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Notes on dreams, symbols and the three traditions that read them

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What a Pregnancy Dream Means in Three Traditions

A pregnancy dream can be a literal sign or a figure for something still forming. Ibn Sirin's tradition, Artemidorus and Freud read it three different ways.

September 13, 2026 · 5 min read
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A Dream About an Ex, Read Three Ways

Freud thought the ex was rarely the point. Artemidorus would have asked what you were doing with them. The Islamic tradition asks something else again.

September 11, 2026 · 5 min read
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Dream About Death Meaning: Three Traditions, One Question

Death in dreams rarely means death. Here is what Ibn Sirin, Artemidorus, and Freud each made of it, and why their answers still matter.

September 9, 2026 · 6 min read
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Flying Dream Meaning: What Three Traditions Say

What does it mean to dream of flying? Artemidorus, Ibn Sirin, and Freud each had a different answer. Here's what they held.

September 7, 2026 · 8 min read
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What Do Nightmares Mean? Three Traditions, One Answer

Nightmares are not malfunction but signal. Freud, Artemidorus, and the tradition of Ibn Sirin each read them differently.

September 5, 2026 · 7 min read
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Being Chased Dream Meaning: Freud, Artemidorus, and Ibn Sirin

What does it mean to dream of being chased? Three old traditions offer very different readings—start with Freud's.

September 3, 2026 · 5 min read
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Teeth Falling Out Dream Meaning: Three Readings, No Single Answer

Artemidorus, Ibn Sirin, and Freud each read this unsettling dream differently. Here is what each tradition actually held, and why the disagreement matters.

September 1, 2026 · 7 min read
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Dreaming of Water: What the Traditions Say

Three great dream traditions read water differently: as mercy, as emotion, as wish. Here is what each said, and where they disagree.

August 31, 2026 · 7 min read
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Snake Dream Meaning: Three Traditions Compared

Snake dreams unsettle more than most. Here is what Ibn Sirin, Artemidorus and Freud each made of them, and where they disagree.

August 29, 2026 · 5 min read
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Recurring Dreams: What a Dream That Will Not Leave Is Doing

Why do some dreams return night after night? Three traditions, from Freud to Ibn Sirin, offer different answers.

August 27, 2026 · 5 min read
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Dream About Falling: Freud, Artemidorus, and Ibn Sirin

What does it mean to dream about falling? Three traditions—Freud, Artemidorus, and Ibn Sirin—offer different answers. Explore them here.

August 25, 2026 · 4 min read
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How to remember your dreams: what actually works

Dreams vanish on waking for a reason. Here is what the three great traditions say, and what genuinely helps you catch them.

August 24, 2026 · 7 min read
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How to Start a Dream Journal That Survives Week One

The trick is not better recall but a better reason to write. Artemidorus, Ibn Sirin, and Freud each suggest one.

August 24, 2026 · 7 min read
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Three Ways to Interpret a Dream, from Artemidorus to Freud

How Artemidorus, Ibn Sirin, and Freud each read the same dream — and why their disagreement matters.

August 24, 2026 · 6 min read
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Freud's Dream Interpretation, Explained Without the Caricature

What Freud actually claimed about dreams: disguised wishes, censorship, and a method that looks backward, not forward.

August 24, 2026 · 6 min read
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Ibn Sirin dream interpretation: what the tradition says

The tradition associated with Ibn Sirin treats dreams as analogies, not predictions. Here is what it says, and where it parts company with Artemidorus and Freud.

August 24, 2026 · 5 min read
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Artemidorus Dream Interpretation: The Oneirocritica's Method

How a 2nd-century Greek manual read dreams by the dreamer's life, not by a fixed symbol dictionary.

August 24, 2026 · 5 min read
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