pictures so she could make a Terry
Jones T-shirt. She was due to meet terry Jones who was about to present a
talk on Chaucer.
Her boyfriend does not like Monty Python and they recently had a big fight
about it recently. The dreamer lied about the talk with Terry Jones and merely
said that she was going to a talk about Chaucer.
THE INTERPRETATION In this dream the police act like its a major criminal
act the dreamer has committed. Police in dreams can represent the laws and
need for order within our own lives. Clearly her boyfriend is very anti Monty
Python and it is something that is clearly against what he considers wrong(against
his laws). So in order to preserve the peace and maintain order within her
life she has lied about the fact that she was meeting someone who her boyfriend
clearly dislikes.
Fathers are often symbols of a need to prevent something get out of hand.
So maybe the dreamer is using him as a symbol. She wants to lie to her boyfriend
to prevent the situation from getting out of hand. She knows he will over
react.
Symbolic Meanings
FATHER : "The dreamer wants to prevent an issue getting out of hand and
so lies in order to cause trouble"
POLICE : "The dreamer is aware that her boyfriend clearly disapproves
of Terry Jones and Monty Python"
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "My boyfriend hates Monty Python. I dare not tell him that I am going
to a talk held by Terry Jones of the Monty Python team. He is already jealous.
He thinks I think more of Monty Python than him. Its ridiculous. Its like
I am breaking the law or something"
See how the Symbolic meanings weave together to form a key insight in the DREAM MEANING
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DREAM TIP : The fact is that dreams represent your thoughts. So simply
work the process in reverse. Look for evidence of your thoughts in your dreams.
If for instance the day before was very stressful then look for evidence of
that stress. Exactly which symbols could represent that stress.
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THE DREAM I was at my workplace. There was a college tutor there from
a few years ago. I stole a dollars which had been left on the table. I thought
the wouldn’t notice
THE REALITY The dreamers job was not particularly impressive. He did well
at college and the day before the dream he had been looking over some of the
work he did. He wanted people to recognise his ability more.
THE INTERPRETATION The dream featured the dreamers old college tutor. The
dreamer had been thinking about his college work the night before and was
looking through his old projects. It was a nostalgic look back at how well
he had done. The link between these two things makes the dreams topic understood
totally - it was about the dreamers current feelings about his college work.
Recently the dreamer had been feeling undervalued. Money can link to value
and self worth. The dreamer had been thinking and fantasizing about how well
he could do if given the chance.
Symbolic Meanings
COLLEGE TUTOR : "this links the dream with the real life thoughts about
college from the previous night"
STEAL : "wanting to be recognised as talented and impressive"
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I was looking over my old college projects and thinking how well I
did. I just want people to see how much talent I really have. "
See how the Symbolic meanings weave together to form a key insight in the DREAM MEANING
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DREAM TIP : Think about the actual day of the dream. Have you been
thinking about some important event that is happening then? Have you been
thinking about how you are going to put some plans into action. Dreams may
focus on the day to come and how you are relating to problems you wish to
solve.
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THE DREAM - I dreamt that my dad was taking us home from some concert
it was me, my 2 sisters, & my brother. He was driving drunk and the idiot
passed a red light in front of a cop! So I punched his ass and made him stop
the car so the cop can reach up to us. It happened to be a lady cop and I
explained everything. That he was drunk, stupid and I didn’t care if she took
him to jail because that’s what he deserves! So she was handcuffing him and
when that was going on I kept yelling at him "You see what happens when you’re
a fucking idiot? You fucking cocksucker, cocksucker, cocksucker!!!!"
THE REALITY The day before dreamer was watching the movie "Magnolia" with
Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore. TJ Mackey hates his dad because he used to cheat
on his mom all the time and when she got diagnosed with breast cancer he left
them and married a younger woman. 14 yr old TJ Mackey had to take care of
his mother until the day she died in his arms without the support of her husband,
his father so he goes on living his life hating his dad. The scene where he
finally visits his dad on his deathbed he tells him how much he hates him
for running out on them he hopes he dies and it’s painful death. Mackey tells
him "I hope you fucking die you fucking cocksucker, cocksucker, cocksucker!!!"
