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...
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...
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 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...
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...
by Josh Robinson | May 27, 2021 | Articles, Bible, Movies & TV
Introduction “What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!” Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need. And he has been well rewarded, Frodo. Be sure that he took so little hurt from the evil,...
