Episodios

  • 426 - Andrew Gould - Monks and Pirates: Two Extremes that Explain the Rest of Us

    426 - Andrew Gould - Monks and Pirates: Two Extremes that Explain the Rest of Us
    Dec 11 2025
    In this conversation filmed (by Deacon Seraphim Rohlin) in the Florida Keys, I sit down with my friend Andrew Gould to finally revisit a surprising claim he made years ago—that pirates and Orthodox monks share deep symbolic parallels. We discuss ships and treasure, costumes, death imagery, life on the edge of empire, all converging on how these two seemingly opposite extremes strangely mirror each other. Let me know if you like the format of this video.

    Original YouTube version: https://youtu.be/WjMadP6DScM

    NEW COURSE: The Quest for the Holy Grail with Dr. Martin Shaw
    In the dark heart of January, when the nights are long and the world draws close, Dr. Martin Shaw returns to Symbolic World Courses for an intensive week-long journey to tell one of the greatest stories of the Medieval imagination: Parzival and the Holy Grail.
    Catch the early bird sale of 15% off if you register before midnight December 19: https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/courses/the-quest-for-the-holy-grail
    Cost: $160 USD
    Dates of live course: January 12-16, 2026
    Time: 12 PM-2 PM EST, except for Lecture 3 (January 14) which will be at 4PM-6PM EST

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    39 m
  • 425 - The Cosmic Dance of Decorating a Christmas Tree

    425 - The Cosmic Dance of Decorating a Christmas Tree
    Dec 8 2025
    This is a repost of a patron video I made several years ago about decorating the Christmas tree as a family. Support us for access to more video like this.

    Original YouTube version: https://youtu.be/9y32OFyvskg

    NEW COURSE: The Quest for the Holy Grail with Dr. Martin Shaw
    In the dark heart of January, when the nights are long and the world draws close, Dr. Martin Shaw returns to Symbolic World Courses for an intensive week-long journey to tell one of the greatest stories of the Medieval imagination: Parzival and the Holy Grail.
    Catch the early bird sale of 15% off if you register before midnight December 19: https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/courses/the-quest-for-the-holy-grail
    Cost: $160 USD
    Dates of live course: January 12-16, 2026
    Time: 12 PM-2 PM EST, except for Lecture 3 (January 14) which will be at 4PM-6PM EST

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    My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson: https://matthewwilkinson.net/
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    11 m
  • 424 - Universal History: The American Religion - with Dcn Seraphim Rohlin

    424 - Universal History: The American Religion - with Dcn Seraphim Rohlin
    Dec 4 2025
    "Americans who think they are Christians, truly are something else; intensely religious, but devout in the American Religion."
    In this episode of Universal History, I sit down again with Deacon Seraphim Rohlin to explore the roots and characteristics of the true "American religion". We trace how movements in American history shaped the spiritual landscape that eventually gave rise to Mormonism, Adventism, spiritualism, and perhaps even your own journey back to traditional Christianity.

    Original YouTube version: https://youtu.be/0_RKBPaQAyk
    Previous episode: https://youtu.be/o9rMy6lde0c?si=b8d-6tbkuIgAbl4K

    Paradiso live course details:
    The Symbolic World Enters Paradise
    Join me and Deacon Seraphim Rohlin in our course on Dante's Paradiso.
    -Course length: 5 weeks, 15 hours
    -Dates of live classes: Wednesdays, November 5th to December 10th, 2025
    -Time: 2-5 pm Eastern Time
    -Cost: 190 USD (Involved patrons get 10% off, apply discount code at checkout)
    -Register today: https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/courses/dantes-paradiso

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    59 m
  • 423 - Catholic Unscripted - Violence as the New Normal

    423 - Catholic Unscripted - Violence as the New Normal
    Nov 28 2025
    This is a repost of an interview I did a few months ago on the Catholic Unscripted Podcast after the Charlie Kirk assassination. We discuss the topic of violence, the end of the World War 2 consensus, Israel, enchantment, science and technology, sex and gender, architecture, the structure of a normal vs a crumbling society, and more. Enjoy.

