priest

Dreaming Lens: Was there a priest or priests present in your dream? Were they known to you? Was the setting connected to a church or parochial school? Was this from your past? Was the scenario specifically religious? Was there an aura of authority involved in the dream? Were there any sexual overtones to the imagery of the dream?

Personal Focus: While the Catholic religion only represents about twenty-five percent of Americans that claim a religious affiliation, the proliferation of this image in the media makes it a universal symbol for spiritual devotion. Also because of the media, this symbol carries with it a great number of potential shades of meaning: from intense levels of respect, to humorous irreverence, or even intense antipathy. Your personal associations with priests will, therefore, play a prominent role in how you interpret a dream with priests in it.

On the serious end of the spectrum, the priest is the symbolic representation of Christ on Earth and signifies a level of dedication that is unparalleled in our modern culture. In this light, the Character Aspect of a priest in a dream connects to a deeply committed spiritual side of your nature that is willing to sacrifice much for the sake of your beliefs. Priests also connect directly to the power of ritual, as the Mass is the most stylized practices still in existence today that harkens back to forms of devotion that are all but lost in our modern world.

Because a priest is the authority within a church, they can represent an archetypal aspect of the self that is deeply committed to the role of spiritual leader, either for yourself or for your community. If the dream has a reverent quality to it, consider this meaning to be part of your interpretation.

There is no getting around the current perception that the institution of the priesthood is also embroiled in deep controversy over sexual improprieties. The enforced role of celibacy also plays an important role in interpreting this symbol. If a priest should play a prominent role in a dream, issues of sexuality and sexual expression/freedom may be present. If you know the priest, then use them as a specific Character Aspect. If not, a more generalized sense of sacrifice or denial of sexual impulses may be what is being expressed.

The proliferation of this image in the media makes it a universal symbol for spiritual devotion. Also because of the media, this symbol carries with it a great number of potential shades of meaning, from an intense level of respect to humorous irreverence or even intense antipathy. Your personal associations with priests will therefore play a prominent role in how you interpret a dream with a priest in it. On the serious end of the spectrum, the priest is the symbolic representation of Christ on Earth and signifies a level of dedication that is unparalleled in our modern culture. In this light, the character aspect of a priest in a dream connects to a deeply committed spiritual side of your nature that is willing to sacrifice much for the sake of your beliefs. There is no getting around the current perception that the institution of the priesthood is also embroiled in deep controversy over sexual improprieties.

The enforced role of celibacy also plays an important role in interpreting this symbol.

If a priest should play a prominent role in a dream, issues of sexuality and sexual expression / freedom may be present.

If he is in the pulpit, it denotes sickness and trouble for the dreamer.

If a woman dreams that she is in love with a priest, it warns her of deceptions and an unscrupulous lover.

If the priest makes love to her, she will be reproached for her love of gaiety and practical joking.

To confess to a priest, denotes that you will be subjected to humiliation and sorrow. These dreams imply that you have done, or will do, something which will bring discomfort to yourself or relatives.

The priest or preacher is your spiritual adviser, and any dream of his professional presence is a warning against your own imperfections. Seen in social circles, unless they rise before you as spectres, the same rules will apply as to other friends.

See Preacher.