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Un État liminal : Le symbolisme canadien et l'identité

Le Canada a toujours occupé symboliquement un espace entre les mondes, les peuples et les empires. Nous sommes une société frontalière — entre l'ancien monde et le nouveau, l'Européen et l'Autochtone, l'Anglais et le Français, le Canadien et l'Américain. Le Canada est à la fois un espace d'hybridité — l'exploration de l'inconnu, le mélange d'identités — et un pays qui tente d'apporter ordre, unité et frontières à des peuples disparates et à un environnement hostile.

Un État liminal : Le symbolisme canadien et l'identité

Le Canada a toujours occupé symboliquement un espace entre les mondes, les peuples et les empires. Nous sommes une société frontalière — entre l'ancien monde et le nouveau, l'Européen et l'Autochtone, l'Anglais et le Français, le Canadien et l'Américain. Le Canada est à la fois un espace d'hybridité — l'exploration de l'inconnu, le mélange d'identités — et un pays qui tente d'apporter ordre, unité et frontières à des peuples disparates et à un environnement hostile.

La vanité du désir démasquée? René Girard et les limites du mimétisme

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La vanité du désir démasquée? René Girard et les limites du mimétisme

Cet article reconnaît avec Girard la réalité de l’état de compétition, sans en faire pour autant le fondement de notre métaphysique. On considère plutôt Girard comme un penseur du cycle et du domaine du temps, dans la terminologie de Matthieu Pageau dans The Language of Creation.

La vanité du désir démasquée? René Girard et les limites du mimétisme

Cet article reconnaît avec Girard la réalité de l’état de compétition, sans en faire pour autant le fondement de notre métaphysique. On considère plutôt Girard comme un penseur du cycle et du domaine du temps, dans la terminologie de Matthieu Pageau dans The Language of Creation.

Mary and the Metaphysics of Intercession

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Mary and the Metaphysics of Intercession

Translated and edited transcript of a French podcast with Jonathan Pageau and J-P Marceau. The wider theme is Marian symbolism, but we dive especially deep into the symbolism of Mary as the new Rachel and the new Ark, and on the metaphysics of intercession in general. We conclude with consequences regarding the underestimated influence of women in the Church.

Jean-Philippe Marceau

Mary and the Metaphysics of Intercession

Jean-Philippe Marceau

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Oct 11, 2025

October 31, 2025

Translated and edited transcript of a French podcast with Jonathan Pageau and J-P Marceau. The wider theme is Marian symbolism, but we dive especially deep into the symbolism of Mary as the new Rachel and the new Ark, and on the metaphysics of intercession in general. We conclude with consequences regarding the underestimated influence of women in the Church.

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Is This the Flood? Is Babel Next?

Using the book of Enoch, Genesis, and recent genetics research, I explain that the ongoing demographic collapse is akin to the Flood in two ways: (1) in that unbelievers are getting washed out of the gene pool, and (2) a Babel-style authoritarian structure is coming next.

Jean-Philippe Marceau

Is This the Flood? Is Babel Next?

Jean-Philippe Marceau

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Sep 27, 2025

November 25, 2025

Using the book of Enoch, Genesis, and recent genetics research, I explain that the ongoing demographic collapse is akin to the Flood in two ways: (1) in that unbelievers are getting washed out of the gene pool, and (2) a Babel-style authoritarian structure is coming next.

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

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

To understand ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ as a mythological text, one must first ask: What is myth, and what does mythmaking mean from the mind of one firmly rooted in the modern and postmodern paradigm? In pre-modern cultures, myths structured reality. They encoded cosmologies, social roles, and archetypal patterns. But the modern project of rationality....

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

To understand ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ as a mythological text, one must first ask: What is myth, and what does mythmaking mean from the mind of one firmly rooted in the modern and postmodern paradigm? In pre-modern cultures, myths structured reality. They encoded cosmologies, social roles, and archetypal patterns. But the modern project of rationality....

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

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

‘Resident Evil 4’ (2005) changed video games forever. The game took the horror genre that the franchise was known for, kept that tension and built it into an action game, with a camera system that influenced virtually all third-person shooters to follow. Part of the success of the game was undoubtedly its story, particularly the game’s narrative use of inverted religious themes....

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

‘Resident Evil 4’ (2005) changed video games forever. The game took the horror genre that the franchise was known for, kept that tension and built it into an action game, with a camera system that influenced virtually all third-person shooters to follow. Part of the success of the game was undoubtedly its story, particularly the game’s narrative use of inverted religious themes....

Ontological Combat Mode: The Beauty of ‘Demon Slayer’

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Ontological Combat Mode: The Beauty of ‘Demon Slayer’

‘Demon Slayer’ is one of the best known, and best received, animes/mangas of all time.... This essay attempts to articulate the symbolism of the story poetically and ekphrastically, as a dialogical rumination on the beauty of the tale and its characters. In its style and construction, it attempts to evoke and induce the spirit of the story, the vividness of its color, the flame and water of its profundity....

