Plants in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin, al-Nabulsi and Ibn Shahin

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Freud and Jung, a separate view

But the group of associations belonging to plant life and to the kitchen is just as eagerly chosen to conceal sexual images;

Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams / On Dreams / Dream Psychology, The Interpretation of Dreams, ch. VI The Dream-Work

Kinds and conditions of Plants

potash (soap-plant ash used for washing)

Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam

Whoever sees in his dream that he washed his hands with potash, then it is a giving up of hope for what he seeks.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 21

And it is said: there is no harm in that, and it is good.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 21

wars (yellow dye plant)

Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam

It in a dream indicates joys and the renewal of provisions.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 368

And perhaps it indicates glad tidings, or the stranger.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 368

saffron plant

Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat

As for the saffron plant, it is interpreted as good, benefit, and fair praise. As for its powder, that comes under the chapter on perfumes.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 143

Al-Kirmani said: Whoever sees that he was given something of the saffron plant, or that he bought it, then he will marry a wealthy woman.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 143

Shalham (a plant)

Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam

In a dream it is a village woman, tough and meddlesome.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 203

And it is said it is worry and grief.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 203

borage (ox-tongue plant)

Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat

As for borage (ox-tongue), whoever sees that he is eating it, then it indicates distress and sorrow; and if he does not eat it, then it is lighter in worry.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 143

Jabir al-Maghribi said: whoever sees that he is eating it, then it indicates distress and sorrow; and if he sees it but does not eat it, then he will vie in competition.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 143

ashras (plant glue/thapsia)

Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat

As for ashras (plant glue), it is interpreted as anxiety, grief and brooding, and eating it is harm and a decrease in provision.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 231

And whoever sees that he is gluing something with ashras, then it indicates the ordering of his scattered condition and its setting right.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 231

trees with trunks versus trailing plants

attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam

And whatever among trees has trunks and branches, and is known to both groups — the noblest of them are Arabs.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 5–10

And whatever among them has no trunk, such as the gourd and the like, it belongs to the non-Arabs, or to one who has no lineage, such as the castaway, the foundling brought in, and the abandoned child; and by that means one arrives at the benefits of increases and their returns.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 5–10

Ghudabah (a plant/herb)

Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam

Seeing it in a dream indicates deception and the character traits of wicked people.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 258

(Fatimah, daughter of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him) Seeing her in a dream indicates the loss of husbands, fathers, mothers, and offspring. This has already been mentioned in the chapter of alif, under the wives of the Prophet, peace be upon him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 258

plants growing out of the body

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

FOr to dream that any plant comes out cut of our body, is death or cutting to him; which is meant by that part from whence the plant arifeth.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Third Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

slow-growing trees and plants

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

AMongst slow Trées or plants the Oak, the Olive, the Cypresse Tree, and other such: in like sort the Elephant, the Raven, the Hart and their like; sig • ifie good o •• vill to come slowly; according to the disposition and different qua • ity wherein one sées them.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

fast-growing trees and plants

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

But Trées or plants which grow quickly, as the Vine, and the Peach trée: and among beasts the Hog and such like, signifie on the contrary side, either good or evill whicsh shall quickly happen.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

cotton plant

Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat

As for the cotton plant that is not uprooted and whose cotton is harvested every year, it is interpreted as a beneficial man, wise, forbearing, and gentle in disposition. As for the one that is cut down, it is less than that.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 130–131

Also in the sources

flax plant · sweet-smelling herbs and fragrant plants · lubsayn plant · flowers of stemless plants · ka'ub (plant stalks) · khashash plant · henna plant · green plants · qawwah plant

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