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DREAM DICTIONARY : : This dream dictionary makes the claim that it is better than any other. Why? It works on the assumption that if something very big and important happens the day before then you will surely dream about it. This dictionary collects together such dreams and has meticulously studied their meanings. Try to study the definitions and questions below and see how they relate to real life right now.

FIRE : Fire is a symbol of destruction and can link to friendships or situations in our life which have been destroyed. Maybe it could link to someone you have ignored. But fire also can link to the simple heat. Perhaps you woke up and were overheating.

QUESTIONS to help you make associations(pick the one that makes most sense to you)
- Did you wake up feeling very hot and sweaty?
- Did you realise that some part of your lkife has been destroyed? Particularly yesterday?

KEY WORDS : Overheat, destroying, suddenly ended(write down some quotes that capture your key feelings on issues that have been dominating your mind. Then see if any of these words could appear in those quotes)

KEY PHRASES(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially of the day before the dream) :
- "and now that relationship means nothing"
- "that part of my life is now over"
- "I am overheating"

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SEE ALSO : Tidal waves : Drowning : Swimming : Tornadoes : Houses
DREAM STUDIES : Tidal Waves : Drowning : Tornadoes : Houses : Earthquakes
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Below you will see a series of quotes. Each quote represents the meaning of a particular dream(these are all dreams where the meaning is understood totally). For instance one dream may have meant that the dreamer was having trouble at work. In that case the quote may simply be "There is a bad atmosphere at work". Some information is included about which dream symbols were included in the dream(within the squares brackets). Often a sample dream is included which shows you how the dream interpretation was reached.
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ESSAY : What is the symbolic meaning of fire in dreams?

Fire is also a symbol of destruction and may link to something that is quickly being destroyed such as a relationship. E.g.

"I wish I had not ignored him. I seem to be cutting off my links and friends from the past."[Dream symbol - Set fire to kitchen dream][Dream symbol - the full dream on which this quote is featured at the end of this article]

"I was really trying to build up my own self control and discipline yet when it came down to it I just stayed in bed. All that effort into being less lazy was DESTROYED in an instance"[Dream symbol - crops burning dream]

"My mom is getting a divorce and its making things difficult for me right now. So much of the life we built up together has now been DESTROYED" [Dream symbol - fire dream]

"My son is moving out to go to college soon and I will be quite happy for the new freedom this will give me"[Dream symbol - fire destroys neighbours house and kills son]

a fire may symbolise heat within you such as a fever or a very hot and humid night. E.g.

"I woke up and the bed was absolutely roasting. My duvet was too warm"[Dream symbol - house on fire dream]

"I was burning up with fever whilst asleep"[Dream symbol - forest on fire dream]

"I woke up covered in sweat even though my bedroom was really cold"[Dream symbol - fire]
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SAMPLE DREAM
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THE DREAM I am in the countryside somewhere(I seem to associate it with an area where I visited once for a function). I am in a building. Its like a classroom. I am watching my teacher intently(its my old boss). Then suddenly I want to see what the distraction is. I look and see its some farmyard. Its far off in the distance. There is some explosions going off.

Later I am in my home town. I am watching something. Suddenly a man runs very fast and jumps through a shop window. He smashes right through it. Then I am in my old bosses home kitchen. I have not got much time and seem to be trying to find some matches. I then try to set fire to the kitchen. I am trying to burn the place down.

THE REALITY The day before the dreamer saw someone who he met through his old job. He was distracted and just ignored him. The dreamer did not think much of this but he then realised that all the people he met whilst doing his old job he was slowly falling out of touch with.

THE INTERPRETATION The dream clearly has two links with the dreamers former workplace. His boss and the farm where they held a function. The day before he had a little incident which the dream could be about. He bumped into a person whom he knew through his former workplace. He kind of caught the persons eye yet did not say hello. He was actually distracted so it was not intentional. But over a period of time he was now slowly falling out of touch with many people from his former job. So its significance was maybe greater than thought.

So burning down the kitchen of his former bosses home was a way of showing how this part of his life was now slowly becoming history. Maybe the dream is saying that this was unnecessary. He liked his former workplace. In the dream the explosions are no big deal which maybe captures the dreamers thoughts about this incident the day before.

The dream also captures another moment in the dream. The sense of distraction matched the real life incident.

Shops in dreams symbolise options. The dreamer is reducing his options in life by cutting himself off from people he used to know. The man links with the aggressive nature of his own actions. Ignoring is a form of aggression. Its a male form of behavior. Hence the man runs right into the shop.

Symbolic Meanings
CLASSROOM : "a lesson in life"
DISTRACTION : "the distraction in the dream is symbolic of the real life distraction which caused the dreamer to ignore the man he knew the day before"
EXPLOSIONS : "the incident the day before"
FIRE : "the dreamer is effectively cutting off his links with his past"
FORMER BOSS : "the dreamer is thinking about his former workplace and how he has fallen out of touch"
MAN RUNS INTO SHOP : "the dreamer is affecting his own options"
SHOP : "the dreamers options"
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