1- Our search for knowledge and the ability to learn from other people’s experience and opinions, is symbolised in dreams by books and libraries.
To dream of old books represents inherited wisdom and spiritual awareness.
To dream of account books indicates the need or ability to look after our own resources.
2- Intellectually we are searching in our dreams for ways which will help us to handle what happens in our lives.
3- A book, particularly a sacred one such as the Bible or Koran, signifies hidden or sacrcd knowledge.
Dreaming of one can represent our need to look into the realms of sacred knowledge or reassurance that we are going in the right direction. [1]
To dream of old books represents inherited wisdom and spiritual awareness.
If we dream of a bible or other religious book it usually means that we are aware of traditional moral standards. We need a code of conduct that helps us to survive.
To dream of account books indicates the need or ability to look after our own resources, practical and otherwise. You may also like to consult the entry for reading for further clarity. [2]
Expression or communication (since a book is an expression of the author).
The topic of the book or a related activity, person, location, etc.
The idea of reading or studying.
A different form of entertainment, relaxation, or story (such as the movie you watched last night).
See also: Text, Communication, Story, Following a Procedure, Library, Notebook, Journal [4]
The more books there are present in the dream, the more likely that this is a call to express your desire to learn and grow in ways of the mind. [5]
The content of the book is important and its title and the color of the cover. Compare also Author. [8]
A book represents a belief system, a point of view that you believe in, rebel against, and/or throw at someone. Consider the type of book and its message.
The title of the book would present relevant information lor you to take notice of.
An autobiography may offer a review of your life and the events that were psychologically important. [11]
Dreaming of finding a book in an open area can represent being open to [12]
2. Unexpected experience.
3. Intellect, symbol of education combined with experience.
4. Information; record-keeping used as guidance for future reference. [14]
If you are surrounded by books it can be symbolic of a love of reading and knowledge [15]
2. Lamb’s book of Life (Judgment);
3. Knowledge;
4. Words;
5. Research
6. Word of God;
7. Meditate; Luke 4:17; (4) Luke 3:4; (5) Josh. 1:8; [16]
A book or a letter in a dream also signifies fame or public knowledge.
If one sees himself carrying a sealed letter in a dream, then it means that he will receive confidential news or a report.
If a book or a letter is carried by a child in a dream, it means glad tidings.
If it is carried by a servant or a housekeeper, then it means glad tidings and good news.
If a letter is carried by a woman, then one could expect a quick relief from his trouble.
If the letter which the woman is carrying in the dream is an open letter, and if the woman is wearing a veil, it means that the news she is bringing must be treated carefully.
If the woman is wearing perfume, then one could expect good news and a commendation for his work.
If one sees himself holding a closed book in a dream, it means the end of his life in this world.
If one sees a flyer or a public announcement in display by the authorities in a dream, it means that he will gain leadership, happiness and income.
If one sends a sealed letter to someone, which is returned to him unopened in the dream, it means losing a war to one’s enemy. Ifhe is a merchant, it means that he will suffer losses in his business.
If he is seeking marriage, it means the denial of his request.
If one sees himself carrying a book, a record, or a letter in his right hand in a dream, and ifhe had an argument, or a confusing deal, or doubt about something, it means that he will bring clarity to that problem. Ifhe is incarcerated or ifhe is sufferingfrom persecution, it means that he will bring proof of his innocence and escape from his difficulties.
If he is depressed, it means that he will be able to dispel his worries.
If he is travelling in a foreign country, it means that he will find a way back to his mother land, where he will find happiness again. Carrying a book or a letter in one’s left hand in a dream means that he has done something bad, or something which he will regret. Carrying a book in the right hand denotes a prosperous year.
If a stranger takes one’s book away from him in the dream, it means that someone will take away from him his most precious and endeared thing. Tearing a book into pieces in a dream means getting rid of one’s trouble or becoming free from trials or evil encounters and receiving benefits. Holding to a sealed book, decree, or a letter in a dream also signifies abidingby the rules of one’s superior. Holding a sealed book in one’s dream also signifies success, leadership and honor. Ifone is seeking marriage and sees a sealed book in his hand in a dream, it means that his betrothal to someone will end in marriage. Seeing or receiving a blank letter or a book from someone in a dream means absence of his news, or not knowing where he lives.
If one sees a book descending to him from the heavens and if he thinks in the dream that he understood the contents, then whatever good or bad news it brings, it will be the same in wakefulness.
A book in a dream also represents one’s companion, or an intimate friend. Seeing a book in a dream also could signify recovering from an illness.
A hardcover book if the content is unknown represents dishonesty, deceit, a cheap product or selling a sealed package with undisclosed contents, or it could represent an old woman. Bringing books into one’s home in a dream signify hearing news about an honest and a pious person, learning happy stories from a reporter or becoming acquainted with religious thoughts.
(See also: Encyclopedia, Letter, Write, Writer) [22]