Episodes

12 episodes in this season

What Is, What Should Be

64 min

Pathways and Obstacles

62 min

Sacred Balance

49 min

Conceptualizing Reality

61 min

Hierarchies of Being

65 min

Agents of Transformation

57 min

Through the Desert

61 min

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Shields against Catastrophe

68 min

The Hero's Descent

59 min

E10

Compass of Conscience

55 min

E11

Confronting the Serpent

65 min

E12

Faith in the Future

37 min

Maps of Meaning

TV Series

20251h 8m

TalkDocumentary

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Shields against Catastrophe

Season 1 · Episode 8 · Nov 13, 2025

In lecture eight, Dr. Peterson continues the analysis of narrative structures that underlie human experience, examining how ancient stories from Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Biblical traditions reveal universal patterns of chaos, order, and heroic transformation. We analyze how societies organize themselves as shields against natural catastrophe, with the breakdown of unifying principles leading to cultural dissolution. The lecture concludes by examining the stories of Job and Christ as exemplars of maintaining faith and upward orientation in the face of ultimate suffering, arguing that our response to inevitable catastrophe determines whether we transform tragedy into meaning or descend into resentful hell.

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Maps of Meaning

TV Series

20251h 8m

TalkDocumentary

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Shields against Catastrophe

Season 1 · Episode 8 · Nov 13, 2025

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