Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

In this lecture, I discuss the context within which the theory I am delineating through this course emerge: that of the cold war. What is belief? Why...

In this lecture, I begin using a particular piece of dramatic art -- the Disney film Pinocchio -- to provide a specific example of the manner in which...

In this lecture, I continue with the analysis of the Disney film Pinocchio to illustrate the manner in which great mythological or archetypal themes i...

In this lecture, I conclude my analysis of the Disney film Pinocchio, which I conducted to illustrate how archetypal/mythological themes permeate popu...

In this lecture, I make the case that we each inhabit a story, describing where we are, where we are going, and the actions we must undertake to get f...

In this lecture, I discuss uncertainty, or anomaly. We frame the world -- or the world reveals itself to us -- as a story, with a starting point, a de...

In this lecture, I discuss how the basic or archetypal categories we use to frame the world are represented in image, where they existed long before t...

In this lecture, I discuss the relationship between the basic categories of imagistic/symbolic representation and brain function, noting that the very...

In this lecture, I discuss the manner in which the fundamental symbolic archetypes (particularly those dealing with the Wise King and Tyrant) are hija...

In this lecture, I discuss the creation stories in Genesis, the first book of the Bible, and describe the parallels with the stories of the developmen...

In this lecture, I continue my discussion of the archaic stories at the beginning of Genesis, including Cain and Abel, and the flood story of Noah (th...

In this, the final Maps of Meaning lecture for 2017, I review the year and its offerings: What is a belief system? Why are people so inclined to engag...