My notes on everything psychology related.
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
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
Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street. People cooperate in groups to gain security, safety, and company. And competition within the group promotes personal growth and status. The size of the group matters, though. If a group is too small – it has no power or prestige. And if it’s too large, … Read more
My Notes For Maps Of Meaning (2017) – Jordan Peterson If you are interested in reading books about unmasking human nature, consider reading The Dichotomy of the Self, a book that explores the great psychoanalytic and philosophical ideas of our time, and what they can reveal to us about the nature of the self.
The Risk of Skateboarding When children are taking risks, such as skateboarding, should you stop them? The intuitive answer is to protect your child from any activity that is considered dangerous, including skateboarding. But denying your child from taking risks is more dangerous. Children take risks because they want to be competent – it is … Read more
The world reveals itself as tools, not as objects. We don’t waste time processing the boring details of everything we see. We only care about the usefulness of things. Many of us don’t think about the complexity of our cars or laptops until they break down. Only then are we forced to understand what’s going … Read more
My Notes For Maps Of Meaning (2017) – Jordan Peterson In this lecture, Peterson explores the archetypal similarities across the Ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Christian and Buddhist myths. Belief Systems You have a mode of being – this is how you operate in the world. When other people accept your mode of being, your emotions are … Read more