Holiness; victims.

Question:

What do I worship? Do I want to give something?

General Meanings:

Liberation – In a dream an altar represents the means or the needs, to free yourself something, what is more important than the immediate situation.

Faith and Separation – Typically, an altar represents religious beliefs and ideals that you want to defend. Often this icon is also an indication of the separation between material and spiritual spheres.

Strengthen Faith and Spiritual Development – A believer dream of a richly decorated altar, makes him feel it as a refuge where he can  mentally strengthen. Non-religious altar symbols are considered as indication for a higher spiritual development on a (positive) change of attitude.

Psychological Meanings:

Inner growth and Respect for life – At the psychological level, the altar is a symbol of the voluntary or enforced sacrifice of the dreamer. The act of sacrifice or sanctification must take place in public, so that will be properly recognized. The dream symbol of the altar is not related to the religion of the dreamer. It represents rather an inner maturity, developing a sense of responsibility, or the reverence for life.

Spiritual Meanings:

Thanksgiving for divine.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Success If  see – The dream announces you success in your company and personal life in the near future;
• Family Joy If see decorated with flowers -This represents a baptism, wedding or joyous family event;
• Death If with white lilies – This dream is a notice about death and funeral of a friend;
• Success If with lighted candles – Good sign that a particular project will succeed;
• Worries (but will be solved) If kneel in front of it – Tells about serious troubles in prospect, but more and higher help will be given to you; Also: Now humility would be helpful to solve the problem;
• Prosperity If in magical lighting – The dream announces you comfort in your life and success in relations, work or other areas that you do;
• Happiness If adorn yourself – A good sign which points to happy events and happiness for yourself;
• Controversy If see priests at the altar – This shows discord and poor conditions at work and at home;
• Worries and Illness If experience wedding – In the dream you see wedding by the altar, says that your friends bring you worries and also elderly of your family will get sick.

Hindu (Hinduism)

• Worries If see in front of you – This is a warning that something will happen in the near future, which can bring you harm;
• Joy If kneel – The good omen which announces you that your wish will come true;
• Cry for help If see people kneeling in front – This dream is a signal that someone needs your help. It is very good if you know these people, because they need your help;
• Heartless If get up and walk through it – This dream wants to show you that your heart like a stone, you have to be more gentle.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Happiness If see -The dream announces you about bright future and happy marriage;
• Joy If standing or kneeling in front – This dream brings you happy experiences in near future and secret wishes will come true to you;
• Cry for help If  somebody kneeling in front – This dream is a signal that someone needs your help. It is very good if you know this man, because he needs your help.

* Please, see meaning of church, victims, religious images, table.

Thoughts about death The dream about the death is not so terrible such as a corpse. The corpse is more than dead, it doesn’t have the life any more. Probably you have been thinking about your death and your mortality, that is why the corpse can appear in your dreams.

Unique abilities Although the dream about a corpse or dead body may mean that you have hidden and buried abilities and talents, which you are afraid to show, because you want to be accepted in the society.

Psychological Meanings:

Hazard symbol The dreams of funeral and death don’t have so terrible meanings, it is more like the symbols of changes or transformation, while the corpse is real danger and hazard symbol.

Hiding bad things Corpse can stand for mistake, blame and failure in the past which one tries to hide.

Desire for changes In the dream corpses frequently emerge for people who are dissatisfied with their occupation: you want to change something, but you do not succeed. In some dreams they are also a symbol for overcoming difficulties.

Show your talents This dream symbol embodies your hidden and abandoned talents. The waking life situation that you are now, tries to bring them to life. You have initially abandoned your creativity and unique talents, but now it is time surface them again.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Bad news if seeing a corpse, dead body or cadaver – This is a symbol of completed incidents, where personal issues are not clearly resolved. This is an indication of poor prospects of happiness. Also this promises you bad news from your business or occupation that you do;
• Lost joy of life if seeing (a young person) – This dream shows that the dreamer will lose the lust of life;
• No worries if seeing yourself as a corpse – In the dream you are a corpse, this shows that you will liberate from hard and difficult concerns, you will feel free from all the anxiety;
• Birth if seeing unknown – When in the dream you see an unknown corpse, this promises a birth in your family or closed friend’s circle. This will be mentioned with a huge celebration;
• Marriage if see a corpse, dead body in the house - This symbol signifies about approaching weddings in your surrounding;
• Worries if see a corpse in the coffin – This is a bad sign, which promises you concerns in your life;
• Death of a friend if a corpse is dressed in black – Very bad sign, which announces the violent death of a friend;
• Concerns if see dead bodies or corpses strewn battlefields – This is a forerunner of troubles and disputes between family members or employer;
• Illness worries if seeing a corpse of a family member – When you see a corpse of a family member, this announces a disease of this family member that you have seen in the dream. This comes to domestic discords, or it is possible that your business will slowdown;
• Eternal faithful if see a corpse of lover – This is a sign that you can’t keep the promises of eternal fidelity;
• More attention if hiding money under or on the eyes of the corpse – The unconscious denotes how unscrupulous your enemies rob you, you must be very attentive with your work or business;
• Recovered property if put money only on one eye – You will succeed and recover back your lost property and assets;
• Disagreeable news if embalm a corpse – The dream signifies that you have to be prepared for unpleasant surprises;
• Sorrow and worries if see and the corpse smells badly –  You will have a feeling of deep distress which is caused by loss, disappointment. This may signify about a misfortune caused by yourself or others;
• Richness through the spouse if bring down in the grave – In the dream you are bringing down a corpse or someone else is doing, this announces that you will have a rich and powerful wife (husband);
• Worries if see an animal corpse (carcass) – This symbol refers to problems. The worries may be your personal and business or the position that you take;
• Losses if see a corpse (dead body) in the shop, market – The dream indicates that all concerned persons are confronted with losses and unpleasant things. The prospect of a harmonious working atmosphere are extremely unfavorable;
• Grief if young women sees a corpse –  This dream prophesies grief and downfall, because you involve the devious person in your life;
• Bad lover If a young woman sees – If a young woman dreams the corpse of the owner of the shop (business) in which she works and realizes that its face is well shaved, then she will meet the lover who is not so justice with her and she will disappoint the feeling of love;
• Watch out of enemies if see a dropping head from the corpse – A woman sees the head dropping from a corpse, you must watch out for invisible enemies that will damage and harm not only you, but also to the interests of your employer.

