Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Let's go through Jordan B. Peterson's summary of the ancient Babylonian story "Enuma Elish," and how we're supposed to apply it to our lives (in theory). Is Peterson finally able to go Beyond Order in this book that is supposed to show us how to go beyond order?
Spoilers: a lot of stuff we saw in "12 Rules for Life" and stuff we haven't seen on this channel ("Maps of Meaning").
Notes:
- The "Maps of Meaning" PDF used to be freely downloadable from Peterson's site. At some point that changed, so now there is a 37 page sample and links for where you can buy it.
- I brought up Ashur in the description as the description of him is different from that of Marduk despite him playing the same role in the later version of the story.
- A thought that didn't hit me until too late: Peterson describes Apsu as tyrannical, but also that he was carelessly destroyed. This seems to be a contradictory description of things in his "do not carelessly denigrate social institutions or creative achievement" framework.
- Shout out to help from my discord!
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Timestamps
0:00 "Imagine Who You Could Be, and Then Aim Single-Mindedly At That"
0:29 Intro
2:23 "Polytheism Into Monotheism and the Emergence of the Virtuous Hero: Who You Could Be (II)
6:14 Start of Peterson's telling of the Enuma Elish
11:46 The Enuma Elish reference
16:32 End of story specifics
21:43 Monotheism out of polytheism
28:37 Egypt
38:31 St. George
41:16 Other stories
47:41 Wrap Up
49:33 Credits
Let's go through Jordan B. Peterson's summary of the ancient Babylonian story "Enuma Elish," and how we're supposed to apply it to our lives (in theory). Is Peterson finally able to go Beyond Order in this book that is supposed to show us how to go beyond order?
Spoilers: a lot of stuff we saw in "12 Rules for Life" and stuff we haven't seen on this channel ("Maps of Meaning").
Notes:
- The "Maps of Meaning" PDF used to be freely downloadable from Peterson's site. At some point that changed, so now there is a 37 page sample and links for where you can buy it.
- I brought up Ashur in the description as the description of him is different from that of Marduk despite him playing the same role in the later version of the story.
- A thought that didn't hit me until too late: Peterson describes Apsu as tyrannical, but also that he was carelessly destroyed. This seems to be a contradictory description of things in his "do not carelessly denigrate social institutions or creative achievement" framework.
- Shout out to help from my discord!
Crow tool use video - youtu.be/ZOUyrtWeW4Q
Next video: youtu.be/vLK5K0rOixg
Start of the chapter: youtu.be/JiLG_k-sOhc
___________________
Get your own cuddly chaos! cass-eris-shop.fourthwall.com
Music: zoeblade.com
Questions? Comments? Requests?: twitter.com/CassErisYT
Discord server (by way of linktree): https://linktr.ee/casseris
Instagram: instagram.com/cass_eris
Support the channel!
patreon.com/casserisYT
paypal.me/casseris
Timestamps
0:00 "Imagine Who You Could Be, and Then Aim Single-Mindedly At That"
0:29 Intro
2:23 "Polytheism Into Monotheism and the Emergence of the Virtuous Hero: Who You Could Be (II)
6:14 Start of Peterson's telling of the Enuma Elish
11:46 The Enuma Elish reference
16:32 End of story specifics
21:43 Monotheism out of polytheism
28:37 Egypt
38:31 St. George
41:16 Other stories
47:41 Wrap Up
49:33 Credits
