Background

What are afterlife dreams about?

The afterlife is a concept that refers to something after our deaths. We have many words for types of afterlife that include hell, heaven, nirvana, and so on. The term 'afterlife' does not specify what type of existence occurs after death. There is a mystery in this term. The DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon insights from 1,200 dream symbols in over 200,000 dreams. Let’s see what the data has to say about afterlife dreams.

The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with afterlife dreams. These are the words that make afterlife dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of afterlife dreams can be illuminating about show afterlife affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example afterlife dreams at the bottom of the page.

The circular bar chart above shows how afterlife in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that afterlife is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that afterlife is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, afterlife dreams have more magical places than 99.8% of dream symbols, more death than 98.2% of dream symbols, and more sadness than 95.3% of dream symbols. On the other hand, afterlife dreams have less sex than 90.0% of dream symbols, less touch than 88.7% of dream symbols, and less work than 86.5% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of afterlife are much more related to lucid dreaming than all other dream symbols. Lucid dreams are dreams in which you are aware that you are dreaming. Of course, not all dreams of afterlife are lucid dreams. But dreams of afterlife are more related to lucid dreams than 90% of all other dream symbols. So, the next time you dream of afterlife, see if you can be aware that you are dreaming! Also, dreams of afterlife are full of grief and sorrow. Of course not every afterlife dream is sorrowful, these type of dreams have more grief and sorrow than 90% of other dream symbols. It can be heart breaking to experience grief and sorrow during a dream. This can remind us of painful events in waking life. Alternatively, the grief and sorrow within a dream can feel so real. Additionally, afterlife dreams are about death. Better stated, afterlife dreams contain more death and dying than 90% of all other dream symbols. Dreams help us process our emotions, understand our fears, and grieve. Death in a dream is not necessarily a bad thing. Dreaming of death can help us overcome fears or say good bye to loved ones. But, then again, dreams of death might simple just be dreams. Finally, afterlife dreams have thinking and reflection than 90% of all dream symbols. There are many reasons why people think and reflect. Things might be confusing. They might be interesting. There might be risk. Every dream is unique. These are general patterns observed in an analysis of over 200,000 dreams. This analysis is a tool to help you make sense of your dreams. It is best to look at the differences. See how your dream of afterlife is different than dreams of afterlife in general.

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How common are afterlife dreams?

0.5% of dreams have the afterlife symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 200 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is very uncommon.

Identification

How are afterlife dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like after life, limbo, and afterlife. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols places and magical places.

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What is most related to dreams of afterlife?

Afterlife dreams are notable because they have substantially more purgatory, heaven, collective unconscious, Bilbo Baggins, abscesses, dying, death, Draco Malfoy, heat waves, shamans, baboons than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of afterlife?

Afterlife do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.

Deep dive into afterlife dreams

Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in afterlife dreams.

Who is in dreams of afterlife?

Who is in dreams of afterlife?

Dreams of afterlife are more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to unnamed people.

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What are the emotions in dreams of afterlife?

What are the emotions in dreams of afterlife?

Dreams of afterlife are more related to happiness, much more related to sadness, and much more related to grief and sorrow than dreams in general. They are less related to embarrassment and less related to fun.

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Where do dreams of afterlife take place?

Where do dreams of afterlife take place?

Afterlife dreams are much more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to work, and less related to human-made places.

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What happens in dreams of afterlife?

What happens in dreams of afterlife?

Dreams of afterlife are much more related to death and more related to health events than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to sex, and less related to eating and drinking.

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How do dreams of afterlife related to the type of dream it is?

How do dreams of afterlife related to the type of dream it is?

Afterlife dreams are much more related to lucid dreams, more related to vivid dreams, and more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to recurring dreams and less related to bad dreams.

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How do dreams of afterlife related the senses?

How do dreams of afterlife related the senses?

Dreams of afterlife are more related to hearing than dreams in general. They are less related to smelling and less related to touch.

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How can you make sense of afterlife in dreams?

Afterlife dreams are very uncommon. Among other things afterlife dreams are associated with lucid dreaming, sorrowful, about death, and containing lots of thinking of thoughts. Do you think this is true for your dream of afterlife? How might your dream of afterlife be different?

All dreams have meaning

All dreams have meaning

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

Look for the differences

Look for the differences

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience afterlife in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Return to the feelings

Return to the feelings

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about afterlife in dreams. See how you feel about afterlife now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of afterlife dreams

An interpretation of afterlife dreams

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. To dream about the afterlife can connect with trying to escape a hardship in this life. You want it to be over. It can represent something you have been putting off. For example, people say they will do this or that when they get time or reach the next phase of life—after this phase of life. “I’ll start painting once my kids are grown,” or, “There will be plenty of time to travel later in life.” Perhaps it’s something that shouldn’t be put off. Some dreams about afterlife address spiritual beliefs. People who strongly believe in an afterlife can dream about it as a way of processing information they receive, such as scriptures they read or sermons they hear. People who don’t believe in an afterlife can be challenged by powerful and vivid dreams about it. Atheists have been known to become spiritual after having dreams that rearranged their notions and beliefs. It’s one thing to conceptualize something you have not experienced and quite another to experience it fully and realistically in a dream. It’s also possible to dream about deceased loved ones in the afterlife. It can symbolize something such as the hope that the person is “in a better place.” But you can also dream about deceased loved ones as a way of actually connecting with him or her in the afterlife. It’s an idea that will severely challenge people who think that death is the final end. It’s something that you have to experience for yourself—don’t take my word for it. It’s a fact in the dream world, and dreams have to be treated as a reality unto themselves. See: Seeing a dead relative However, usually the afterlife is used as symbolism. For example, a man dreams about being in the afterlife and going to a sterile white office building. He waits to be told what his job assignment will be. Everything is very orderly and subdued. A supervisor tells him that his job will be janitor. It’s upsetting, but he figures he can work his way up. The dream reflects a situation at his work; the company he works for is being sold. The owner tells him he will be hired by another company owned by the same person, but his position will be entry-level. The dream sums up the situation and his feelings about it. Being a janitor in the afterlife means he’s starting over and working his way up from the bottom. See also: Angels, Seeing a dead relative, Heaven, Hell, Souls, Spirits

Examples of dreams of afterlife

Reading dreams is one of the best ways to understand dream symbols. Even though the DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon data, it is grounded in the experience of reading thousands upon thousands of dreams. We invite you to read examples of afterlife dreams for yourself. These dreams are actual dreams people have had. As result, they may contain racist, sexist, violent, or otherwise offense language and imagery. This can be true even for afterlife dreams. Read at your own risk.

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