Dr. John Vervaeke Ep. 3 - Awakening from the Meaning Crisis - Continuous Cosmos and Modern World Grammar
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Apr 3, 2023 Explore the cognitive shift during the Axial Revolution, evolution of concepts in ancient religions, role of prophets in Old Testament, cultivating wisdom through Hebrew and Greek influences, and impact of standardization in ancient Greece on cognition.
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Shifting Meaning of Myths
- In the Axial Age, the concept of "myth" changed.
- Myths became symbolic stories about perennial patterns, not just false stories about the past.
The Continuous Cosmos
- The pre-Axial Age worldview, the "continuous cosmos," saw humans in radical continuity with the natural, cultural, and divine worlds.
- Reality was experienced primarily in terms of power, with gods seen as more powerful beings rather than moral exemplars.
Two Worlds Mythology
- The Axial Revolution introduced a two-worlds mythology.
- It contrasts the everyday world of the untrained mind with a real world accessible through a trained, wise mind.