Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
This lecture series lays bare the grammar of mythology, and describes the relevance of that grammar for interpretation of narrative and religion, comprehension of ideological identification and understanding of individual choice.
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1.Context and Background
16-01-2017151mIn this lecture, I discuss the context within which the theory I am delineating through this course emerge: that of the cold war. What is belief? Why is it so important to people?...
2.Marionettes and Individuals (Part 1)
25-01-2017143mIn this lecture, I begin using a particular piece of dramatic art -- the Disney film Pinocchio -- to provide a specific example of the manner in which great mythological or archety...
3.Marionettes and Individuals (Part 2)
30-01-2017146mIn this lecture, I continue with the analysis of the Disney film Pinocchio to illustrate the manner in which great mythological or archetypal themes inform and permeate both the cr...
4.Marionettes and Individuals (Part 3)
08-02-2017132mIn this lecture, I conclude my analysis of the Disney film Pinocchio, which I conducted to illustrate how archetypal/mythological themes permeate popular culture.
5.Story and Metastory (Part 1)
13-02-2017142mIn this lecture, I make the case that we each inhabit a story, describing where we are, where we are going, and the actions we must undertake to get from the former to the latter....
6.Story and Metastory (Part 2)
20-02-2017147mIn this lecture, I discuss uncertainty, or anomaly. We frame the world -- or the world reveals itself to us -- as a story, with a starting point, a destination, and the behavioral...
7.Images of Story and Metastory
06-03-2017131mIn this lecture, I discuss how the basic or archetypal categories we use to frame the world are represented in image, where they existed long before their nature could be articulat...
8.Neuropsychology of Symbolic Representation
08-03-2017141mIn this lecture, I discuss the relationship between the basic categories of imagistic/symbolic representation and brain function, noting that the very hemispheres of the brain are...
9.Patterns of Symbolic Representation
29-03-2017136mIn this lecture, I discuss the manner in which the fundamental symbolic archetypes (particularly those dealing with the Wise King and Tyrant) are hijacked for the purposes of propa...
10.Genesis and the Buddha
27-04-2017138mIn this lecture, I discuss the creation stories in Genesis, the first book of the Bible, and describe the parallels with the stories of the development of the Buddha from childhood...
11.The Flood and the Tower
01-05-2017152mIn this lecture, I continue my discussion of the archaic stories at the beginning of Genesis, including Cain and Abel, and the flood story of Noah (the return of chaos), and the st...
12.Final: The Divinity of the Individual
27-05-2017145mIn this, the final Maps of Meaning lecture for 2017, I review the year and its offerings: What is a belief system? Why are people so inclined to engage in conflict to protect their...
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