Jonathan PageauIn this episode of Universal History with Richard Rohlin, by popular demand, we finally explored the topic of dragons! We discussed the ubiquitous appearance of dragons across history and different cultures, a dragon’s essential characteristics and mythical nature, their connection to snakes, birds, and angels, and the dragon as a hybrid and guardian of paradise. We also discussed the treatment of dragons in Eastern traditions and various languages, as well as in Christianity and even in medical symbolism. Enjoy!
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Timestamps: 00:00 - Start 00:15 - Intro music 00:40 - Introducing dragons 08:09 - Dragon Characteristics 12:21 - Why does everyone have a dragon? 15:15 - Evolution: dragons and snakes 18:41 - Not just a snake 21:13 - A guardian of paradise 26:54 - The friendly dragon 27:23 - The dragon's enemy 29:45 - Examples in Indo-European languages 35:06 - Dragon slaying myths 38:54 - But what about Christianity? 43:30 - Christianity's treatment of the dragon 50:58 - Hybrid resilience 54:05 - Medicine 57:50 - Asian dragons 01:05:44 - In Christian iconography 01:08:19 - 3 Parts of the story 01:09:01 - The winged dragon
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Universal History: Dragons! - with Richard RohlinJonathan Pageau2024-02-02 | In this episode of Universal History with Richard Rohlin, by popular demand, we finally explored the topic of dragons! We discussed the ubiquitous appearance of dragons across history and different cultures, a dragon’s essential characteristics and mythical nature, their connection to snakes, birds, and angels, and the dragon as a hybrid and guardian of paradise. We also discussed the treatment of dragons in Eastern traditions and various languages, as well as in Christianity and even in medical symbolism. Enjoy!
Sign up for the Symbolic World Summit on February 29th, 2024. Check our website for information on the schedule, FAQ, hotel discounts, speakers, and more: thesymbolicworld.com/summit
Timestamps: 00:00 - Start 00:15 - Intro music 00:40 - Introducing dragons 08:09 - Dragon Characteristics 12:21 - Why does everyone have a dragon? 15:15 - Evolution: dragons and snakes 18:41 - Not just a snake 21:13 - A guardian of paradise 26:54 - The friendly dragon 27:23 - The dragon's enemy 29:45 - Examples in Indo-European languages 35:06 - Dragon slaying myths 38:54 - But what about Christianity? 43:30 - Christianity's treatment of the dragon 50:58 - Hybrid resilience 54:05 - Medicine 57:50 - Asian dragons 01:05:44 - In Christian iconography 01:08:19 - 3 Parts of the story 01:09:01 - The winged dragon
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.
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Music used with permission Item Title: Emotional Fantasy Epic Trailer LICENSE CERTIFICATE: Envato Elements Item For any queries related to this document or license please contact Envato Support via help.elements.envato.com/hc/en-us/requests/newThe Double Symbolism of St. Peter: Shepherd and SatanJonathan Pageau2024-10-19 | In this video, I discuss the double symbolism of St. Peter as described in the Scriptures. This is related to my last video about Lucifer and the issue of how a representative or a vicar is always in a dual situation where they can become transparent to authority from above, or take authority for themselves...
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Mythographer, writer, and storyteller Dr Martin Shaw takes us deep into the heart of what he calls Christian Wonder Tales. Profoundly mythic, these teaching stories range from the early saints through to the grandeur of the Round Table and Arthurian tradition. Shaw emphasises these stories as remerging providentially on time for the perils of modern life. Filled with vocation, sacrifice, and courage, these are an inheritance many of us simply didn’t know we had.
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Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.Christian Wonder Tales - with Dr. Martin ShawJonathan Pageau2024-10-10 | "The soul is not fed entirely by logic, we are fed by images. Ideas are interesting, but when we want to be absolutely poleaxed by wonder it is a story that's going to do it."
I had a wonderful discussion with the captivating storyteller and mythographer, Dr. Martin Shaw, about the value of - not only understanding - but also telling and entering into stories. We talk about the various traditions of storytelling covered in his upcoming course, how to approach these tales of our inheritance, the modern taming of Christianity, and how Bible stories are different from pagan and more peripheral myths. This interview premieres tomorrow, Oct 10, at 10:30 am EST.
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Mythographer, writer, and storyteller Dr Martin Shaw takes us deep into the heart of what he calls Christian Wonder Tales. Profoundly mythic, these teaching stories range from the early saints through to the grandeur of the Round Table and Arthurian tradition. Shaw emphasises these stories as remerging providentially on time for the perils of modern life. Filled with vocation, sacrifice, and courage, these are an inheritance many of us simply didn’t know we had. --- Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 00:44 - Intro music 01:09 - Start 01:52 - A failure that makes honey 05:46 - Pre-Christian Ireland 08:05 - The Arthurian tradition 09:53 - A rule for life 12:29 - Follow an animal 16:09 - Return to these stories 20:20 - The soul is not only fed by logic 24:53 - Why has Christianity become so mundane? 33:39 - Stories that are too strange 36:00 - How were they preserved? 38:08 - Stories that Martin and Jonathan struggled with 44:54 - The Bible 48:57 - You can't draw Jesus with one line 53:07 - The Gospel seminar 56:06 - Let the stories do the work --- 💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com 🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau 🔒 BECOME A PATRON: thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.The Real Meaning of LuciferJonathan Pageau2024-10-05 | In this video I discuss the meaning and symbolism of the title Lucifer, or the Morning Star, drawing on the Old and New Testament. How it is that this title both refers to Christ, as well as the Adversary?
