Tools in a dream: meaning in al-Nabulsi and Ibn Shahin

18 passages from 4 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

those which cleave and break, signifie discord, and hurt,

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

those which unite and binde signifie profit, marriage, or allyance: but hindrance of voyages:

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

those which scoure or smooth, appease strife:

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

those which addresse and compasse, signifie revealing of secrets, as you may sée in Geometricians.

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

Freud and Jung, a separate view

and the addition of implements suggests the creation through time.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. VI The Battle for Deliverance from the Mother

Kinds and conditions of Tools

file (tool)

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

As for the file, it is interpreted in several ways. Ibn Sirin said: Whoever sees that in his hand is a file, then it indicates that he will make difficult matters easy.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 185–186

And whoever sees that he is filing pure iron with it with difficulty, then it indicates the difficulty of matters and loss. The coarse file is hidden speech, and the fine file is gentle speech.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 185–186

drill (boring tool)

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

It in a dream is a man of great cunning and harsh speech.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 328

The drill indicates the fulfilment of needs and one who assists in attaining goals.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 328

cotton-carding tool (mihlaj)

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

Seeing it in a dream indicates command and prohibition, the fulfilment of a need, righteous offspring, and profitable wealth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 330

It also indicates marriage for the unmarried man, and the emergence of truth from falsehood.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 330

burnishing tool

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

As for the burnishing tool, it is interpreted as good and benefit, and the white one of them is better. It is said that the burnishing tool is interpreted as a servant or a slave girl, and burnishing with it is interpreted as the outcome of a matter and the display of splendour. Likewise the polishing-stone falls under this same meaning.)

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 239

Ja'far al-Sadiq said: seeing a burnishing tool is interpreted in seven ways: a wife, a servant, a slave girl, wealth, refinement, a child, and the purchase of a male slave. And whatever adornment or blemish is seen in it is interpreted according to these things mentioned.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 239

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