>>823868
Ok, here are my thoughts, just throwing it out there, and I hope not to give offense.
First off, that's a pretty epic dream. It must have been awful, but vivid dreams are sometimes fantastic in their own way. Clearly it stuck with you (I don't remember most dreams beyond 6 months) so it's important enough to get to the bottom of it.
Let's tackle it by symbolism because I don't know any other way; so the purple sheet had a mirror of some kind under it? Purple is a regal colour, kings wear purple, this is why Jesus was given a tattered purple robe to wear when he was being mocked by his captors and crowned with thorns. So a tattered purple robe is a sign of disgrace and mockery, it's an insult, with the meaning that things are not as they seem, that what should be royal is in fact dethroned and disgraced.
That Ba'al wanted you to look in the mirror has an obvious meaning; to know thyself, to introspect. The mirror is a sign of introspection, and also of vanity; the mirror can show you what is ugly, and also what you want to see, it's ambiguous. It is either about being able to "look yourself in the mirror" or an indication of self-absorption and vanity. The fact that the mirror is under the tattered purple, since a mirror only looks back at you, means that you are wearing the tattered purple yourself, so all it means is that something is wrong, something about you should be given regal dignity, but it lacks that dignity which it deserves.
You never heard the name Ba'al before this dream? That's extremely odd, but yes Ba'al is a name for a pagan god from the Old Testament. In short, Ba'al is considered a demon, although he was in the Old Testament an idol. He is well-known from the story in 1 Kings 18, where Elijah competes with the priests of Ba'al to see which god will bring fire to consume a burnt offering, Jehovah or Ba'al. Ba'al is, however, not associated with any specific sin, indeed Ba'al just means "lord" in the language of the Canaanites, and there are many lesser ba'als in Canaanite paganism, although Ba'al as a standalone typically refers to the chief god of that religion. Ba'al Zebub (the lord of the flies) is associated with the sin of gluttony however.
Really, the whole thing does have clear meanings depending on which ba'al was holding up the mirror. If it was Ba'al the god that Elijah faced down on Mt Carmel, then the meaning is for general introspection; this is a very vague interpretation, because it could be literally anything that you are supposed to do. Perhaps you are vain generally, perhaps in relation to a specific item, so the demon is this generalized warning to focus less on yourself and more on other people.
Or, the much more rude interpretation of your dream is that you have been visited by Ba'al Zebub, lord of gluttony. I hesitate on this one, because people can get into negative behaviours by becoming obsessive about their weight and what they eat, but if you definitely don't have that problem, then maybe the mirror doesn't mean to "look into yourself" but rather "look at yourself!" As a matter of fact, this blends in a bit more with the tattered purple, if you haven't been treating your body with the dignity it deserves. Remember, you are a temple of the holy Spirit, as St Paul says, so if you have been smoking, drinking to excess, eating to excess, or abusing drugs, or even using steroids recreationally all of these could be indicated.
As a matter of fact, the mere fact that Ba'al was going to torture you with your own appearance in a mirror, lends itself to the interpretation that it's a carnal, physical sin, such as drinking or smoking or just being fat. Had you looked in the mirror, you would have likely seen your rotting liver/black lungs/horribly distended body.
And again, sorry if I'm wrong.