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Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.The Cognitive Science of Ritual - with John VervaekeJonathan Pageau2024-09-26 | John Vervaeke and I discuss the cognitive science of ritual: the many different aspects of ritual and its importance even in the pursuit of reason, among sacred and secular spaces, to mark time and identity, to establish transformation, and more! John is truly making headway in giving us the concepts and vocabulary to understand symbolic and ritual participation across different participatory levels. Enjoy!
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Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 00:51 - Intro music 01:17 - Introduction to Cognitive Science 04:16 - Ritual and an advent of the sacred 06:18 - Meaningful ritual 08:23 - Why work against ritual? 14:07 - Replace religious with civic 15:47 - Hermeneutics of suspicion 18:24 - Progressive rituals 23:23 - Transformation 27:51 - Marking identity 36:17 - Ritual as space
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.New fairy tale, Jack and the Fallen Giants, available for pre-order!Jonathan Pageau2024-09-25 | Visit our brand new Symbolic World Store now to buy and pre-order our books, like Snow White and the Widow Queen (limited time offer), our new upcoming fairy tale book Jack and the Fallen Giants, GodsDog: Monster and Warrior, digital products, prints, and more: store.thesymbolicworld.comBut Why Christianity? - John Vervaeke, Jordan Hall, Jonathan PageauJonathan Pageau2024-09-19 | This conversation is in part John Vervaeke's response to my previous video with Jordan Hall (The End of Strategy: youtube.com/watch?v=CnR2PYtLLnI) where we discussed Jordan's recent conversion to Christianity. John fires up some questions, and we discuss different aspects of sensemaking and religious structures to answer the question: Why Christianity? @JordanGreenhall , @johnvervaeke
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Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 01:42 - Intro music 02:07 - Introduction 05:07 - John's pov on Jonathan and Jordan's conversation 08:49 - Why Christian faith? 15:38 - Jordan's answer: the Ultimate Map 18:27 - The current dialogos 21:10 - Jonathan: The Christian Escatological map 25:52 - Jordan: Relationship to Jesus 32:20 - Grief and the qualities of love 37:40 - Jonathan: Particularity beyond duality 41:43 - Jordan: A deeper capacity to suffer 44:49 - John: Being is good / Not escape 46:54 - Jonathan: Theosis 49:25 - What if this is a crypto-egoism? 55:26 - Is this the grounding of your Christian faith? 01:01:29 - Zen: Does the infinite love you? 01:11:39 - Intimacy 01:22:18 - We can't be meta 01:27:47 - Universalism 01:29:01 - We each have our callings 01:30:21 - John and Christianity
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.The End of Strategy - with Jordan HallJonathan Pageau2024-09-09 | I had a wonderful time talking with Jordan Hall, who has recently converted to Christianity from a secular worldview. We talk about his conversation, societal engineering, artificial intelligence, and the fundamental distinction between vertical and horizontal qualities. We also talk about the problem of delusion, how to know what’s real, the meaning of faith and memory, using technology safely, and not getting lost in our daily life problems.
Don't miss my and Richard Rohlin's new 5-week live course on Dante's Divine Comedy: Purgatorio. Classes started August 27th, but you can still join us. Involved patrons get 10% discount. Apply your unique code at checkout. thesymbolicworld.com/courses/dantes-purgatorio
Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 01:09 - Intro music 01:35 - How has converting to Christianity been? 03:23 - Has your thinking changed regarding strategizing about societal engineering? 06:22 - Competing with AI 08:38 - Vertical and horizontal 13:11 - Back to Jordan's conversion 18:52 - The top of the stack 23:14 - Faith and cheapened terms 29:42 - Trust and memory 40:34 - The problem of delusion 49:25 - Acquiring maturity 58:01 - Confession 01:00:17 - Using technology safely 01:05:48 - Putting out fires
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.What Is a Miracle?Jonathan Pageau2024-08-31 | In this week's video I discuss what a miracle is, looking at different examples but especially at the miracles of Christ. A miracle is not just an extraordinary event, rather it's an event that reveals and restores matter to its true identity and meaning. Thank you for your continued support.
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Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 01:46 - Intro music 02:10 - Introduction 03:09 - What's happening? 13:12 - Intuitions and tangibility 17:30 - The synopsis 21:25 - A cognitive minority 24:58 - Joe Rogan and the pre-rational 27:30 - Transpersonal agency 31:02 - Everybody believes in ghosts 39:56 - The question of realism 45:52 - The Mind 50:42 - Overcoming skepticism 56:07 - The Son of Man 01:00:24 - Naming 01:03:57 - The focal point of man 01:17:49 - The Nathan Jacobs Podcast
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.Universal History: The Surprising Irish Origin of Purgatory - with Richard RohlinJonathan Pageau2024-08-17 | In this episode of the Universal History podcast with Richard Rohlin, we discuss the surprising Irish origin of the medieval notion of purgatory, why it's understandable that purgatory is part of the medieval experience, its relevance to our lives today, and how Dante presents purgatory in a new, more optimistic way in his Divine Comedy.
