by Kenneth Florence | May 19, 2022 | Articles, Bible, Theory
Phenomenology vs. empiricism In a recent Symbolic World conversation, Jonathan Pageau and JP Marceau explored certain practical considerations around two different approaches to symbolism, those aligned with the worldviews of Maximus the Confessor and of Thomas...
by Kenneth Florence | Jan 29, 2022 | Articles, Bible, Theory
“That which resumes all under a unity is a Principle in which all things exist together and the single thing is All. From this Principle, which remains internally unmoved, particular things push forth as from a single root which never itself emerges. They are a...
by Kenneth Florence | Dec 14, 2021 | Articles, Folk Stories & Traditions, Movies & TV
In my last article, I presented the symbol of Joan of Arc as an antidote to the increasingly prevalent phenomenon of symbolic inversion, the technique of turning archetypal symbols upside-down. In doing so, I made brief reference to the use of this technique in the...
by Kenneth Florence | Nov 1, 2021 | Articles, Folk Stories & Traditions, Movies & TV, Theory
Inverted depictions Symbolism expert Jonathan Pageau recently put out a video addressing a viewer’s question about the movie The Green Knight. A few months back, Pageau had made another video discussing the symbolism of the original Green Knight (a 14th-century...
