- Gebundene Ausgabe: 334 Seiten
- Verlag: Random House (13. August 1996)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0679445226
- ISBN-13: 978-0679445227
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,4 x 14,7 x 3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.2 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (13 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 358.012 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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James Hillman, a former director of the Jung Institute who has written more than 20 books on behavior and psychology, delves into human development in The Soul's Code. Hillman encourages you to "grow down" into the earth, as an acorn does when it becomes a mighty oak tree. He argues that character and calling are the result of "the particularity you feel to be you" and knocks those who blame childhood difficulties for all their problems as adults. According to Hillman, "The current American identity as a victim is the flip side of the coin whose head brightly displays the opposite identity: the heroic self-made man, carving out destiny alone and with unflagging will." Hillman's theories seem disarmingly simple, but he backs them with a careful, well-practiced intellect.
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What set of factors most influence the course of an individual human life? Nature? Nurture? The choices a person makes, including one's intimate relationships? Or is it the complex interplay of all of these? For Jungian analyst and prolific writer Hillman (Kinds of Power, 1995, etc.), the correct answer is apparently ``none of the above.'' Rather, Hillman focuses single-mindedly on each person's special daimon, an abstract, almost mystical notion lifted from Neoplatonic thought that he defines as ``an invisible nonhuman escort,'' and ``the lot your soul chose before you ever took a breath.'' This daimon, he argues, ``the essence'' or blueprint of each life, calls us to a very particular destiny, and it does not willingly suffer our neglect. In developing endless variations on this idea, he comes out sounding extraordinarily fatalistic, positing, for instance, that ``assassination was written in Gandhi's script.'' Thus, he largely downplays such basic aspects of the human condition as choice, conflict, ambivalence, chance, irrationality, and madness. And Hillman's intense focus on individuals and their unique fates means that the communal side of life, and specifically altruism and other positive social values, are also given little weight. Finally, as the following passage exemplifies, Hillman's prose often seems both confusingly bloated and maddeningly ethereal: ``I am different from everyone else and the same as everyone else; I am different from myself ten years ago and the same as myself ten years ago; my life is a stable chaos, chaotic and repetitive both, and I can never predict what tiny, trivial bit of input will result in a huge and significant output.'' This, and passages like it, are likely to leave many readers scratching their heads. This verbose book would have benefitted by being pruned into a stylistically far tighter essay, less declamatory and more reflective. (Author tour) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Although most of the existing reviews have captured what I wanted to say about this book, I wish to clarify that Hillman differentiates between teleology (destiny is everything) and telos (we all have a core "push" to do various things with our lives). I find his acorn metaphor accurate and inspiring, and I recommend this book to anyone uncertain of how to discover a path toward living out those dreams that emanate from the depths. "Where there is no vision, the people perish."
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This is a book for anyone who has ever been stuck in the quicksand of the intellect or has made the emotional descent into the pit of angst. In my opinion, it is no mere hyperbole to say that, if you have ever questioned the meaning of your life's purpose or struggled with the concept of destiny, "The Soul's Code," might be the Rosetta Stone with which to illuminate and give meaning to your life. James Hillman is a psychologist and Jungian analyst with a thoroughly modern view of the human psyche that I can only describe as truly empowering for the reader. The subtitle of the book--"In Search of Character and Calling"--not only illustrates the investigative intent, it delivers a discovery that is nothing short of miraculous. In "The Soul's Code," Hillman uses the metaphor of an acorn to serve as the image of the soul and its "calling" in life. Just as the acorn contains all the information that is needed to grow a complete oak tree; so does the soul contain the entire history of a life, from the moment of birth to the end of a life. Using biographical examples of diverse personalities such as Judy Garland, Adolf Hitler, Josephine Baker, Manuel Manolete, Ella Fitzgerald and others, Hillman makes a credible case to support his theories. The idea of the book, in a nutshell, is that the soul of every individual is given a unique "daimon" which has selected a pattern that we live on earth. Another word for daimon--which comes from the Greeks--is "genius" (which is the word that the Romans used). In Hillman's own words, from Chapter One: "This soul-companion, the daimon, guides us here; in the process of arrival, however, we forget all that took place and believe we come empty into this world. The daimon remembers what is in your image and belongs to your pattern, and therefore your daimon is the carrier of your destiny." In a nutshell, then, this book is about calling, about fate, about character, about innate image. Together they make up the 'acorn theory,' which holds that each person bears a uniqueness that asks to be lived and that is already present before it can be lived." I enthusiastically recommend this book to anyone who has wondered and pondered and searched for meaning in their life beyond the the mundane and habitual patterns they may have settled into.
