Articles
The Tripartite Symbolism of Man
One hundred men stand solemnly in a perfect circle. All eyes are focused on the single man, about 40, a tall and athletic viking of a man. He is called forward, and is blessed and anointed by the elder. In this ritual, he is to share a commitment of purpose from his soul with the circle of men. He steps towards the blazing fire and falls to his knees…
A Call to Christian Artists
This is a transcript of a video from a few weeks ago, given for the Breath and the Clay's 2021 event. Thanks to Norm Grondin for the transcription. We are at a crossing. Can you feel this? Can you touch the fear and dizziness of our moment? Can you sense the ground...
Introducing Rene Girard to the Symbolic World, and Placing Him Within It
Rene Girard’s theories are introduced to the Symbolic World; certain problems are described and analysed, and Girard is placed within proper bounds.
Possibility, Intelligibility, and the Incarnation
I make the case that the Incarnation does not break the intelligibility behind the non-reductive naturalist worldview, in an attempt to move forward the discussion I had with John Vervaeke and Paul Vanderklay on miracles a few months ago.
The System of The Beast
This is the text version of a video by the same title published in March 2021. Thanks to Gareth Boyd for the edition. With the crazy situation in the world moving at pace, as we see systems of technological control and tracking taking over in the name of Covid, we are...
The Symbolism of Graffiti
Ari Fisher explains how graffiti is the inevitable conclusion of modern architecture, its equally disharmonious bride.
Disembodied voices: spirits in a material world
A voice is coming closer from a nearby road, so loud that it carries down the hill, the words resounding off the walls of the inner city terrace houses. You can hear it even round the corner, from adjoining streets. It is a man’s voice but you do not recognise it; it...
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...
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...
- Thanks to David Flores for his artistic collaboration. Further examples of his work can be found here and on Instagram[↩]