    YouTube version on my channel: https://youtu.be/TeCjedp6dJA
    Original interview on Catholic Unscripted YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/SSn_q-HQeFg?si=K7RkdByVEFDnoP4j
    The Catholic Unscripted Podcast is a UK online apostolate founded by Katherine Bennett, and Mark Lambert. Subscribe at https://www.catholicunscripted.com/

    BLACK FRIDAY SALE. Get 30% off courses, 20% off books, and 25% off the Tales For Once & Ever bundle. Use code: BLACKFRIDAY2025 for courses, other discounts are applied automatically. Valid through Dec 3. Don't miss out: https://store.thesymbolicworld.com

    Paradiso live course details:
    The Symbolic World Enters Paradise
    Join me and Deacon Seraphim Rohlin this November in our course on Dante's Paradiso.
    -Course length: 5 weeks, 15 hours
    -Dates of live classes: Wednesdays, November 5th to December 3rd, 2025
    -Time: 2-5 pm Eastern Time
    -Cost: 190 USD (Involved patrons get 10% off, apply discount code at checkout)
    -Register today: https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/courses/dantes-paradiso

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    Our website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/
    My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson: https://matthewwilkinson.net/
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    57 m
  • 422 - Why Exaggeration Is Necessary in Storytelling

    422 - Why Exaggeration Is Necessary in Storytelling
    Nov 18 2025
    Given we're still in the fall season, I watched The Conjuring and it got me thinking about how real events can become exaggerated in story form. In this video, I look at how legends are created, and that exaggeration of certain elements of an event can help amplify the meaning and purpose of why we're paying attention to it in the first place.

    Original YouTube version: https://youtu.be/fA2cKrvYyTk

    Paradiso live course details:
    The Symbolic World Enters Paradise
    Join me and Deacon Seraphim Rohlin this November in our course on Dante's Paradiso.
    -Course length: 5 weeks, 15 hours
    -Dates of live classes: Wednesdays, November 5th to December 3rd, 2025
    -Time: 2-5 pm Eastern Time
    -Cost: 190 USD (Involved patrons get 10% off, apply discount code at checkout)
    -Register today: https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/courses/dantes-paradiso

    💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com
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    Our website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/
    My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson: https://matthewwilkinson.net/
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    26 m
  • 421 - Deacon Seraphim (Richard) Rohlin - Recovering Our Heritage

    421 - Deacon Seraphim (Richard) Rohlin - Recovering Our Heritage
    Nov 14 2025
    I’m excited to share this powerful talk by Deacon Seraphim Rohlin, my collaborator at the Symbolic World Press and co-host of the Universal History Podcast. In this talk from the 2025 Touchstone Conference, he explores how we can recover our heritage and live an enchanted Christian life. The title of his talk originally was "The Deep Pattern: Re-Enchanting Time through Medieval Universal History".

    YouTube version: https://youtu.be/EtvIpApaSrE
    https://www.touchstonemag.com/

    Universal History podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVX4HUUPrIY_M2uZP3yW6EEiod3fGD6FD&si=iYKlCCZJSt_ob2oi

    Paradiso live course details:
    The Symbolic World Enters Paradise
    Join me and Deacon Seraphim Rohlin this November in our course on Dante's Paradiso.
    -Course length: 5 weeks, 15 hours
    -Dates of live classes: Wednesdays, November 5th to December 3rd, 2025
    -Time: 2-5 pm Eastern Time
    -Cost: 190 USD (Involved patrons get 10% off, apply discount code at checkout)
    -Register today: https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/courses/dantes-paradiso
    💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com
    🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau
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    Timestamps:
    00:00 - Intro by Jonathan
    01:15 - Intro music
    01:40 - Introducing Dcn Seraphim Rohlin
    03:34 - Start of talk
    15:20 - Paradiso class
    17:08 - Resume talk

    Our website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/
    My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson: https://matthewwilkinson.net/
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    57 m
  • 420 - How Free Will Actually Works

    420 - How Free Will Actually Works
    Nov 6 2025
    This was September 2025's patron video that we decided to make public. Thank you to my supporters.
    I explore the question of free will, drawing on the insights of St. Maximus the Confessor. While thinkers like Sam Harris argue that free will is an illusion and always contingent on material circumstances, I show how the Christian understanding reframes freedom—not as arbitrary choice, but as submission to the good. True freedom is not transgression, but moving toward higher and higher goods, where life becomes more natural and effortless.

    Original YouTube version: https://youtu.be/burSzHmo4o4

    The Symbolic World Enters Paradise
    Join me and Deacon Seraphim Rohlin this November in our course on Dante's Paradiso.
    -Course length: 5 weeks, 15 hours
    -Dates of live classes: Wednesdays, November 5th to December 3rd, 2025
    -Time: 2-5 pm Eastern Time
    -Cost: 190 USD (Involved patrons can get 10% off)
    -Register today: https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/courses/dantes-paradiso

    💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com
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    My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson: https://matthewwilkinson.net/
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    19 m
  • 419 - Trick or Treat: Halloween Symbolism in Little Red Riding Hood

    419 - Trick or Treat: Halloween Symbolism in Little Red Riding Hood
    Oct 31 2025
    Pre-order Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf now and get a free audiobook read by me, as well as an exclusive Q&A: https://store.thesymbolicworld.com/products/the-tale-of-little-red-riding-hood-and-the-big-bad-wolf

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    24 m