Gaston Bachelard Water And Dreams Pdf Info

Perhaps the most famous section of the book involves the myth of Narcissus. Bachelard claims that Narcissus does not fall in love with himself, but with the water that reflects him. "Narcissus is the myth of the water that reflects," he writes. Water becomes the medium of self-knowledge. To stare into a pool is to engage in a "substantial reverie" where the distinction between the observer and the observed dissolves. The PDF seekers often highlight this chapter for its relevance to psychoanalysis and self-perception.