Dreaming of an Abbey
abbey, monastery, priory · mostly negative, with an unexpected escape
An abbey in a dream concerns your hopes: in ruins, it points to plans left unfinished.
What happens in the dream
- An abbey in ruins: your hopes and schemes end up unfinished
- You talk with a priest inside an abbey: true friends criticize an indiscretion
- A priest bars your way into an abbey: you are saved from ruin because rivals mistake your trouble for success
- You enter an abbey: a risk of serious illness
How you felt
- Nostalgia: the dream may reflect regret over a plan left half-done
- A need to withdraw: it may express a wish to shelter from the world
Ask yourself
- What plan have I let fall into ruin?
- Do I need a quiet place to find myself again?
See also Ruin · Church · Cloister · Convent · Priest
Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: monastery, priory.