Entelechy

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Definition

A term from Aristotle for the inner purpose that guides a being toward its full form, like an acorn becoming an oak. Houston taught it as each person's unique, inborn guiding essence.

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Psychologist Jeffrey Mishlove and Margaret Nash Rubin, Jean Houston's principal teaching associate since 1987, remember the life and legacy of the pioneering human potential and sacred psychology teacher. They recount Houston's lifelong bond with the goddess Athena, whose voice she said turned her from a theater career toward exploring the depths of the human mind, along with her near-death recoveries, early psychedelic research, and Mystery School teachings. The conversation touches on archetypal guides, mystical epiphanies, hypnotic creativity experiments, and Houston's belief that everyone carries a unique purpose, or entelechy, waiting to be awakened.

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