The idea of Monotheism vs. Polytheism is an inadequate way of describing reality. When we view the world as hierarchies of principalities which point towards an infinite God, so many aspects of the world and the Bible take on their full meaning.The original video is here: https://youtu.be/iSjHVN8Ziv4Support this channel: thesymbolicworld.com/su ...…

We help people understand how beings that are not concrete and measurable, can nonetheless exist, and inevitably so. Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy are often the examples used by atheists to explain how they have come to not believe in imaginary beings who do not exist and that it was the same process which led them to stop believing in God.Or ...…

Explaining some of the symbolic relationships between eating, the fall of Adam, sex and how all of these elements come together in the sacrament of communion. The subject of this video was proposed by Jacob Russell on Patreon. Original video: https://youtu.be/72QToVO3gLMBuy Matthieu's book: https://amzn.to/2yWHhAnSupport this channel: thesymbol ...…

Matthieu Pageau's book, The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis is now available on Amazon. Matthieu and I discuss the impetus for writing such a book on Biblical symbolism. We look at the basic ideas in the book as well as how these answer the major problems we are faced today in terms of world view. Amazon.comhttps://amzn.to/2xm ...…

Expanding on a talk I gave last year called Pentecost for the Zombie Apocalypse, I discuss the meaning of the zombie and the monster in general as a portent of cultural patterns. By examining the traditional vision of the world and by exploring ancient stories. I trace a parallel to the development of modern art and contemporary culture through ...…

I look at some aspects in the deconstruction project of Jacques Derrida and give a few strategies for taking the upside world created by postmodernism and putting it back on its feet.Video version of this podcast: https://youtu.be/t5mEijjyce4Support this channel: thesymbolicworld.com/support/patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideossubscribestar: w ...…

John Vervaeke is a cognitive scientist and psychologist who teaches at the University of Toronto. He has won several teaching awards and is seen as a life changing lecturer by his students. We discuss the meaning crisis as the breakdown of the binding web offered by Christianity, as well as relevance realization and its relationship to the sacr ...…

In the Christian tradition, it is said that Adam and Eve were covered garments of light or garments of glory before the fall. After the fall, they are covered in garments of dead skins. I try to show what these traditions mean in relation to Being. I also explore the interesting relationship between the two garments and how the relationships is ...…

This is the Q&A given at the Northwest Catholic Family Education Conference on October 27-28, 2017. The speakers in this Q&A are Jordan Peterson, Jonathan Pageau, Dr John Patrick, Dr. Lynne Bissonnette-Pitre. http://nwcatholicconference.com/The discussion ranges from the question of life decisions in terms of career to post-modernism and the so ...…

Sacred spaces are not arbitrary, but are rather constructed in a particular way which show us what they are and also show us how space itself can become a specific place, a "here" which becomes the reference for identity. This talk was given at the Northwest Catholic Family Education Center on October 27-28, 2017 with Jordan Peterson and other ...…

I go through the surprisingly universal structure of Puss in Boots and how it's symbolism is an image of how a the last thing can become the first after crossing the waters of chaos. The original video: https://youtu.be/uZuXiJrAwq4For more on St-Christopherhttps://www.orthodoxartsjournal.org/t...https://youtu.be/zXOdlIXDsr8Frog Princehttps://yo ...…

Paul VanderKlay has been extensively commenting on Jordan Peterson and how he is connecting to, disrupting and fostering a return to the Bible and Christianity in the Western world. We explore his motivations, his interpretations for engaging with Jordan Peterson, and also discuss a wild variety of things from CS Lewis, to symbolism, to African ...…

Nicholas Kotar and I discuss the relationship between traditional stories, fairy tales and how they relate to modern understanding of history, as well as how Tolkien's vision of Fantasy proposes a solution for modern storytelling. You can find Nicholas' website here:http://nicholaskotar.com/The books we discussed can be found in the following l ...…

The Tree can be seen as a symbol of order as it converges into the one, but it can also be seen as order as it separates into the many.Original video: https://youtu.be/lrfr2vUKyAMMy links: patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideospaypal: www.paypal.me/JonathanPageauwebsite: www.thesymbolicworld.comfacebook: www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicW...twitter: ...…

The notion that there was an ass, or a donkey, and an ox present at the birth of Christ is not in the Bible, yet it is one of the earliest and most persistent images in the representations of the Nativity even until today. I explore the symbolism surrounding this Christmas tradition and how it shows us the purpose of extra-biblical traditions.I ...…

I start by the first verse in Genesis and then follow the tread of symbolism, the pattern of Heaven and Earth all through the Bible and finally into the life of Christ. Original video:https://youtu.be/9Ddf-9DXASQMy links: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pageauvideospaypal: https://www.paypal.me/JonathanPageauwebsite: http://www.thesymbolicworl ...…

This is the panel discussion for the SFL Regional conference in Vancouver, Canada. Many questions are answered and the topic moves towards the video I made critiquing Weinstein's notion of factual truth as being the 'top-level' truth. For the video I made regarding this: https://youtu.be/Crto8OBYabsThe original Joe Rogan clip: https://youtu.be/ ...…

19 - New Media Pundits - The Ragtag Heroes of an Upside Down World by Jonathan PageauBy Jonathan Pageau.

