psychology

 
Michael Pollan is an American author and journalist, who is best known for his books that explore the socio-cultural impacts of food, such as The Botany of Desire and The Omnivore's Dilemma. His work is an incisive examination of the American system of industrial food production and its alternatives has provoked considerable national attention.

"The Mind, Explained" is a 2019 documentary web television series narrated by American actress Emma Stone that examines themes such as what happens inside human brains when they dream or use psychedelic drugs.

The episodes explore topics including memory, dreams, anxiety, mindfulness, and psychedelics (episode 6).

How to Make Your Marriage a Lifelong Love Affair

What makes a woman fascinating to her husband? What is happiness in marriage for a woman? These are just two of the questions Helen B. Andelin answers in the bestselling classic that has already brought new happiness and life to millions of marriages.

A large collection of mythological and psychological motifs found throughout history and the world relating to snakes, serpents and dragons.

I have included videos, audio books, and texts because I know everyone has their preference for these things. Some of these files date back over 20 years so please excuse the barebones html files.

We've discussed Carl Jung, Stanislov Grof, Charles Tart, Joseph Campbell and even Jordan Peterson but I don't think I've yet seen mention of Mircea Eliade on these boards. His "Encyclopedia of Religion" has guided and informed me to no end and even helped shape the direction of the first book I wrote. More recently I discovered his collection on the "History of Religious Ideas" which equally impressed me. Eliade is somewhere between Jung and Joe Campbell: not quite as pioneering as Jung but more rigorous than Campbell's eclectic observations.

This is an excerpt from Jordan Peterson's larger series on "Personality and Its Transformation". It is particularly powerful and I thought others might enjoy viewing it. I am also uploading the transcript in case you later wish to search for some ear-snippet or other that he is especially gifted at dropping. The lecture is of course on youtube but I am sharing it here in case you'd like your own copy (plus the transcript was hard to find).

Enjoy!

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. "The Sapiens of 2020."---The Guardian