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Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 01:11 - Intro music 01:37 - Introduction 04:23 - Ireland in the medieval period 13:31 - History for the Irish 20:15 - A lyrical approach 23:51 - Magical realism 29:37 - Ireland's rigour 37:34 - The popular medieval belief of Purgatory 40:25 - The Irish Penitentials 43:03 - Purification after death 50:20 - Avoid purgatory 51:06 - Descriptions of purgatory 54:57 - The problem statement 01:07:03 - Dante's purgatory 01:09:04 - The best defense for purgatory 01:17:15 - Bringing it home
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.The Real Reason Behind the Olympic Controversy in Women’s BoxingJonathan Pageau2024-08-08 | This is a complement to my previous video where I explained the symbolism of the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony (linked below). This time I discuss the latest Olympic controversy in the women's boxing division where the gender of boxers was called into question. It's related to the same message of the opening ceremony; I argue that gender ambiguity is being weaponized against the public to challenge societal boundaries, gaslight, win a supposed moral upper hand, and thereby perpetuate the culture war. It's important to be able to see these patterns in public discourse and not to get carried away in our opposing camps.
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Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.Symbolism Explained: The Olympics Opening Ceremony is Worse than You ThoughtJonathan Pageau2024-07-31 | In this video, I discuss the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony and its drag Dionysian representation of The Last Supper, I discuss why specifically the images of Dionysus and the Last Supper were used, other elements of the opening, the purpose and meaning of such symbolic demonstrations, and finally, the question of intent.
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.What Is Religion? - with Peter Boghossian (@drpeterboghossian)Jonathan Pageau2024-07-26 | In this conversation, American philosopher and author Peter Boghossian picks my brain about my beliefs, religion, its purpose and truth claims, the origin of the universe, and the meaning of gods or higher beings. We also discuss doubt, the efficacy of prayer, and the effects of meaning. Enjoy!
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Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 01:20 - Intro music 01:51 - Introduction 04:22 - How to see religion 10:01 - A truth claim 18:48 - Offering a world 21:32 - Are you comfortable with all your Christian beliefs? 23:25 - Would you follow sthg that helps but is false? 25:27 - Monogamy and trust 28:39 - Value relevance before proof 30:53 - Deconstruction 34:59 - A scale of doubt 38:19 - Studying prayer 41:06 - Meaning and prayer 44:58 - What is a god? 48:30 - What if a meteorite destroyed everything? 52:22 - The origin of the universe 56:18 - What if humans looked different? 01:02:49 - Telos of being 01:06:26 - What is being? 01:12:01 - Imagine a pagan world 01:15:50 - The need for higher beings
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.Did God Want Adam and Eve to Eat the Fruit?Jonathan Pageau2024-07-17 | After publishing a recent video commenting on Alex O'Connor's conversation with Jordan Peterson regarding Genesis, I decided to make June 2024's patron-only video public. In this video, I delve deeper into another question that came up in the discussion about whether God actually wanted Adam and Eve to eat the Fruit of the Knowledge of Good and Bad in the Garden of Eden. To answer this question, I draw from St. Ephrem the Syrian’s wonderful book, Hymns on Paradise.
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Our website designers: resonancehq.ioUniversal History: Ireland, the RemnantJonathan Pageau2024-07-11 | This is the first of a series of Universal History episodes about Ireland! Richard Rohlin discusses a book called The Book of Invasions, which tells of the origin of Ireland.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 01:19 - Intro music 01:48 - Introduction + Dante's Inferno 04:26 - 2 reasons why Richard put this off 08:20 - The Book of Invasions 12:37 - Descended from Magog 17:59 - Fairies 25:22 - A residue from before the flood 29:08 - The Partholonians 31:14 - 3rd and 4th invasions 34:55 - The 4 treasures 39:58 - Siding with the monsters 41:48 - Divide the land 44:45 - Civilization 46:36 - The Colloquy With The Ancients 52:31 - Celtic Christianity 00:03 - The lineup
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Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.The Symbolism of the Book - with @Seraphim-HamiltonJonathan Pageau2024-06-27 | Seraphim Hamilton is an Orthodox theologian who is committed to helping others understand the deep and profound ways that the inspired Scriptures bear witness- in Old and New Testaments- of Jesus Christ as the center and culmination of the human story. He received a Master of Arts in Theology and Classics from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Theology from Duke University. He posts regular Scriptural reflections five days a week at his substack and addresses a variety of subjects on his YouTube channel: youtube.com/kabane Substack: seraphimhamilton.substack.com
In this discussion with Seraphim, we talk about the book as a symbol. We discuss the Book of Life in Revelation, Scripture itself, literacy in early Christendom, the use of the codex over the scroll, the sacraments and sacred objects, memory, supplementarity, and more. Enjoy!
Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 00:43 - Intro music 01:09 - Introduction 01:57 - The role of the book 04:02 - Early Christianity 05:42 - Judaism 07:38 - The Tabernacle and the temple 11:26 - The codex 18:33 - The liturgy and bread 26:59 - Why the book is bitter in Revelation 30:57 - Your name in the Book of Life 37:27 - Memory 40:51 - Supplementarity 43:37 - The duality of Theophany 46:00 - Rumination
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.Where Darwinism Breaks Down - with Stephen MeyerJonathan Pageau2024-06-22 | In this video, I interview Stephen Meyer about evolution, intelligent design, Darwinianism, the advent of the biological information age, and how it changed the debate about the origins of life. We discuss the questions of what life and mind are, and how pattern and mind are part of and participate in creation.
