Marian en I was beginning thix book, | found myself wondering about place, about being placed. and placing myself in the company of James Hillman. I have known James for nearly thirey years, first as an analyst and later as a mentor, colleague, and friend. After reading Re- Visioning Prychology. | fell in love with this book and withiits idcas. I felt thar I wanted to know this man. Prophetically, 1 first met him in a swimming pool ourside of a meeting of the Incer- Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. | thoughe he was considering joining the Society and | remember thar he asked me what was going on in the ee ee Dxesponded rather glibly. Just a lor of politics,” an ingroverted nod of recognition. Instcad he said, SEroythiog BEERS” This response was a surprise, one of many to bur it was also a delight, and I recall my pleasure in discovering thar he was indeed going to join the Society. So, the swimming | became the first of many mecting places that were vo follow. the consulting room, our society gatherings, Eranos lectures, ‘tables, birthday parties, playing ficlds. and larcr—and most library, teow h I will speak below.STANTON MARLAN 4 man's work was challenging. 1 found ng Mille In the early days, reading ehtful. spirited, provocative, ang ie seikingly original. profoundly °° 84, discussion of “patholopizing” truly psychological. fe was als allows one ce sce through to the depths na + wich Hillmarts ideas, warned liberates the imaginatio’ reel 5 EY ET nccn in analysis for many years, | ‘oF soul. As I felt che effect S to learn more. Though | Be aialyseally with him. Alchough I had out work! uld be a great way to exes began ro think So Td think ie would bes great tocatend someambivalence about his ickeas and of archetypal prychology, and deepen my eae abour entering analysis. I had an Bator sa0E ag image of “lying dawn with Titian fe res ec = co e dream an teecomnforiable Ato ihimy 1 reporced the dream all che When I did spea Kifer some consideration he said: “Why emu how this relieved my tenslon ambivalence thacearmowith 1 se not lie down with ee. couch for about four or five years, and and I did lie on nee id ‘gnly [earned more about Hillman's ideas, T never regretted tt: 1m Oe my own, and about myself, The work i “8 ee eee oe oul, and opened me further than arpeni ; life beyond my ee gatutalness and humility were par aoanenaty him, Lremember his telling me once that he enjoyed, Oren fe made an incespretation, that I never asked how co apply it ic ir ion to an image, he said h pre, when we were stuck in relation to an image, he said he eo helpful. Whar I did nor tell him hed he knew more that might be ee anal Twas with whar he did offer, His insights into dreams and images were often astounding. I felc his respect for psyche and his interest in what could be learned from it. Ac the same time, while and confront.mc, his judgments always secmed ive engagement. with psyche and not simply m some form of counrertransference. He had ny wit and never turned away from what was id the feeling of working with the minutest ¢ time, towards an expansive horizon, rsonal analysis, 1 began co participate in a and scholars who met with Hillman ideas and talk about theory and cases. | were; James Hillman, Hayao Kawai and an, Wolfgang Giegerich from Germany, Tom Kapacinskas, Robert Bosnak, Mary consulting room. of my experience ofin archerypal prychology, and | 7 if now constitute the diverse core of , - group. including wome of the # no we only one umall enclave of the len . of ats Hilomsn wortdwide who were engaged 17 SPOT" sloping archetypal psycholog Over the years, Jarees Hilleman a ' Presteicy fe ba © shape the in bodh om and my our lite. = : . Tr caida remains an incerlocaner e whom | imagine em work 308 eenerosity, for his taking the time 4 am grateful for his intellectual °° once a: for out cx », iddeas, nd read and comment on.sny "°° h ving and collaborative spirie, | ncluded some of my personal reactions, and for his men's remember ance sending James 2 Fare! nla some Dertids, and p< ‘asa. { ease ae ee h and asked if he felt my pe fram particularly favorable tothe Frenc’s 208 poin away from his perspec"! He responded: "I de “ hat | have been doing of wiew was moving ‘pot believe you have distanced vour mind on the same tr k yourself from w not derivative, but parallel 1 find : While James was very articulate. engaging: ane 4 felt anyching but intellectual friendship and collaboration from him 4 or cultivated disciples. On che Nor did I ever feel thar he wanted contrary, L always sensed ehat what was precisely that they have their own ideas and opinions and not mply be followers or, worse, adoring imitators. In Fact he once wrote in another lerter: as important for him in colleagues too much! You need to “You do quore Hillma "! This sort of respectful thoughts as your normalizing of my “idealizing transference ‘own development. h James Hillman developed over the years jexchanges about alchemy. His vision of the non-linear transformations of color was } and his views about lackness, the nigredo, fers and the goal of alchemy particularly dark eye, bur he is