6 must-read spirituality books like Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief by Jordan B. Peterson

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Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

By: Jordan B. Peterson

4.05

Format: 564 pages, Paperback

Why have people from different cultures and eras formulated myths and stories with similar structur…

"Un acontecimiento significativo existe en la frontera entre el orden y el caos."

-Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

"Un acontecimiento significativo existe en la frontera entre el orden y el caos."

-Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

"...todo momento de amenaza es también, simultáneamente, un momento de oportunidad."

-Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

"...todo momento de amenaza es también, simultáneamente, un momento de oportunidad."

-Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

If you liked the spirituality plot in Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief by Jordan B. Peterson , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Beyond Good and Evil

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with a… read more

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  • history
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"The noble soul reveres itself"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"...all that is rare is for the rare."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"One is punished most for one’s virtues."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"In music the passions enjoy themselves."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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2. Mastery

By: Robert Greene

4.26

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

In this book, Robert Greene demonstrates that the ultimate form of power is mastery itself. By anal… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Creative Endeavors are by their nature uncertain."

-Robert Greene, Mastery

"The problem is that we humans are deep conformists."

-Robert Greene, Mastery

"The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus."

-Robert Greene, Mastery

"Read more books than those who have a formal education, developing this into a lifelong habit."

-Robert Greene, Mastery

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3. Intellectuals and Society

By: Thomas Sowell

4.29

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The influence of intellectuals is not only greater than in previous eras but also takes a very diff… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"What is called “social"

-Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society

"Intellect is not wisdom."

-Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society

"To suggest that “society"

-Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society

"The phrase “Why die for Danzig?"

-Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society

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4. The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (Collected Works 9i)

By: C.G. Jung , R.F.C. Hull , Herbert Read , Michael Fordham

4.30

Format: 550 pages, Hardcover

Bollingen Series XX. Essays which state the fundamentals of Jung's psychological system: "On th… read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • mythology
  • science
"Were it not for the leaping and twinkling of the soul, man would rot away in his greatest passion, idleness."

-C.G. Jung, The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (Collected Works 9i)

"Real liberation comes not from glossing over or repressing painful states of feeling, but only from experiencing them to the full."

-C.G. Jung, The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (Collected Works 9i)

"Strong natures – or should one rather call them weak? - do not like to be reminded of this [their unconscious nature], but prefer to think of themselves as heroes."

-C.G. Jung, The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (Collected Works 9i)

"When, for instance, a highly esteemed professor in his seventies abandons his family and runs off with a young red-headed actress, we know that the gods have claimed another victim."

-C.G. Jung, The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (Collected Works 9i)

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5. The Origins and History of Consciousness (Bollingen Series, 42)

By: C.G. Jung , Erich Neumann

3.95

Format: 768 pages,

The first of Erich Neumann's works to be translated into English, this eloquent book draws on a ful… read more

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  • history
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • mythology
  • science
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6. Man and His Symbols

By: C.G. Jung , Marie-Louise von Franz , Jolande Jacobi , Aniela Jaffé , Joseph L. Henderson , John Freeman

4.19

Format: 415 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Man and His Symbols owes its existence to one of Jung's own dreams. The great psychologist dreamed … read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • mythology
  • science
"There is a desert on the moon where the dreamer sinks so deeply into the ground that she reaches hell."

-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

"We are so captivated by and entangled in our subjective consciousness that we have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions."

-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

"The girl dreams she is dangerously ill. Suddenly birds come out of her skin and cover her completely ... Swarms of gnats obscure the sun, the moon, and all the stars except one. That one start falls …"

-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

"It is a common illusion to believe that what we know today is all we ever can know. Nothing is more vulnerable than scientific theory, which is an ephemeral attempt to explain facts and not an everla…"

-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

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7. The Theory of Poker

By: David Sklansky

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Discusses theories and concepts applicable to nearly every variation of the game, including five-ca… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology

8. The Consolation of Philosophy

By: Boethius , None

4.27

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
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9. Start with NO...The Negotiating Tools that the Pros Don't Want You to Know

By: Jim Camp

3.64

Format: None pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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10. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

By: Christopher R. Browning

4.10

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • psychology
"The behavior of any human being is, of course, a very complex phenomenon, and the historian who attempts to "explain" it is indulging in a certain arrogance."

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve policemen faced choices, and most of them committed terrible deeds. But those who killed cannot be absolved by the notion that anyo…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"What, then, is one to conclude? Most of all, one comes away from the story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 with great unease. This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve polic…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"At the same time, however, the collective behavior of Reserve Police Battalion 101 has deeply disturbing implications. There are many societies afflicted by traditions of racism and caught in the sie…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

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11. The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)

By: None , Edward E. Ericson Jr. , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

4.32

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Drawing on his own incarceration and exile, as well as on evidence from more than 200 fellow prison… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
"To taste the sea, all one needs is one gulp."

