The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and CallingA journey into the essential mystery at the center of every life--the search for calling--The Soul's Code takes a new look at age-old themes, providing a radical, frequently amusing, and highly accessible path to realization through an extensive array of examples. Hillman ecnourages readers to discover the "blueprints" particular to their individual lives, certain that there is more to life than can be explained by genetics or environment. |
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... hear its language , the voice with which it drones , the bulk of its textbooks , the serious pretensions and bearded proclamations of new " findings " that could hardly be more banal , its soothing anodynes for self - help , its decor ...
... hear its language , the voice with which it drones , the bulk of its textbooks , the serious pretensions and bearded proclamations of new " findings " that could hardly be more banal , its soothing anodynes for self - help , its decor ...
Page 55
... hear the call of the shepherd or obey the bark of his persistently nipping dog hounding our conscience with guilt . We are alone purposely , in order to hear the still small voice whose whispering is drowned out by the madding crowd ...
... hear the call of the shepherd or obey the bark of his persistently nipping dog hounding our conscience with guilt . We are alone purposely , in order to hear the still small voice whose whispering is drowned out by the madding crowd ...
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... Hear people talking about you . Hear the bar get quiet when you walk in the door . You make something out of nothing . 34 Transgression as transcendence ; lifted out of your circum- stances , filled with the power or the “ glamour ...
... Hear people talking about you . Hear the bar get quiet when you walk in the door . You make something out of nothing . 34 Transgression as transcendence ; lifted out of your circum- stances , filled with the power or the “ glamour ...
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