Jungian analyst James Hillman spins out his "acorn theory" of human development. Every person has a unique character and calling which seeks fulfillment. Genetic makeup, environmental factors, and parental influences cannot stifle our deep yearning to become all we are meant to be. Hillman uses illustrative material from the lives of Eleanor Roosevelt, Josephine Baker, Judy Garland, Adolf Hitler, and many others in his delineation of the eye of the heart, the nature of innocence and evil, intuition, fantasy, mentoring, and destiny.

The Soul's Code contains numerous examples of the author's brilliant insights and epiphanies. It celebrates the spiritual practices of imagination, creativity, inner work, and personal transformation. Hillman reads this three-hour abridgement of his own book.