The film stuck with the dreamer because her dad left when she was in 3rd grade
and her mom was left with the responsibilty of raising 5 kids on her own.
She was the eldest child and was therefor left with many major responsibilities
at a very young age.
THE INTERPRETATION Dreams capture thoughts important in our current mindset.
This dream was very much linking to and even quoting from a dream that the
dreamer watched the night before. The message of this film was really one
that the dreamer could identify with. She felt the same anger towards her
father that the character TJ Mackey felt towards his father. In watching the
film the dreamer was bringing up those emotions and really thinking about
her own past.
The dream showed her father breaking the law and
being caught. The laws are being enforced by a female cop who symbolises the
crimes that the dreamers father commited against women in general and towards
the family. These are not laws laid down in congress but unwritten laws. Its
really a dreamer about morality and how her father has failed in his job as
father.
Symbolic Meanings
DRUNK: "Her father is drunk and so seen as totally incapable - not a good
father"
POLICE : "The dreamers father has broken some unwritten laws regarding the
need to look after his own family"
POLICEWOMAN : "The cop is a woman because these are laws against women and
the family that have been broken."
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "That film I watched last night really stuck with me because I felt
the same emotions towards my father that the character TJ Mackey felt towards
his father. I feel bitter because he left my mom to bring up me and my three
brothers and sisters"
See how the Symbolic meanings weave together to form a key insight in the DREAM MEANING
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THE DREAM - I was at some sort of party. There were lots of police there. I am talking and friendly towards the police. Later on a lady who works at a homeless hostel is there. She is making an assessment of me.
THE REALITY The dreamer was starting to realise that he would have to start dealing with a health problem. Thinsg were getting very serious and if they did not get dealt with soon then things would end up with the dreamer collapsing in public or just being unable to cope.
THE INTERPRETATION
There was one big issue looming in the dreamers mind. He knew that he would have to start dealing with a particular health issue or his life would descend into general chaos and disorder. The dream seems linked to this and the sykbols are all very consistent with this.
The police generally can link to situations of disorder. But disorder in a general sense. That your life becomes chaotic and disordered. Its not really linked to disorder in the sense that laws are broken.
The lady who works at a homeless shelter was a strong symbol. The previous time that the dreamer met her she had been making an assessment of a homeless man who had let health problems get out of control. There was a clear link to the dreamers own life. He had let his health issues get out of control and if he did not start to deal with the situation and sort out the problems then he would be just like that homeless man. People would be intervening after the situation had got out of hand.
Symbolic Meanings
DRUNK: "I am worried that I am losing control of my senses because eof this health problem"
DRUNK: "I worry that if I start trying to deal openly with thisn problem that I will lose control emotionally"
POLICE : "I know I have to start restoring order. The situation is getting out of hand with my health"
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I know that I really have to start coping with this health problem or I will end up collapsing in public or worse. I also worry that when I start to deal with this issue then I will become all emotional and rambling like a drunk"
See how the Symbolic meanings weave together to form a key insight in the DREAM MEANING
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DREAM STUDIES : POLICE
POLICE : Police are quite difficult symbols in that they can mean several
things. Of course the police maybe about the breaking of all kinds of rules
: Rules in the classroom, health and safety regulations, contract law, conventions
concerning etiquette, and actual laws of the land. But police are about so
much more. The police have an overall goal of creating general order in society
and in dreams they can perform a similar role. They may symbolise the need
for peace and quiet and harmony in life. In order to think properly we need
some order in our lives. Occasionally our lives are so full of commotion that
we cannot think properly. So dreams with police in may link to incidents from
the previous day which caused disorder in our minds. Also in relationships
we set each other limits. We have our own boundaries that must not be crossed.
So police may represent anger at someone who makes you do things you are uncomfortable
with.
KEY WORDS(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially
of the day before the dream) :
- "Thats a forbidden subject - we are not allowed to mention it because
he is sensitive about it"
- "Thats off limits"
- "my peace of mind"
- "breaking the rules"
- "thats not right"
- "getting found out", "caught in the act"
- "we do things this way!"
