“Psyche’s first trait, and the way we know her first, is neither by her labors, nor the work of soul-making, nor by her sufferings for love, nor in her oppression in lostness—the absence and deprivation of soul. These all come later. We know Psyche first by the primary characteristic given with her nature: Psyche is beautiful.”
— James Hillman, ‘The Thought of the Heart’
Essential for working with what is unknown is an attitude of unknowing. This leaves room for the phenomenon itself to speak. It alone may keep us from delusions.
James Hillman, in The Dream and the Underworld. (via korekhthonia)
Our consciousness today is less mystic than heroic, and we need incantations to summon Hypnos or Hermes to help us drop off to sleep, a ritual of prayer, toothbrushing and teddy bear, of masturbation, food cramming, and the late show, of nightcap and sleeping pill. The basic bedtime story of our culture is that to sleep is to dream and to dream is to enter the House of the Lord of the Dead, where our complexes lie in wait. We do not go gentle into that good night.
James Hillman, The Dream and the Underworld (via shitiunderline)
Book Wolves is continuing tonight at 6.30-7.30pm (UK time) on Zoom. As a valentine’s gift you are welcome to a whole month’s free trial period in our wolf clan. Message or visit our website www.nursethesoul.com/bookclub to join. 🌹🐺
#bookclub #book #reading #readinggroup #bookstagram #womenwhorunwiththewolves #clarissapinkolaestes #wolf #wolfpack #wolfclan #earthwarriors #psychotherapy #depthpsychology (at Portobello and Golborne Road)
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No friend or animal wants to be interpreted, even though it may cry for understanding.
James Hillman, A Blue Fire (via shitiunderline)
And if I write, I’m burning inside, and freezing outside.
(via hertimelessyouth)
When I say the feminine, I don’t mean gender. I mean the feminine principle that is living—or suppressed—in both men and women.
-Marion Woodman
(via lorislivingfree)
Nurse The Soul 