Psychology

March 7, 2025

Re-Visioning Psychology Notes

James Hillman’s Re-Visioning Psychology is a wild, imaginative shake-up of modern psychology’s obsession with rationality, behavior, and biological determinism. Instead of reducing human experience to neurons and conditioning, Hillman pushes for a radical shift—one that puts imagination, symbols, dreams, myths, and fantasies at the core of what it means to...

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March 3, 2025

If you want to improve yourself, get rid of yourself first

Christopher Hyatt’s statement—“IF YOU WANT TO IMPROVE YOURSELF GET RID OF YOURSELF FIRST”—carries the raw, confrontational energy of radical transformation. At first glance, it seems paradoxical: how can self-improvement begin with self-erasure? But Hyatt, isn’t speaking in riddles—he’s pointing to something fundamental about identity, limitation, and personal power. The Illusion...

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September 7, 2016

It’s helpful for all of us to feel a bit special

“As a specimen, yes, I’m intimidating!…As you see, I’ve got biceps to spare!…I’m especially good at expectorating!…And every last inch of me’s covered in hair.” – Gaston, Beauty and the Beast Me, me, me – me too. I’m trying to figure out where on the continuum between healthy ego to...

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