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

29 passages from 5 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

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

If a person sees in his sleep that he is in a tower, then he is not safe from whoever is seeking him, and if he is sick he will die.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 33

(And whoever sees) that he is upon a rampart, a tower, or a wall, then that is victory over a man of great danger.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 33

(And whoever sees) that he is upon a tower in which there is no good, then it is his grave, and there is no difference between his seeing himself in it or upon it.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 33

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

Al-Kirmani said: Whoever sees that he is in a tower is not safe from what seeks him; and if he is sick, he will die, because of His saying, exalted be He: "Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction."

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 103

And whoever sees that he is upon the wall of a tower, then it is victory and the attainment of a goal.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 103

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: Whoever sees that he is building a tower, then it is a praiseworthy deed.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 103

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

(As for the tower) whoever sees that he is upon a tower or inside it, then he will die, and there is no good in it, because of His saying, exalted be He: "Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you were in fortified towers."

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 539–542

Freud and Jung, a separate view

In the midst of the parquette there is a high tower, on the top of which is a platform surrounded by an iron grating. There, high up, stands the conductor with the features of Hans Richter; he is continually running around behind the grating, perspiring awfully, and from this position conducting the orchestra, which is arranged around the base of the tower.

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

I therefore decided to take the tower in the parquette verbally. It was apparent, then, that the man whom she wished to see in the place of Hans Richter _towered_ above all the other members of the orchestra.

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

This tower must, therefore, be designated as a composite picture formed by an apposition; with its pedestal it represents the greatness of the man, but with its gratings on top, behind which he runs around like a prisoner or an animal in a cage (an allusion to the name of the unfortunate man), it represents his later fate.

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

Kinds and conditions of Tower

hermitage (monastic cell/tower)

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

In a dream it indicates seclusion, good conduct, withdrawal, cutting oneself off, renouncing pleasures, divorcing wives, and forsaking one's brethren.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 216

And perhaps seeing it indicates illnesses and the abandonment of appetites for food and drink.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 216

hermitage tower / minaret cell

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

(The hermitage tower) indicates the ruler and the eminent chief renowned for knowledge and worship.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 547–549

Likewise dwellings: by their location, their benefits, their substance, and whether they are known or unknown, one infers their interpretation and the state of the person attributed to them.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 547–549

belvedere (lookout tower)

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

In dreams it is a man who is looked up to.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 338

And whoever looks at it from afar and has an enemy will be given victory over him, and will attain what he wished for, and his affair will rise high amid joy.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 338

demolition of forts and towers

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

The vision of the demolition of forts and towers is a deficiency in religion and a defect in one's livelihood.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 109

tower of Babel

Freud and Jung, a separate view

Mythologically, this self-presumption finds its striking expression in the building of the heaven-high tower of Babel, which brings confusion to mankind.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. IV The Song of the Moth

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