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 93
... Sometimes Huldra would appear . She was an ex- quisitely formed creature , delicate , enchanting , and irre- sistible . Sometimes , a woodcutter would stop his work , even drop his ax to follow her beckoning farther into the woods . As ...
... Sometimes Huldra would appear . She was an ex- quisitely formed creature , delicate , enchanting , and irre- sistible . Sometimes , a woodcutter would stop his work , even drop his ax to follow her beckoning farther into the woods . As ...
Page 170
... sometimes the unfolding of an entire future project ; sometimes a hallucinatory terror at night ; sometimes an ec- static vision such as saints enjoyed . There are various intensi- ties - but the more thoroughly engaged you are , the ...
... sometimes the unfolding of an entire future project ; sometimes a hallucinatory terror at night ; sometimes an ec- static vision such as saints enjoyed . There are various intensi- ties - but the more thoroughly engaged you are , the ...
Page 257
... sometimes say " fate " and sometimes " genius . " But never " self . " Among native peoples on the North American continent , we find a parade of terms for the acorn as an independent spirit - soul : yega ( Coyukon ) ; an owl ( Kwakiutl ) ...
... sometimes say " fate " and sometimes " genius . " But never " self . " Among native peoples on the North American continent , we find a parade of terms for the acorn as an independent spirit - soul : yega ( Coyukon ) ; an owl ( Kwakiutl ) ...
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