I have recently discovered the ideas of David Bohm, a theoretical physicist who also had an interest in the social implications of how thought and language can lead us to perceive falsely, a fragmented world that is in reality whole. From Wiki: "Bohm was alarmed by what he considered an increasing imbalance of not only man and …
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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 …
Why Deny the Obvious Child?
Have you ever sensed while talking among friends, family or people you work with that much of our conversation is derivative from mediated cultural sources and sounds more like we're speaking through second-hand voices instead of directly from our own authentic voice? But maybe you wonder as I do what our interests, our sense of ourselves and …
The Red Book – Library of Congress Symposium
As a follow-up to yesterday's post about James Hillman and Sonu Shamdasani's book, Lament of the Dead, Psychology after Jung’s Red Book, I want to share a video I found on youtube of a symposium featuring several speakers and a panel discussion from 2010 that included Hillman, Shamdasani and other Jungians. It is very insightful for anyone …
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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 …
Theoria 