Project Gutenberg 2007-02-24 Public domain in the USA. 1763 Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) 1885 1930 Lawrence, D.H. Lawrence, David Herbert Davison, Lawrence H. (Lawrence Herbert) 22023375 Fantasia of the Unconscious E-text prepared by Michael Ciesielski, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Fantasia of the Unconscious" by D. H. Lawrence is a philosophical essay written in the early 20th century. The work explores the nature of the unconscious mind, human relationships, and the dynamic interplay of sexuality, creativity, and consciousness. Lawrence’s writing reflects his views on psychoanalysis, spirituality, and the essence of life, emphasizing a subjective interpretation of human experience over objective scientific reasoning. The opening of the text presents a foreword where Lawrence directly addresses readers, expressing a disdain for those who seek to critique his work without understanding its depth. He introduces the concept of the unconscious, criticizing the reductionist views of psychoanalysis, particularly those of Freud. Lawrence argues that while sexual motives play a significant role in human behavior, they are not the sole drivers of our actions. Instead, he posits that a higher, creative impulse motivates human activity and urges a redefinition of how we understand human desires and motivations, laying the groundwork for the themes to be explored in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Subconsciousness Sex Psychoanalysis BF Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Psychiatry/Psychology Category: Philosophy & Ethics 420247 2025-08-08T14:18:28.845344 text/html 424647 2007-02-24T14:40:22 text/html 260652 2025-08-08T14:18:36.842337 application/epub+zip 261788 2025-08-08T14:18:31.945364 application/epub+zip 226635 2025-08-08T14:18:30.694327 application/epub+zip 465949 2025-08-08T14:18:40.580285 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 421686 2025-08-08T14:18:35.971342 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350455 2022-09-09T15:45:29.231820 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 385303 2025-08-08T14:18:28.208368 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 385069 2007-02-24T14:32:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 385080 2007-02-24T14:32:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20942 2025-08-08T14:18:40.714299 application/rdf+xml 14729 2025-08-08T14:18:31.196333 image/jpeg 3905 2025-08-08T14:18:30.946329 image/jpeg 141072 2007-02-24T14:32:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 171771 2007-02-24T14:40:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 141034 2007-02-24T14:32:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 240412 2025-08-08T14:18:28.895366 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia