Dreaming of a Cathedral

cathedral, basilica, minster · mixed, with a favorable path

Gazing at a cathedral betrays longing for the unattainable, but entering one promises a rise in life among wise and learned people.

What happens in the dream

  • Entering the cathedral: you will rise in life, with learned and wise companions
  • A vast cathedral with soaring domes: an envious streak and unhappy longing for the unattainable

How you felt

  • Feeling small: the dream often mirrors an ideal that seems beyond you
  • Spiritual longing: it may reflect a need for meaning and grandeur

Ask yourself

  • Which ideal feels out of reach?
  • What keeps me admiring from outside instead of walking in?

See also Church · Chapel · Bishop · Tower · Religion

Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: basilica, minster.

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