Content & Media
The Symbolic World provides content which attempts to awaken a new symbolic vision of the world. Jonathan Pageau explores traditional symbolism from religious imagery as well as other legends and stories. He also uses symbolic patterns to interpret the modern world, its cultural manifestation and historical movements. Most content featured here appears as YouTube videos, podcasts made by Jonathan as well as guest appearances on other platforms.
February 2021 Q&A
February Subscriber Only Video – Symbolism of the Jesus Prayer
For the February Subscriber only video, I look at the symbolic structure of the Jesus Prayer.
Perilous Ascent: An Exploration of Actaeon and Revolution
The myth of Actaeon expresses the pattern of revolution. The purpose of this article is to analyze how this pattern is imaged within the story. In this analysis, different elements of the myth will be drawn upon to show how the pattern manifests at different levels of...
Can Artists Predict the Future – With Neil DeGraide
Neil De Graide is a musician, composer and singer for Dirt Poor Robins. We discuss how artists can sometimes intuit what will happen and manifest that in their work.
Advance Questions for February Q&A
Please put your questions in the comment section. Because of the quantity, I can only answer one question per person. Please try to be succinct. I will not read long statements. Looking forward to seeing you there. https://youtu.be/j92Dgix8-dw
February Q&A
Here is the link to the February Q&A which will be held on Sunday the 28th at 9pm eastern. 10$+ patrons will receive a second email for advance questions See you all there. https://youtu.be/j92Dgix8-dw
Thine Own of Thine Own: Symbolic Musings on the Eucharist
Prayer, Time and Causality
In a video on the story of the prophet Jonah, Jonathan mentioned that when we pray, we connect to God through memory: The relationship between the margin and the center, between the low place and the high place, is memory. If you remember God, if you remember the...
How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Humanity – With Dr. Paula Boddington
Dr Boddington is the author of “Towards a Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence”. She is currently a Senior Lecturer at the New College of the Humanities and has held academic positions at the University of Bristol, the Australian National University, Cardiff University, and Oxford University. She has received research awards from the Future of Life Institute, the National Institute of Health Research, and the Wellcome Trust.
Food, Sex and Communion
This post is a transcript of a video from June 2018. Thanks to Heather Lee for the transcription and JP Marceau for the edition. This video is based on a Patreon comment. I ask the $10+ level patrons to suggest a subject for a video and then I pick the ones that I...
- Thanks to David Flores for his artistic collaboration. Further examples of his work can be found here and on Instagram[↩]