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Gary Sharpe's avatar

Interesting comparison between McGilchrist's ideas and the symbolism of Genesis. Have you run this past Iain?

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Richard Emerson's avatar

Thank you! And good idea, I'll see what I can do.

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Gary Sharpe's avatar

In his recent interview with Jordan Peterson he did says that he saw a lot of value in the Bible.

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Richard Emerson's avatar

Yes, and he often connects the left hemisphere with the metaphorical "Luciferian" impulse. And he praises the Kabbalah often, which to some irony partly seems like a left-brained structuring of mysticism.

And Iain does point out the foundational dichotomy in several mythologies in TMWT, but I haven't seen the connection to the Garden of Eden. Which might be a translation issue for centuries - with "knowledge" rather than "perception" from the tree.

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