Glossary of Hillmanian Thought: The First Ten Principles
This glossary is not arranged alphabetically. It unfolds conceptually. The sequence begins with soul, the perspective from which Hillman believes psychology should proceed. Part I of II
This glossary is not arranged alphabetically. It unfolds conceptually. The sequence begins with soul, the perspective from which Hillman believes psychology should proceed. Part I of II
Archetypal psychology is the school of psychological thought most closely associated with James Hillman. Emerging as a distinct movement during the early 1970s, it developed out of Carl Gustav Jung’s analytical psychology while also questioning several of Jung’s central assumptions.
Jung’s use of the terms “unconscious projections” and “exteriorisations” aligned with his developing theory of autonomous complexes, he said that these were psychological contents that can manifest with apparent independence from conscious control.
If you think about the vast evolutionary history covered by our own genetic story. You might like to think about this: Sitting in the symbolic interface of our DNA, may be the memory of our greatest fear. That is, the biggest, most scary thing, the entire stack of memories and genetic imprints that our DNA may hold?