Senex and Puer (James Hillman Uniform Edition, Vol. 3) [Hardcover]

James Hillman (Author)

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Series: James Hillman Uniform Edition | Publication Date: November 30, 2005

Volume 3 of the James Hillman Uniform Edition

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About the Author

JAMES HILLMAN's pioneering imaginative psychology will soon span five decades. It has entered cultural history, affecting lives and minds in a wide range of fields. For the creativity of his thinking, the originator of Archetypal Psychology and author of A TERRIBLE LOVE OF WAR, THE SOUL'S CODE, and THE FORCE OF CHARACTER has received many honors, including the Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic. He has held distinguished lectureships at the Universities of Yale, Princeton, Chicago, and Syracuse, and his books have been translated into some twenty languages.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: Spring Publications; 1st edition (November 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882145819
• ISBN-13: 978-0882145815
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,167,581 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hillman on Fathers, Sons, and Divine Spirits, September 19, 2007

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Robert William DeMarco "santangelo" (Seattle, Washington United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Senex and Puer (James Hillman Uniform Edition, Vol. 3) (Hardcover)

James Hillman is a brilliant author of profound originality. His development of the psychology of Carl Jung is faithful to the deepest, most important insights of Jung's own work and yet transforms it in a way that embodies Hillman's own creative genius and is perfectly reflected in the style of his thinking and writing. It is good to have these important essays and articles on the archetypes of the puer aeternus and the senex together in one place. This volume is essential reading for anyone seriously interested in the depth psychology of masculine development & its diverse pathways. These contributions seem to me remarkable--full of dazzling new insights into these themes and patterns of experience that has radically altered our understanding of them--in a rich, evocative, yet fragmentary, and unfinished way that is entirely in harmony with his subject matter. If I am right in seeing the puer archetype as crucial for an understanding of Jesus of Nazareth, the groundbreaking reflections of Hillman on this theme have implications for our understanding of the Christian religion, its history, and its impact on the whole of Western culture.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful and Profound, September 9, 2006

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Alchemist (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Senex and Puer (James Hillman Uniform Edition, Vol. 3) (Hardcover)

Unlike the previous reviewer (whose Shadow is evident) who tends to overgeneralization and ad hominum attacks, this book provides a rich introduction to two of the fundamental archetypes of human nature--the puer--the Child and the senex--the Wise Old Man. Hillman is not always easy going (he presumes his reader is intelligent and has some mythological background), but he adeptly demonstrates the importance of these figures in the human psyche. Ignore the pathetic assaults of the one-star review and decide for yourself.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars this book is amazing, April 8, 2007

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Ian Mccormack (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Senex and Puer (James Hillman Uniform Edition, Vol. 3) (Hardcover)

senex and puer is an amazing book if you like hillman. it talks about the eternal child in a way that was very important to me at this time in my life.
in response to mr. ipp's comments about how hillman is satan (or maybe he used the word guru) and the jungians are a "cult", i would like to say that maybe you should look behind the big intellectual words you used and see how much hatred is within. i don't think your rationality or mind structures saved you from feeling that hatred; it only increased it. i agree that archetypal psychology isn't for everyone but either is the wonderful rational science you speak of that will save all of us from "disorders". the world is chaos, my friend, good and evil, light and dark are one - some of us actually want to face our "darkness" because it produces more love and acceptance of this mysterious universe. maybe for yourself you should stick to reading cognitive-behavioral psychology books and you'll feel more comfortable. but please don't judge a book by it's cover. the book of jungian psychology may have the cover of evil, but for some of us who can look deeply enough we see that the contents actually produce more love and goodness. the book of modern rational western psychology may have the cover of good with positive messages, new drugs to cure merely physical disorders, and hope - but look deeply within its contents and you can find a more insidious evil of numbed souls and repressed fear. and when you're a devil's advocate like myself and realize that both of the books can be looked at vice versa, that's when you realize that good/evil is not in the objects but in yourself. when you look at it in yourself, you gain power over it and naturally want to spread more good and love because it gives back more. but some choose to see the good/evil only outside of themselves and therefore are subject to having to live with hatred that is not in their control. archetypal psychology is not evil, mr. ipp, the evil is within you. rationality will never save you from judgement and judgement will always provide more pain for you.