The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and CallingRandom House, 1996 - 334 pages A journey into the essential mystery at the center of every life--the search for calling--The Soul's Code takes a new look at age-old themes, providing a radical, frequently amusing, and highly accessible path to realization through an extensive array of examples. Hillman ecnourages readers to discover the "blueprints" particular to their individual lives, certain that there is more to life than can be explained by genetics or environment. |
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Page 88
... everything else that might give comfort and instruction . To what does the soul turn that has no therapists to visit ? It takes its trouble to the trees , to the riverbank , to an animal companion , on an aimless walk through the city ...
... everything else that might give comfort and instruction . To what does the soul turn that has no therapists to visit ? It takes its trouble to the trees , to the riverbank , to an animal companion , on an aimless walk through the city ...
Page 102
... everything perfectly , but backwards . " For Bowles , the activity most detested was singing , for others it will be Latin or algebra or sports or English compo- sition . The acorn draws the line , and no one can force it to cross into ...
... everything perfectly , but backwards . " For Bowles , the activity most detested was singing , for others it will be Latin or algebra or sports or English compo- sition . The acorn draws the line , and no one can force it to cross into ...
Page 226
... every- thing happen at once indicates possession by the daimon , dai- mon becoming demonic . The appreciation of everything having its season , of giving time and having time and taking time , does not apply to the Bad Seed , which ...
... every- thing happen at once indicates possession by the daimon , dai- mon becoming demonic . The appreciation of everything having its season , of giving time and having time and taking time , does not apply to the Bad Seed , which ...
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