If a dream can tell the future it can also thwart that future. For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come. He is bound to no one that the world unfold just so upon its course and those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?
The quote suggests that dreams, while they may reveal glimpses of the future, can also disrupt that future. It implies that a divine power, in this case, God, does not allow individuals to have complete foresight, as such knowledge could alter the natural course of events. The uncertainty of the future is an essential aspect of existence, as it allows for freedom and unpredictability.
Furthermore, if someone were to foresee future...