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- From: Eileen Prince <eprince@LYNX.DAC.NORTHEASTERN.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Eileen, Theory
- In-Reply-To: <no.id>; from "Dag Forssell" at Dec 26, 92 7:58 pm
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- To Dag and all:
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- Thanks for the encouragement.
-
- I have read about a third of the book and hope to finish it this
- vacation. So far it makes sense and I am both enjoying it and trying to
- learn from it. I have had no trouble
- with the idea that we have control over our perceptions of others nor
- with the idea of dare I call it archetypes (though not necessarily
- Jungian in the sense of being the same for all people -- I think that
- was part of his theory) that are a kind of baggage that may govern our
- perceptions if we don't see beyond them. I have to a great extent
- "believed" these ideas since long before my exposure to PCT. That's
- part of what appeals to me so much about the theory.
-
- Here's a thought if someone really wants to proselytize. How about an
- article for a magazine like COSMOPOLITAN, something with a header like:
- "If You Think He's Prince Charming, It May All Be in Your Head: How PCT
- Can Help in Evaluating Relationships." I say this not at all
- tongue-in-cheek. I strongly believe in popularizing theories within pop
- culture. Then they may be taken more seriously be "scientists."
-
- Are there any takers? If not, I just may write the article myself,
- though I won't have time until the second half of the new year because
- of my ESL text writing schedule, etc.
-
- Hope you really want my contributions on the list, because now I fear
- I've just gotten started.
-
- Here's to a fruitful new year, and thanks to all.
-
- Eileen
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