The Bible gives no meaning to dreams of a loved one who has died, and it never says that the dead visit us in our sleep. It does forbid seeking messages from the dead (Deuteronomy 18:10–12), but a dream that comes to us unasked is not that. And it promises that our dead are alive to God. Augustine wrote about these dreams as a grieving son. His mother Monica followed him to Italy and died at Ostia, as they waited…

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