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September 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 •...
Strange Times Call for Strange Storytelling | with Dn. Nicholas Kotar
I've spoken with Dn. Nicholas Kotar a few times on this channel. He is an Orthodox deacon, writer, storyteller and podcaster for Ancient Faith Ratio. He recently published another book in the Raven Son series called Son of the Deathless that's freely available on his...
Authority on the Right, Power on the Left
I continue where I left of in my previous video about left hand and right hand symbolism, where now I discuss the idea of authority and power or direct and indirect influence. I use iconography and other images (like the royal scepter and orb) as examples to expound...
God Save the King
With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, I look at the symbolism of monarchy and a few things we can pay attention to going forward in King Charles III's reign. Support — Patreon • PayPal • SubscribeStar • BitChute Follow — YouTube • Facebook • Twitter...
Left Hand / Right Hand Symbolism
In this video I discuss the symbolism of the left hand and right hand that’s often mentioned in Scripture. Through exploring iconography and other representations of opposites inside and outside of Christianity, we can discover the meaning and role of these basic...
August 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 •...
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Art, Relevance and Saturated Phenomena
1. Relevance and Saturated Phenomena The world is complex. From a simple raindrop to the complicated order of a city, whether we scale up or down,...
Symbolism in Nietzsche’s Moral Desert
In 1885, Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Thus Spoke Zarathustra” was published. This book was vastly different from all of Nietzsche’s prior works in that...
Walls, Gates, and a Marble King: The Symbols of Theodosian Constantinople
Introduction This brief article will demonstrate how the Theodosian walls surrounding the city of Constantinople, built by Theodosius II the Younger...
From Miklagard to Vinland: The Norse in the New World
Discovery and exploration are often incremental, long processes which involve many people and take years to reach a resolution or founding of a new...
Axes Mundi: The Columns of Constantinople, Part Two
In part one of this article, we addressed the columns of Constantinople—and the statues bestriding them—from the fourth-to-early fifth centuries AD,...
Death by Holiness, Toxic Fandoms, and The Rings of Power
Then Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu each took his fire pan and put fire in it and presented strange fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded...
Axes Mundi: The Columns of Constantinople, Part One
Preamble For ancient civilisations, the erection of monuments—whether they were obelisks or honorific columns—implied, from a symbolic point of...
Facing Up to the City of God: Transposing Augustine’s Political Theology for Modern Christians
The question of politics has been the point of contention in much of public discourse. Whether on social media or at the dining table for a holiday...
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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.