This discussion between Peterson and McGilchrist was great - a lot of solid metaphysical ground was covered and a bit of spiritual as well towards the end. Iain clearly takes the metamorphic view of spirituality seriously and, although he does explicitly say so, I would imagine his view is somewhat aligned with Christian esoteric tradition. JP is clearly searching for spiritual answers which go beyond traditional religious dogma.
"Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, author, thinker, and lecturer. He is maybe best known for his book The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
Dr. Iain McGilchrist and I discussed a variety of topics relating to the bifurcated brain, how we process reality as human beings, and the downfalls of the views that have shaped western culture according to McGilchrist."
A Brain Divided | Iain McGilchrist - Jordan B Peterson
A Brain Divided | Iain McGilchrist - Jordan B Peterson
"They only can acquire the sacred power of self-intuition, who within themselves can interpret and understand the symbol... those only, who feel in their own spirits the same instinct, which impels the chrysalis of the horned fly to leave room in the involucrum for antennae yet to come."
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Re: A Brain Divided | Iain McGilchrist - Jordan B Peterson
Good discussion…
Ideas are certain original forms of things, their archetypes, permanent and incommunicable, which are contained in the Divine intelligence. And though they neither begin to be nor cease, yet upon them are patterned the manifold things of the world that come into being and pass away.
St Augustine
St Augustine