anything but an n. His love of life and beauty is infectious ine stimulating incellecrual exchange with ness. James loves to eat, to talk, and to I, tap dancing and shopping for hats.TRANSFERENCE. FRIENDSHIP AND OTHER MYSTERIES ? L remember our archetypal weekends and cxlets 40 the psyche and senses, the body and soul, 1 ee colleagues from many counties were sitting and the conversation tur both hilarious and instru or snakes hiss in sociolinguistic One ae henatahing evening when ind the dinner table al i» how animal sounds are heard. In was rer herw cower mon, dogs bark, ages and through varying ontexs Laughter wax always a part of these meetings, ax wax a deep sense of the world’s beaury. On onc occasion, | remember driving somewhere with James. and in the middle of our discussion, he paused. He was looking out the car windew, The sun was shining through the crees and he called my attention to the quality of the light and the landscape, eothmenting on how truly beautiful this world is. As | think of James Hillesan now, through the many archetypal moments described above, what strikes me most profoundly is h fand his vital engagement with the love of natuts and of Aphrodite, ¢ around him. It would not honer James Hillman co speak only of che light and 0 not say something about his dark side, At times my relationship with James has been difficult. He can be irascible and impatient; he thas terrible phone manners; and he is often in a hurry and even rude. Bue my experience is that if onc doesn't wilt in the face of his passions, one discovers an uncommen gentleness of spirit and a large soul. It is a gift to know him. J would like to end this reflection with an enigmatic story that remains a hallmark of what feels like a more-than-personal connection to James Hillman. Over the years, as | became increasingly involved with Hillman and his work, a friendship developed berween us as well, and ar one poing, I visited him when he was living in Dallas. In his house he had a small, wo-story library with a balcony, and this room ‘enchanted me, [asked him about it, He told me that as a boy he had “spent time in his grandfather's library and had loved ir. and that was why he had modeled his library after it. Some years later) when my wife Jan and | were preparing to buy new house, we had asked the realtor to look for one with a large ‘oom that 1 could use for a library. When the realtor called wo say, “T " we went to see it, fell in love with it, Te had a large, domed room that the previous owners “the ballroom,” which would be ideal for the library. In discovered thar when the house was first built, this roomStANr OW Heap nal owner, Rabbi J » OfF tO one side ay f had been a library, and the ori had used a small in wok roo : ree * CASEE HGRA ECAEES onc’ wich two levels and ss a ted iby CIs (ace Fie. «), 2 nd noth i nti ¢ not thought too much a mi sagen! at Pittsburgh 1 had invited bien goa? My ere eee ving wich us. When he fig Uheery beiprsoed sts Bletile atin oo, look on hig My ut any of this uy, whether there was a small room over on the left of the yy, Me re "Yea, : 5 how did he know thar? He told me thar ir Bi, like his memory of his grandfather's library, the one he had tof about. I recounted to James the story we had been tole Of the Ry Who builethe house-and library when he moved tq Pittsburgh fom Philadelphia co assume a new Position here, and who had loved hi, mentors home in Philadelphia so much that he modeled th, house/after ir. These happenings seemed ¢o he oddly and the mysterious feeling was palpable When James went back home, he did some research oR 8 hey, ‘chronisge. Abbi Lewy He discovered that while in Philadelphia. Rabi; Levy had been ap associate of Joseph Krauskopf, James's very own grandfather I ipa put that Rabbi Krauskopf had been Levy's mentor and that Levy fad been inspired to design his own home and lik, “FY 0 replica Keauskop?s, Twas stunned t0 realize that, in essence, I was living jg S Bouse with a library that replicated the one that Jang had loved 99 pauch as a child. The whole experience felt very uminous 10 me and T wondered about a deeper connection to Jame Hillman than {had imagined possi nT went to Philadelphia to find James the originalllibrary. The house yn, very punately, the library had been corm gu | fy shelves left From ic and was told tha The new owners Yes. I kept one and gave one to James wich orating his grandfather's library and this Published in this Volume, “Legacy of the manis biographer: waites about Fillmant 8 the library in Krauskopf’s home as ie, Dante, and other literary giants,”on James Hillman’s grandfather of Delaware Valley Coll 1 library mod: grands > kes unding as a boy, h and nores that a ee Ives upon the be {4 with che f and it too < home. SVhen I visite shs of the interior ( of Dr. Krauske there, gazi ctly invelved Pennsylvania n his dire Doylestown, the one Krauskopf had able to find some photogrt ) and a relicf carving and Fig Rep currendy being As [ conclude this reflection army own bookshelves—I am j ifacher’s lit above the entrance installed sitting | Jefe witt young boy gazing at his granc b oe about this strange