The Symbolic World

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/E5F4oOlAK8w Original description: I woke up at about five thirty this morning to a flood of ideas dealing with the emergence of what has been called "intersectionality" in the postmodern/identity politics world. Intersectionality is a movement based on the observation that the standard identity groups (race and gender, for example) don't sufficiently capture the variability in oppression that characterizes those who fit into both categories simultaneously (say, black woman). I realized that the intersection of six or more categories of variation (depending on the degree of differentiation) would produce "groups" of only one individual. In that manner, the idea of the individual is necessarily making its comeback in the ideologies of collectivism that characterize so much modern thinking. It's an inversion, an indication of our upside down world. Many more ideas came along with that one, some associated with the idea of categorization and the ideal (in a religious and symbolic sense). I decided to contact Jonathan Pageau, who is the embodied intersection of French Canadian, artist, orthodox icon carver, male, expert on postmodernism, and bearded, as I couldn't easily think of anyone else to talk to about such things. I didn't edit it at all.... ------------------------------- My links: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pageauvideos paypal: https://www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau website: http://www.pageaucarvings.com facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathanpageau twitter: https://twitter.com/pageaujonathan

Discussing what symbolism is with Matthieu Pageau, the author of "The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis." Original video: https://youtu.be/0VIRA6T33o4 My links: patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos website: www.pageaucarvings.com facebook: www.facebook.com/jonathanpageau twitter: 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/zXOdlIXDsr8 Transcript of the talk: https://www.orthodoxartsjournal.org/pentecost-for-the-zombie-apocalypse/ For more on the icon of St-Christopher: https://www.orthodoxartsjournal.org/the-icon-of-st-christopher/ The original audio was recorded by Ancient Faith Radio: https://www.ancientfaith.com/specials/2017_assembly_of_the_diocese_of_the_orthodox_church_in_america/pentecost_for_the_zombie_apocalypse My links: patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos website: www.pageaucarvings.com facebook: www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld/ twitter: twitter.com/PageauJonathan

he flat quantifiable world described by the scientific method is necessarily contained in the ontological hierarchy described by religion. Original video: https://youtu.be/1w7TQ1KqaBY My links: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pageauvideos website: http://www.pageaucarvings.com facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld/ twitter: https://twitter.com/PageauJonathan For more on ancient cosmology, please read my article "Where is Heaven?": https://www.orthodoxartsjournal.org/where-is-heaven/

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-stories https://youtu.be/3pyYT8AFR-4 A transcript with images can be found here: https://www.orthodoxartsjournal.org/divine-patterns-in-the-life-of-moses/ Original video: https://youtu.be/-drIcL5bkpk My links: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pageauvideos website: http://www.pageaucarvings.com facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathanpageau twitter: https://twitter.com/PageauJonathan This talk was given in Feb. 2017 at the Climacus Conference in Louisville Kentucky. http://www.climacusconference.org/ The original audio was taken from Ancient Faith Radio: http://www.ancientfaith.com/specials/...

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/pageauvideos website: http://www.pageaucarvings.com facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathanpageau twitter: https://twitter.com/PageauCarvings Links for Rachel Fulton Brown: -Rachel Fulton Brown's homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~rfulton/index.html -Her forthcoming book on "Mary and the Art of Prayer": https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Art-Prayer-Medieval-Christian/dp/023118168X/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1499396548&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=futon+brown+mary+art+of+prayer -Her "Fencing Bear at Prayer" blog: http://fencingbearatprayer.blogspot.com/ Blog posts we talked about: -"Kung Fu Milo" (on Milo and the Kung Fu Panda): http://fencingbearatprayer.blogspot.com/2016/11/kung-fu-milo.html -"God's Fools" (on Milo, Francis, and Jesus): http://fencingbearatprayer.blogspot.com/2017/02/gods-fools.html - "Signed with the Cross" (on Jordan Peterson's understanding of the role of Christ as Hero): http://fencingbearatprayer.blogspot.com/2017/05/signed-with-cross.html - "St. Milo the Dangerous and the Dragon of Chaos" (on Fencing Bear's story about her relationship with Milo and the way he embodies the Hero archetype): http://fencingbearatprayer.blogspot.com/2017/07/st-milo-dangerous-and-dragon-of-chaos.html

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/WCFLbmAJ2Uc patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pageauvideos website: http://www.pageaucarvings.com twitter: https://twitter.com/PageauJonathan

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.

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.

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.