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Siddharta: https://cutt.ly/YmNjuzi
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0:00 Herman Melville & the American tradition
1:10 the reputation of Moby Dick today
2:15 "Call me Ishmael"
4:50 what is your hero's journey?
6:16 Jonah and the whale
8:14 ego deaths and shadow work
8:45 Jung's collective unconscious
10:00 Joseph Campbell and slaying dragons
11:00 the symbolism sea voyages
12:50 Nietzsche & Burke on pain, meaning, memory
13:30 competence & psychosocial development
14:00 existential questions & psychosocial crisis
16:00 whaling, cruelty, and light
17:30 Melville as visionary novelist
18:10 are you Ahab, Ishmael, Queequeg, or the whale?
18:53 recommended editions of Moby Dick
20:00 how to discover meaning
21:00 Melville's literary influences
21:30 etymology & extracts prefacing Moby Dick
23:00 how to integrate biblical wisdom literature
24:00 who is Ishmael?
25:40 recommended pacing for reading Moby Dick
28:30 how to reread great literature
30:00 the importance of reading aloud
30:20 my weekly journalling practice
33:19 keeping a commonplace book
34:00 pairing Melville with Shakespeare
36:30 breaking into the American tradition
38:00 the poetry of Wallace Stevens & Hart Crane
38:50 reading Moby Dick with a group
41:00 the ultimate aim of reading Moby Dick
42:00 reflection questions for you