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I thank Michael Esfeld (University of Lausanne) for philosophical references and Ulrich Müller-Herold (Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology) for suggestions.

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Patzel, N. (2010). The Soil Scientist’s Hidden Beloved: Archetypal Images and Emotions in the Scientist’s Relationship with Soil. In: Landa, E., Feller, C. (eds) Soil and Culture. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2960-7_13

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