Dreaming of Calomel
calomel, laxative, purgative · very negative
This old-fashioned remedy signals deceit: someone is trying to harm you, using your friends without their knowing it.
What happens in the dream
- Taking it: people you trust will take advantage of you
- Applying it to the skin: you will turn a blind eye to deceit to enjoy a brief pleasure
- Calomel: someone is trying to deceive and harm you, with the unwitting help of your friends
How you felt
- Distrust: the dream often mirrors doubts about the people around you
- Unease about a cure: it may reflect a fear that what should help you could do harm
Ask yourself
- Is there someone I doubt without admitting it to myself?
- Am I ignoring something just to keep the peace?
See also Medicine · Poison · Lie · Pill
Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: laxative, purgative.