Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2024-09-30
Jordan Peterson & Jamie Wheal: books mentioned on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast #485
485. The Rebirth of God: Pathology and Promise | Jamie Wheal
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Jordan Peterson discussed Recapture the Rapture by Jamie Wheal, The Great Mother by Erich Neumann, The Origins and History of Consciousness by Erich Neumann, The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins, A Billion Wicked Thoughts by Ogi Ogas and others, and Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Jamie Wheal discussed The gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels and Strange Rites by Tara Isabella Burton.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Recapture the Rapture
Discussed“I had the opportunity today to speak with Jamie wheel who's author of recapture the Rapture and uh we talked about his book and his thoughts”
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The Great Mother
The Great Mother by Erich Neumann is a profound psychological study exploring the symbolism of the feminine and the historical development of human consciousness through archetypes.
Discussed“and he wrote two very profound books one called the great mother which is a study of the symbolism of chaos”
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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 study that explores the historical evolution of human awareness through archetypal symbolism.
Discussed“and another book called the in history of Consciousness which is an elaboration of the hero myth although much deeper than the sort of treatments say Meed out to that by Joseph Campbell”
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The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins is a prominent 1976 work of evolutionary biology that popularizes the gene-centric view of evolution.
Discussed“because his book The Selfish Gene what what what would you say the the the the sense that that desire is there is implicit in the text and so that has very Troublesome metaphysical implications”
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A Billion Wicked Thoughts
A Billion Wicked Thoughts by Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam is a popular science book exploring human sexuality, desire, and psychology by analyzing massive datasets of online behavior and search patterns.
Discussed“so that while the standard character the Google Engineers mapped this when they were looking at pornography use online in a very good book called a billion Wicked thoughts the canonical hero of female pornography is vampire werewolf pirate billionaire surgeon”
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Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a profound psychological novella that explores the tormented inner life, resentment, and irrational impulses of an isolated protagonist living in nineteenth-century Russia.
Discussed“because the question that's posed in the abrahamic story at the beginning is the question that dovi an asked about socialism in Notes from Underground”
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The gnostic Gospels
Discussed“you know elain pagle's work and and her her translations of the nagadi Scrolls and then the Gnostic Gospels won the national book award”
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Strange Rites
Discussed“Tara Isabella Burton I don't know if you know her work she wrote strange rights which is a a fasc she she's an Oxford PhD and it and it say it's everything from Soul cycle to to sleep no more to Burning Man like just contemporary expressions of semi- religiosity”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I had the opportunity today to speak with Jamie wheel who's author of recapture the Rapture and uh we talked about his book and his thoughts and my thoughts and my new book as well today”
“um I have a book coming out in November called we who wrestle with God and jimie and I are walking parallel paths in many ways”
“yes it's coming out in November oh so really soon yeah very soon yeah We Who Wrestle with God it's called and it deals with many of the issues that we're talking about”