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Book · 2024 · Religion

Awakening From the Meaning Crisis

Part One: Origins

by Christopher Mastropietro, John Vervaeke · Recommended by 2 people on 2 podcasts

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So for everybody who's watching and listening you know you could read this John Veri and Christopher Mastro Petro Awakening from the meaning Crisis book one.
Jordan Peterson · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Mar 2025 Listen at 1:51:19

The best things said about it

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He is the author and presenter of the outstanding — that's what I'm adding — YouTube series — I highly recommend — Awakening from the Meaning Crisis and his brand new series, After Socrates.
Tim Ferriss The Tim Ferriss Show · Feb 2023

Why people recommend it

Awakening From the Meaning Crisis is a comprehensive exploration of the historical, psychological, and philosophical roots of modern existential disconnection, co-authored by Christopher Mastropietro and John Vervaeke. Jordan Peterson mentioned John Vervaeke's book on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast to reference previous discussions about hospitality, and he explicitly recommended the first volume to everyone watching and listening. Similarly, Tim Ferriss recommended John Vervaeke's work on The Tim Ferriss Show, specifically highlighting the accompanying YouTube series Awakening from the Meaning Crisis as an outstanding resource for building a life of wisdom, flow, and contemplation. The book and its accompanying lecture series aim to help individuals navigate contemporary feelings of alienation by integrating ancient wisdom traditions with modern cognitive science. Guests and hosts frequently point to these materials as essential guides for understanding why modern society struggles with a pervasive lack of purpose and how individuals might begin to rebuild a coherent framework for meaning in their everyday lives through disciplined intellectual inquiry and sustained personal reflection.

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Jordan Peterson so for everybody who's watching and listening you know you could read this John Veri and Christopher Mastro… 2
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“talked about that in uh in the book uh Awakening from the meaning crisis”
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“so for everybody who's watching and listening you know you could read this John Veri and Christopher Mastro Petro Awakening from the meaning Crisis book one”
Tim Ferriss He is the author and presenter of the outstanding — that's what I'm adding — YouTube series — I highly reco… 1
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“He is the author and presenter of the outstanding — that's what I'm adding — YouTube series — I highly recommend — Awakening from the Meaning Crisis and his brand new series, After Socrates.”
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“well the book is only part one there's part two coming out um that'll have even more revisions in it”
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“so uh so first big news uh the book form of Awakening from the meaning crisis is coming out uh uh the 29th of this month”
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“he has a 50p part lecture series on YouTube called Awakening from the meaning crisis”
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“So you have this very popular YouTube series, Awakening from the Meaning Crisis. Why create After Socrates?”

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