This Symbolic World is of course heavily concerned with symbolism, and the apprehending of those symbolic patterns which we see played throughout history and within our very lives. As many in this space ...
The relationship between the margin and the center, between the low place and the high place, is memory.
Our first priority is to distinguish between created and Uncreated, so as to worship God our Creator and have no other gods
During the last seven centuries, the history of painting has been marked by a series of liberations – some intentional, others accidental.
This post is a transcript of a video from October 2020.
In a world where the scientific worldview is considered to be ultimate, the study of symbols, stories, and myths is looked down upon.
For Conan – and Howard – civilization is fragile, subject to degeneration, decay and conquest...
I would like to attempt to lay out a symbolic understanding of how hagiography works, and make a case for why hagiography is so important to our understanding of the patterns by which reality manifests.
If you’ve been following symbolism for a while, you’ve probably heard of René Guénon.
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?
“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.
Have you made a deal with the Devil? Probably not.
The life of St. Dionysius the Areopagite represents several challenges to the modern mind.
This post is a transcript of a video published in September 2019.
If you accept Christ’s Incarnation, Death and Resurrection for instance, you illuminate the entire process of emergence.