Hillman, James.

The Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling.

New York, Random House, 1996. 14 x 23.5cm. (12), 334 pages. Original softcover. Mild foxing to edges, text annotations and underlining, otherwise good condition. Inscribed with previous owner’s name.

Decades ago, pioneering Jungian analyst and author Hillman (Kinds of Power) challenged the assumptions of Western psychology by applying the ancient concept of “soul” to the modern psyche. Rendered in simpler terms by his protege, bestselling author Thomas Moore, Hillman’s work on soul has fed the public imagination with the nourishing idea that we are vastly deeper and more permeable to the influences around us than we may think. Here, Hillman discusses character and calling, introducing an “acorn theory” that claims that “each life is formed by its unique image, an image that is the essence of that life and calls it to a destiny.” Borrowing the language of Plato’s Myth of Ur, Hillman suggests that this imaginary sense of our lives or callings drives each of us like a personal daimon or force. Drawing on extraordinary lives from Judy Garland to Coco Chanel to Hitler, he describes the movements of the daimon, showing how it can use everything in our environment, from lucky accidents to bad movies, to allow the acorn to “grow down” and express itself in the real material of our lives. [From Publishers Weekly]

• Keywords: Chuck Kruger Cape Clear Collection · Philosophy · Psychiatry · Psychology · Psychotherapy
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780399180149
• Inventory Number: 91422AB

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