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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Soul and Spirit

Filed under: General,Geometry — Tags: , , , — m759 @ 9:29 pm

This morning's post, "Shining," gave James Hillman's 1976 remarks
on the distinction between soul  and spirit .

The following images may help illustrate these concepts.

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110111-BlockDesignsAndGeometry.jpg

The distinction as illustrated by Jeff Bridges —

Soul

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110110-CrazyHeart225.jpg

Spirit

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110111-BridgesObadiahSm.jpg

The mirror has two faces (at least).

Postscript from a story, "The Zahir," in the Borges manner,
  by Mark Jason Dominus (programmer of the quilt designs above)—

"I  left that madhouse gratefully."

Dominus is also the author of…

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110111-HigherOrderPerl.gif

Click for details.

Shining*

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 11:07 am

(Continued from January 3rd)

Readings from James Hillman's 1976 classic Re-Visioning Psychology—

On the "eye of the soul" and on spirit  as clarity—

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110111-Hillman246.gif

On the distinction between spirit  and soul  (pp. 67-70)—

Click to enlarge.

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110111-HillmanExcursionSm.gif

* Here "Shining" refers to the recent pop-philosophy book All Things Shining , not to Stephen King.  

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