330 - The Leviathan in Scripture: Ouroboros Symbolism

The Symbolic World

The Leviathan is a strange creature in the Bible and tradition. In this podcast episode I look at the Leviathan, the sea serpent, the dragon, and its relationship to the devil, and how al of these associations came to be what they can mean. And also it can help us understand how symbolism can be polyvalent that is that symbolism can have multiple meanings at the same time, and that understanding those multiple meanings can also help us understand how symbolism works and then also help us understand the specific meanings that are attributed to each symbol and the leviathan.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Coming up
0:23 - Intro music
0:49 - Start
1:35 - The Leviathan imagery
7:13 - Noah and the Sea dragon
12:09 - The hell mouth
15:09 - Chaos and potential
19:19 - Ouroboros
24:08 - The feast of the Leviathan
33:12 - Satan, the Devil
39:08 - The final paradox
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My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.