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> "Psyche" and "soul" are synonyms, even though some modern usage has made > them apparently opposite - the psyche a material version of the soul - > doesn't make much sense to me as a distinction. Whole in one. db ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 1:51 AM Subject: Re: landscape > Komninos wrote (of Bachelard): > > >even though i might not agree with his 'reverberation of the soul' > >explanation, the reverberation of the psyche, as the poetic moment makes > >sense. > > "Psyche" and "soul" are synonyms, even though some modern usage has made > them apparently opposite - the psyche a material version of the soul - > doesn't make much sense to me as a distinction. A good read is Bruno > Bettelheim's elegant little book on the mistranslation of Freud into > English, Freud and Man's Soul. > > I'm also curious to know who these "rural romantics" are. Landscape? > Isn't there where we live? Which landscape? Mine are all interior > landscapes - of memory, imagination, desire, etc etc. Hence the > criticism of me as "placeless". But then, I'm an immigrant. > > Best > > Alison >