324 - Benjamin Boyce - The Inevitable Fall of the Enlightenment
This is a repost of a discussion with Benjamin Boyce on the topic of the Enlightenment, rationalism and science, the problem of identity on the levels of the individual and the group, value hierarchie...
18 Tammi 20241h 31min
323 - What It Means to Be Born Again
In celebration of Theophany (6 January) or Epiphany, as it’s called in the Western tradition, I discuss the meaning of baptism, starting with the baptism of Christ, what it means to be “born again” sy...
5 Tammi 202418min
322 - Janus, the Two-Faced God of January
For my last video of 2023, I discuss the pagan god Janus, after whom the month of January is named; why he has two faces, how it’s related to this time of year, the winter solstice, Christmas, and the...
30 Joulu 202311min
321 - Why Angels Appeared to Shepherds on Christmas
This video takes a close look at one sentence in the Christmas story. A great company of angels appeared to the shepherds in the field to announce the birth of Christ, and they sang, “Glory to God in ...
22 Joulu 202315min
320 - Richard Rohlin - The Universal History of Christmas
In this episode of the Universal History podcast, Richard Rohlin and I discuss Christmas, why it looks the way it does, how Christmas developed into what we have today, and why you absolutely should c...
14 Joulu 20231h 33min
319 - The Symbolism of Aliens
This is a repost of an older video published on this channel in 2018. We are reposting it because the original video was blocked by YouTube in several countries. Now also seems like a good time to rev...
5 Joulu 202314min
318 - Seraphim Hamilton - Re-Enchantment Now: Fairies, Aliens, the Occult, Prayer, and Divination
This is a repost of my recent discussion with Seraphim Hamilton on his YouTube channel. He asked me many good questions about universal history, re-enchantment, fairy tales, the occult, divination, ca...
30 Marras 20231h 26min
317 - Fr. Joseph Lucas - Sacrifice: The Paradox of Salvation
Fr. Joseph Lucas published a thesis on the question of sacrifice, called Offerer and Offering: Cyril of Alexandria on Jewish and Christian Sacrifice. In this video, we discuss sacrifice in Scripture, ...
24 Marras 202348min
