The Soul's Code
by James Hillman
Hillman's acorn theory: each life has a calling, an image it grows toward, visible in childhood. Provocative, anti-reductive and widely loved.
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you suspect your life has a shape you were born with.
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you want evidence-based psychology.
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Three things you will actually use
- You carry an image of your destiny.
- Childhood oddities are clues.
- Grow down into your life.
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Read the chapter on the acorn.
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The acorn theory.
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