Ontological Combat Mode: The Beauty of ‘Demon Slayer’

‘Demon Slayer’ is one of the best known, and best received, animes/mangas of all time.... This essay attempts to articulate the symbolism of the story poetically and ekphrastically, as a dialogical rumination on the beauty of the tale and its characters. In its style and construction, it attempts to evoke and induce the spirit of the story, the vividness of its color, the flame and water of its profundity....

Mainstreaming the Demonic, ‘Sinister,’ and a Simple Solution

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Mainstreaming the Demonic, ‘Sinister,’ and a Simple Solution

When AI fabricates a reference or fact, it’s called a hallucination. When it generates a frightening image or suggestion, should we call it a haunting?

Mainstreaming the Demonic, ‘Sinister,’ and a Simple Solution

When AI fabricates a reference or fact, it’s called a hallucination. When it generates a frightening image or suggestion, should we call it a haunting?

The Life-Giving Power of a Georgian Feast

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The Life-Giving Power of a Georgian Feast

A long table is set and guests take their seats. The pattern of the tablecloth is hidden by dozens of colorful dishes of traditional foods. Spirits rise with the commingled scent of the food, in anticipation of what is to come. The gathered guests may have traveled from far away, or they may be family and neighbors. This table may be high in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia, or it may be in the hills of Pennsylvania. Wherever the table is, and whomever is gathered around it, all turn their attention to the head when they hear the *ding* of a clinking wine glass....

The Life-Giving Power of a Georgian Feast

A long table is set and guests take their seats. The pattern of the tablecloth is hidden by dozens of colorful dishes of traditional foods. Spirits rise with the commingled scent of the food, in anticipation of what is to come. The gathered guests may have traveled from far away, or they may be family and neighbors. This table may be high in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia, or it may be in the hills of Pennsylvania. Wherever the table is, and whomever is gathered around it, all turn their attention to the head when they hear the *ding* of a clinking wine glass....

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‘Arrival’ & the Universal Language

What is the foundation of civilization? Is it science, bloodline, technology, military? The sci-fi story Arrival, the book by Ted Chiang and 2016 film directed by Denis Villeneuve, offers an intriguing solution to this riddle. The main character, Louise Banks....

‘Arrival’ & the Universal Language

What is the foundation of civilization? Is it science, bloodline, technology, military? The sci-fi story Arrival, the book by Ted Chiang and 2016 film directed by Denis Villeneuve, offers an intriguing solution to this riddle. The main character, Louise Banks....

Empty Throne in the Heart of the Golem of the Modern State: Thomas Hobbes, History, Fake Heaven, and ‘Game of Thrones’

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Empty Throne in the Heart of the Golem of the Modern State: Thomas Hobbes, History, Fake Heaven, and ‘Game of Thrones’

It is often overlooked that (as of the 17th century) the West has been living, to a significant extent, in line with the symbolic archetypes shaped by the works of the philosopher Thomas Hobbes....

Empty Throne in the Heart of the Golem of the Modern State: Thomas Hobbes, History, Fake Heaven, and ‘Game of Thrones’

It is often overlooked that (as of the 17th century) the West has been living, to a significant extent, in line with the symbolic archetypes shaped by the works of the philosopher Thomas Hobbes....

Sous la Seine, prélude aux Jeux Olympiques

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Sous la Seine, prélude aux Jeux Olympiques

Mathieu Grossi se penche sur le film Sous la Seine et son symbolisme qui nous aide à comprendre le scandale de la cérémonie d'ouverture des Jeux Olympiques de Paris.

Sous la Seine, prélude aux Jeux Olympiques

Mathieu Grossi se penche sur le film Sous la Seine et son symbolisme qui nous aide à comprendre le scandale de la cérémonie d'ouverture des Jeux Olympiques de Paris.

La perspective du serpent: nudité et ruse

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La perspective du serpent: nudité et ruse

Georges poursuit ses investigations sur la Genèse pour expliquer la personalisation du potentiel chez le serpent.

La perspective du serpent: nudité et ruse

Georges poursuit ses investigations sur la Genèse pour expliquer la personalisation du potentiel chez le serpent.

The Three-Worlds Doctrine in Phenomenological Terms

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The Three-Worlds Doctrine in Phenomenological Terms

For those who study comparative religion and traditional cosmologies it is quite clear that the three-fold division of the cosmos is an anthropological recurrence. We find that in Islam, in Hinduism, in Buddhism, in Neoplatonism and many other traditions. Some of the readers of The Symbolic World may be familiarized with this idea via the works of Dr. Wolfgang Smith....

The Three-Worlds Doctrine in Phenomenological Terms

For those who study comparative religion and traditional cosmologies it is quite clear that the three-fold division of the cosmos is an anthropological recurrence. We find that in Islam, in Hinduism, in Buddhism, in Neoplatonism and many other traditions. Some of the readers of The Symbolic World may be familiarized with this idea via the works of Dr. Wolfgang Smith....