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Ladders Dream Meaning

A ladder can symbolize an aid in one’s climb to new levels of awareness of one’s inner world as well as greater understanding of outer conditions. Career and social standing are also symbolized by the ladder (“climbing the social ladder”), as is material prosperity (“the ladder of success”). [1]

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  1. Dream Symbols in The Dream Encyclopedia by James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver [Back to dream]

What does Ladders mean in a dream?


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