Water and Dreams: An Essay on the Imagination of Matter

The main theme of the study “Water and Dreams” is the influence of the primordial elements on our unconscious; the search for those connections that link a person’s mental life to the life of nature. Bachelard, examining vast layers of philosophical and literary heritage, seeks an answer to the question: “Do we imagine the surrounding matter ourselves, or— as Tsvetye—are we ourselves only dreams of Nature?”