This half hour video was broadcast on TV Ontario in 2004, as the 7th of a 13-part series dealing with mythology and neuroscience. It is based on the book, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief.
Theme: The ancient text of Genesis provides a very sophisticated dramatic representation of the emergence of order from chaos, as a consequence of the action of consciousness or Logos, and also presents the emergence of human self-consciousness. Such emergent self-consciousness is a paradoxical gift: although it brings with it the terrible knowledge of limitation, madness and death, it also enables the voluntary and redemptive adoption of a heroic stance towards the conditions of life.This half hour video was broadcast on TV Ontario in 2004, as the 7th of a 13-part series dealing with mythology and neuroscience. It is base...all »This half hour video was broadcast on TV Ontario in 2004, as the 7th of a 13-part series dealing with mythology and neuroscience. It is based on the book, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief.
Theme: The ancient text of Genesis provides a very sophisticated dramatic representation of the emergence of order from chaos, as a consequence of the action of consciousness or Logos, and also presents the emergence of human self-consciousness. Such emergent self-consciousness is a paradoxical gift: although it brings with it the terrible knowledge of limitation, madness and death, it also enables the voluntary and redemptive adoption of a heroic stance towards the conditions of life.«
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