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Healing Fiction

by James Hillman · 1998

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This book is Hillman's main analysis of analysis. He asks the basic question, "What does the soul want?" With insight and humor he answers, "It wants fictions that heal."

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psychologypsychologyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
spiritualityspiritualityMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 152 pages

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