If you dream of discussing religion and feel religiously inclined, you will find much to mar the calmness of your life, and business will turn a disagreeable front to you.
If a young woman imagines that she is over religious, she will disgust her lover with her efforts to act ingenuous innocence and goodness.
If she is irreligious and not a transgressor, it foretells that she will have that independent frankness and kind consideration for others, which wins for women profound respect, and love from the opposite sex as well as her own; but if she is a transgressor in the eyes of religion, she will find that there are moral laws, which, if disregarded, will place her outside the pale of honest recognition. She should look well after her conduct.
If she weeps over religion, she will be disappointed in the desires of her heart.
If she is defiant, but innocent of offence, she will shoulder burdens bravely, and stand firm against deceitful admonitions.
If you are self-reproached in the midst of a religious excitement, you will find that you will be almost induced to give up your own personality to please some one whom you hold in reverent esteem.
To see religion declining in power, denotes that your life will be more in harmony with creation than formerly. Your prejudices will not be so aggressive.
To dream that a minister in a social way tells you that he has given up his work, foretells that you will be the recipient of unexpected tidings of a favorable nature, but if in a professional and warning way, it foretells that you will be overtaken in your deceitful intriguing, or other disappointments will follow.
(These dreams are sometimes fulfilled literally in actual life. When this is so, they may have no symbolical meaning. Religion is thrown around men to protect them from vice, so when they propose secretly in their minds to ignore its teachings, they are likely to see a minister or some place of church worship in a dream as a warning against their contemplated action.
If they live pure and correct lives as indicated by the church, they will see little of the solemnity of the church or preachers.)
[1]If you have a dream that features religious or spiritual imagery, it is essential to take your own beliefs into consideration.
If a figure or image of your own personal faith appears in your dream, the most likely interpretation is that your dreaming mind is reminding you of the importance your faith plays in your life; it may also be urging you to make decisions in accordance with your beliefs. If, however, you dream of an aspect of a belief system that is not yours, the meaning is less obvious; the key to its interpretation lies in what the figure or image means to you in waking life. For example, if you associate Christ with humility and self-sacrifice, your dreaming mind may be suggesting that you need to make some kind of personal sacrifice.
Dreams that feature a strong religious factor do not only occur to those who practice a faith. Indeed Jung said that many of his patients who had such dreams had lost their faith and their dreams were referring to their sense of guilt and loss. When an individual neglects the spiritual in waking life, dreams may try to compensate with images that highlight the existence of an inner truth.
It is impossible to include here all the symbols of all religions, but many of the symbols mentioned in this chapter can be applied to other faiths.
See Also: MIND, BODY, SPIRIT; SURREALISM AND FANTASY; SYMBOLS.
[2]Dreams of religion are natural to the devout, though pleas to the clergy take on the meaning of guilt or transgression with a subsequent desire for absolution or punishment.
It is the subconscious performing against the willful waking mind of the dreamer, who thinks of breaking a law or has already committed a violation.
[3]1. A possible need or desire for spiritual enlightenment or moral reassessment, especially if it is the dreamer’s religion.
2. Social control, restraint.
3. Contentment and serenity.
4. A message is being conveyed from one level of consciousness to another (note type of religion and its tenets).
[4](See Also: Church). Dreams of a religious quality should be interpreted according to the items which appear in the dream rather than the emotional side of religion. Thus the meaning of the dream should be ascertained through such references as church, minister, altar, congregation, etc.
[5]Dreams of religion denote that you are receiving a spiritual message, exploring your spiritual beliefs and roots. Perhaps you are grappling with what you authentically believe and feel passionately about versus what you were raised to believe.
See Also: Prayer, Prophetic Dreams.
[6]To dream that you are deeply religious, foretells of a disruption to your life. Your arrogance may be repelling your love partner or close friends.
To dream that you are questioning your religious beliefs, suggests that you are a deeply spiritual person.
[7]Small troubles are portended if your dream featured the interior of a church, but to experience a spiritual feeling of religion in your dream augurs contentment and peace of mind.
See Also: Church, Cathedral, Prayer, Clergy, Rabbi, etc.
[8]It is generally a bad sign to be troubled by Religion in a dream.
[9]Misfortune is in store for you after a dream of discussing religion with strange people.
[10](See Also: Rope, Spool, Uncertainty, Veil)
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