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Old Jun 10, 2023, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by DebbieBennett View Post
Recently, I started having prophetic dreams.
And the most interesting thing is that they have started to come true.
There are people here who also have prophetic dreams.
How do you interpret dreams?
I don't recommend anything remotely close to dream dictionaries, as the nuance of dream meanings is too subjective to give a slid definition for "all people". Dream dictionaries are like newspaper horoscopes. They're written to be 70% true for 90% of people. But where horoscopes hit general psychology, dream definitions are entirely built on the cultural identity of the author. That means if they don't share the same demographic as you, the percentages are more like 40% accurate at best, and shallow 90% of the time.

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That said, there's something to be considered when you declare a dream prophetic. Is it prophetic or is it your intuition being extra strong? Prophetic implies deity intervention. Either by a subordinate being (ie - angels, saints, prophet spirits), or by the voice of the deity themselves. Or, they come with signs from the deity (in Norse paganism, Odin may send ravens. Loki may send spiders.)

Things to ask yourself first :
-- How vivid are the dream details upon waking, and by the end of the following day?
** Dreams sent from a deity are generally vivid if not fully lucid and can be recalled well after waking.

-- Were there any themes or images that correlate with your faith?
** See deities sending signs, above.

-- Was there a specific turn of events, and how directly did the dream mirror the actual cause and effect of events?

---> When considering if it is strong intuition, there may not be a direct chain of events, but you might have seen the pattern playing out in waking life and your subconscious is tuning in to the outcome. This has extra weight if the prophetic dreams are directly related to something happening in your life, as opposed to something you're not directly connected to or in close proximity of. (This would be the difference between, say, dreaming a sibling or close relative being pregnant; versus dreaming of a great disaster or the death of someone estranged to you).

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Don't undervalue the intuition side of this. It's a strong thing to have, and will often have more significance than the oddball chance you were given a glimpse of prophecy.
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