The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and ModernE.P. Dutton, 1918 - 380 pages |
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... woman , rather than the wail of a soul over the tragedy of all ages . Mary the Virgin and Saint Elizabeth dreamed with clearer vision than did their contemporaries , or than did the smoke- smothered oracles of the past , but these two ...
... woman , rather than the wail of a soul over the tragedy of all ages . Mary the Virgin and Saint Elizabeth dreamed with clearer vision than did their contemporaries , or than did the smoke- smothered oracles of the past , but these two ...
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... woman who cursed as lustily as she blessed and who went with her people to battle . The dreams and visions of these women are in sturdy contrast to the timid remonstrance of the wife of Pontius Pilate , or to the vaporings of Calphurnia ...
... woman who cursed as lustily as she blessed and who went with her people to battle . The dreams and visions of these women are in sturdy contrast to the timid remonstrance of the wife of Pontius Pilate , or to the vaporings of Calphurnia ...
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... Woman was supposed to require a larger pro- portion of sleep than man , a fact frequently quoted as triumph- ant proof of her mental inferiority . The purpose of the dream as the preserver of sleep is a recent discovery , developed ...
... Woman was supposed to require a larger pro- portion of sleep than man , a fact frequently quoted as triumph- ant proof of her mental inferiority . The purpose of the dream as the preserver of sleep is a recent discovery , developed ...
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... woman who sat in unwomanly rags plying her needle and thread , " would never have benefited by the reformation , the historic predeces- sor of the modern sweat - shop crusade , that followed in the wake of the pathetic verses . We are ...
... woman who sat in unwomanly rags plying her needle and thread , " would never have benefited by the reformation , the historic predeces- sor of the modern sweat - shop crusade , that followed in the wake of the pathetic verses . We are ...
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... woman whose eyes are unaccustomed to the beautiful things of the world and whose toil - stained hands are perpetually busied over some humble task , will mani- fest a deep wisdom regarding the qualities of the soul and of the unseen ...
... woman whose eyes are unaccustomed to the beautiful things of the world and whose toil - stained hands are perpetually busied over some humble task , will mani- fest a deep wisdom regarding the qualities of the soul and of the unseen ...
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ancient Artemidorus attributed Bayley Beware bird body Christian symbol clairvoyance consciousness dæmon danger death Gypsy deceit disappointment divine dream auguring dream denoting dream forecasting dream foretells dream Gypsy dream indicates dream interpretation dream of eating dream signifies dream warning dreamer erotic dream especially faith false friends foretold fortunate dream frequently Freud Freudian funeral Geomancy grief hand Havelock Ellis HIEROGLYPHICAL EMBLEM holy honor human illness instance journey Jung king Latent Content legend letters loss Manifest Content marriage mediæval memory mental midorus mind misfortune moon mother mysterious mysticism night obvious omen Paracelsus person physical stimuli poverty profit prognosticating prophetic prosperity psychic quarrels Raphael riches sacred saints secret enemies sickness SIGN sixth sense sleep sorrow soul spirit subconscious success Gypsy thee theory things Thou art warned thou hast Thou wilt thought thy dream tion typical dream vision waking wealth woman words
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Page 96 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool : his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Page 98 - And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Page 110 - How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, With half-shut eyes ever to seem Falling asleep in a half-dream! To dream and dream, like yonder amber light, Which will not leave the myrrh-bush on the height...
Page 143 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Page 145 - Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth. Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him, and let seven times pass over him.
Page 96 - And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it : and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
Page 97 - And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws : and they shall be given into his hand, until A TIME AND TIMES AND THE DIVIDING OF TIME.
Page 95 - In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
Page 97 - I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
Page 20 - I saw as if they were on the sunny side of some high mountain, there refreshing themselves with the pleasant beams of the sun, while I was shivering and shrinking in the cold, afflicted with frost, snow and dark clouds : methought also, betwixt me and them, I saw a wall that did compass about this mountain. Now through this wall my soul did greatly desire to pass, concluding, that if I could, I would even go into the very midst of them, and there also comfort myself with the heat of their sun.