Synopses & Reviews
A vitally important introduction to the theories of one of the most original thinkers in psychology today, A Blue Fire gathers selected passages from many of Hillman's seminal essays on archetypal psychology.
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"Readers who have found Hillman's therapeutic approach impractical or abstruse will welcome this compact, highly readable anthology of his writings..." Publishers Weekly
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"More than any other author in the last part of this century, Hillman deserves credit for restoring 'soul' to its psychological sense." Utne Reader
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"Hillman's the most inspiring and disruptive thinker at work now in our country." LA Weekly
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"James Hillman is the most lively and original psychologist we have had in America since William James. I honor him, and read something in his work almost every day." Robert Bly, author of Iron John
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"People interested in creativity, religion, and mythology will find A Blue Fire rewarding, maddening, and ultimately, beguiling." Minneapolis Star Tribune
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"[Hillman's] brilliance, wryness, sharpness, combativeness, grace, and love of beauty manifest themselves....[T]he best available introduction to archetypal psychology and to Hillman." Yoga Journal
Synopsis
A reissue of one of the classic works by James Hillman.- an anthology of Hillman's most provocative writings on psychology and religion.- vital introduction to the theories of one of the most original thinkers in psychology.- essays featured range from Hillman's well-known ruminations on betrayal and suicide to biting commentaries on everyday life to sustained think-pieces that explore psychological polytheism, family dreams, and poetic basis.- shows how Hillman draws on ancient philosophers' ideas of soul and magic and how he challenges modern notions of psychology.
About the Author
James Hillman is a psychologist, scholar, international lecturer, and the author of more than twenty books, including The Soul's Code, Re-Visioning Psychology, Healing Fiction, The Dream and the Underworld, InterViews, and Suicide and the Soul. A Jungian analyst and the originator of post-Jungian "archetypal psychology," he has held teaching positions at Yale University, Syracuse University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Dallas. He lives in Connecticut.