Seasons & Episodes
Context and Background
In this lecture, I discuss the context within which the theory I am delineating through this course emerge: that of the
Marionettes and Individuals (Part 1)
In this lecture, I begin using a particular piece of dramatic art -- the Disney film Pinocchio -- to provide a specific
Marionettes and Individuals (Part 2)
In this lecture, I continue with the analysis of the Disney film Pinocchio to illustrate the manner in which great mytho
Marionettes and Individuals (Part 3)
In this lecture, I conclude my analysis of the Disney film Pinocchio, which I conducted to illustrate how archetypal/myt
Story and Metastory (Part 1)
In this lecture, I make the case that we each inhabit a story, describing where we are, where we are going, and the acti
Story and Metastory (Part 2)
In this lecture, I discuss uncertainty, or anomaly. We frame the world -- or the world reveals itself to us -- as a stor
Images of Story and Metastory
In this lecture, I discuss how the basic or archetypal categories we use to frame the world are represented in image, wh
Neuropsychology of Symbolic Representation
In this lecture, I discuss the relationship between the basic categories of imagistic/symbolic representation and brain
Patterns of Symbolic Representation
In this lecture, I discuss the manner in which the fundamental symbolic archetypes (particularly those dealing with the
Genesis and the Buddha
In this lecture, I discuss the creation stories in Genesis, the first book of the Bible, and describe the parallels with
The Flood and the Tower
In this lecture, I continue my discussion of the archaic stories at the beginning of Genesis, including Cain and Abel, a
Final: The Divinity of the Individual
In this, the final Maps of Meaning lecture for 2017, I review the year and its offerings: What is a belief system? Why a
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