This isn't a language of words like English or French, but a language of symbols, dreams, and myths .
It suggests that children have a natural, inherent integrity and ability to think for themselves—a "language of essence"—that adults often accidentally crush or forget in their own lives. The Forgotten Language of Childhood Based on th...
In his book The Forgotten Language , psychoanalyst describes a universal "symbolic language" that all humans once knew. This isn't a language of words like English
The book acts as a "spell book" of poems meant to conjure these words back into the minds and voices of children before they are forgotten forever. 3. Spiritual Development (Lillian Firestone) but a language of symbols