Jonathan Pageau

The Symbolic World

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Jonathan Pageau looks at symbolism in all its forms, from its source in sacred stories and images to contemporary culture and ultimately how it shapes the world we encounter.

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Jonathan Pageau

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88 - JP Marceau - Emergence and Levels of Being 08.01.2020 51:40

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87 - Benjamin Boyce - Masculine Actualities and Feminine Possibilities 04.01.2020 1:03:12

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86 - The Meaning of Vampires 01.01.2020 14:13

Support this channel: thesymbolicworld.com/support/ patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau paypal: www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau The Vampire is issued from ancient legends, though it has taken up a certain niche among modern monsters since Bram Stoker's Dracula. I look at the coherence of its modern appearance as a dark version of hierarchy. Origi...

85 - Jacob Russel - Nephilim, Veils and Why the Soul is Portrayed as Feminine 28.12.2019 56:12

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84 - God and Relevance Realization 25.12.2019 1:13:27

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83 - Christian Life and Symbolic Living 21.12.2019 48:20

Support this channel: thesymbolicworld.com/support/ patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau paypal: www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau This is the second talk which was given at St-John Cantius Catholic Church in Chicago on October 27th, 2019. Original Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYiXM8J5pH4 My links: website: www.thesymbolicworld.com facebook: www.f...

82 - There is No Literal Meaning 18.12.2019 22:59

Support this channel: thesymbolicworld.com/support/ patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau paypal: www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau The opposition between literal and metaphorical is as useless as it is damaging to understanding how reality actually unfolds in the Christian cosmology. I look at problems of the very concept in a neutral description of...

81 - The Inevitability of Ritual 14.12.2019 14:45

Support this channel: thesymbolicworld.com/support/ patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau paypal: www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau Although many contemporary Christians want to deny they participate in religion and religious ritual, these rituals are inevitable. Ritual is inevitable in all human interaction even when someone is trying to rebel again...

80 - The End of the World and the Purpose of Laughter 11.12.2019 48:52

Support this channel: thesymbolicworld.com/support/ patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau paypal: www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau Laughter, distraction, exceptions, are all images of the edge of a world, but is there a way for laughter to play a useful part in living on the edge. This is the second part of a conference I gave at Holy Nativity of th...

79 - The Garden of Eden as Cosmic Structure 08.12.2019 45:02

Support this channel: thesymbolicworld.com/support/ patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau paypal: www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau I go through the image of the Garden of Eden presented in St-Ephrem the Syrian's Hymns on Paradise, discussing how it is a structure of being and experience and relating it to other works, especially St-Gregory of Nyssa'...

78 - Sevilla King - Living a Quality Existence 04.12.2019 1:25:39

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76 - The Radical Proposal of Sacred Art 27.11.2019 35:41

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75 - Problems with Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Narrative 23.11.2019 22:57

Support this channel: thesymbolicworld.com/support/ patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau paypal: www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau Steven Pinker's narrative of Enlightenment conveniently dismisses how the dark side of modernity is born in the same enlightenment principles he wants to uphold. Original Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqgfgBH0ICw My lin...

74 - Paul VanderKlay - Discussing the Meaning Crisis 20.11.2019 1:45:06

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73 - Christian Roy - Technical Society and Media 16.11.2019 55:39

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72 - The Symbolism of Storm Area 51 13.11.2019 12:45

Support this channel: thesymbolicworld.com/support/ patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau paypal: www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau The Storm Area 51 Facebook event has taken the internet by storm, boasting more than 3 million people interested or saying they will attend. Why has this joke become so popular, what social trope does it manifest in the...

71 - The Meaning of the Ice Cream Licking Challenge 09.11.2019 14:12

Support this channel: thesymbolicworld.com/support/ patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau paypal: www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau I look at the pattern emerging from the recent viral videos of people licking ice cream, spitting into containers in stores and putting the items back on the shelf. Original Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON3KkNpnPtc My...

70 - Kanye West - The Fool and the Inversion 06.11.2019 17:19

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69 - Cannibal Babies 02.11.2019 25:27

Support this channel: thesymbolicworld.com/support/ patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau paypal: www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau I discuss the medieval problem of cannibal babies and who's body will be resurrected if a person eats another person. I then look at what that means in terms of ontology and normal causality. The discussion is an analysi...

68 - The Symbolism of Halloween 30.10.2019 22:07

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67 - The Only Solution to Culture 26.10.2019 48:15

Support this channel: thesymbolicworld.com/support/ patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau paypal: www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau As we watch our culture become blander and less cohesive, we need to ask the hardest questions, about distraction and entertainment, about the possibility of participation and how this relates to liturgy as the ultimate...

66 - The Anthropology of Mysticism 23.10.2019 1:03:19

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65 - How The Joker Smashes Our Political Narratives 16.10.2019 24:34

Support this channel: thesymbolicworld.com/support/ patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau paypal: www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau The Joker movie has been causing outrage in mainstream media channels, and it is not clear why at first glance, and so I break down some of the narrative structures to show how the movie smashes the Overton window by con...

64 - Matthew Miller - Logos Made Flesh 12.10.2019 1:05:44

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63 - Interview for "Better Left Unsaid" Documentary 09.10.2019 2:11:07

Support this channel: thesymbolicworld.com/support/ patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau paypal: www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau This far-reaching interview was done by Curt Jaimungal who is preparing a documentary, Better Left Unsaid, exploring when the political left goes too far. Original Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNpUKrZK2kw My links: web...