Episode · Huberman Lab · 2024-12-30
Books mentioned on How to Best Guide Your Life Decisions & Path | Dr. Jordan Peterson
In this episode, my guest is Dr. Jordan Peterson, Ph.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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We Who Wrestle with God
We Who Wrestle with God by Jordan B.
Discussed“and as Dr Peterson emphasizes in his new book we who wrestle with God he emphasizes the use of story in this case biblical stories to understand oneself and to best guide one's actions towards the most positive and generative outcomes”
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The Sacred and the Profane
The Sacred and the Profane by Mircea Eliade is a classic study in the history of religions that explores how human societies distinguish between sacred spaces, times, and objects versus the ordinary mundane world.
Recommended“something I tried to talk to Dawkins about the the greatest historian of religions who ever lived was mer eliad and he wrote a sequence of brilliant books um the sacred and the profane is the best one to start with very short book very elegant book”
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Symbolism, the Sacred and the Arts
Symbolism, the Sacred and the Arts by Mircea Eliade explores religious motifs, myths, and the fundamental differences between sacred and profane experiences across various cultures throughout history.
Recommended“the greatest historian of religions who ever lived was mer eliad and he wrote a sequence of brilliant books um the sacred and the profane is the best one to start with very short book very elegant book”
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Dopamine Nation
Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke, MD is a non-fiction book that explores how modern abundance leads to compulsive overconsumption and how understanding brain chemistry can help people overcome behavioral and substance addictions.
Discussed“a colleague of mine at Stanford who I um respect tremendously Anna lmy who wrote the book dopamine Nation”
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Maps of Meaning
Maps of Meaning by Jordan B.
Discussed“In my class, 'Maps of Meaning,' I used to have students do this as a project, and one of the projects was to find something in your neighborhood or family that isn’t right and see if you can set it right—just write down what happens.”
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The Origins and History of Consciousness
The Origins and History of Consciousness by Erich Neumann is a profound psychological and mythological text that explores the development of human consciousness through archetypes and the hero myth.
Recommended“and also um Eric neyman's book uh the Origins and history of Consciousness that's a harder one”
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The Discovery Of The Unconscious
The Discovery of the Unconscious by Henri F.
Recommended“if you like that book and you're interested in all three of them let's say there's a great book called discovery of the unconscious which was written by a man named hre elenberger who was the foremost exponent of existential psychology in the 1950s brilliant brilliant scholar and it is the best analysis of Freud Jung and Adler that's ever”
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Affective Neuroscience
Recommended“yeah the closest one I ever encountered probably is affective Neuroscience panp book”
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“so for example in this in this book and we who wrestle with God I'm one of the stories I analyze is the story of Abraham”
“and I outlin that in in in this book we who wrestle with God Eric neyman Carl Yung Mach eliat a host of others outlined the patterns of religious thinking”
“for those of you that haven't heard I have a new book coming out it's my very first book it's entitled protocols an operating manual for the human body”
“it's entitled protocols an operating manual for the human body this is a book that I've been working on for more than 5 years and that's based on more than 30 years of research and experience”
“For those of you that haven't heard, I have a new book coming out; it's my very first book; it's entitled 'Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body.'”