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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 150.1954 EAN: 9780060921019 Edition: 1st HarperPerennial Softcover ISBN: 0060921013 Label: HarperPerennial Manufacturer: HarperPerennial Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: September 11, 1991 Publisher: HarperPerennial Release Date: August 02, 1991 Studio: HarperPerennial Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Hillman samplerThis is an excellent overview of Hillman's work. It's just that a little at a time is all I can inhale! Rating: - A Blue FireAs a psychotherapist, I can't tell you how important i believe Hillman's contribution to the field of psychology is. His championing of the soul, it's intricacies and shadows, it's necessity as the form that formless spirit coolly appreciates, is an healing offfering for the spirit/matter split of modern consciousness. Read this book, and prepare to be amazed. Rating: - A drumfire of images and imagination enchanting the souls depthIn "A Blue Fire" Thomas Moore took long citations of the apparently rich collection of James Hillman's publications and rearranged them to topics. Each topic is introduced by him. The citations gain a strong rhythm that draws you in. This is probably due to Moore himself. Therefore I have the impression that Moore is more of an author than an editor of this beautiful book. This excellent book has some prerequisites. It is a strong help to be somewhat fluent in Jungian thinking ... Read More Rating: - Great intro to HillmanAlways provocative and challenging, Hillman is one of today's greatest thinkers in my opinion. This is a solid introduction to his ideas edited by one of his biggest fans. If you haven't read Hillman, this is a good place to start. Hillman can be a little hard to read, so these short excerpts make it a bit more manageable. I also highly recommend Inter-Views, a series of conversations with Laura Pozzo and We've Had A Hundred Years of Therapy (and the World's Getting Worse)-conversations and letters ... Read More Rating: - Thoughtful and engaging. It gives pause for reflection."Blue Fire" is an anthology of selections from James A. Hillman's major works, including "Insearch: Psychology and Religion," "Suicide and the Soul," "Healing Fiction," and others, including journal and magazine articles in such diverse publications as "Spring," "Utne Reader," "Institute Newsletter," and "Loose Ends: Primary Papers in Archetypal Psychology." This should not scare you away. On the contrary, the reader will find that "Blue Fire" is quite readable and understandable. The selections ... Read More 
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