Hindu (Hinduism)

• Celebration if see at home – You are dreaming that you see a corpse in your house means that you will attend in the joyful and merry feast;
• With force you will not achieve anything if seeing a corpse – In the dream you see a corpse this will show you, that nothing can be done with force and you can’t rush anybody;
• The wish to be heard if seeing corpses or dead bodies – This dream signifies that you wish to be heard as an adviser, because you have lots of experience.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Positive life if seeing a corpse – In the dream you see a corpse, this announces that you will get a message or a chance which will make and affect your life more positively and better. Also will bring you good health;
• Warning about health if seeing embalmed corpse (a mummy) – In the dream appears an embalmed corpse, this warns you that you have not to trust your seemingly good health. You must have some rest, because the illness can strike suddenly;
• Divorces if putting and burying a corpse in the grave – This dream symbol announce you about separation with the loved person;
• Solved worries if seeing yourself as a corpse – When in the dream you are a corpse, signifies that you will be able to overcome all the concerns and oppositions.
• Long life if seeing a friend as a corpse – In the dream you see your friend and he/she is a corpse, this shows that he/she will have a long life and good health;
• News if being a corpse, moving and speaking – You are a corpse and you are moving somewhere and talking, this dream will bring you unexpected news which will make you glad and happy about your life.

Contexts’ Meanings:

Finding and Seeing a corpse, dead body, cadaver in the dream – The dream symbol shows that you have buried something inside you. This may be bad habits or painful feelings. You want to make changes in your life. From the other side the corpse in the dream, shows that you have talents and they were hidden deeply in you. Now it is time to show and to spread all the talents and this is an opportunity for you to prove yourself and the others that you are an unique person.

Seeing a rotten body (corpse) and smelling badly – In the dream the rotten corpse with bad smell, signifies that your inner world and feelings are rotting. Your unconscious warns you and asks you to get rid of everything what destroys you. These emotions and feelings do not let you to move forward.

Hiding and covering the corpse (dead body) in the dream – You are trying to hide a failure or shameful past. You are hiding from liability and trying to cover the unpleasant things about you, which may be brought to light. You are afraid that your reputation will be destroyed, but we all have to be responsible for our mistakes.

Burying or burning a corpse (dead body) – It doesn’t matter how you bury a corpse, the action shows that you are on the way to bury your past and to start new future. You are ready to move forward, because you have overcome the failures and worries, concerns. This is very positive dream, it may reflect the progress of moving away from bad habits, negative influences.

Dreaming your own corpse (dead body) – This symbol indicates that you were thinking about your own death. You have been thinking how it will be, but none of us can even imagine how we will die. So live happily and enjoy your life. Do not bother yourself with such thoughts.

* Please, see meaning of  coffin, grave, funeral, burial.

Death,Transformation

Question:

What is above me? What is over in myself?

General Meanings:

Buried past and painful feelings Each of us have a grave for loved one in the cemetery. However we all have cemetery inside ourselves, many graves of lost hopes, desires, farewell. This can indicate buried thing or thoughts in your life. The meaning of the dreams of the cemetery is clear: we talk about the place of the dead.

Trying to solve the problems with the help of the death people Who goes to a grave through the cemetery, he seeks to visit a world which for him still contains secret life. When the dreamer goes through the cemetery, this shows that in the waking life the dreamer has conflicts, worries and can not find the answers why this happens. He tries to find answers in the cemetery. The meaning of the cemetery dreams is not unambiguous. Some people have to visit a certain grave because they have a problem which hangs together with the dead person and it is not solved yet. In this case, the dream may be a form of trying to contact with someone you know who is dead and left unfinished works.

Buried habits and new begging To dream that you are in a cemetery signifies the end of a bad and wrong habit or behavior. Now you are ready to rebirth. You respect your past because you have got inestimable experiences, and now you live for the future, for creating new things, habits.