A former geophysicist and college professor, Stephen C. Meyer now directs Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture in Seattle. He has gained recent popularity about his perspective on evolution and appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 01:15 - Intro music 01:39 - Introduction 02:31 - The appearance of intelligent design 05:43 - Fine-tuning and complexity 08:36 - The biological information age 11:58 - Creative constraints 14:36 - Mind and natural selection 17:29 - Functional sequences 23:55 - What is life? 30:20 - Pattern 36:23 - Methodological materialism 41:38 - Panpsychism 45:35 - What is mind? 49:47 - Simulation experiments 56:02 - Media interest 1:02:26 - New atheism 1:07:55 - Emergence
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Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro music 00:26 - Introduction and Scripture 02:50 - The keystone 04:48 - The capstone and the dome 07:26 - Circle and square 10:24 - Church architecture in Rome 13:14 - Fractals 16:27 - Western structures 17:39 - Finding the dome: Pendentives 23:17 - Ezekiel's vision 28:02 - Two cherubs 29:11 - The church 30:58 - Two aspects of Christ
This is a talk I did for the 2024 National Symposium for Classical Education that took place in March 2024, presented by Great Hearts Institute.
Our old stories have been remembered, retold, and refined in different guises for thousands of years. For that very reason, what we consider Fairy Tales, although at first glance fanciful and absurd, contain patterns of attention, of harmony and disharmony, what Pythagoras called the Music of the Spheres. For being remembered and retold, they hold a key to what is important to us as humans. We will explore these patterns of consciousness, how stories frame and underlie our experiences with rhythm, how they shape us and our children by attention and care.
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.A Comment on Alex O’Connor’s Conversation with JBP - Do Adam and Eve Die After They Eat the Fruit?Jonathan Pageau2024-06-01 | Do Adam and Eve die after eating the Fruit of the Knowledge of Good and Bad in the Garden of Eden? In this video, I comment on a question @CosmicSkeptic asked @JordanBPeterson in their recent conversation concerning the meaning of death and the Fall in Genesis.
Jordan Peterson's conversation with Alex O'Connor: Navigating Belief, Skepticism, and the Afterlife | Alex O'Connor @CosmicSkeptic | EP 451: youtu.be/T0KgLWQn5Ts?si=fz68xgZdsj0aqUz9
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Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.Becoming Gods Without God - with Paul KingsnorthJonathan Pageau2024-05-17 | In this conversation with Paul Kingsnorth, we discuss his main takeaways from his Substack series on The Machine, technology, artificial intelligence and silicon valley, civilization, principalities, the act of creation and desiring to be God, yet also creating the space for our annihilation. We also touch on environmentalism, storytelling, and art, including Tolkien and The Matrix. Enjoy.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 01:01 - Intro music 01:26 - Introduction 02:11 - What are your main insights? 07:19 - Can this serve God? 10:53 - Become dependent on tools 13:05 - The god of economy 14:44 - The short history of progress 16:05 - No conspiracy needed 19:35 - A desire to supplant us 22:12 - Theosis 24:27 - Making vs giving birth 27:02 - Creation myths 28:09 - The environmental narrative 35:54 - How has your perception on story changed? 39:33 - Changing Paul's writing 41:47 - Language and AI in Writing 45:32 - The Influence of art 53:19 - Tolkien and a simple ending 56:54 - New stories
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.The Last Judgement: The Culmination of Christian SymbolismJonathan Pageau2024-05-08 | This is a talk I gave for Ralston College on the Icon of the Last Judgement, exploring Orthodox Christian imagery to understand ontology, theology, and how identity, symbolism, and fractals work in the medieval worldview.
Ralston College website: https://www.ralston.ac/ Ralston College: Rethinking the Last Judgment: Cosmic Symbolism & the Metaphor for Self-Discovery | @JonathanPageau: youtu.be/30nx25GjCYI?si=D0nB-5iLQkycrJlQ
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Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 00:28 - Intro music 00:55 - Introduction 05:01 - Start of talk 06:08 - The Last Judgement 10:19 - Church architecture 13:28 - Example: Crucifixion 16:10 - Another example: Adam and Eve in Hades 17:14 - What is the Last Judgement? Sheep & Goats 23:34 - Heavenly man 24:43 - Body/church 26:47 - The ascension: face and body 28:27 - Peter and Paul 33:56 - Ideal man judges all 36:40 - The prepared throne 38:59 - Heaven above, hell below 42:38 - Gathering into the Cross 46:47 - Self-giving 49:57 - Hell and disintegration 54:30 - Q&A starts: How do we find our way from division to unity? 57:28 - Plato 59:00 - Unity and uniformity 01:00:08 - Questions about the icons 01:03:36 - Man as judge 01:04:15 - The aspects of the Left 01:04:55 - All the Saints 01:07:58 - Can the symbolic and Thomistic views be integrated? 01:09:03 - How we can translate masculinity and femininity symbolism 01:14:12 - How do you read and interpret images
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.The Icons of Holy WeekJonathan Pageau2024-05-01 | This talk took place in April 2024 at the Maliotis Cultural Center, hosted by Hellenic College Holy Cross with Dr. Timothy Patitsas. In this talk I take you through all the icons of Holy Week from Palm Sunday to the Anastasis, the icon of the Resurrection of Christ. Hellenic College Holy Cross: https://www.hchc.edu/ Originally posted on the Maliotis Cultural Center channel: youtube.com/@maliotisculturalcenter
Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro music 01:29 - Introduction 05:07 - Center intro music 05:48 - Jonathan's talk 07:52 - Palm Sunday 12:49 - Bridegroom Matins 16:44 - Washing of the Feet 22:46 - The Last Supper 24:59 - The Crucifixion 32:58 - The Descent from the Cross 35:55 - The Anastasis 50:23 - Q&A
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.Universal History: The Greatest Work of Western Literature - with Richard RohlinJonathan Pageau2024-04-25 | In this week’s episode of Universal History, Richard Rohlin and I give an introduction to Dante’s Divine Comedy, discussing its historical and political context, Dante’s motivations and his point of view, and why the Comedia is the greatest work of Western Literature.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 01:09 - Intro music 01:34 - Introduction 05:33 - Dante's personal story 05:54 - Who is Dante? 09:12 - Dante and Italian 11:08 - The politics at the time 13:44 - The Investiture Controversy 15:49 - The Protestant Reformation 16:39 - The spiritual and the temporal 18:38 - Dante's position 22:09 - Dante's exile and crisis 23:08 - The Divine Comedy 24:32 - 3 Sources 25:01 - Beatrice 26:52 - Aeneid 27:42 - Greek and Roman myth in Christianity 29:25 - The Judeo-Christian apocalyptic tradition 31:05 - A hierarchy of guides 34:49 - Paradiso 36:10 - The Inferno 39:11 - Apocalyptic texts 42:39 - The image of descent 44:25 - Limbo 47:20 - Dante's POV 51:35 - Viewing sin 53:35 - Sin in Purgatorio 57:19 - Paradiso 57:55 - Final remarks
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.Universal History: The End of Babel - with Richard RohlinJonathan Pageau2024-04-19 | This is part two of our discussion about the Tower of Babel in the context of Universal History. Richard Rohlin and I recap and continue our discussion on the Book of Jubilees and Pentecost, discussing more in-depth the Feast of First Fruits, what it means as a structure by which communion between heaven and earth can be facilitated - of unity and multiplicity. The duality of Pentecost explains several strange moments in Scripture and the apocryphal texts, most notably the laws of Noah, the covenant of Abraham, the scandal of Lot, and of course the Tower of Babel itself.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 00:41 - Intro music 01:05 - Introduction 02:37 - The book of Jubilees 05:10 - Feasting and sacrifice in the Book of Jubilees 08:48 - What is Pentecost 11:11 - Laws of Noah 17:37 - The double aspect of the Feast of First Fruits 20:30 - The scattering of the nations 23:32 - The prayers of Noah 26:02 - Raphael 28:42 - The City of Babel 30:15 - The Idolatrous Tower of Babel 32:45 - Abraham celebrates Pentecost 35:24 - A case of drunkenness? 38:45 - The big reveal 41:57 - Splitting in half 46:01 - Lot’s drunkenness 47:03 - There's only one Pentecost 50:31 - History 56:14 - The spirit descends 1:08:13 - This is what Universal History is
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In this short reflection, I will explain the parable of Jesus that’s the most difficult to understand, the Parable of the Penitent Steward, or the Unjust Steward. Recently I teamed up with Jordan Peterson, Daily Wire, and the same panel of the Exodus series, this time to film a series on the Gospels. The discussions pushed me to finally understand the parable after many years of pondering.
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Timothy G. Patitsas has been the Interim Dean of Hellenic College since January of 2020 and the Assistant Professor of Ethics at Holy Cross since the Fall of 2005. In 2019 he published The Ethics of Beauty, an attempt to recover one of the most ancient emphases of Orthodox spirituality, which is the firm priority given to combating the sensual rather than the intellectual passions. The book shows how this translates into a consoling and liberating Beauty-first approach to Orthodox ethics and life. The work also presents ethical, theological, and scriptural definitions of traumatic experience with a view to aiding recovery.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 00:54 - Intro clip 01:19 - Introduction 02:18 - Film as a medium 04:34 - Dualism 06:40 - Film project: Amphilochios: Saint of Patmos 10:38 - Documentaries and fiction 11:47 - The role of beauty 14:04 - Beauty as a vital sign 21:00 - Iain McGilchrist 25:18 - Liturgical program 31:35 - Sacrifice in beauty 34:54 - A powerful definition of beauty 40:06 - A life of dance 43:16 - The beauty of the Cross 48:15 - The limits of McGilchrist 51:31 - People vs Programs 53:29 - Life is liturgy 57:04 - Repentance should lead to social renewal
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.The Next Great Revival - with Justin BrierleyJonathan Pageau2024-03-30 | I had the opportunity to sit down with Justin Brierley to talk about Christian apologetics, the state of public discussions about faith, new converts, the identity crisis, and the rise of the “Christian atheist” with figures like Tom Holland, Jordan Peterson, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali intellectually aligning themselves with Christianity.
Justin Brierley is a freelance writer, speaker and broadcaster who has become known for creating dialogues between Christians and non-Christians. Justin is passionate about creating conversations around faith, science, theology, and culture. Through creative use of podcast, radio, print, video and social media, he aims to showcase an intellectually compelling case for Christianity, while taking seriously the questions and objections of sceptics.
Justin has worked in radio, podcast and video for over two decades. Until April 2023 he was Theology & Apologetics Editor for Premier Christian Radio, and hosted the Unbelievable? radio show and podcast as well as the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast. Justin was also editor of Premier Christianity magazine from 2014-2018, for which he continues to contribute articles.
