Post 1 “The Soul Selects Her Own Society” by Emily Dickinson 1830-1886
I have been thinking of this poem by Emily Dickinson: ” The Soul Selects Her Own Society”
First, do we have a soul? And if we do, is it a she? or a he? or it depends on the person? Do animals have a soul? These are very existential questions. I want to believe we do, we do have a soul because I like to think there is something magical about us, I also want to consider our soul selecting our own society as Dickison says, meaning that the people close to us were selected for a magical purpose. I want to believe that humans have something special, and there is a meaning behind everything, a magical purpose.
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Paul Fess
Interesting point, Maria. I’m wondering, though, does Dickinson think about the “soul” in, like, “magical” terms?