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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 10
Page 69
... sure he will be famous , so I'm looking for the best site to build his monument . " 5 Our usual psychology says Teller was pushed to fame by his mother . But why not imagine that Ilona Teller intuitively picked up on the daimon ...
... sure he will be famous , so I'm looking for the best site to build his monument . " 5 Our usual psychology says Teller was pushed to fame by his mother . But why not imagine that Ilona Teller intuitively picked up on the daimon ...
Page 99
... wrong person , making false accusations and issuing rash dismissals , and arriving at those sure self - diagnoses of medical conditions that prove wholly hypochondriacal . Though cer- tain , Back to the Invisibles & 99.
... wrong person , making false accusations and issuing rash dismissals , and arriving at those sure self - diagnoses of medical conditions that prove wholly hypochondriacal . Though cer- tain , Back to the Invisibles & 99.
Page 235
... a gratification that may be accompanied by sexual plea- sure in postpuberty males , but is hardly a factor , for instance , in the case of Mary Bell . Materialism cannot explain the urge . Hitler did not insti- The Bad Seed & 235.
... a gratification that may be accompanied by sexual plea- sure in postpuberty males , but is hardly a factor , for instance , in the case of Mary Bell . Materialism cannot explain the urge . Hitler did not insti- The Bad Seed & 235.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acorn Adolf Hitler already American angel appears archetypal asked beauty become begin behavior believe belong Biography body calling cause chapter character child childhood claim comes course culture daimon death demonic early environment evil face fact fall fantasy fate father feeling figures genetic genius give growing hand heart Hitler hold human idea imagination important individual intuition invisible James keep later learned less lives London look means mediocrity mind mother move myth nature Necessity never once parents particular pattern person Press psychology Psychopathic Publications reason Robert Robert Plomin romantic seed seems sense soul story tell term theory things thinking tion tree turn twins unique Univ visible vision write York young