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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
The book was highlighted as a profound elaboration of the hero myth, going deeper than Joseph Campbell’s treatment. Jordan B. Peterson, citing Camille Paglia’s endorsement, praised it as a comprehensive, accessible summary of Carl Jung’s ideas and a richer version of “The Hero with a Thousand Faces.” The hosts consistently recommended it as a great, must‑read work for anyone interested in archetypal narrative and the psychology of consciousness.
Episode: 292. The Language of Creation | Matthieu Pageau
The Origins in History of Consciousness is a book by Eric Neumann that is described as a great book and is analogous to Pageau's work in its symbolic language.
Camille Pallia told me once I thought this was extremely interesting I'm a great admirer of Eric Neumann who wrote a book called The Great Mother and another called The Origins in History of Consciousness and he provides a very acute and deep summary of Carl Jung's thought he was a student of Jung's and Jung wrote an introduction to The Origins in History of Consciousness and said it was the book he wished he was able to write which is pretty damn high praise and Neumann's work is analogous to your work in its symbolic language
Pallia said that had the postmodernists turned to Eric Neumann instead of Michelle Foucault and Jacques Derrida and the French continental philosophical Neil Marxist crowd that the entire history of intellectual endeavor in the humanities in the last 60 years would have been written very differently and I think that's absolutely true.
I'd come to the same conclusion independently of her and work quite different as thinkers and so it was quite striking for me to have her to hear her say that especially about a work that's as relatively obscure as the origins in history of consciousness which is a great book it's a truly great book and I definitely see your work in the same tradition.
Episode: 217. Talking with Russians | Mikhail Avdeev
It was discussed that the book is a profound work, offering a summary of Jung's thinking in a more accessible format than reading 20 volumes of his work. It was also mentioned that it sparked interest in Russia.
The origins and history of consciousness is a remarkable book.
And so is the great mother. And in some sense he provides an overview and summary of Jung's thinking, which you couldn't get unless you read like 20 volumes of Jung.
Viewers of our channel began to buy books by Eric Neumann after hearing about him in your interview with Camille Palia.
Episode: 205. The Uniting Power of Story | Angus Fletcher
It was highly recommended by both Jordan B. Peterson and Camille Paglia, being a deeper version of "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" and a more complete analysis of the archetypes of narrative.
the origins and history of consciousness by Eric Neumann because he got the story of narrative right
it's the it's the it's the much deeper version of a hero with a thousand faces
and he also wrote one called the great mother which is an analysis of representations of the feminine narrative representations dramatic representations of the feminine across history which also a great book especially if you're interested in neuroscience and instincts because though the archetypes are tied to instincts in a profound manner and so it's some representations imaginative representations of the maternal across time that's the great mother it's a great book
Episode: 485. The Rebirth of God: Pathology and Promise | J...
Peterson discussed this book by Eric Neumann, an elaboration of the hero myth, in relation to the work of Mircea Eliade and Carl Jung and its potential impact on preventing the current culture war had it been more widely studied.
And he wrote two very profound books, one called The Great Mother, which is a study of the symbolism of productive chaos and another book called The Origins and History of Consciousness, which is an elaboration of the hero myth, although much deeper than the sort of treatment, say, meted out to that by Joseph Campbell.