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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... them.3 3 Moira derives from the root smer or mer , meaning to pon- der , to think , meditate , consider , care . It is a deeply psycho- 4 logical term , requiring us to scrutinize events with respect 194 The Soul's Code.
... them.3 3 Moira derives from the root smer or mer , meaning to pon- der , to think , meditate , consider , care . It is a deeply psycho- 4 logical term , requiring us to scrutinize events with respect 194 The Soul's Code.
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... respect for its own purpose and thus lessened its value . Freud's theoretical system could state full well what was going on in a childhood obsession , but Freud said practice re- quired withholding , abstention , reserve . He did not ...
... respect for its own purpose and thus lessened its value . Freud's theoretical system could state full well what was going on in a childhood obsession , but Freud said practice re- quired withholding , abstention , reserve . He did not ...
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... respect - un- fairly , unjustly , utterly unequal , except in the fact of each's unique genius . Democracy rests , therefore , upon the founda- tions of an acorn . The acorn pushes beyond the edge ; its principal passion is realization ...
... respect - un- fairly , unjustly , utterly unequal , except in the fact of each's unique genius . Democracy rests , therefore , upon the founda- tions of an acorn . The acorn pushes beyond the edge ; its principal passion is realization ...
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