Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2024-09-30
Books mentioned on 485. The Rebirth of God: Pathology and Promise | Jamie Wheal
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Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Recapture the Rapture
Discussed“I I'll close with one other observation because it's in some ways what you're striving towards as far as I can tell in this book if there's a Unity at the Pinnacle let's say then what is its nature”
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The Origins and History of Consciousness
The Origins and History of Consciousness by Erich Neumann is a monumental psychoanalytic study that traces the evolution of human consciousness through mythological motifs and archetypal stages.
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 foundational popular science work that presents a gene-centric view of evolution, arguing that natural selection operates primarily at the level of genes rather than individuals or species.
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 fascinating psychological investigation written by former Google engineers who analyzed massive amounts of online data and pornography consumption to decode the fundamental differences underlying male and female desires.
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 1864 novella exploring human psychology, spite, and the flaws of utopian thinking through an isolated, cynical narrator.
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 (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“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”