Spirit dreams are much more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are less related to insects, less related to unnamed people, and less related to strangers.

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

Dreams of spirits are more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to work, less related to human-made places, and less related to transportation.

Dreams of spirits are more related to friendly acts and more related to death than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to disasters, and less related to eating and drinking.

Spirit dreams are more related to lucid dreams, more related to nightmares, and more related to sleep paralysis than dreams in general. They are less related to recurring dreams, less related to weird dreams, and less related to good dreams.

Spirit dreams are more related to vision than dreams in general. They are less related to smelling and less related to taste.

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.

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

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 spirits in dreams. See how you feel about spirits now, in your waking life.

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. A spirit in a dream can be a pun for enthusiasm, fight, zest, and determination—full of spirit, or “uplifted spirits.” A person with spirit has strong character and makes the best out of things. The person “rises above.” Spirit is the root of the word “spirituality,” which can be boiled down to your relationship with yourself and life. It’s your goodness. It’s your search for meaning and truth. It’s your better nature. Spirit can symbolize something that “gets into a person” and makes him or her act strangely or out of character. See: Possessing It can symbolize an unseen influence or feeling that something isn’t quite right. Spirit can be used interchangeably with ghost. Spirit can refer to something affecting you from outside your conscious awareness. It’s something unseen. Moods can seem to “come from nowhere.” Events and circumstances can turn for you or against you, seemingly without cause. See: Ghosts A spirit that talks to you in a dream might be a messenger from the unconscious mind. Spirits are commonly believed to be messengers who come either to aid or harm humans. In dreams this association can be used when a person needs to “get the message.” It’s probably important so pay attention! See: Unconscious minds An evil spirit can symbolize something that’s negative and intangible, such as influence and coercion. See: Evil Be sure to read: Soul. See also: Ascending, Demons, Devils, Evil, Fires, Ghosts, Possessing, Sleep paralysis, Souls, Unconscious minds