My recent feature with Justin Brierley on the Re-Enchanting podcast brought to you by (@SeenUnseenMag) Seen & Unseen Magazine: youtu.be/ToWHWrmN2xY?si=7zU_Te_-p5aasJWm
Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 00:44 - Intro music 01:10 - Introduction 02:49 - The rise of the Christian atheist 05:57 - Elevatorgate 11:54 - Giving Christianity a second look 14:11 - Ayaan Hirsi Ali Unherd article 14:39 - New converts 18:14 - Men's meaning crisis 21:22 - What's lying ahead 27:07 - Recapture apologetics today 29:16 - The role of artists 33:41 - Non-Christian Christian apologists 36:34 - Jordan Peterson's debate on Unbelievable 41:10 - “It depends on what you mean by ____”
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Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 00:49 - Intro music 01:15 - Introduction 01:28 - discussions with aidan 02:20 - Aidan's image 04:05 - The elements 07:23 - Why the Virgin is at the top 09:40 - Chronos and Kairos 13:42 - The trees and the cross 16:27 - The rivers 20:56 - The eighth day 24:53 - The sun and moon 26:20 - Adam and Eve 30:24 - Clinging to the symbol 32:29 - The real Tesseract 38:52 - The carving behind Aidan 40:42 - Carving with different materials 42:29 - More details in the image 46:20 - Aidan's work
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.The Ontology of Artificial Intelligence - with John Vervaeke and DC SchindlerJonathan Pageau2024-03-09 | This is a discussion that Ken Lowry kindly organized on his YouTube channel and podcast, Climbing Mt. Sophia. The panel includes me, John Vervaeke (@johnvervaeke) and DC Schindler. We talk about the ontology of artificial intelligence from different perspectives: the scientific, philosophical, and spiritual or theological perspectives.
John Vervaeke’s video essay that prompted this discussion: John Vervaeke - AI: The Coming Thresholds and The Path We Must Take | Internationally Acclaimed Cognitive Scientist: youtu.be/A-_RdKiDbz4?si=K3SUnyrA1ywedRzf
Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up next 00:22 - Intro music 00:47 - Introduction 02:29 - John: Weak AI and Strong AI 05:46 - Cognition and computation 07:00 - Hobbes and Descartes 09:04 - The scientific argument 12:01 - The philosophical argument: Rationality 13:21 - The spiritual argument 15:10 - Thresholds and orienting AI 19:15 - 3 Possibilities with AI 23:07 - Jonathan 1: The economics 24:57 - Jonathan 2: AI is not our child 26:16 - Jonathan 3: Idolatry 28:32 - John's response 31:10 - A reason for hope 34:47 - Back to seeing AI as a child 36:16 - Theology will be the important science 38:32 - Can AI be wise? 42:00 - Schindler 1: Unity that transcends multiplicity and function 47:21 - Schindler 2: The Technological Spirit 51:07 - Schindler 3: The danger of us aligning ourselves to the AI 54:35 - There's no intelligence without life 01:00:24 - What is life? 01:03:18 - The persistence of being: reproduction, autopoiesis 01:08:54 - Darwin brought Plato back 01:13:12 - Symbolic structures 01:16:26 - Divination and gods 01:22:00 - Schindler and Vervaeke respond 01:27:10 - Nuclear weapons 01:29:31 - Sacrifice and our myth traditions 01:36:32 - Finding internal unity 01:49:35 - What god are we incarnating? 01:57:17 - The meta-solution
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Check out this text I wrote in 2002 that started it all. “Garments of skin” and other symbols of periphery - by Jonathan Pageau: drive.google.com/file/d/190xqZrzqQv3o4F7jjfP05OGgisbN_5zQ/view?usp=sharingUniversal History: The Tower of Babel - with Richard RohlinJonathan Pageau2024-02-26 | In this episode of Universal History, Richard Rohlin and I discuss the Tower of Babel in Scripture (Genesis) and the Book of Jubilees, the symbolism of the structure itself, what it means for us today, Pentecost, and the solution to authoritarianism. youtu.be/wj9EK0QAW54
Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 00:57 - Intro music 01:23 - Important announcement! 04:53 - Genesis and the Tower of Babel 11:06 - A tower and a candle 21:23 - The Book of Jubilees 24:29 - Now nothing will escape them 27:59 - The Fall of the Tower 36:30 - The breath of God 41:16 - The crows 49:03 - Pentecost 52:35 - A Reverse of the curse of Babel
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Music used with license permission Item Title: Emotional Fantasy Epic Trailer LICENSE CERTIFICATE: Envato Elements Item For any queries related to this document or license please contact Envato Support via help.elements.envato.com/hc/en-us/requests/newMonasteries of MeteoraJonathan Pageau2024-02-22 | Filmed at Meteora, Greece, with Ralston College.
Learn more about Ralston College: https://www.ralston.ac/ Applications for 2024-25 are now open: https://www.ralston.ac/humanities-ma
Ralston College’s MA in the Humanities charts their course through Western civilization, from the Greek world of Homer, to Ancient Rome and Medieval Europe, into the Renaissance and up to our modern era. The setting of our four terms parallels this arc by beginning in Greece and then moving to Savannah, Georgia. The curriculum unites the most profound and provocative works of literature, philosophy, and art, inspiring and challenging students to approach the human condition with fresh eyes. Yet to cover this ground in a single year of intense intellectual study requires careful steering and selection. For 2024–25, that focus will be provided by the theme of “Nature”: our multidisciplinary curriculum will trace the origins and development of this concept through philosophy, music, architecture, art, and literature.The Leviathan in Scripture: Ouroboros SymbolismJonathan Pageau2024-02-21 | The Leviathan is a strange creature in the Bible and tradition. In this video I look at the Leviathan, the sea serpent, the dragon, and its relationship to the devil, and how al of these associations came to be what they can mean. And also it can help us understand how symbolism can be polyvalent that is that symbolism can have multiple meanings at the same time, and that understanding those multiple meanings can also help us understand how symbolism works and then also help us understand the specific meanings that are attributed to each symbol and the leviathan.
