Meaning of oneirocrisy | Babel Free

Definitions

Prognostication based on the interpretation of dreams.

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Examples

“Having consulted his father thereupon, well skilled in Oneirocrisy, he called his son Kilkhan, and explained them thus: That according to the first dream⟳, out of the progeny of Kilkhan should arise⟳ three princes which should possess⟳ the empire of the Moguls, and should transmit it to a fourth, who should subjugate a great part of the world, and divide⟳ it amongst his children.”

“It seems clear that he was a proficient in this art of oneirocrisy ; it being the practice after his apotheosis (for he became a god) for his worshippers to sleep⟳ beside his altar in the pious hope⟳ of a prophetic dream⟳.”

“The three types are oneirocrisy, cledonomancy and the investigation of chance omens encountered "on the way", i.e. while traveling.”

“There exists, nevertheless, a certain category of dreams, well-known to traditional oneirocrisy, the memory of which persists with an incisive clarity, and this can happen⟳ even if the profound content of these dreams appears to conceal itself.”

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