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 52
... usual way of coming to terms with the tragic messes of Garland's life is to accuse " Hollywood " and its pressures of agents , studios , and pseudo - realities . Only this can explain how a star so gifted , who " had it all , " could ...
... usual way of coming to terms with the tragic messes of Garland's life is to accuse " Hollywood " and its pressures of agents , studios , and pseudo - realities . Only this can explain how a star so gifted , who " had it all , " could ...
Page 97
... usual perception , which cannot see the invisible inwardness of rock , fruit , and flower . On the other hand , precisely this blinding of the usual intellectual mind and the blunting of its sharp edge permits us to say , with ...
... usual perception , which cannot see the invisible inwardness of rock , fruit , and flower . On the other hand , precisely this blinding of the usual intellectual mind and the blunting of its sharp edge permits us to say , with ...
Page 118
... usual things in the usual way , would still be doing those things while Truman would be famous . " 6 The eye may also belong to a member of the family - for instance , a sister . Golda Meir , a founding figure in the history of Israel ...
... usual things in the usual way , would still be doing those things while Truman would be famous . " 6 The eye may also belong to a member of the family - for instance , a sister . Golda Meir , a founding figure in the history of Israel ...
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