- "what&146;s the commotion?"
- "calming her down"
- "its totally against what he thinks is acceptable"
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ESSAYS
POLICE
in dreams : A detailed essay on the symbolism of police in dreams.
MILITARY
in dreams : The military in real DREAM SYMBOLISM
DOCTORS
in dreams : The meaning of doctors in real dream analysis
Dream
Dictionary : An A to Z of symbolic meanings with every meaning for each symbol
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CONTACT : If you went to
sleep thinking of something that had dominated your entire day then I would
be highly interested in any dreams you had that night.
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INDIVIDUAL STUDIES : Below are collections of real dreams all linked to one dream symbol. They are examples to show you how symbols translate into real life dream thoughts and feelings.
Basements : A collection of dreams about basements
Your boss : Examples of dreams and their meanings
Best friend : The symbolic dream meaning
Babies/pregnant: A collection of dreams about babies
Brothers: Dreams interpreted and analysed
Cafes: How to analyse and interpret this symbol
Cars: Their various dream meanings
Castles : How to analyse and interpret this symbol
Children:Childhood dreams
Creative dreams: The symbolic dream meaning
Clothes:Dreams interpreted and analysed
Churches and cathedrals: The symbolic dream meaning
Deaths: The dream dictionary symbol
Demons,witches and goblins: real dreams featuring goblins and demons
Dogs: A collection of dog dreams
Drink and drugs: Dreams interpreted and analysed
Earthquakes and volcanoes: Real dreams study
Farms, gardens and plants: A collection of dreams about farms
Factories: Practical dream interpretation
Fathers: Their various dream meanings
Faucets/taps/pipes: How to analyse and interpret this symbol
Food: Practical dream interpretation
Earthquakes and volcanos: The dream dictionary symbol
Foreign Countries: A dream symbol study
Grandparents: understanding Their dream symbolism
Guards: A collection of guard dreams
Guns and knives: Practical dream interpretation
Horses and animals : Research into their true symbolism in dreams
Hauntings:The symbolic dream meaning
Hospitals: How to analyse and interpret this symbol
Hotels + huge buildings:A dream symbol study
Houses : Their various dream meanings
Locks : A collection of lock dreams
Men(unknown) : Dreams interpreted and analysed
Military : Their various dream meanings
Money : A dream symbol study
Mothers : The dream dictionary symbol
Monster : understanding their symbolism in dreams
Mountains: Their various dream meanings
Movies:Dreams interpreted and analysed
Music : Understanding their symbolism in dreams
People : A dream symbol study
Police : Their various dream meanings
Phone : Understanding their symbolism in dreams
Politics : A dream symbol study
Planes and flying : planes in real dreams
Prison : A collection of dreams about prisons
Rivers : Their various dream meanings
Rapists and intruders :The dream dictionary symbol
Railways : A dream symbol study
Roads : Understanding their symbolism in dreams
Schools : How to analyse and interpret this symbol
Sea : Dreams interpreted and analysed
Sex : Their various dream meanings
Shops : The dream dictionary symbol
Sisters : A dream symbol study
Skies in dreams : A collection of dreams about skies
SKYSCRAPERS: various real dreams
Snakes and spiders :The symbolic dream meaning
Space : The dream dictionary symbol
Sports : Their various dream meanings
Street Practical dream interpretation
Teeth :A dream symbol study
Tidal waves : A collection of dreams about tidal waves
Time Practical dream interpretation
Toilets Understanding their symbolism in dreams
Tornadoes - what do they mean in dreams
Towns Their dream dictionary meanings
Trees : trees in practical dream interpretation
Water : Dreams interpreted and analysed
Weddings and engagements : weddings in real dreams symbolism
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- INTRODUCTION
- DREAM DICTIONARY
- How to interpret dreams
- Audio Presentation on how to interpret dreams
OTHER SUBJECTS:
- external dreams
Music in dreams
-Premonitions
- Telepathy : esp dreams investigated
- Specific dreams
- Synonyms in dreams
- Children’s dreams and dreams about your child
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