Timestamps: 0:00 - Coming up 0:23 - Intro music 0:49 - Start 1:35 - The Leviathan imagery 7:13 - Noah and the Sea dragon 12:09 - The hell mouth 15:09 - Chaos and potential 19:19 - Ouroboros 24:08 - The feast of the Leviathan 33:12 - Satan, the Devil 39:08 - The final paradox
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James Poulos is the co-founder and executive editor of The American Mind at the Claremont Institute and the cofounder and publisher of Return at New Founding. He is the author of the books The Art of Being Free: How Alexis de Tocqueville Can Save Us from Ourselves, and Human Forever: The Digital Politics of Spiritual War: humanforever.us
He holds a PhD in government from Georgetown University and a BA in political science from Duke University. A fellow at the Center for the Study of Digital Life, he was previously the communications director at the Heraion Foundation, a veterans-run rescue and recovery nonprofit operating in failed and fragile states.
Timestamps: 0:00 - Coming up 1:17 - Intro music 1:41 - Start 2:18 - By what authority do you control technology? 6:22 - AI in the West 9:08 - The Revolutionary mode 17:02 - The role of global institutions 19:54 - French theorists on this topic 21:28 - Go live in the woods 24:05 - The law is not enough 30:11 - The big challenge 41:41 - Finding a spiritual authority 51:20 - Bitcoin monasteries
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Stephen James Blackwood is a Canadian-American professor, academic, and social commentator. Blackwood is the founder and president of Ralston College, a liberal arts college awaiting accreditation in Savannah, Georgia. We met on the Daily Wire+ Exodus panel where he had a lot of amazing insights and we have become friends since.
In this discussion, we talk about Stephen’s wonderful book, The Consolation of Boethius as Poetic Liturgy, an exploration of The Consolation of Philosophy, a book by Boethius. We discuss Boethius’ role and contribution to the Medieval Western world and the amazing treasury of wisdom and consolation he can still offer us today. His legacy beautifully bridges and synthesizes the ancient pagan world, and a secular space, with the foundations and hope of a Christian vision.
The 2024 enrollments for Ralston College are now open: https://www.ralston.ac/humanities-ma
Ralston College is more than a university and an online portal. It is a movement dedicated to seeking the truth without censorship or shame. It is a call to build a free and flourishing culture for one and all. Read more about it: https://www.ralston.ac/
Timestamps: 00:49 - Intro music 01:14 - Start 02:16 - Who was Boethius? 06:18 - Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy 11:23 - Gathering the wisdom of the past 15:27 - Maintaining a secular space 18:06 - Christianity can hold both 18:30 - The problem of rationality 23:09 - The basic argument of the book 33:32 - Actions are rewards 36:15 - The ending 39:36 - We need recurrence 44:40 - Memory and knowledge 50:20 - Knowledge is a stabilization 54:28 - Music of the spheres 56:47 - Memory places 58:35 - We are formed by what we do 01:06:27 - Poetic rhythm 01:11:52 - Constance
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Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 A small portion of the audio content in this video belongs to Dirt Poor Robins. We have received explicit permission from Dirt Poor Robins to use their music in this video to advertise an event where they will be present as performing artists. All video posted is merely for educational, commentarial, and informational purposes under Fair Use law. All rights and credit go directly to its owners. No copyright infringement intended.GodsDog: Warrior Kickstarter Is Now LIVE!Jonathan Pageau2024-01-31 | Join us and back the God's'Dog: Warrior Kickstarter today! kickstarter.com/projects/symbolicworldpress/godsdog-warriorThe Symbolism of Titans, Giants, and NephilimJonathan Pageau2024-01-26 | In this video I discuss the symbolism of titans, giants, and Nephilim in anticipation of the God's'Dog: Warrior Kickstarter. Sign up for early bird specials: kickstarter.com/projects/symbolicworldpress/godsdog-warriorThe Symbolic World Summit Update and Schedule!Jonathan Pageau2024-01-26 | Visit thesymbolicworld.com/summit for more information about the Symbolic World Summit
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Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 A small portion of the audio content in this video belongs to Dirt Poor Robins. We have received explicit permission from Dirt Poor Robins to use their music in this video to advertise an event where they will be present as performing artists. All video posted is merely for educational, commentarial, and informational purposes under Fair Use law. All rights and credit go directly to its owners. No copyright infringement intended.Recovering the Metaphysics of Symbolism - with JP MarceauJonathan Pageau2024-01-18 | In this discussion with Jean-Philippe Marceau we introduce the latest Symbolic World Course, called Symbolic World Metaphysics, based on JP’s upcoming book. JP also talks a bit more about his journey in the symbolic world, his unique approach to these topics, and what the course will offer. Join other Symbolic World metaphysics enthusiasts to experience a detailed introduction to the metaphysics developed in the Symbolic World over the past few years.
---------------------- This course will dive into content from Jean-Philippe Marceau's forthcoming book entitled Post-reductionist Christianity: A Way Out of the Meaning Crisis, which will be published by Symbolic World Press in Spring 2024. In the 5-week course, Marceau will provide a detailed introduction to the metaphysics developed in the Symbolic World over the last few years, particularly in discussions with John Vervaeke and Jonathan Pageau. Like in the book, Marceau will explain that nihilistic materialism, symbolized by the zombie, has died at its own hands, and that non-reductive naturalism is currently tracking toward a return to classical metaphysics. Then, he will explain how Christian metaphysics goes further than classical metaphysics and non-reductive naturalism, ultimately shedding more light on reality. Finally, Marceau will present advanced material not covered in the book, such as what distinguishes symbolic metaphysics from perennialist, universalist, or idealist metaphysics.