Psychological Meanings:

Buried past and things that are not used anymore In the dream a cemetery can present the dreamer’s connection with the death and the personality characteristic features of whom he “has destroyed” or doesn’t use it any longer.

Attitude and feelings connected with death On the other hand, this may symbolize thoughts and feelings which the dreamer has with the death, or usual attitudes and traditions associated with death.

Seeking for help and advice In the dream the graveyard appears at the time when the dreamer has conflicts and disputes in real life conflicts. Then we search for an advice with those which we visit there in the cemetery – from the deceased parents (or a parent) who promises you comfort, which denotes the overcoming of problems and worries. In the grave you try to find the way out of the situation which is dark and evil-threatening for you.

Cemetery sometimes can signify a fatality, if there are evidences and indications in real life. Other traditional meanings arise from the following circumstances:

• Standing, sitting or walking in the cemetery promise that you can expect a peaceful, quite and happy age.
  
• Seeing a cemetery points perhaps to the separation (not by death) with a very close people.
• Observing or watching when someone is carried to the grave in the cemetery, shows that you have to give up with expectations and attitudes in previous situation, so only then you can move forward.

Spiritual Meanings:

On the spiritual level a cemetery (churchyard, graveyard) is the place of the dead persons and the spiritual renewal.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Anxiety if seeing cemetery – This dream denotes that you will have some worries and problems particularly if you have to make very important decisions, but you will overcome everything;
• Recovery if seeing – Also this dream announces recovery after an illness;
• Worries if seeing military cemetery – This announces that you will have political turmoil, this can be interpreted as your family turmoil. You will have some changes in the family or even business;
• Bury past if entering – In the dream you are entering into the cemetery, this signifies that you will remember your past events, which you want to bury, because they do not fit you any more;
• Good sign if you find a beautiful cemetery – You have found a beautiful cemetery, this is a very good sign. You will get a good news that the person who was really sick will recover;
• Bury your past if staying for a while – When you are and stay for awhile in the cemetery in your dream, this shows that you are stayed too long in your past. You have to bury everything what bothers and makes you feel unhappy and keep moving towards;
• The end of relations if bringing flowers – You are bringing flowers in the cemetery, this announces death in the relations, this is not your soul mate, so do not be so sad about that;
• Healthy family if mother is bringing flowers – In the dream you see that your mother is bringing flowers to a cemetery, this shows that durably good health of the members of the family;
• Happiness and grief if a young widow visits cemetery – This shows that soon she will exchange her mourning clothes into bridal. But if she is sad and depressed, signifies that you will have grief and concerns in your life;
• Disease if seeing open grave in the cemetery  – This may be a warning about death or serious illness, you have to take are of your health and have some rest;
• Loss of love if the bride going to wedding place through the cemetery – Very bad omen, that she can lose her husband in a journey accident. You want to avoid such an accident, then you must visit cemetery and bring flowers on the unknown grave in your waking life;
• Finding peace if old person seeing cemetery – The old person is dreaming cemetery or graveyard, this shows that soon you will leave this life and at last you will find the peace;

Hindu (Hinduism)

• Fail if visiting – In the dream you are visiting cemetery or graveyard, announces that your plans will fail, because you didn’t put all your efforts to finish this;
• Long life if seeing - You are seeing cemetery in your dream, signifies about quite and ling age.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Loss if you are in it – In the dream you are in the cemetery, shows that you will lose a close relative or friend because of disease or death.

Contexts’ Meanings:

Seeing and walking in a cemetery, graveyard or churchyard in the dream –  this symbol shows that you have buried or have to bury your past, sad feelings or pain. This also can show that you are seeking for help from your death family member, which were very important to you and always helped you. Now you are in confusion and you need the advice.

Walking, going trough the cemetery (graveyard, churchyard) with the wedding dress – This dream is a bad omen that you can lose our partner and the one you love. Not only by death but also your relation is in danger. You have to work harder if you want to keep your relations and have a merry family.

Being, staying or sitting in the cemetery (graveyard, churchyard) – The dream is very good omen. This shows that you are ready for new life. You have buried all your past, bad habit or behavior, painful feeling. You are saying goodbye for the past. Now you are clean to create “new you”.

Cemetery (graveyard, churchyard) with lots of flowers – The flower signifies fresh and pure life. You are in the new stage of life. You are pure and ready to bloom with new opportunities and possibilities. The life gave you new beginning.

Dreaming cemetery (graveyard, churchyard) with crosses – The symbol cross in the cemetery is like crossroad. You have worries and problems in your life. You need an advice. If the crosses are white and bright, this is a good omen, that you find the way out from the worries. But if the crosses are dark and damaged, this shows that you need help from the others, because you will not overcome everything with your own efforts, you need the support from the others.

The cemetery is wet or in the water or can not find the way out – This means that you are overfull of hardship and you can not find the exit. You do not know how to manage with all this. You are too tired. You have to relax and try to stop for awhile, if you want to solve everything. Do not be afraid to fail, because only then you can see all the mistakes that you have done and this will help you to correct them and free yourself from hardship.

* Please, see meaning of grave, burial, funeral.