Up: [[Dreams]] Created: 2025-10-25 It is usually NOT helpful to consult a dream dictionary because dream dictionaries tend to treat images as signs. See [[Is It a Sign or a Symbol?]] But it is helpful to consult a symbol dictionary. Why? Because even though we attach personal meanings to symbols and that personal meaning always needs to prevail, there are some symbols that have been consistently represented across cultures and over time through art, mythology, poetry, and religion. For example, the idea that deep bodies of water represent the unconscious. Symbol dictionaries share that information. See [[Symbol Dictionaries Reviewed]] for more information about eleven dictionaries. If you want to purchase just one general one for your dream work, I recommend Cirlot. If you’re willing to go a second one specifically for animals, buy Caspari. Those two, plus accessing ARAS online, will see you through.