Looking at the symbolism of the purity laws in the Old Testament. The purity laws in the Bible are not only rules to regulate behavior but are an image of the Cosmos and how we engage with the world. Original video: https://youtu.be/bDDDS3Q2XxUMore resources:Ox and Ass in iconography: https://www.orthodoxartsjournal.org/w...On the Right and Lef ...…

I discuss with Samuel Andreyev who is a Canadian composer living in France. We discuss the question of abstraction and reference in music, the functions of music as well it the state of music today. Samuel has a youtube channel where he analyzes music theory and looks at particular artists and their compositions. https://www.youtube.com/user/te ...…

With Matthieu Pageau we discuss symbolism in the creation story told in Genesis and how it relates to consciousness, the problem of self-reference and how true symbolism usually appears in a fractal structure of microcosms and macrocosm. The problem of science and rationality is that by emphasizing materiality and reason it often struggles with ...…

The manner in which we dehumanize others in social discourse is broken down and analyzed, and ultimately we see that both sides of the political spectrum use similar dehumanizing tactics without knowing it.Original video: https://youtu.be/K0LU4IKty8YMy links:patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pageauvideospaypal: https://www.paypal.me/JonathanPage ...…

This is a discussion I had with Jordan Peterson on Nov. 14, 2017 in which he called me in the morning and we began looking at several ideas together. -------------------------------Original video on Jordan Peterson's channel: https://youtu.be/E5F4oOlAK8wOriginal description: I woke up at about five thirty this morning to a flood of ideas dealin ...…

Discussing what symbolism is with Matthieu Pageau, the author of "The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis." Original video: https://youtu.be/0VIRA6T33o4My links:patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideoswebsite: www.pageaucarvings.comfacebook: www.facebook.com/jonathanpageautwitter: twitter.com/PageauJonathan…

This talk was given at the 40th annual conference for the Diocese of the South in the Orthodox Church of America with the blessing of Archbishop Alexander Golitzin.The original video: https://youtu.be/zXOdlIXDsr8Transcript of the talk: https://www.orthodoxartsjournal.org/pentecost-for-the-zombie-apocalypse/For more on the icon of St-Christopher ...…

he flat quantifiable world described by the scientific method is necessarily contained in the ontological hierarchy described by religion.Original video: https://youtu.be/1w7TQ1KqaBYMy links: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pageauvideoswebsite: http://www.pageaucarvings.comfacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld/twitter: https://tw ...…

Looking at the story of the life of Moses as described by St-Gregory of Nyssa, I use the pattern found there y to trace a map of the cosmos which can be used to interpret other stories and images. This is the second part of a talk. The first part is here: https://soundcloud.com/jonathan-pageau-307491252/3-encountering-god-in-storieshttps://yout ...…

Rachel Fulton Brown is a Medievalist and a tenured Professor at the University of Chicago. We discuss her friendship with Milo Yiannopoulos, her interest in Jordan Peterson and what such figures might mean in a time of chaos.---------------------------------------------------------My links:patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pageauvideoswebsite: h ...…

Comparing the symbolism of center and periphery between the movie "Shrek" and the Greek play "The Bacchae" by Euripides. I then show how it relates to the changes happening in our world.The original video can be found here: https://youtu.be/WCFLbmAJ2Ucpatreon: https://www.patreon.com/pageauvideoswebsite: http://www.pageaucarvings.comtwitter: ht ...…

I explore the false opposition between the symbolic and literal interpretation of Bible stories using a typical letter I have received from someone who is struggling with their faith and with what they find in the Bible.By Jonathan Pageau.

I give a symbolic interpretation of Guardians of the Galaxy vol.2 as well as a general interpretation of Super Heroes and their relationship to the margin and to identity in general.By Jonathan Pageau.

In this episode I am putting up a discussion surrounding all the strange occurrences that appeared regarding Jordan Peterson and the Pepe the frog meme in 2016 near the time of the election of Donald Trump. I also have added an introduction which gives some of the context out of which the analysis was born.…

In the first public discussion I had with Jordan Peterson, we discuss art and the chaotic buffer which appears between categories. This was recorded a few weeks after the gender pronoun situation exploded around Jordan Peterson.By Jonathan Pageau.

The patterns in stories appear as their underlying order and also as a mode of human consciousness. One can encounter the Divine Logos in ancient stories and how these culminate in the story of Christ. A text version of this talk can be found here: https://www.orthodoxartsjournal.org/divine-patterns-in-story-and-image/This talk was given in Feb ...…

This is a talk looking at the differences between traditional and contemporary art as well as exploring the symbolic structures and purpose of traditional art.This talk was originally given at King's University College in London Ontario in 2015.By Jonathan Pageau.

This was recorded at the Resurrection of Logos event in Toronto, March 2017 with Jordan Peterson. The entire discussion surrounded the possibility of the return of the notion of logos into the contemporary world. The other speakers were:1- Fr. Theodore Paraskevopoulus, 3- Dr. Jordan B Peterson, 4 - Rev. Fr. Geoffrey Ready.This was originally po ...…