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Mary and the Metaphysics of Intercession

Jean-Philippe Marceau

October 31, 2025

Mary and the Metaphysics of Intercession

Is This the Flood? Is Babel Next?

Becoming in the Ruins: Myth, Theosis, and Symbolic Collapse in ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’

‘Resident Evil 4’: Parasitic Body, Pharaoh, Plagues

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Hosting the Spirit of Christmas

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While I’m writing this, we’re half-way through December and the Spirit of Christmas is at hand! But what is the Spirit of Christmas? What does it mean that it is at hand? Can we impact it – make it grow or shrink perhaps? Can we participate with it in some manner?

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The Symbolism of the Burning Bush: a response to Matthew McConaughey

The Symbolism of the Burning Bush: a response to Matthew McConaughey

“I am a religious person… but I don’t know what to do with the burning bush,” Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey said on the Joe Rogan Experience.

Derek J Fiedler

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Have you Made a Deal with the Devil?

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Have you made a deal with the Devil? Probably not.

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The Symbolism of St. Dionysius the Areopagite

The Symbolism of St. Dionysius the Areopagite

The life of St. Dionysius the Areopagite represents several challenges to the modern mind.

Deacon Seraphim (Richard) Rohlin

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There is No Literal Meaning (Transcript)

There is No Literal Meaning (Transcript)

This post is a transcript of a video published in September 2019.

Jonathan Pageau

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