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The Transformative Power of the Mother’s Embrace

The Transformative Power of the Mother’s Embrace

by Garrett Vandenberg | May 7, 2022 | Articles, Folk Stories & Traditions, Movies & TV

A Reflection on The Divine Feminine, Hugs, and The Lion King Reflecting on my relationship with my mom during some conversations with others from the Symbolic World around Mother’s Day last year, I made a mental note to collect some thoughts that surfaced on the...
Zombies and the Eucharist

Zombies and the Eucharist

by Jean-Philippe Marceau | Jan 9, 2022 | Articles, Comics, Current Events, Liturgy, Movies & TV

The following is a translated and transcribed version of a french podcast recorded in March 2021 by Jonathan Pageau and Jean-Philippe Marceau. Thanks to Norm Grondin for the translation, transcription and edition. JP: Welcome everybody to this second episode of The...
The Mandalorian, the Nativity, and the Seed of Hope

The Mandalorian, the Nativity, and the Seed of Hope

by Derek J Fiedler | Dec 23, 2021 | Articles, Bible, Movies & TV

The Mandalorian is a recent installment in the Star Wars canon. The 16-episode show streamed its second season finale via Disney Plus on December 18, 2020. It’s no mistake that the closing chapter aired one week before Christmas Day. For the arrival of a...
The Green Knight and the Paradigm of De-souled Symbolism

The Green Knight and the Paradigm of De-souled Symbolism

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...
Arrival & Exodus: the Sci-Fi Film’s Hidden Framework

Arrival & Exodus: the Sci-Fi Film’s Hidden Framework

by Derek J Fiedler | Dec 1, 2021 | Articles, Bible, Movies & TV

“Then the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.” In the 2016 film, Arrival, by Director Denis Villeneuve, we enter a world plummeting into chaos when twelve alien...
Joan of Arc: Antidote to Symbolic Inversion

Joan of Arc: Antidote to Symbolic Inversion

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...
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