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Going Bugs
James Hillman is a psychologist and author of The Soul's Code , recently at the top of the New York Times bestseller list. His essay "Going Bugs" is a classic exposition of the meaning of bugs in the human psyche. Hillman examines the role that bugs - insects and creepy-crawlies - play in dreams and how human reaction to them is symptomatic of larger concerns about animals and the natural world. Satya talked with him recently about bugs and the ducks and chickens with whom he lives in eastern Connecticut.
- GenresPsychology
1 pages, Audio Cassette
First published July 31, 1998
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James Hillman
175 books577 followersJames Hillman (1926-2011) was an American psychologist. He served in the US Navy Hospital Corps from 1944 to 1946, after which he attended the Sorbonne in Paris, studying English Literature, and Trinity College, Dublin, graduating with a degree in mental and moral science in 1950.
In 1959, he received his PhD from the University of Zurich, as well as his analyst's diploma from the C.G. Jung Institute and founded a movement toward archetypal psychology, was then appointed as Director of Studies at the institute, a position he held until 1969.
In 1970, Hillman became editor of Spring Publications, a publishing company devoted to advancing Archetypal Psychology as well as publishing books on mythology, philosophy and art. His magnum opus, Re-visioning Psychology, was written in 1975 and nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Hillman then helped co-found the Dallas Institute for Humanities and Culture in 1978.
Retired into private practice, writing and traveling to lecture, until his death at his home in Connecticut on October 27, 2011 from bone cancer.
In 1959, he received his PhD from the University of Zurich, as well as his analyst's diploma from the C.G. Jung Institute and founded a movement toward archetypal psychology, was then appointed as Director of Studies at the institute, a position he held until 1969.
In 1970, Hillman became editor of Spring Publications, a publishing company devoted to advancing Archetypal Psychology as well as publishing books on mythology, philosophy and art. His magnum opus, Re-visioning Psychology, was written in 1975 and nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Hillman then helped co-found the Dallas Institute for Humanities and Culture in 1978.
Retired into private practice, writing and traveling to lecture, until his death at his home in Connecticut on October 27, 2011 from bone cancer.
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August 12, 2022
My notes:
*Kids don't have repulsion for bugs, that usually happens as an adult.
*Wound. There is no entry for bugs in our skin.
*Mystery - Prolification (they will multiply), Psychodelic Chaos (we are out of control), Monstruosity (They are inhuman, they may even see themselves as plants, not following our ideas of categorization, they are totally unexplainable for us).
*They are automatons. Angels.
*Exterminator. They use fire and poison, inhuman resources to gain control back, and usually they are not enough.
*Kids don't have repulsion for bugs, that usually happens as an adult.
*Wound. There is no entry for bugs in our skin.
*Mystery - Prolification (they will multiply), Psychodelic Chaos (we are out of control), Monstruosity (They are inhuman, they may even see themselves as plants, not following our ideas of categorization, they are totally unexplainable for us).
*They are automatons. Angels.
*Exterminator. They use fire and poison, inhuman resources to gain control back, and usually they are not enough.
November 16, 2023
Interesting! Some cultural context for bugs.
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