Episode 22 – Adam and Eve: Self-Consciousness, Evil, and Death
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Lecture 4 in my Psychological Significance of the Biblical Stories lecture series. I turned my attention in this lecture to the older of the two creation accounts in Genesis: the story of Adam and Eve. In its few short paragraphs, it covers:
1. the emergence of human self-consciousness;
2. mankind’s attendant realization of vulnerability, mortality, and death;
3. the origin of the capacity for willful evil, as the ability to exploit that newly-realized vulnerability;
4. the emergence of shame as a consequence of that realization;
5. the shrinking from divine destiny that occurred when shame emerged; and
6. the beginning of true history, with the self-conscious toil that life in history entails.
Impossible. Amazing. Breathtaking.
The only story that can perhaps match it in terms of impact per sentence is that of Cain and Abel, which we discuss in the next lecture: number five in this twelve part series.
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Episode 24 – The Psychology of the Flood
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Episode 23 – Cain and Abel: The Hostile Brothers4 Jul 2017
Episode 22 – Adam and Eve: Self-Consciousness, Evil, and Death1 Jul 2017
Episode 21 – God and the Hierarchy of Authority11 Jun 2017
Episode 20 – Ideology, Logos & Belief7 Jun 2017
Episode 19 – Genesis – Chaos and Order29 May 2017
Episode 18 – Introduction to the Idea of God23 May 2017
Episode 17 – Dr Martin Daly11 May 2017
Episode 16 – An Incendiary Discussion at Ryerson U1 May 2017
Episode 15 – How to Change the World20 Apr 2017
Episode 14 – A Dialogue with Tom Amarque2 Apr 2017
Episode 13 – Maps of Meaning 10 – 1326 Mar 2017
Episode 12 – Maps of Meaning 7 – 920 Mar 2017
Episode 11 – Dr. James W. Pennebaker9 Mar 2017
Episode 10 – Maps of Meaning 4 – 66 Mar 2017
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