-None, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)

"One man who stopped lying could bring down a tyranny."

-None, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)

"Oh, how hard it is to part with power! This one has to understand."

-None, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)

"Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty."

-None, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)

12. The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books I-II

By: None , Leon Trotsky , Thomas P. Whitney , Georgi Plekhanov

4.60

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

It is a question if any work of literature in our era other than The Divine Comedyis commensurate w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

13. Economic Facts and Fallacies

By: Thomas Sowell

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Economic Facts and Fallaciesexposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues-and do… read more

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14. The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

By: Iain McGilchrist

4.35

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

In a book of unprecedented scope, Iain McGilchrist presents a fascinating exploration of the differ… read more

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  • history
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
"We don't need a lot more quick fixes. We need a change in the paradigm."

-Iain McGilchrist, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

"[C]hildren with right-brain deficit disorder ignore task obstacles, accept impossible challenges, make grossly inadequate efforts, and are stunned by the poor outcomes. These children act fearless be…"

-Iain McGilchrist, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

"The left hemisphere prefers the impersonal to the personal, and that tendency would be in any case be instantiated in the fabric of a technologically driven and bureaucratically administered society.…"

-Iain McGilchrist, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

"Believing is not to be reduced to thinking that such-and-such might be the case. It is not a weaker form of thinking, laced with doubt. Sometimes we speak like this: ‘I believe that the train leaves …"

-Iain McGilchrist, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

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15. Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

By: Jordan B. Peterson

4.05

Format: 564 pages, Paperback

Why have people from different cultures and eras formulated myths and stories with similar structur… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • history
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • mythology
  • science
"Un acontecimiento significativo existe en la frontera entre el orden y el caos."

-Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

"...todo momento de amenaza es también, simultáneamente, un momento de oportunidad."

-Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

"Nuestras insignificantes debilidades se acumulan y multiplican, y se convierten en grandes males de Estado."

-Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

"La actitud tiránica mantiene a la sociedad en una predictibilidad homogénea y rígida, pero la condena a un derrumbamiento final."

-Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

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16. Modern Man in Search of a Soul

By: C.G. Jung

4.20

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

A provocative and enlightening look at spiritual unease and its contribution to the void in modern … read more

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  • self help
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • science
"Is that which science calls the “psyche"

-C.G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul

"Art has a way of anticipating future changes in man’s fundamental outlook."

-C.G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul

"We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate; it oppresses."

-C.G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul

"Much of the evil in this world is due to the fact that man, in general, is hopelessly unconscious."

-C.G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul

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17. A Thousand Ships

By: Natalie Haynes

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This is the women’s war, just as much as it is the men’s. They have waited long enough for their tu… read more

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  • mythology
  • audiobook
"If he tells me to sing one more time, I think I might bite him."

-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships

"An artist constantly risks falling fully into chaos, instead of transforming it."

-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships

"Because really, how many cannibalistic giants can one Greek plausibly meet as he sails the open seas?"

-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships

"We are all human. That means there is something about our experience that is the same. Otherwise, we would not all be human."

-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships

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18. The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World

By: Iain McGilchrist

4.80

Format: 1500 pages, Hardcover

Is the world essentially inert and mechanical - nothing but a collection of things for us to use? A… read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • science
"On the left hemisphere of the brain: 'Because it knows less, it thinks it knows everything."

-Iain McGilchrist, The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World

"Cynicism appears to be a coping strategy by the cognitively less gifted to avoid being duped by others."

-Iain McGilchrist, The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World

"To Heraclitus it was the logos; to Lao Tzu the tao; to Confucius lǐ; in Hinduism Brahman, and to the Vedic tradition Ṛta; in Zen ri; o Arabic peoples, since pre-Islamic times, Allah; to Hebrews YHWH.…"

-Iain McGilchrist, The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World

"Wittgenstein wrote: 'To believe in a God means to understand the question about the meaning of life.' And he continued: 'To believe in a God means to see that the facts of the world are not the end o…"

-Iain McGilchrist, The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World

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19. Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life

By: Christopher Kaczor

4.18

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

The person most responsible for reintroducing God and the Bible into mainstream secular culture tod… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
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  • psychology
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20. Summary: 12 Rules for Life - An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson (Applied Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Self Improvement, Maps of Meaning)

By: ExecutiveGrowth Summaries

4.01

Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition

Note: This is a SUMMARY of Jordan B Peterson’s, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos 12 Rules fo… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. Savage Messiah: How Dr. Jordan Peterson Is Saving Western Civilization

By: Jim Proser

3.69

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating biography and in-depth look at the work of bestselling writer and psychologist Dr. Jo… read more

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4.29

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