Dream Sight: A Dictionary and Guide for Interpreting Any Dream
by Dr. Michael LennoxDreaming Lens: Were you using paper in the dream? Were you looking for paper? Were you making paper? Were you recycling used paper? What kind of paper was it, from newsprint to photographic? What was the paper being used for? What color was it?
Personal Focus: Paper has a rich legacy in the formation of civilization throughout history, and the spread of knowledge from the few to the many. The invention of paper allowed record keeping to become permanent. The mysteries of religion and science were eventually included in the cannon of knowledge that could be preserved for future generations through the use of paper. Eventually, the invention of wood-based paper became the standard for a mass-produced recording device. It holds the symbolic meaning of a communication that is made permanent by virtue of committing it to writing on paper. While the digital age and modern technology are fast making paper archaic, it still connects to communication that you are steadfast about or forced to adhere to.
How paper is being used in the dream will add dimension to your interpretation. Writing on paper connects to a need to gain clarity with your thoughts. Reading something written on paper is about attempting to absorb some new idea as an intrinsic part of your knowledge base. Folding a piece of paper might reveal a wish to keep something hidden from others, or possibly to break something down into more manageable pieces of information.
Doing something atypical with paper, such as origami or cutouts, could connect to being creative in a rebellious fashion. Blank paper might point to the requirement of definitive communication that you are not clear about or unwilling to commit to yet. Reams and reams of paper could align with an overwhelming sense of thoughts or feelings that need to be documented in some way.
In the business world, there is a phrase that something must “look good on paper,” referring to the strategic planning that precedes taking action. This highlights the impermanence that exists prior to the permanence that a hard copy of a “paper trail” implies.
Complete Dictionary of Dreams
by Dr. Mıchael LennoxIslamic Dream Interpretation
by Ibn SeerinA writer in a dream also represents someone who is burdened, pressured, doubtful and uncertain, whereby, writing has become his escape goat and a way out of his depression. Ifone’s boss gives him a paper to write somethingon it in a dream, it means that he will solicit something from his boss and eventually receive it.
If one feels uncertain about some people then sees himself holding a pen and a piece of paper in a dream, it means that his obscurity will be replaced with clarity. Holding a piece of paper in a dream also means attaining one’s goal, or completing a project, or finalizing a program. Apaper salesman in a dream represents someone who helps cunning people do their tricks.
(Also see Notebook, Paper, Write, Writer)
