Latin this time not Greek; from the ancient writer Lucretius (“De Rerum Natura”; “On the Nature of Things) His book was lost to us for a thousand years and then suddenly rediscovered by Poggio Bracciolini in 1417 in the library of a dusty German Monastery. Lucretius used the word “climanem” to describe a “swerve” an inclination, a bias, a movement that originates at the atomic level (Lucretius translating and expanding the thought of Epicurus) but impacts all areas …
Just completed the new book by James Hollis (“Hauntings”) a Jungian therapist, professor, author and extremely helpful to all of us in the consulting/counseling professions. He speaks of “hauntings.” For example: “The greatest haunting we all suffer is the lost relationship to the soul” (140) “Becoming a person is actually a very difficult project” (140) There is within us a “vox” (an inner call to vocation) and also “vocatus” (that which the outer world is …
Today’s business environment is loaded with “vision” talk (big picture) which often translates down to the individual worker (or job seeker in this economy); and everyone wants to know “what is the vision?” be it corporate or personal. Aquinas had a differing approach and thought: He called it “Visio” Visio is not “out there” It is not a starting point at all It is a “culmination” or a “completion” Visio is a “taproot” from which …
