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A Symbolic Meditation on Hiroshima at 75: Divine-Human Transfiguration and Transhuman Disfiguration
We tend to forget that the advent of the Atomic Age, with the destruction of Hiroshima in a single bomb blast 75 years ago on August 6, 1945, was not greeted with dread so much as with wonder at mankind’s near-divine power over matter. For it was thought that man was...
Marshall McLuhan and Eastern Christianity: Probing an Interfaith Interface with the Symbolic World in Mind
Canadian literary critic Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) became at once a media personality and a media guru in the 1960s, with his ground-breaking reflection on different communication technologies’ effects on consciousness, from the alphabet to the Internet —which he...
The Beheaded Woman Still Alive
Be astonished: a beautiful woman, beheaded 1,700 years ago, still lives. She is the patron of miners, tunnellers, armourers, military engineers, artillerymen, gunsmiths and those who handle explosives. People put up her effigy at the entrance to tunnels and mines, and...
The Symbolism of Maximillian Robespierre’s Final Moments
Maximilian Robespierre was the leader of the French Revolution, which promised to free France from the tyranny of despots. For centuries, the French people had lived under a system where the peasants carried the burden of the tax load. And while the monarchy did...
The Symbolism of Anti-Vaxxing
I will look at the symbolism of anti-vaxxer (anti-vaccination) conspiracy theories. First, anti-vaxxers validly intuit …
Garden of Earthly Delights
Recently, an unhappy person who has been living on the fringes, sent a message to her friends that the darkness was lifting. She now understands the truth about herself. She knows the source of her problems and how to overcome them. She must love herself. She deserves...
Joyful Suffering in Christ – How The Cross Brings Cosmic Meaning to Our Afflictions
In a previous post, I introduced St Paul’s head-body symbolism. In this post, I want to examine one of his richest and most meaningful uses of this symbolism.
From Mines to Mountains – How the World’s Best-Selling Video Game Mirrors Ancient Cosmology
Video games are the pinnacle of modern entertainment for many. They can be complex storytelling devices that allow us to explore new worlds. In fact, plenty of established game series have rich lore that draws on ancient myths. However, the similarities go deeper than...
The Dragon of Minneapolis
As a resident of Minnesota who has a platform, I feel it my responsibility to offer my take on the current horrendous situation. With that in mind, I will postpone Part II to my Bestiary article for another time, but this article will also be helpful for understanding...
The Symbolism of Cell Tower Arson
In this blog post, I want to take a symbolic look at a new phenomenon, namely that of people burning down cell phone towers. This has been happening during the Covid-19 crisis as various conspiracy theories blame 5G technology for the virus ((Chan, Kelvin; Dupuy,...