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I am on my second reading of this book, having read it once a couple of years ago and let the ideas percolate in the back of my mind. It is one of the most liberating books I have ever read. As an adult survivor of child abuse, I was in therapy for over 16 years and never felt that mainstream psychologists have any idea of just how powerful our soul's nature is. A system of healing which leaves out our spiritual energies-- and our ability to transform our realities into the stuff of myth--is an impotent system, at least if you are someone whose roots run very deep. I made little progress in my own healing until I began working on the spiritual and soul aspects of my life. Hillman writes that we are not as shaped by the horrors of our early upbringing as we are told by psychotherapists. What an inspiration for transcending the past! Unlike authors such as Carolyn Myss, he offers this teaching in a way that does not blame people for their anger about the past. He simply offers a way beyond the anger and other self-imposed limits, cheerfully and graciously. The detractors of this book state that it is not scientific enough. Of course it is not scientific--it's about bringing the energies of the invisible into your life. You don't have to do reductionist studies of the principles involved to have them change your way of thinking about yourself... I recommend this book to anyone who is tired of the dry, sterile approach to healing offered by professional counselors who have not themselves explored the "realms beyond" and therefore cannot teach us how to experience them for our benefit.
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A book for romantics (in the broadest sense)
I've just read the reviews on this book - 21 to date. And to most of them, I would politely suggest:
Lighten up, folks!
I found Dr. Hillman's ideas to be fascinating. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 17. September 2000 von Tim Warneka
A tool to help understand the whys and hows of life
Some of these negative reviews read to me like egos in anguish desperately screaming "my scholarship and discernment is more valid than yours. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. Mai 2000 von GENE GERUE
Enjoyable soap psychology
This book is a typical American bestseller. The chapters are: Acorn, Growing Down, Parental Fallacy, Back to the Invisibles,...., Fate, The Bad Seed, Mediocrity. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. April 2000 von Mir Harven
The one that (literally) changed my life
No matter what critics said here, when I found this book in a shop in Helsinki (of all places!) I was very unhappy - when I started reading, somehow I found strenght to cope with... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 12. September 1999 veröffentlicht
Read it Relaxed and Gain a New Perspective
Many of the reviews I've read have focused on what they fell Hillman is trying to push, speaking as though he is on a mission to convert us to some ancient religion. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
Subjectivistic and completely unscientific
James Hillman in "The Soul's Code" contends, among other things, that criminality is derived from a 'bad seed', i.e. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 20. April 1999 veröffentlicht
Poetic Iconoclast
What is most charming about Hillman's book is his writing style. It verges on the poetic. His work is challenging and yet fulfilling to read. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Januar 1999 von Edwardson Tan
One of my favorite books
Probably Hillman's most accessible work. Truly inspirational without being preachy. It helped me have faith in my own gifts and path. Not for everyone, I'm sure. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. Dezember 1998 veröffentlicht
Depends on whose soul ...
Hillman has written a good description of the kind of person commonly labeled "gifted." This person is characterized by a passion for a certain field of endeavor (be it... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. Februar 1998 von P. Lozar
A celebration of the uniqueness of each of us
If you have a Jungian slant to your view of the person than this book is for you. If you think it was your parents who "did it to you" then this book will set you free... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 2. November 1997 veröffentlicht
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