Myths of the Family and Other Classic Talks Collection with James HillmanHillman refers to soul as a perspective rather than a substance, a viewpoint toward things rather than a thing itself. The value of seeing beneath, between, and beyond to achieve new perspectives for learning, integration, transformation, and growth was a personal challenge for Hillman, who claimed depth psychology can be summed up in one excerpt from Heraclitus: You could not discover the limits of the soul (psyche), even if you traveled every road