/lit/ - Literature

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To be honest, I though he was full of shit when I first heard his claims on Joe Rogan, but after watching his lectures and thinking about it, it makes complete sense. Even when you apply it to stuff like Anime. For instance: Madoka Magica. Kyubey's energy source is literally what Peterson calls "disintegration descent" in these slides: >>9764509 >>9764445
The archetypal decent into the underworld. An encounter with the dragon of chaos and ultimately the wish of self destruction as a consequence of being unable to deal with the great unknown. It makes perfect sense. It's almost scary how accurately it fits. I know that this is close to affirming the consequent and pseudo science, but even then it shouldn't make as much sense as it does. It maps perfectly. At least for all pieces of art and media that ever spoke to me in a meaningful way. From Goethe's Faust to video games.