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The Spider-Man Apocalypse
This is a repost of the May 2022 patron-only video about Marvel's Spider-Man: No Way Home and how the multiverse theme not only plays in with postmodernism but also how it can be used to return to a traditional vision. Support — Patreon • PayPal • SubscribeStar •...
Esoteric Christianity | with Michael Martin and Nate Hile
This video is a repost from Nate’s channel, ‘Grail Country’. We discuss Valentin Tomberg’s book ‘Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism’ and Christian esotericism more generally, how different esoteric perspectives unfolded throughout history,...
July 2022 Q&A
- The Symbolic World website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com - Merch: http://www.thesymbolicworld.store - The Language of Creation (Matthieu Pageau): https://www.amazon.com/Language-Creat... - Carving workshop: https://jonathanpageau.thinkific.com/......
Proving Ancient Wisdom Through Mathematics | with Prof. Donald Hoffman
Donald Hoffman is a cognitive psychologist and popular science author. He is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, with joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Logic and Philosophy of...
The Wages of Sin Is Death
In this video I discuss the famous passage in Romans 6v23, “ For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” We will explore the larger context of why St. Paul says this, how it relates to a fractal reality rather than...
Beyond Materialism: The Matter With Things | with Dr. Iain McGilchrist
In this long-awaited discussion with Dr. Iain McGilchrist I ask him several questions about his work. We discuss the medieval worldview, the Renaissance, participation and transformation, and what he thinks is the way forward and the role of religion. Support...
Articles
Technology and the Return of the Old Gods
At the close of the Millennium, David Noble published a book with Penguin titled, The Religion of Technology, in which he explored the spiritual...
Peter & John, Martha & Mary — The Symbolism of the Active and the Contemplative
The following is a translated and transcribed version of a french podcast recorded in July 2021 by Jonathan Pageau and Jean-Philippe Marceau. JP:...
The Black Phone: Salvation With Fear and Trembling
Scott Derrickson left a lucrative gig directing Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness to make The Black Phone, moving from popular but...
As Above, So Below: Palatial Symbolism in Late Antique and Medieval Constantinople
It is a truism that for ancient persons, the natural world revealed the sacred. Thus, when the dissociation between human beings and nature occurred...
A Liminal State: Canadian Symbolism and Identity
Canada has always symbolically occupied a space between worlds, peoples, and empires. We are a frontier society—between the old world and the new,...
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?
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About
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.