Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
We often assume that being “historically accurate” means getting closer to the truth, but that’s not always the case. In this video, I explore how modern, mechanical thinking can actually invert meaning, using the example of Christ’s crucifixion.
What matters most is not just the mechanical details of how something could have happened, but what it means and its actual implications.
Watch this episode on The Symbolic World podcast:
- Apple podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/442-historical-accuracy-can-miss-the-point/id1386867488?i=1000757471178
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5M3c4lykCEagMi9Lfux1nm?si=OdsGFwdNQ961JwcQMjKzIA
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The problem with history is that you are in it. Plutarch teaches us to read power symbolically—asking "whom does the hero serve?" to predict leadership patterns before they play out.
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Duration: 8 weeks studying the lives of Greeks and Roman Lycurgus, Alcibiades, Lysander, Pompey, Caesar, and Octavian –as living patterns, not dead men.
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We often assume that being “historically accurate” means getting closer to the truth, but that’s not always the case. In this video, I explore how modern, mechanical thinking can actually invert meaning, using the example of Christ’s crucifixion.
What matters most is not just the mechanical details of how something could have happened, but what it means and its actual implications.
Watch this episode on The Symbolic World podcast:
- Apple podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/442-historical-accuracy-can-miss-the-point/id1386867488?i=1000757471178
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5M3c4lykCEagMi9Lfux1nm?si=OdsGFwdNQ961JwcQMjKzIA
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SUMMIT 2026: Join us for the Symbolic World Summit 2026! Speakers include Fr. Josiah Trenham, Mary Harrington, Jonathan Pageau, Dn. Seraphim Rohlin, and others.
Date: May 14-16
Place: Broadview Heights, OH
Don't miss out! Hope to see you there: symbolicworldsummit.com
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NEW COURSE: Plutarch: Symbolism in History with Pavel Shchelin
The problem with history is that you are in it. Plutarch teaches us to read power symbolically—asking "whom does the hero serve?" to predict leadership patterns before they play out.
Presenter: Pavel Shchelin
Duration: 8 weeks studying the lives of Greeks and Roman Lycurgus, Alcibiades, Lysander, Pompey, Caesar, and Octavian –as living patterns, not dead men.
Live classes are on Wednesdays at 4-6pm Eastern Time, starting March 18th through May 6th, 2026.
Price: $180 USD - Involved patrons can get a 10% discount. Apply your code at checkout.
Register now: thesymbolicworld.com/courses/plutarch-symbolism-in-history
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-Apple podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-symbolic-world/id1386867488
Our website designers: resonancehq.io
My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson: matthewwilkinson.net
