Part Two: The Cosmogonic Cycle Chapter 1: Emanations 1. From Psychology to Metaphysics Myths resemble dreams, they are both manifestations of the unconscious. Symbols represent unconscious desires, fears, and tensions. “Mythology, in other words, is psychology misread as biography; history, and cosmology.” But myths are not the same as dreams although they come from the … Read more
Part I: The Adventure of the Hero Chapter 4: The Keys “The Keys” was a commentary on how myths have become watered down in many different traditions today. But the poetry of mythology is ruined when one considers these texts as scientific or historical – as it is easy to invalidate mythology under those frameworks. … Read more
Part One: The Adventure of the Hero Chapter 3: Return 1. Refusal of the Return After the hero completes his quest, he must still return with his life-changing boon. The usual course of events sees the hero sharing his wisdom with his community, or the world. But this responsibility has often be refused. Campbell cites … Read more
Part I: The Adventure of the hero II. Initiation 1. The Road of Trials This stage of the hero journey is often the most exciting. After passing the threshold, the hero moves on to a new landscape where he must survive a series of trials. Previous generations relied on mythological symbolism and religious tradition to … Read more
Part One – The Adventure of the Hero Chapter 1: The Departure 1. The Call to Adventure The call to adventure is the first stage of the mythological journey. Destiny calls on the hero to move his spirit outside the comfortable confines of his society and into the zone of the unknown. The unknown harbors … Read more
Summary The Hero with a Thousand Faces is a book about the stories of the past, and our deep human longing to connect with the ancestral spirit that informs these stories. Campbell informs us that there are many different ways of interpreting the purpose of mythology, but essentially they are a “conveyance, vehicle, to use … Read more
This is a list of the best articles on entrepreneurship, that I have come across over the years. Do Things That Don’t Scale – Paul Graham One of the most common types of advice we give at Y Combinator is to do things that don’t scale. A lot of would-be founders believe that startups either … Read more
Peterson vs Harris – Vancouver (Part 1)Jordan Peterson first debated Sam Harris on a podcast when the two disagreed about the definition of “truth”. Despite their differences, they many common positions. Both favor free speech over political correctness and believe in the existence of absolute moral truths. And both agree that a literal interpretation of scripture … Read more
My Notes For Maps Of Meaning (2017) – Jordan Peterson The Essential Problem Peterson starts the final lecture by reminding us of the essential problem that he has the laid out in the beginning of his lectures – that of belief systems. Precisely, what constitutes belief systems and why people are willing to engage in … Read more
My Notes For Maps Of Meaning 1 (2017) – Jordan Peterson Maps of Meaning 1 (Order vs Chaos) In my Maps of Meaning 1 notes, I summarize the introduction to Peterson’s lectures by following his arguments that start with a historical journey that includes the political war between Capitalism and Communism and the archetypal war … Read more