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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

292. The Language of Creation | Matthieu Pageau

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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4.634.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2022

⏱️ 131 minutes

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Dr. Peterson's extensive catalog is available now on DailyWire+: https://utm.io/ueSXh Matthieu Pageau and Dr. Jordan B. Peterson discuss the meaning of mythos. They draw parallels to the Bible as they discuss Adam and Eve, how their story relates to psychology, and its parallels to modern human behavior. Matthieu Pageau is a Canadian author living in Quebec. For over a decade he’s taken part in discussions regarding religious philosophy and symbolism with his brother and icon carver Jonathan Pageau. This led him to write his first novel: “The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism: A Commentary” —Links— For Matthieu Pageu (Book) The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism: A Commentary https://www.amazon.com/Language-Creation-Symbolism-Genesis-Commentary/dp/1981549331 —Chapters— (0:00) Coming Up (0:53) Intro (3:44) Logos: a Top Down System (11:41) Heaven, Earth, Order, Chaos (16:20) Union of Meaning and Fact (22:00) Adam and Eve, Opposites by Design (29:00) The Talking Snake (35:00) Newton V. Einstein (40:25) Something Above the Head (47:04) Inedible Fruit, Totalitarian Sin (54:19) The Nature of Sin, Fractal Patterns (1:02:10) Tetramorphic Cherubs (1:12:00) The Flaming Sword That Turns on Itself (1:17:13) The Adversary That Loves You (1:27:25) Pageau’s Process for Writing (1:30:30) The Principle of Recursion (1:40:58) Not All Interpretation is Arbitrary (1:48:14) The Cycle of Competition (1:59:47) Jacob and Wrestling the Angel. (2:02:48) Why Pageau Avoided Academia While Writing (2:04:37) Women Tend to be Hypergamous // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/jordanbpeterson.com/youtubesignup Donations: https://jordanbpeterson.com/donate // COURSES // Discovering Personality: https://jordanbpeterson.com/personality Self Authoring Suite: https://selfauthoring.com Understand Myself (personality test): https://understandmyself.com // BOOKS // Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life: https://jordanbpeterson.com/Beyond-Order 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning // LINKS // Website: https://jordanbpeterson.com Events: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/podcast // SOCIAL // Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Instagram: https://instagram.com/jordan.b.peterson Facebook: https://facebook.com/drjordanpeterson Telegram: https://t.me/DrJordanPeterson All socials: https://linktr.ee/drjordanbpeterson #JordanPeterson #JordanBPeterson #DrJordanPeterson #DrJordanBPeterson #DailyWirePlus

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0:00.0

MUSIC

0:13.8

Hello everyone. I'm extremely pleased today to be engaging in a discussion with

0:20.5

Mr. Matthew Pazzo, who is the brother of Jonathan Pazzo whose name may be

0:27.2

be familiar to many of you who are watching and listening.

0:30.9

And if it's not, it probably should be.

0:33.9

Matthew Pazzo lives in Quebec, Canada.

0:37.6

Matthew has been engaged in discussions

0:39.5

about the deepest religious matters

0:41.7

with his aforementioned brother, Jonathan Pazzo,

0:44.3

a fine artist, Orthodox Christian thinker,

0:46.4

and frequent guest on my podcast, for many decades.

0:50.8

On Matthew's side, these discussions

0:53.6

and the accompanying thoughts resulted

0:56.1

in the production of his 2018 book,

1:00.9

The Language of Creation, Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis,

1:05.9

a commentary which we are going to walk through today.

1:09.9

That book manages the difficult combination

1:12.9

of extreme depth and extreme clarity.

1:16.9

In some senses, it reads like a programming manual

1:21.0

of mythic narrative laying out the foundation

1:23.9

of the language of creation employed

1:26.5

by the authors of the biblical story

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