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To uncover the innate image we must set aside the psychological frames that are usually used, and mostly used up. They do not reveal enough. They trim a life to fit the frame: developmental growth, step by step, from infancy, through troubled youth, to midlife crisis and aging, to death. Plodding your way through an already planned map, you are on
... See moreJames Hillman • The Soul's Code
soul and (re)framing
Unconscious beliefs are not intrinsically good or bad. The point is that you want to uncover them and maybe balance them so you can be consciously empowered.
Dr. Matthew B. James • Integrate the Shadow, Master Your Path
Philosophical Words from Around the World:
Chiaroscuro, Italian.
(With thanks to Matt Haig, who introduced me to this term during a conversation for an upcoming newsletter.)
Jonny Thomsonsubstack.com
“Medical science relies heavily on the power of scrutiny. And if something cannot be perceived or measured, it will live forever outside of any medical model of healthspan and longevity. In fact, the business of science relies so heavily on perception and measurement, that if something is real, yet cannot be perceived or measured, it is often... See more
Marginalia Review of Books • How Poet-Philosopher-Scientists Are Changing the University
No one has ever really been able to topple the seven-day week. French revolutionaries tried to institute a ten-day week. Bolsheviks aimed for a five-day week. No one tried harder than Miss Elisabeth Achelis, a New York socialite, heir to the American Hard Rubber Company fortune, and an admirer of Melvil Dewey, he of the Dewey decimal system and
... See moreJill Lepore • How the Week Organizes and Tyrannizes Our Lives
