Author Jordan Peterson speaks about rescuing your dead father from the belly of the beast — which is the story of Jonah. One must go into the darkest place; the center of the suffering, to find what is most needed for the challenge at hand. If a person refuses that destiny, the person runs the risk of suffering Jonah’s fate: God throws Jonah into the sea; forcing Jonah into the belly of the whale to set things straight.
Peterson says what is meant by rescuing one’s dead father from the belly of the whale, is that “you repair your relationship with the culture that gave birth to you.”
Jordan Peterson is the bestselling author of Maps of Meaning, 12 Rules for Life, and Beyond Order.
Peterson explains with reference to Egyptian mythology; where Horus is the son and Osiris is the father: