Plato called it "daimon," the Romans "genius," the Christians "guardian angel"; today we use such terms as "heart," "spirit," and "soul." While philosophers and psychologists from Plato to Jung have studied and debated the fundamental essence of our individuality, our modern culture refuses to accept that a unique soul guides each of us from birth, shaping the course of our lives. In this extraordinary...

"The James Hillman Symposium of 2015, by focusing on multiple aspects of the puer-senex complex, made all of us more aware of the source of much of the division in our twenty-first century world. . . . For better comprehension of the dynamics in our individual relationships, and for better possibility of plumbing the pressing issues of our time, we can benefit by learning how to understand each one-sided extreme. . . . I]n my opinion, this may be James Hillman's finest work. It is vital for coping with the strain of fractured polarities that puzzle us. As you learn more about the...