James Hillman
James Hillman
James Hillmanwas an American psychologist. He studied at, and then guided studies for, the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. He founded a movement toward archetypal psychology and retired into private practice, writing and traveling to lecture, until his death at his home in Connecticut...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
CountryUnited States of America
blessing
....anything you attend to carefully can bring blessing....
soul way problem
Pathology is not a problem to be solved, but the soul's way of working on itself.
inspirational change hurt
If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now.
mother dream country
A mother should have some fantasy about her child's future. It will increase her interest in the child, for one thing. To turn the fantasy into a program to make the child fly an airplane across the country, for example, isn't the point. That's the fulfillment of the parent's own dreams. That's different. Having a fantasy - which the child will either seek to fulfill or rebel against furiously - at least gives a child some expectation to meet or reject.
depression doors kind
Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.
inspirational dream angel
We would like otherworldly visitations to come as distinct voices with clear instructions, but they may only give small signs in dreams, or as sudden hunches and insights that cannot be denied. They feel more as if they emerge from inside and steer you from within like an inner guardian angel. . . . And, most amazing, it has never forgotten you, although you may have spent most of your life ignoring it.
psychology needs awakening
Psychology, so dedicated to awakening human consciousness, needs to wake itself up to one of the most ancient human truths: we cannot be studied or cured apart from the planet.
dysfunction may ineptitude
Aptitude can show calling, but it isn't the only indicator. Ineptitude or dysfunction may reveal calling more than talent, curiously enough.
soul forget ancestor
We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.
happiness being-happy thinking
Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.
father mirrors childhood
I am not caused by my history-my parents, my childhood and development. These are mirrors in which I may catch glimpses of my image.
thinking doctors ideas
People used to trust their doctor. They went to an expert. Now people have new ideas and are thinking for themselves. That's a very important change in our collective psychology.
dream wander who-you-are
Tell me what you yearn for and I shall tell you who you are. We are what we reach for, the idealized image that drives our wandering.
perspective stories shapes
From my perspective as a depth psychologist, I see that those who have a connection with story are in better shape and have better prognosis than those to whom story must be introduced.