In inverting the pyramid, what we've replaced our relationship to the sacred with is essentially a religion of money. Money fulfils pleasure and utility but iant power, which is the other value of the left hemisphere. The very word tells us is something that's afterwards, and it isn't actually present any more. And so many people i know and have seen professionally as well, have made a lot of money, but have not made themselves happy. This is like the map, the scheme, the theory you have about life, compared with what happens when you actually engage in life and find out what tells you. That is a contrast. I i think the master and his emissary
Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist and author of The Master and His Emissary and The Matter with Things. In the episode we discuss:
- The differences between the left and right brain hemispheres and how they shape your perspective - The 4 pathways to understanding - science, reason, intuition & imagination - How the big problems we face including the assault on Nature, destruction of Culture are all related
We also talk about the significance of morality and the intersection of science and religion.