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Rod Dreher – Preparing for a Soft Totalitarian Future
I discuss his new book, Live Not By Lies: a Manual for Christian Dissidents, with Rod Dreher. We explore the increasing systems of control coupled within a increasing culture war in which corporations have taken a side.
Sargon of Akkad and Jonathan Pageau – New Atheist Failure
This event was organized by Thinkspot. www.thinkspot.com
Discussing Dominion with Tom Holland
Tom Holland is a best selling author who’s recent book “Dominion” has been making waves in the post-secular crowd because it examines the Christian frame by which even atheists and anti-theists motivate their actions.
Miracles and their Role in Creation
JP Marceau and I explore how through patterns of emanation and emergence, miracles appear as super-events which show us the pattern of reality.
The Meaning of Goblins, Dwarves, Imps and Other Earth Monsters
Last year’s Halloween Patron only video. We look at the symbolism of the lower monsters and how the implicit things in the world can work. This will also give you sense of what the patron only videos look like. Thanks to everyone for your support.
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Haunted Computers
Computers are haunted objects – but they are not haunted by the same specters that frequent the halls of Victorian mansions, Southern plantations,...
The Ascent of Alexander the Great
This post is a transcript of a video from January 2020. Thanks to Heather Lee for the transcription and JP Marceau for the edition. In 2019, just...
How The Scientific Revolution Changed Our Worldview
In this article, I explore how I think the material worldview cuts in half, flips inside-out, and turns upside-down the spiritual worldview. As our...
Accelerationism and Dancing with Death
This post is a transcript of a video from April 2019. Thanks to Heather Lee for the transcription and JP Marceau for the edition. In the past few...
In Remembrance: Menin Gate at Midnight
On a summer evening in July 1927, an artist went for a walk outside the city of Ypres, Belgium. By chance, he spoke to a passerby whose words...
The Meaning of Vampires
This post is the transcript of a video from October 2019. Thanks to Heather Lee for the transcription and Gareth Boyd for the edition. The idea of...
Investigating Miracles With Lewis and Vervaeke
In his book Miracles, C.S. Lewis puts forward a symbolic worldview that provides a rich framework to explain Christ’s miracles. The book is divided...
The Entire Cosmos in the Parable of the Sower
This is a transcript from a video released in February 2020. Thanks to Heather Lee for the transcription and JP Marceau for the edition. The parable...
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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.