One of the insights I've received from reading James Hillman is the ability to hold the opposites in one hand and see how they are related. In an anthology of his writings and lectures called Mythic Figures he suggests that the archetype of childhood has permeated our culture and that childhood has become both something …
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Change the World
Perhaps having experienced the persuasion of words and ideas, James Hillman's Archetypal psychology remains paramount in my life. But, what fantasy am I in when I feel this compulsion to share his ideas with you? Is it to change the world, or maybe just to be in the world as it is, or at least …
Spirits in the Material World
Having recently revisited James Hillman's book, The Dream and the Underworld, I was excited to read Jeremy Kessler's article in the New Atlantis on Nathaniel Hawthorne's work, "The Hall of Fantasy," in which he proposes that those who would dwell too long in the imaginative world of fantasy are susceptible to the pursuit of a single-minded …
Words
"Is there a reality that is not framed or formed? No. Reality is always coming through a pair of glasses, a point of view, a language--a fantasy." James Hillman From a very early age, I have always loved words. Long before I could write in cursive I would scribble in my composition book endlessly pretending …
The Bravery of Being Out of Range
In a truly powerful presentation on the prevalence of war in human history, James Hillman asks us to reconsider why war has always been with us, what is it about war that we remain so attracted to? Listen to the podcast here: A Terrible Love of War: http://www.kcet.org/socal/podcasts/aloud-at-central-library/james-hillman-on-a-terrible-love-of-war.html War is something I have never understood nor tried …
Theoria 