The Dream Books Symbols
by Betty Bethards
Low energy, need for nurturing. When retreating from a situation, you do not have the energy to deal with it and need to recharge. Being in a spiritual retreat, or restful setting, suggests the need to go within and draw upon inner resources for renewal and understanding; healing.
Dream Meanings of Versatile
by Versatile - Anonymous
Psychological / emotional perspective: When we dream of retreating from something we may need to decide whether it is a forced withdrawal or a strategic move.
If the former then we may be under pressure, if the latter then we must formulate new plans.
Islamic Dream Interpretation
by Ibn Seerin
(Sanctuary, Spiritual retreat. arb. I’tikaf) The place where one may see himself observing a spiritual retreat in a dream represents what the person is inclined to do.
If it is a mosque in the dream, it means blessings or a marriage to a righteous woman.
If one’s retreat takes place inside his own shop in the dream, it means that his business has become his primal concern. In a dream, a spiritual retreat represents devotion, prayers, hunger, votive fast, depression, humbling oneself, controlling one’s passions and desires. Ifone secludes himself in a known location in a dream, it means that such a place is a source ofcomfort. Ifone takes refuge in his shop in a dream, it means clinging to one’s livelihood.
(Also see Hermitage, Temple)
