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A Liminal State: Canadian Symbolism and Identity

Canada has always symbolically occupied a space between worlds, peoples, and empires. We are a frontier society—between the old world and the new...

A Liminal State: Canadian Symbolism and Identity

Canada has always symbolically occupied a space between worlds, peoples, and empires. We are a frontier society—between the old world and the new...

Of Saints and Gorgons: Multivalent Aquatic Symbolism in Late Antique Constantinople

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Of Saints and Gorgons: Multivalent Aquatic Symbolism in Late Antique Constantinople

Water has been perceived symbolically since ancient times. In other words, from the activity of water in certain circumstances can be inferred certain phenomena.

Of Saints and Gorgons: Multivalent Aquatic Symbolism in Late Antique Constantinople

Water has been perceived symbolically since ancient times. In other words, from the activity of water in certain circumstances can be inferred certain phenomena.

Story as the Key to the Cosmos: An Exploration of the Symbolic Design of Narrative

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Story as the Key to the Cosmos: An Exploration of the Symbolic Design of Narrative

This article investigates storytelling through a symbolic lens.

Story as the Key to the Cosmos: An Exploration of the Symbolic Design of Narrative

This article investigates storytelling through a symbolic lens.

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The Symbolic World vs Egregores, Part 2

Is our terminology around higher beings really sufficient? Does the ‘materialist’ trend in how people have seen and begun to use the word ‘egregore’ approach some truth that has not been accounted for in the Christian cosmology we have previously described?

Symbolic World Collective

The Symbolic World vs Egregores, Part 2

Symbolic World Collective

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Jun 12, 2022

December 12, 2023

Is our terminology around higher beings really sufficient? Does the ‘materialist’ trend in how people have seen and begun to use the word ‘egregore’ approach some truth that has not been accounted for in the Christian cosmology we have previously described?

Resolving the Debate: Jonathan, St Maximus, Balthasar, JP

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Resolving the Debate: Jonathan, St Maximus, Balthasar, JP

Jonathan and JP resolve their debate about the existence of the world in the Incarnate Christ. Thanks to St Maximus the Confessor, Hans Urs von Balthasar and, surprisingly, Valentin Tomberg.

Jean-Philippe Marceau

Resolving the Debate: Jonathan, St Maximus, Balthasar, JP

Jean-Philippe Marceau

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Jun 8, 2022

November 7, 2023

Jonathan and JP resolve their debate about the existence of the world in the Incarnate Christ. Thanks to St Maximus the Confessor, Hans Urs von Balthasar and, surprisingly, Valentin Tomberg.

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The Symbolic World vs Egregores, Part 1

Egregores have become a big topic of conversation for figures not too far away from the Symbolic World, such as...

Symbolic World Collective

The Symbolic World vs Egregores, Part 1

Symbolic World Collective

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Jun 5, 2022

December 13, 2023

Egregores have become a big topic of conversation for figures not too far away from the Symbolic World, such as...

Thoughts On The Jungian Perspective On Symbolism

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Thoughts On The Jungian Perspective On Symbolism

It is not original to say that, metaphorically speaking, symbols are bridges. That basically means they connect two realities that would otherwise remain isolated.

Thoughts On The Jungian Perspective On Symbolism

It is not original to say that, metaphorically speaking, symbols are bridges. That basically means they connect two realities that would otherwise remain isolated.

Panpsychism and Neoplatonism: Re-Enchantment for Mathematicians and Physicists

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Panpsychism and Neoplatonism: Re-Enchantment for Mathematicians and Physicists

There’s an interesting ontological problem in the philosophy of physics.

Jean-Philippe Marceau

Panpsychism and Neoplatonism: Re-Enchantment for Mathematicians and Physicists

Jean-Philippe Marceau

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May 29, 2022

November 7, 2023

There’s an interesting ontological problem in the philosophy of physics.

Faith Stripped Bare: The Transfiguration of Doubt in an Age of Exile

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Faith Stripped Bare: The Transfiguration of Doubt in an Age of Exile

Imprinted upon the architecture of our Being is the desire for meaning, purpose, community and ritual.

Faith Stripped Bare: The Transfiguration of Doubt in an Age of Exile

Imprinted upon the architecture of our Being is the desire for meaning, purpose, community and ritual.

Phenomenology, Empiricism, and Creation in Man

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Phenomenology, Empiricism, and Creation in Man

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 Aquinas.

Kenneth Michael Florence

Phenomenology, Empiricism, and Creation in Man

Kenneth Michael Florence

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May 19, 2022

November 7, 2023

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 Aquinas.

The Logos, Dragons, and Revelation in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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The Logos, Dragons, and Revelation in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released by Bethesda Game Studios in 2011, and by 2016, Skyrim sold more than 30 million copies, according to Bethesda Director and Executive Producer Todd Howard.

The Logos, Dragons, and Revelation in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released by Bethesda Game Studios in 2011, and by 2016, Skyrim sold more than 30 million copies, according to Bethesda Director and Executive Producer Todd Howard.

On Lot’s Life after Sodom and the Dangers of Symbolic Thinking

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On Lot’s Life after Sodom and the Dangers of Symbolic Thinking

The Lord begins His commandments to Moses with “I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me” (Ex. 20:2–3). Ergo the most foundational, most important distinction one should make in life is not between the one and the many, on the basis of which symbolic thinking is generated, nor between being and non-being, upon which the highest philosophy is based....

On Lot’s Life after Sodom and the Dangers of Symbolic Thinking

The Lord begins His commandments to Moses with “I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me” (Ex. 20:2–3). Ergo the most foundational, most important distinction one should make in life is not between the one and the many, on the basis of which symbolic thinking is generated, nor between being and non-being, upon which the highest philosophy is based....