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Plato & the Greeks called it daimon, the Romans genius, the Christians guardian angel. We speak of heart, spirit & soul. To Hillman, the acknowledged intellectual source for Th Moore's bestselling Care of the Soul, it's the central & guiding force of his compelling "acorn theory"--in which each life is formed by a unique image, an image that is the essence of that life & calls it to a destiny, just as the oak's destiny is written in the acorn. In this new look at age-old themes, Hillman provides a radical, frequently amusing & accessible path to realization thru an array of examples. He urges readers to discover the blueprints particular to their own individual lives, certain that there's more to life than can be explained by genetics or environment. As he says, "We need a fresh way of looking at the importance of our lives." What The Soul's Code offers is an inspirational, positive approach to life--a way of seeing & a way of recovering what has been lost of our intrinsic selves.
Epigraphs in Lieu of a Preface
In a nutshell: the acorn theory & the redemption of psychology
Growing down
The parental fallacy
Back to the invisibles
Esse is percipi: to be is to be perceived
Neither nature nor nurture-something else
Penny dreadfuls & pure fantasy
Disguise
Fate
The bad seed
Mediocrity
Coda: A Note on Methodology
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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James Hillman, a former director of the Jung Institute who has written more than 20 books on behavior and psychology, delves into human development in The Soul's Code. Hillman encourages you to "grow down" into the earth, as an acorn does when it becomes a mighty oak tree. He argues that character and calling are the result of "the particularity you feel to be you" and knocks those who blame childhood difficulties for all their problems as adults. According to Hillman, "The current American identity as a victim is the flip side of the coin whose head brightly displays the opposite identity: the heroic self-made man, carving out destiny alone and with unflagging will." Hillman's theories seem disarmingly simple, but he backs them with a careful, well-practiced intellect.
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Plato and the Greeks called it "daimon," the Romans "genius," the Christians "guardian angel." Today we use the terms heart, spirit, and soul. To James Hillman, the acknowledged intellectual source for Thomas Moore's bestselling sensation Care of the Soul, it is the central and guiding force of his utterly compelling "acorn theory"--in which each life is formed by a unique image, an image that is the essence of that life and calls it to a destiny, just as the mighty oak's destiny is written in the tiny acorn.
In this new look at age-old themes, Hillman provides a radical, frequently amusing, and highly accessible path to realization through an extensive array of examples. He urges his readers to discover the "blueprints" particular to their own individual lives, certain that there is more to life than can be explained by genetics or environment. As he says, "We need a fresh way of looking at the importance of our lives."
What The Soul's Code offers is an inspirational, positive approach to life--a way of seeing, and a way of recovering what has been lost of our intrinsic selves.
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The Soul's Code - in Search of Character and Calling
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