The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and CallingRandom House, 1996 - 334 pages A 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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... story , which was the realest thing in my life . " 15 In her story , Eleanor imagined that she was living with her father as the mistress of his large household and a companion in his travels . The story contin- ued years after his ...
... story , which was the realest thing in my life . " 15 In her story , Eleanor imagined that she was living with her father as the mistress of his large household and a companion in his travels . The story contin- ued years after his ...
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... story of your life . We rearrange the details and embroider them ; we even ap- propriate events from others ' lives into our own . Or we cen- sor , as Josephine Baker destroyed masses of old photographs . ' Twain suggests that the story ...
... story of your life . We rearrange the details and embroider them ; we even ap- propriate events from others ' lives into our own . Or we cen- sor , as Josephine Baker destroyed masses of old photographs . ' Twain suggests that the story ...
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... story that gives backing to what has happened . I am reading life backward . I am telling the story of genius , not of little Lyndon , little Lenny , little Leopold . They are the figures whose image in the heart forced them forward ...
... story that gives backing to what has happened . I am reading life backward . I am telling the story of genius , not of little Lyndon , little Lenny , little Leopold . They are the figures whose image in the heart forced them forward ...
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