A monastery is a place of both retreat and extreme spiritual devotion. In a dream, this setting is asking you for a particular increase in your spiritual devotion and self-reflection.

Dreaming of the superior of a monastery may relate to authority, either secular or spiritual.It is sometimes a symbol of a spiritual guide.

Dreaming of a convent or monastery may indicate that the dreamer needs to spend some time alone reflecting, or even needs to seek spiritual nourishment. Alternatively, it may symbolize isolation...

(see Church, Holy Ground, Monastery, Temple) A place or situation that offers you complete acceptance.Protection and safety from someone or something perceived as wishing you harm. Needing to take a...

(see Monastery, Mountain, Temple)A life or period of serious contemplation.Someone who denies her himself and worldly needs, possibly to a dangerous extreme.A renewed religious focus growing in your life.The need...

According to the feeling tone, dreams of a convent can symbolize a profound commitment to your spiritual life. This dream could be also be showing you where you deprive yourself,...

(see Church, Cemetery, Monastery, Sanctuary, Temple)Something inviolable, which you will honor at all costs.Respect for higher powers, both human and divine.A place or situation within which you feel completely safe...

Sanctuary; temporary safety To dream that you are in an abbey is confirmation that you are safe and need not worn* needlessly; though this safety may only be temporary To...

(see Salve)Historically, receiving such a dream on holy ground was believed to foretell recuperation from whatever sickness was depicted (see Church, Monastery, Temple).A pressing need for physical attention. Take note...

Although it has a long life, it is the tree of cemeteries. Its image has to do with death, but also with eternity. It symbolizes the passage of time, death,...

(see Altai; Church, Monastery, Sanctuary, Sacrifice, Temple)If the religion depicted is the one you currently practice, this dream reveals your feelings toward that faith, its tenets, and your activities within...

(See Authority Figures, Church, Temple, Monastery)An emblem of religious law, prohibitions, or taboos. In this case, the priest’s or priestess’s attitude in the dream will be very revealing (see Religions).The...

(see Carcass, Church, Holy Ground, Monastery, Te?nple)The meeting of two worlds: religious and mundane. This is the place where traditionally the gods are honored, offerings get made, and many rituals...

(see Altar, Bells, Holy Ground, Monastery, Priest / Priestess, Sanctuary, Temple)Sanctuary, safety, privacy.A place within which secrets remain concealed except to the Divine.If you entered the church and sat down,...

(see Apartments, Barn, Castle, Church, Monastery, Te?nple)The condition of the building can reveal the condition of your health, a relationship, or a situation.What does the building hold? If it is...

See spiritual imagery in the introduction