confluence © Bees ee about my relationship Jj an. E fix series of events --- echo of the ae vecif full of wonder listening t0 the commissioned for the niver riends of morial of his birth in 2008 t the Joseph Kra Library. The relief is ored Bucks County sculpror Charics Wells and will be placed above the redesigned entry way to the library. Ie captures the rabbi in a pensive moment with his hand on a book, a visual reminde important his personal library, 0 housed in the Krauskopf Library. w2s to him. (Description by Peter Kuper- smith, College Librarian. Image used by mission of the Joseph Krauskop! jal Library of how owA Note for Stanton Marian James Hillman The following, “A Note for Stanton Marlan”, toes « reftect; 1s part of a correspondence with James Hillman Toe ahem ae an article for the proposed Handbook of Jungian Analyae eee Papadopouiles. Is James Hillman’s response to my qucry about ha ome alchemy and indicates his early interest in the field an ie and the classical approaches of von Franz. and Eding. id hs differences from ji as tel as his reaction be interpretations of alchemy bound to Christian metaphysics ne Stanton Marlan Ne ‘organized attempts at alchemy were lectures given t the Ziirich Jung Institute in 1966. Thad been drawn by its obscure poetic language and strange images, and by its amazing insights, especially in Jung’s introduction to The Secret of the Golden Flower and “The Philosophical Tree.” As a contrar- ian, I was also drawn by the fact that while Jung had given his Jater years to alchemy and a third or more of his major writings were on the subject, it remained absent in the education pro- gram of the Institute. Then, in 1968, while at the University of Chicago as vis- or, I expanded my library research and collection ith alchemical motifs, giving each week during the .D., is an internationally known scholar, fecturer, and an twenty books and innumerable articles, including sev- ions on alchemical themes. He is the originator of Ychology” and long-time editor of Spring Publications. He sitions at various universities, including Yale, the and the University of Dallas. He is a former direc- G. Jung Institut-Zairich, and former Honorary102 ANote for Stanton Marlan fall term a long public lecture in the old wooden chemistry hal}, “Analytical Work—Alchemical Opu: This title sets forth my angle: to exhibit a background to analytical work that is metaphorical, even preposterous, and so, less encumbered by clinical literalism. 1 explained this method at the International Congress of Jungians in Rome in 1977, and continue to work the field to this day. The point of my alchemical engagement is this: Whereas the history of European (Arabic as well) alchemy associates it with (a) varieties of mysticism or (b) fraudulent charlatanism of gold-making mountebanks or (c) bumbling, early experimental science, Jung’s work showed its psycholog- ical significance as a devotional discipline of psychic explo- ration as if required by, or invented by, the soul for its own ben- efit. Jung wrote that his recovery of alchemy laid a ground for his psychology, which he saw as its continuation. While Jung reclaimed alchemy for the psyche, he also claimed it for his psychology. His liberation of alchemy from the former traps (m ticism, charlatanism, pre- or pseudo-sci- ce) entangled it in his system of opposites and Christian ibols and thought. Though Jung recognizes that alchemy a kind of shadow-practice within a Christian world, jan alchemy (i.e., von Franz, Edinger) remains tied to what to differ from. Of course the language of alchemical texts homage to Christian metaphysics, pieties, and hopes. The thology of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance/ ation was embedded in the Christian Weltanschauung symbols. But that level of collective consciousness can be away, so that the material may speak more phenome- 7. Then pagan images stand out: metals, planets, minerals, plants, charms, animals, vessels, fires, and specific These are the stuff of the work and the texts, and are : basic to the alchemical opus than the metaphysical scaf- hich has supported, if not twisted, alchemy into a uuntain of redemption. ion I am trying to make is between an alche- alchemy of soul. Transformation of the psy- otif—can be distinguished from redemp- is largely a Christian concern. When thisjames Hitman 103 stinction is kept clearly in mind, ther = 4, then the subtle changes in he Os Jualities refer to the Psy tice of therapy for reflectin psyche with the chang linking these changes to a progressi In short, am or redemptive vision axims and curious images are use ful, less because is a grand narrative composed by picting one theme—i many hands d dividuation’s stages in the conjunction of oppos but rather because alchemy’s myri ad. cryptic. arcane, paradoxical, and mainly conflicting texts reveal the psyche phenomenally; and so alchemy needs to encountered with the least possible intrusion of metaphysicssytvania.) Tt by , f : Fig. 4: The restored library at the Marlan home. (Photograph by Jan Marlan.)James Hillman a iton Marlan. (From the archives of Jan and Stan Mad