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292. The Language of Creation | Matthieu Pageau

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Sword That Turns on Itself

The sword that turns on itself is like what I was saying before. It represents sort of, yes, it's all part of a psychological process for sure. Everything in the Bible has an inner meaning. The role of Eve is to show a mirror to Adam and then then he sees himself. But so he turns on himself. Is that the same as the figure of the Medusa? That the snake headed woman that paralyzes the man so completely that he turns to stone? Do you think they're both mythological reflection of the same imposition of an insolvable problem? Yes.

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