The Symbolic World
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.
Notable Guests
Episodes (448)
148 - Mark Doerksen - St. Margaret the Dragon Slayer
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147 - The Dark Knight - How to Be a Hero in an Upside Down World
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146 - JF Martel - The Weird and the Sacred
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145 - January Q&A
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144 - Fr. John Strickland - History of the West in View of the East
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143 - The Blindness of "Following the Science"
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142 - Matt Fradd - Icons vs Porn
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141 - December Q&A
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140 - Paul Vanderklay - The Future of Online Discussions on Meaning
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139 - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer as Modern Mythmaking
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138 - Guy Sengstock - Being, Intelligibility and God
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137 - Diving Into Dante's Divine Comedy
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136 - Adam Friended - Religion and Materialism
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135 - November Q&A
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134 - Rationality Rules - Possibilities and Limits of Metaphorical Truth
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133 - Rod Dreher - Preparing for a Soft Totalitarian Future
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132 - Sargon of Akkad - New Atheist Failure
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131 - Tom Holland - Discussing Dominion
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130 - Miracles and their Role in Creation
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129 - The Meaning of Goblins, Dwarves, Imps and Other Earth Monsters
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128 - October Q&A
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127 - Understanding Kanye West on Joe Rogan
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126 - Christian Roy - Marshall McLuhan and the Electric Nervous System of Antich...
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125 - Parasitic Storytelling
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124 - Jonah and the Upside Down World
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123 - Fr. Andrew Damick and Fr. Stephen De Young - Gods, Angels and Demons
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122 - Why Symbolism? (Campfire Podcast)
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121 - The Meaning of Prince Ivan and The Gray Wolf
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120 - September Q&A
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119 - Jesus vs Barrabas
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118 - August Q&A
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117 - Paul Vanderklay and John Vervaeke - Emergence and Narrative
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116 - Postmodernism is a Virus
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115 - Masks as Veils
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114 - John Vervaeke - Original Sin and the Meaning Crisis
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113 - July Q&A
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112 - Jordan Peterson and the Stories We Live In
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111 - Kanye West for President
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110 - Nicholas Kotar - Fairy Tales are Better Than Vaccines
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109 - June Q&A
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108 - Casting Down Images
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107 - Why the Protests Look So Religious
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106 - Vesper Stamper - Plague, Revolt and Flagellants
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105 - May Q&A
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104 - The Meaning of Protest
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103 - Paul VanderKlay - What to Do After the First Jordan Peterson Wave?
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102 - Mythic Patterns in Mario Games Pt 1: The Arcade Origins
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101 - April Q&A
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100 - The Joker and Cancel Culture
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99 - Mediating Purity and Trade in a Pandemic
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