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stormwreath ([identity profile] stormwreath.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] fenderlove 2012-01-17 10:51 am (UTC)

the vampiric demon being the id and the soul being the superego

I don't think it can be quite that simple, because of course ordinary humans have ids as well. It would get needlessly metaphysically complex if we had to assume that a human's id, ego and superego were all separate supernatural creatures co-inhabiting our brains... :)

(Although having said that, I vaguely recall that some belief systems, like the ancient Egyptian one, did claim that people have several different souls which perform discrete functions, and which go their separate ways upon death...)

But sure, as a first-stage approximation I think it's possible to compare a vampire's "demon" and a human's "soul" and say they're similar in function, but opposite in motivation/effects. And that expains why the Master would refer to vampire "souls" - he meant their demons.

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