The Dictionary of Dreams (51 page)

warns you of servitude. You will bow to the will of some master,

even to that of women.

To speak to the Pope, denotes that certain high honors are in store for you.

To see the Pope looking sad or displeased, warns you against vice or sorrow of some kind.

Poplars
.

To dream of seeing poplars, is an omen of good, if they are in leaf or bloom.

For a young woman to stand by her lover beneath the blossoms and leaves of a tulip poplar, she will realize her most extravagant hopes.

Her lover will be handsome and polished. Wealth and friends will be hers.

If they are leafless and withered, she will meet with disappointments.

Poppies
.

Poppies seen in dreams, represents a season of seductive pleasures

and flattering business, but they all occupy unstable foundations.

If you inhale the odor of one, you will be the victim of artful

persuasions and flattery.

(The mesmeric influence of the poppy inducts one into strange atmospheres, leaving materiality behind while the subjective self explores these realms as in natural sleep; yet these dreams do not bear truthful warnings to the material man. Being, in a manner, enforced.)

Porcelain
.

To dream of porcelain, signifies you will have favorable opportunities of progressing in your affairs. To see it broken or soiled, denotes mistakes will be made which will cause grave offense.

Porch
.

To dream of a porch, denotes that you will engage a new undertakings, and the future will be full of uncertainties.

If a young woman dreams that she is with her lover on a porch,

implies her doubts of some one's intentions.

To dream that you build a porch, you will assume new duties.

Porcupine
.

To see a porcupine in your dreams, denotes that you will disapprove

any new enterprise and repel new friendships with coldness.

For a young woman to dream of a porcupine, portends that she

will fear her lover.

To see a dead one, signifies your abolishment of ill feelings and possessions.

Pork
.[168]

If you eat pork in your dreams, you will encounter real trouble,

but if you only see pork, you will come out of a conflict victoriously.

[168] See Bacon.

Porpoise
.

To see a porpoise in your dreams, denotes enemies are thrusting

your interest aside, through your own inability to keep people

interested in you.

Porter
.

Seeing a porter in a dream, denotes decided bad luck and eventful happenings.

To imagine yourself a porter, denotes humble circumstances.

To hire one, you will be able to enjoy whatever success comes to you.

To discharge one, signifies that disagreeable charges will be

preferred against you.

Portfolio
.

To dream of a portfolio, denotes that your employment will not be

to your liking, and you will seek a change in your location.

Portrait
.[169]

To dream of gazing upon the portrait of some beautiful person,

denotes that, while you enjoy pleasure, you can but feel

the disquieting and treacherousness of such joys. Your general

affairs will suffer loss after dreaming of portraits.

[169] See Pictures, Photographs, and Paintings.

Postage
.

To dream of postage stamps, denotes system and remuneration in business.

If you try to use cancelled stamps, you will fall into disrepute.

To receive stamps, signifies a rapid rise to distinction.

To see torn stamps, denotes that there are obstacles in your way.

Postman
.[170]

To dream of a postman, denotes that hasty news will more frequently

be of a distressing nature than otherwise.

[170] See Letter Carrier.

Post-office
.

To dream of a post-office, is a sign of unpleasant tidings.

and ill luck generally.

Pot
.

To dream of a pot, foretells that unimportant events will work you vexation.

For a young woman to see a boiling pot, omens busy employment of pleasant and social duties. To see a broken or rusty one, implies that keen disappointment will be experienced by you.

Potatoes
.

Dreaming of potatoes, brings incidents often of good.

To dream of digging them, denotes success.

To dream of eating them, you will enjoy substantial gain.

To cook them, congenial employment.

Planting them, brings realization of desires.

To see them rotting, denotes vanished pleasure and a darkening future.

Potter
.

To dream of a potter, denotes constant employment,

with satisfactory results. For a young woman to see a potter,

foretells she will enjoy pleasant engagements.

Potter's Field
.

To see a potter's field in your dreams, denotes you will have poverty and misery to distress you. For a young woman to walk through a potter's field with her lover, she will give up the one she loves in the hope of mercenary gain.

Poultry
.

To see dressed poultry in a dream, foretells extravagant

habits will reduce your security in money matters.

For a young woman to dream that she is chasing live poultry,

foretells she will devote valuable time to frivolous pleasure.

Powder
.

To see powder in your dreams, denotes unscrupulous people are dealing with you. You may detect them through watchfulness.

Prairie
.

To dream of a prairie, denotes that you will enjoy ease,

and even luxury and unobstructed progress.

An undulating prairie, covered with growing grasses and flowers,

signifies joyous happenings.

A barren prairie, represents loss and sadness through the absence of friends.

To be lost on one, is a sign of sadness and ill luck.

Prayer
.

To dream of saying prayers, or seeing others doing so,

foretel s you will be threatened with failure, which will take

strenuous efforts to avert.

Preacher
.

To dream of a preacher, denotes that your ways are not above reproach, and your affairs will not move evenly.

To dream that you are a preacher, foretells for you losses in business, and distasteful amusements will jar upon you.

To hear preaching, implies that you will undergo misfortune.

To argue with a preacher, you will lose in some contest.

To see one walk away from you, denotes that your affairs will move

with new energy. If he looks sorrowful, reproaches will fall

heavily upon you.

To see a long-haired preacher, denotes that you are shortly to have disputes with overbearing and egotistical people.

Precipice
.[171]

To dream of standing over a yawning precipice, portends the threatenings of misfortunes and calamities.

To fall over a precipice, denotes that you will be engulfed in disaster.

[171] See Abyss and Pit.

Pregnancy
.

For a woman to dream that she is pregnant, denotes she will be unhappy with her husband, and her children will be unattractive.

For a virgin, this dream omens scandal and adversity.

If a woman is really pregnant and has this dream, it prognosticates

a safe delivery and swift recovery of strength.

Present
.[172]

To receive presents in your dreams, denotes that you will

be unusually fortunate.

[172] See Gifts.

Priest
.[173]

A priest is an augury of ill, if seen in dreams.

If he is in the pulpit, it denotes sickness and trouble for the dreamer.

If a woman dreams that she is in love with a priest,

it warns her of deceptions and an unscrupulous lover.

If the priest makes love to her, she will be reproached for her

love of gaiety and practical joking.

To confess to a priest, denotes that you will be subjected

to humiliation and sorrow.

These dreams imply that you have done, or will do,

something which will bring discomfort to yourself or relatives.

The priest or preacher is your spiritual adviser, and any dream of his professional presence is a warning against your own imperfections.

Seen in social circles, unless they rise before you as spectres,

the same rules will apply as to other friends.

[173] See Preacher.

Primrose
.

To dream of this little flower starring the grass at your feet,

is an omen of joys laden with comfort and peace.

Printer
.

To see a printer in your dreams, is a warning of poverty,

if you neglect to practice economy and cultivate energy.

For a woman to dream that her lover or associate is a printer,

foretel s she will fail to please her parents in the selection

of a close friend.

Printing Office
.

To be in a printing office in dreams, denotes that slander and contumely will threaten you To run a printing office is indicative of hard luck.

For a young woman to dream that her sweetheart is connected

with a printing office, denotes that she will have a lover

who is unable to lavish money or time upon her, and she will

not be sensible enough to see why he is so stingy.

Prison
.[174]

To dream of a prison, is the forerunner of misfortune in every instance, if it encircles your friends, or yourself.

To see any one dismissed from prison, denotes that you will

finally overcome misfortune.

[174] See Jail.

Privacy
.

To dream that your privacy suffers intrusion, foretells you

will have overbearing people to worry you. For a woman,

this dream warns her to look carefully after private affairs.

If she intrudes on the privacy of her husband or lover,

she will disabuse some one's confidence, if not careful

of her conversation.

Prize Fight
.

To see a prize fight in your dreams, denotes your affairs will give

you trouble in controlling them.

Prize Fighter
.

For a young woman to see a prize fighter, foretells she will have pleasure in fast society, and will give her friends much concern about her reputation.

Procession
.

To dream of a procession, denotes that alarming fears will

possess you relative to the fulfilment of expectations.

If it be a funeral procession, sorrow is fast approaching,

and will throw a shadow around pleasures.

To see or participate in a torch-light procession, denotes that you

will engage in gaieties which will detract from your real merit.

Profanity
.

To dream of profanity, denotes that you will cultivate those traits

which render you coarse and unfeeling toward your fellow man.

To dream that others use profanity, is a sign that you will be injured in some way, and probably insulted also.

Profits
.[175]

To dream of profits, brings success in your immediate future.

[175] See Gain.

Promenade
.

To dream of promenading, foretells that you will engage in energetic and profitable pursuits.

To see others promenading, signifies that you will have rivals

in your pursuits.

Property
.[176]

To dream that you own vast property, denotes that you will be successful in affairs, and gain friendships.

[176] See Wealth.

Prostitute
.[177]

To dream that you are in the company of a prostitute, denotes that you will incur the righteous scorn of friends for some ill-mannered conduct.

For a young woman to dream of a prostitute, foretells that

she will deceive her lover as to her purity or candor.

This dream to a married woman brings suspicion of her husband

and consequent quarrels.

[177] See Harlot.

Publican
.

To dream of a publican, denotes that you will have your sympathies aroused by some one in a desperate condition, and you will diminish your own gain for his advancement. To a young woman, this dream brings a worthy lover; but because of his homeliness she will trample on his feelings unnecessarily.

Publisher
.

To dream of a publisher, foretells long journeys and aspirations

to the literary craft.

If a woman dreams that her husband is a publisher, she will be jealous of more than one woman of his acquaintance, and spicy scenes will ensue.

For a publisher to reject your manuscript, denotes that you wil

suffer disappointment at the miscarriage of cherished designs.

If he accepts it, you will rejoice in the full fruition of your hopes.

If he loses it, you will suffer evil at the hands of strangers.

Puddings
.

To dream of puddings, denotes small returns from large investments,

if you only see it.

To eat it, is proof that your affairs will be disappointing.

For a young woman to cook, or otherwise prepare a pudding,

denotes that her lover will be sensual and worldly minded,

and if she marries him, she will see her love and fortune vanish.

Puddle
.

To find yourself stepping into puddles of clear water in a dream,

denotes a vexation, but some redeeming good in the future.

If the water be muddy, unpleasantness will go a few rounds with you.

To wet your feet by stepping into puddles, foretells that your pleasure will work you harm afterwards.

Pulpit
.

To dream of a pulpit, denotes sorrow and vexation.

To dream that you are in a pulpit, foretells sickness, and unsatisfactory results in business or trades of any character.