The Symbolic World Jonathan Pageau

This is a talk I gave for Ralston College on the Icon of the Last Judgement, exploring Orthodox Christian imagery to understand ontology, theology, and how identity, symbolism, and fractals work in the medieval worldview.

Youtube version: https://youtu.be/APFPO4LXFIs

Ralston College website: https://www.ralston.ac/ 
Ralston College: Rethinking the Last Judgment: Cosmic Symbolism & the Metaphor for Self-Discovery | @JonathanPageau: https://youtu.be/30nx25GjCYI?si=D0nB-5iLQkycrJlQ 

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This talk took place in April 2024 at the Maliotis Cultural Center, hosted by Hellenic College Holy Cross with Dr. Timothy Patitsas. In this talk, I take you through all the icons of Holy Week from Palm Sunday to the Anastasis, the icon of the Resurrection of Christ. 

Original YouTube video: https://youtu.be/vFW5nYC4CcM

Hellenic College Holy Cross: https://www.hchc.edu/
Originally posted on the Maliotis Cultural Center channel: https://www.youtube.com/@maliotisculturalcenter

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro music
01:29 - Introduction
05:07 - Center intro music
05:48 - Jonathan's talk
07:52 - Palm Sunday
12:49 - Bridegroom Matins
16:44 - Washing of the Feet
22:46 - The Last Supper
24:59 - The Crucifixion
32:58 - The Descent from the Cross
35:55 - The Anastasis
50:23 - Q&A

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In this week’s episode of Universal History, Richard Rohlin and I give an introduction to Dante’s Divine Comedy, discussing its historical and political context, Dante’s motivations and his point of view, and why the Comedia is the greatest work of Western literature. 

Join us for the first course on the Divine Comedy, starting May 8th. Dante’s Inferno: https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/courses-pages/dantes-inferno 

Original YouTube version: https://youtu.be/K5R939cIWg4

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This is part two of our discussion about the Tower of Babel in the context of Universal History. Richard Rohlin and I recap and continue our discussion on the Book of Jubilees and Pentecost, discussing more in-depth the Feast of First Fruits, and what it means as a structure by which communion between heaven and earth can be facilitated - of unity and multiplicity. The duality of Pentecost explains several strange moments in Scripture and the apocryphal texts, most notably the laws of Noah, the covenant of Abraham, the scandal of Lot, and of course the Tower of Babel itself.

Previous episode on the Tower of Babel: https://youtu.be/wj9EK0QAW54?si=ClSLEQzKUaSFjeRl 

Content mentioned:
- Apocrypha: An Introduction to Extra-Biblical Literature by Fr. Stephen DeYoung: https://store.ancientfaith.com/apocrypha-an-introduction-to-extra-biblical-literature/ 
- Biblical Symbolism: Uncovering Your Father’s Nakedness - Fr. Stephen De Young: https://youtu.be/GQgOYkzj0ek?si=VbkBfKvm56pHVHRv 

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Coming up
00:41 - Intro music
01:05 - Introduction
02:37 - The book of Jubilees
05:10 - Feasting and sacrifice in the Book of Jubilees
08:48 - What is Pentecost
11:11 - Laws of Noah
17:37 - The double aspect of the Feast of First Fruits
20:30 - The scattering of the nations
23:32 - The prayers of Noah
26:02 - Raphael
28:42 - The City of Babel
30:15 - The Idolatrous Tower of Babel
32:45 - Abraham celebrates Pentecost
35:24 - A case of drunkenness?
38:45 - The big reveal
41:57 - Splitting in half
46:01 - Lot’s drunkenness
47:03 - There's only one Pentecost
50:31 - History
56:14 - The spirit descends
1:08:13 - This is what Universal History is
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This video will premiere tomorrow, Saturday, April 13th at 10 am EST.

In this short reflection, I will explain the parable of Jesus that’s the most difficult to understand, the Parable of the Penitent Steward, or the Unjust Steward. Recently I teamed up with Jordan Peterson, Daily Wire, and the same panel of the Exodus series, this time to film a series on the Gospels. The discussions pushed me to finally understand the parable after many years of pondering. 

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This is my second interview with Timothy Patitsas on the topic of beauty. We also discuss filmmaking, the work of Dr. Iain Mcgilchrist, liturgy, self-sacrifice, and social renewal as part of the fruits of a beautiful life.

Timothy G. Patitsas has been the Interim Dean of Hellenic College since January of 2020 and the Assistant Professor of Ethics at Holy Cross since the Fall of 2005. In 2019 he published The Ethics of Beauty, an attempt to recover one of the most ancient emphases of Orthodox spirituality, which is the firm priority given to combating the sensual rather than the intellectual passions. The book shows how this translates into a consoling and liberating Beauty-first approach to Orthodox ethics and life. The work also presents ethical, theological, and scriptural definitions of traumatic experience with a view to aiding recovery.

- Original YouTube version: https://youtu.be/2CB1snUyy7Q?si=vi7_-88lsM2GBFWB

- Direct and most affordable place to get Ethics of Beauty by Timothy Patitsas: https://www.stnicholaspress.net/ethics-of-beauty 
- Timothy’s film company, Beauty First Films: https://www.beautyfirstfilms.com
- The documentary film that Jonathan saw: Amphilochios: Saint of Patmos: https://www.beautyfirstfilms.com/amphilochios


- Save the date! On Thursday, April 18th at 7 pm, I will present at Maliotis Cultural Center on "The Icons of Holy Week". Get your $15 tickets on Eventbrite today.
Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/835903900067?aff=oddtdtcreator   
Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/918152849765191/?active_tab=discussion

Links to related videos:
- Our previous conversation on my channel - Beauty, Complexity and Ethics: https://youtu.be/baACQD-u3r4?si=jJC0OLDqAgxNXA1s 
- My conversation with Dr. Iain McGilchrist - Beyond Materialism: The Matter With Things: https://youtu.be/QyBXqcgLAXs?si=dJAB79IlrKKORNI3 
- A complimentary patron-only video about the Jesus Prayer that you can watch: https://youtu.be/aPyanmXxpaQ 

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