Thursday, May 17, 2007

Greek Journeys

Kaleidoscope. Psychedelic. Both from Greek! In Greek they pronounce both the P and the S in the beginning of Psychedelic or psychology.
Kal is from kalos, meaning beautiful or good.
Eidos is from eidos, meaning form.
Scope is from skopein, to see.
Psychedelic and psychology are both from Psyche, which means soul.
By the way, the word ego comes from Greek, too. It means “I.”
Did Freud know Greek?

See you in a few weeks when I get back from Greece!

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