442 - "Historical Accuracy" Can Miss the Point

442 - "Historical Accuracy" Can Miss the Point

We often assume that being “historically accurate” means getting closer to the truth, but that’s not always the case. In this video, I explore how modern, mechanical thinking can actually invert meaning, using the example of Christ’s crucifixion.
What matters most is not just the mechanical details of how something could have happened, but what it means and its actual implications.

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32- Zombies, Postmodernism and Art

32- Zombies, Postmodernism and Art

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 t...

19 Maalis 20191h 10min

31- A Guide to Turning Postmodernism Against Itself

31- A Guide to Turning Postmodernism Against Itself

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. Video version o...

12 Maalis 201928min

30 - Cognitive Science and the Sacred

30 - Cognitive Science and the Sacred

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 discus...

5 Maalis 20191h 23min

29- Garments of Death and Garments of Light

29- Garments of Death and Garments of Light

In the Christian tradition, it is said that Adam and Eve were covered garments of light or garments of glory before the fall. After the fall, they are covered in garments of dead skins. I try to sho...

25 Helmi 201932min

28- Jordan Peterson and Jonathan Pageau Q&A at Seattle Conference - Oct. 2017

28- Jordan Peterson and Jonathan Pageau Q&A at Seattle Conference - Oct. 2017

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 Bissonnett...

8 Helmi 20191h 53min

27- Sacred Space in Secular Terms

27- Sacred Space in Secular Terms

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 re...

4 Helmi 201954min

26- The Cosmic Significance of "Puss in Boots"

26- The Cosmic Significance of "Puss in Boots"

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. The original v...

14 Tammi 201926min

25- Discussion with Paul Vanderklay - Jordan Peterson and Contemporary Christianity

25- Discussion with Paul Vanderklay - Jordan Peterson and Contemporary Christianity

Paul VanderKlay has been extensively commenting on Jordan Peterson and how he is connecting to, disrupting and fostering a return to the Bible and Christianity in the Western world. We explore his ...

2 Tammi 20191h 8min

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