(August 26, 2018 at 10:43 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:(August 26, 2018 at 10:20 pm)PRJA93 Wrote: I don't know if that's accurate or not but doesn't really change my opinion of Peterson. I like the guy, I think he's got some good ideas. I also disagree with a LOT of stuff he says. I enjoyed the book he wrote, that's about as far as it goes. As to whether or not he teaches "outdated" psychological concepts... I can't comment on that. I have no degree in psychology and I won't pretend to. To each their own though.
Well, he is re-popularising Jungian philosophy in the modern era, and bringing the more questionable right-wing subtext in Jung and Campbell to the forefront, but, as compelling as it can be, and certainly it's a good lens to understand culture, it doesn't mean that mythology is necessarily a good lens through which to understand how human psychology works, let alone what makes people happy. Here's an article about it.
Okay, that's fine. I don't think it's necessarily wrong to use mythology to teach a lesson, so long as we are discerning what's myth and what isn't. I thought Peterson's use of the story of the snake in Eden, for example, was interesting in reference to why our eyes evolved to recognize dangers in the environment, like snakes. Also, Jung's teachings are hardly outdated. Though, as I said before, I don't profess to be any sort of expert on psychology.
None of this really changes my opinion on Peterson. I don't pay attention to him much outside of reading the book and maybe watching bits of his lectures on YouTube once in a blue moon.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