COURSE: Symbolic World Metaphysics, with JP Marceau. (Jonathan Pageau will also cohost 3 of the 5 classes.) CLASS DATES: 5 classes, on Wednesdays, January 24, and 31, February 7, 14, and 21 TIME: 3:00pm to 5:00pm ET PRICE: US$125 for the entire course All course materials will be provided
Class 1: Zombies, Nihilism, and the Death of Materialism (January 24) Class 2: Recovering Classical Metaphysics and Participation (January 31) Class 3: The Incarnation (February 7) Class 4: The Heart of Christian Metaphysics (February 14) Class 5: Advanced Topics (February 21) ---------------------- Join us at the Symbolic World Summit in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Date: Feb 29-Mar 2, 2024 Tickets start at $399 Learn more: thesymbolicworld.com/summit ---------------------- Timestamps: 0:00 - Coming up 0:46 - Intro music 1:12 - Introducing JP's new course and book! 2:20 - JP's story: Materialism and reductionism 6:26 - How JP and Jonathan met 7:38 - Zombie nightmares 8:59 - Exploring alternatives 12:24 - Basic moral intuitions 14:49 - The meaning of zombies 21:35 - JP's resolution 22:58 - A path from materialism to the symbolic world 32:02 - The 2nd part of the book 34:22 - Miracles discussion 36:52 - No room for atheism 37:46 - An opportunity to participate ---------------------- 💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com 🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau 🗣 Join The Symbolic World Community for discussions about symbolism: thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe 🔒 BECOME A PATRON: thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson. ---------------------- Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 A small portion of the audio content in this video belongs to Dirt Poor Robins. We have received explicit permission from Dirt Poor Robins to use their music in this video to advertise an event where they will be present as performing artists. All video posted is merely for educational, commentarial, and informational purposes under Fair Use law. All rights and credit go directly to its owners. No copyright infringement intended.The Inevitable Fall of the Enlightenment - with Benjamin BoyceJonathan Pageau2024-01-16 | This is a repost of a discussion with Benjamin Boyce (@BenjaminABoyce) on the topic of the Enlightenment, rationalism and science, the problem of identity on the levels of the individual and the group, value hierarchies, authoritarianism, subsidiarity, love, and sacrifice. This conversation happened after I had some disagreements with James Lindsay on Twitter (X) about the Enlightenment and authoritarianism.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 00:56 - Intro music 01:21 - The frame of "Enlightenment" 04:41 - How to evaluate value hierarchies 11:24 - Authoritarianism is always possible 12:49 - How do you know if there's an imbalance? 16:09 - Reality's revenge against Enlightenment thinking 17:49 - The current "Christian nationalism" 20:00 - We are downstream from WW2 23:21 - What is subsidiarity? 23:27 - ARC essay 27:08 - I'm not an idealist 29:58 - Imposing "Christianity" 32:05 - The world is becoming religious again 34:41 - The only solution for the problem of identity 36:43 - How does Subsidiarity work? 43:18 - What is an individual? And what is love? 55:26 - Top-down imposition 01:01:24 - No one wins the culture war 01:05:03 - Where does transformation start? 01:06:52 - Compassion for the strange 01:10:01 - Benjamin's approach 01:11:03 - The purpose of sacrifice 01:15:55 - Sacrifice and love 01:17:31 - Ritualized sacrifice 01:20:19 - Projects 01:24:15 - Postmodern storytelling tools
Our website designers: resonancehq.io My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.What It Means to Be Born AgainJonathan Pageau2024-01-05 | In celebration of Theophany (6 January) or Epiphany, as it’s called in the Western tradition, I discuss the meaning of baptism, starting with the baptism of Christ, what it means to be “born again” symbolically, and how Scripture, our sacraments, and the Theophany icon illustrate and explain this to us.
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Join us at the Symbolic World Summit in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Date: Feb 29-Mar 2, 2024 Tickets start at $399: thesymbolicworld.com/summit
Timestamps: 0:00 - Coming up 0:57 - Intro music 1:22 - Introduction 2:14 - The Christmas wars 6:52 - Outline of this episode 7:57 - The essence of Christmas 14:51 - A glimmer of light 16:19 - From the moment of conception 19:57 - It's important to celebrate 20:32 - A period of preparation 22:48 - Winter comes with the cold 26:16 - Christmas carols 31:43 - Evergreenery 33:00 - The Feasting of the Poor 35:17 - Two rules about charity 43:45 - Paraliturgical ways to participate in Christmas 48:07 - Christmas in the early modern period 49:21 - Medieval Christmas carols still sung today 51:01 - The Christmas and Easter rhythm 54:04 - The Puritans 59:20 - The dangers of a feast 1:03:06 - Christmas will win 1:04:27 - Christmas aesthetics 1:06:10 - Charles Dickens 1:09:46 - Christmas in the US 1:12:13 - Santa Claus and marketing 1:14:54 - The Soviet Union 1:15:24 - Three Kings cake 1:16:40 - Commercialization 1:18:24 - Richard's Midwit Defence of Christmas 1:24:05 - Hamlet 1:26:08 - God enters history 1:28:27 - Christmas is not optional
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Sometimes it feels like we’re watching the world unravel before our eyes, as if we’re in some bizarre carnival. And while it's tempting to just give up, there is another way. In End of the World, I offer a thoughtful framework to make sense of these confusing times, placing the chaos in historical context and providing a roadmap to lead us out of the clown world and restore order.
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