Andrew Gould is an architectural designer and liturgical artist with whom I often collaborate. His work is rich in an exploration of traditional principles coupled with an attention to the particularities

I am putting out the December Q&A because so many supporters have jumped ship from Patreon and because I deal with the Patreon question in the Q&A. Hopefully the situation will be resolved very

Interpreting the nursery rhyme of Little Jack Horner and showing how it contains deep symbolic structures relating to Christmas and the winter solstice. My links: patreon: paypal: The podcast: website:

Bird Box has become a very popular Netflix movie and it contains much symbolism which veers toward propaganda and a celebration of safe space culture. I did this interpretation as a discussion with Thomas

Gremlins is a surprising Christmas monster movie, but in the humor and mayhem, one can discover the true meaning of Christmas. This video was edited by Thomas Wijnaendts van Resandt of the Storytellers

The Matrix has come to permeate much of our social discourse today. The movie is full of symbolic references, but most importantly it is the structure of the movie which gives us most insight about what

I look at some aspects in the deconstruction project of Jacques Derrida and give a few strategies for taking the upside world created by postmodernism and putting it back on its feet. Support this channel:

John Vervaeke is a cognitive scientist and psychologist who teaches at the University of Toronto. He has won several teaching awards and is seen as a life changing lecturer by his students. We discuss

During the Joe Rogan Podcast, Bret Weinstein gave his definitions of different kinds of truth in reacting to the argument between Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris, but runs into an internal contradiction

Expanding on a talk I gave last year called Pentecost for the Zombie Apocalypse, I discuss the meaning of the zombie and the monster in general as a portent of cultural patterns. By examining the traditional

This is the Q&A given at the Northwest Catholic Family Education Conference on October 27-28, 2017. The speakers in this Q&A are Jordan Peterson, Jonathan Pageau, Dr John Patrick, Dr. Lynne

The Matrix has come to permeate much of our social discourse today. The movie is full of symbolic references, but most importantly it is the structure of the movie which gives us most insight about what

(The first uploaded version of the this video did not work for some reason. This one should be fine. ) Sacred spaces are not arbitrary, but are rather constructed in a particular way which show us what

Sacred spaces are not arbitrary, but are rather constructed in a particular way which show us what they are and also show us how space itself can become a specific place, a "here" which becomes

The patterns in stories appear as their underlying order and also as a mode of human consciousness. One can encounter the Divine Logos in ancient stories and how these culminate in the story of Christ.

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

Talk 2 of 4, by Jonathan Pageau, at the Resurrection of Logos event in Toronto, March 2017. The entire discussion surrounded the possibility of the return of the notion of logos into the contemporary world.

This talk was given at the Northwest Catholic Family Education Center on October 27-28, 2017 with Jordan Peterson and other speakers. There is a vigorous return to liturgical art happening today. This

I go through the surprisingly universal structure of Puss in Boots and how it's symbolism is an image of how a the last thing can become the first after crossing the waters of chaos. For more on St-Christopher

The rediscovery of ancient Christian symbolism and the worldview which flows from the web of its analogies can be a source of new life for the contemporary artist. This symbolism is not only present in