"Psychology ought to make us feel at home in the world and interested in it and to recognize its beauty. Anything that's beautiful, you fall in love with and anything you fall in love with, you want to keep alive. And that solves the ecological problem and the nuclear problem. You don't want to destroy …
Category: James Hillman
Remembering James Hillman
Well, it was two years ago today, October 27th, 2011, that James passed on. It was only in his passing that I am continually reminded of the gifts I received from him. Not from knowing him personally, although I was fortunate to have met him once, and will never forget that moment, the face-to-face, the …
The Soul of the World
The Soul of the World is the second part of James Hillman's two-part book, The Thought of the Heart and The Soul of the World, in which he sees a world suffering a breakdown in much the same way as individuals suffer. A world ensouled, a psychic reality, in which we imagine with our hearts, connecting each …
Thought of the Heart
A short break for me tonight from all things Non-Profit, here at National Harbor where I am attending a software users conference, enjoying a lovely view from my hotel room overlooking the Potomac river and Washington, D.C.. BlackBaud is a software company dedicated to providing database tools for fundraising and related enterprises. I am fortunate to …
Colour My World, Alchemical Psychology, Part I – Black
One of my favorite James Hillman books is his, "Alchemical Psychology," which I have just recently read. The book is a fascinating tour of the alchemical process and its correlative psychological journey as told to us by the Alchemists of old. Yes, they weren't only interested in literally transforming substances, but about experiencing the transformation …
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