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Egregores, Mobs and Demons | with Jordan Hall & John Vervaeke
In this conversation with Jordan Hall and John Vervaeke we discuss the meaning and implications of "egregores" as described by the recent two articles on the Symbolic World Blog by Daniel Townhead and Kenneth Florence as well as in the book "Meditations on the Tarot"...
June 2022 Q&A
Patrons can submit questions in advance at $10/month or more through The Symbolic World website, SubscribeStar or Patreon. Questions are selected by moderators due to time constraints and the livestream is for patrons only. Support — Patreon • PayPal •...
How Christ Saves His Father From the Underworld
This video is a response to Jordan Peterson’s analysis of Pinocchio and the notion of saving your father from the underworld. How does this idea fit into Christianity? At first it seems that Christ’s story flips the pattern, where He is saved by the underworld by His...
Advance Questions for June Q&A
The June Q&A will be on the 23rd at 8pm ET. As you might know, the Q&As are now done live only for patrons. For those who are supporting at 10$+, you can ask a question in advance. Put your question in the comment section below. The questions are now moderated to...
The Priority of Mind | with Bernardo Kastrup (More Christ)
This is a repost from my conversation with Bernardo Kastrup on the More Christ podcast and YouTube channel. We discuss dissociation and the problem of unity and multiplicity, how the Western mind approaches the world and what we have lost in modernity, banality,...
May 2022 Q&A
Patrons can submit questions in advance at $10/month or more through The Symbolic World website, SubscribeStar or Patreon. Questions are selected by moderators due to time constraints and the livestream is for patrons only. Support — Patreon • PayPal •...
Articles
Of Saints and Gorgons: Multivalent Aquatic Symbolism in Late Antique Constantinople
Water has been perceived symbolically since ancient times. In other words, from the activity of water in certain circumstances can be inferred...
Story as the Key to the Cosmos: An Exploration of the Symbolic Design of Narrative
This article investigates storytelling through a symbolic lens.
The Symbolic World vs Egregores, Part 2
Is our terminology around higher beings really sufficient? Does the ‘materialist’ trend in how people have seen and begun to use the word ‘egregore’ approach some truth that has not been accounted for in the Christian cosmology we have previously described?
Resolving the Debate: Jonathan, St Maximus, Balthasar, JP
Jonathan and JP resolve their debate about the existence of the world in the Incarnate Christ. Thanks to St Maximus the Confessor, Hans Urs von Balthasar and, surprisingly, Valentin Tomberg.
The Symbolic World vs Egregores, Part 1
Egregores have become a big topic of conversation for figures not too far away from the Symbolic World, such as Jordan Hall and Rebel Wisdom guest...
Thoughts On The Jungian Perspective On Symbolism
“God’s guilt consisted in the fact that, as creator of the world and king of his creatures, he was inadequate and therefore had to submit to the ritual slaying.” (Carl Jung)
Panpsychism and Neoplatonism: Re-Enchantment for Mathematicians and Physicists
There’s an interesting ontological problem in the philosophy of physics. As David Chalmers writes: [P]hysical theory only characterizes its basic...
Faith Stripped Bare: The Transfiguration of Doubt in an Age of Exile
Imprinted upon the architecture of our Being is the desire for meaning, purpose, community and ritual. We seek to transcend and become more than the sum of our parts…
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Jonathan Pageau
Professional Icon Carver
Jonathan Pageau is a professional artist, writer and public speaker, giving workshops and conferences all around North America. He teaches carving, speaks on art, but mostly explores symbolic structures that underlie our experience of the world.
Through his YouTube channel and podcast, The Symbolic World, he also furthers the conversation on symbolism, meaning and patterns in everything from movies, to icons, to social trends.
Articles on the The Symbolic World are contributed by several writers engaged with Jonathan in the exploration of Symbolism across all fields.
To see the Jonathan’s art, please visit his carving website, his Patreon Art page or follow him on social media.