203 - Bishop Barron - A Return to Cosmic Christianity

This is a discussion from the Princeton Scala Foundation conference that took place in April 2023 with the title, “The Transfiguration: Glory and Grace in the World”. I sat down with Margarita Mooney Clayton and iconographer and author Aidan Hart to discuss the Transfiguration of Christ, how God's glory fills the world, and that the ultimate goal of the spiritual life is encountering God face to face.Original YouTube version of this episode: https://youtu.be/J3u9jWeA6BM- A previous discussion I had with Aidan Hart - The Dance between Sacred and Secular: https://youtu.be/hzQkolwWkwE - My talk at the conference - The Role of Art in Identity: https://youtu.be/mfDm4VefkJg- Aidan Hart’s talk - Liturgical Art as Prophecy and Priesthood: https://youtu.be/07KxzJABskY- Playlist of all the talks at the event: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRZHnw30gpFeBFtZE-wsj5or0BdQtIMjh- Scala Foundation website: https://scalafoundation.org/- Aidan Hart's icons and books: https://aidanharticons.com/—Timestamps:00:00:00 - Preview00:00:45 - Intro music00:01:10 - Introduction00:01:58 - The value of images00:03:08 - Principles of liturgical art00:04:25 - The Nous00:05:57 - How do I know this isn't just imagination?00:07:32 - The Transfiguration and Light00:10:04 - The culmination of symbolism00:12:38 - Poetry and Typology00:13:46 - Clothes of glory / The Feast of Tabernacles00:16:17 - Anti-Symbolism00:17:09 - The point of symbols00:19:31 - Word/logoi00:21:48 - The basic elements of the Transfiguration icon00:24:27 - What are Moses and Elijah doing there?00:26:04 - Peter, James, and John00:27:29 - The sandal falling off00:30:03 - The person and the divinity of Christ00:32:26 - Divine Darkness00:35:12 - His garment is transfigured00:44:37 - The tension between extremes00:51:41 - Scala—💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau 🗣 Join The Symbolic World Community for discussions about symbolism: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe 🔒 BECOME A PATRON Website: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/pageauvideos 📱 SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pageaujonathan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.pageauOur website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.

3 Aug 202351min

This is a talk I gave in April at the Scala Foundation's April 2023 conference on Art, the Sacred, and the Common Good held at the Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. Featuring in-depth discussions with artists Jonathan Pageau, Aidan Hart, and Rifle Paper Company Co-Founder Anna Bond.In this talk, I address art and its relation to memory and identity, especially as applicable on the civil level. Public art forms part of and is a reflection o our common identity. I also discuss the unique opportunity in sacred art, which connects us not only to each other but also objective reality, the ultimate source of all identities.YouTube version: https://youtu.be/mfDm4VefkJg—Original post by Scala Foundation: Jonathan Pageau at Scala Conference 2023: "Memory and the Role of Art in Identity" - https://youtu.be/VvQH04Mhc2k—Warmup discussion: The Mother of God - Scala Foundation webinar - https://youtu.be/A68n2M4iFFYPlaylist of all the talks at the event: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRZHnw30gpFeBFtZE-wsj5or0BdQtIMjhScala Foundation website: https://scalafoundation.org/------------Timestamps:00:00:00 - Preview clip00:01:17 - Introduction00:03:38 - Start of talk: The start of his icon carving career00:05:29 - The current perception of art00:08:46 - A more universal vision of art00:14:22 - Ancient art and coming together00:17:54 - Art binds us to what's most important00:20:01 - Secular participative art00:22:53 - The breakdown of public art00:27:10 - Identity and opposition00:31:17 - Remembering the origin00:34:57 - Art gone wrong: Babel and propaganda00:40:21 - The Christian vision of art00:50:03 - The final image00:53:05 - End of talk00:53:13 - Question: Heavenly Jerusalem00:58:03 - Q: Are the arts up to the task?01:07:35 - Q: What does repentance look like civically?01:10:00 - Q: Connecting te Church and the home------------💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau 🗣 Join The Symbolic World Community for discussions about symbolism: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe 🔒 BECOME A PATRON Website: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/pageauvideos 📱 SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pageaujonathan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.pageauOur website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.

28 Jul 20231h 12min

Paula Boddington returns to the channel for us to discuss new developments in artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, ethics, healthcare, the meaning of intelligence, and how AI is exposing how some of our current ways of doing things don’t work, and maybe they haven’t been working for a while.Paula Boddington is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Healthcare at the University of West London where she works with a research group concerned with the quality of care for hospital patients who are also living with dementia. She has held academic posts at the Australian National University, Bristol University, Cardiff University, and Oxford University, and has degrees in philosophy, psychology, and law from Keele, Oxford, and Cardiff Universities. She has a long-standing interest in ethical and social questions in new technologies, including artificial intelligence.YouTube version: https://youtu.be/jj69RnoE9qI----------Previous discussions with Paula Boddington:- How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Humanity - With Dr. Paula Boddington: https://youtu.be/jti77KQKYuc- Digital ID and Control | with Dr. Paula Boddington: https://youtu.be/a9VeKqd6szA - Biotech Creation Myths - with Dr. Paula Boddington: https://youtu.be/a9VeKqd6szA ----------Her recent book on this topic, AI Ethics: A Textbook (Artificial Intelligence: Foundations, Theory, and Algorithms) by Paula Boddington:- Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Artificial-Intelligence-Foundations-Algorithms-ebook/dp/B0BSGKRYTW- Springer: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-9382-4—--------------------Timestamps:00:00:00 - Preview clip00:00:46 - Intro music00:01:11 - Introduction00:01:52 - Various aspects of AI00:04:12 - ChatGPT00:09:36 - Power and intention00:11:02 - What it means to do something00:12:52 - Imposing limitations00:13:44 - Paula's book00:17:35 - Intelligence is only one part of us00:19:35 - Public trust in AI00:26:37 - Embodied living00:29:32 - Medically assisted dying00:31:39 - Machine doctors00:32:21 - "This is going to save time"00:33:58 - A return to embodied experience00:43:35 - Keeping the passions under control00:49:57 - Fetishize—--------------------💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau 🗣 Join The Symbolic World Community for discussions about symbolism: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe 🔒 BECOME A PATRON Website: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/pageauvideos 📱 SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pageaujonathan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.pageauOur website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.

20 Jul 20231h 1min

I had a wonderful discussion with writer Mary Harrington about conspiracies, myth and memes, the internet, artificial intelligence, and meaning-making.Mary Harrington is a columnist and editor for UnHerd and runs her own weekly Substack Reactionary Feminist. She's interested in the political and cultural side-effects of globalization, the replacement of class politics by identity politics, the joy of limits, and women’s rights in the biotech age, which is the subject of her first book, Feminism Against Progress.YouTube version: https://youtu.be/D__CrY3FaWA- Mary's Twitter: https://twitter.com/moveincircles - Substack: https://reactionaryfeminist.substack.com/- UnHerd articles: https://unherd.com/author/mary-harrington/- Book: https://www.amazon.com/Feminism-against-Progress-Mary-Harrington/dp/1684514878-----------------------Timestamps:00:00:00 - Introduction to the video00:00:40 - Intro music00:01:05 - How to understand conspiracies00:05:17 - Eating babies00:06:59 - Lizard elites00:09:26 - Why myth is coming back00:16:48 - Meaning-making and money00:19:28 - Oral culture00:21:28 - Artificial intelligence00:22:40 - How does Mary see Ai and writing?00:25:56 - Writers VS ChatGPT00:28:28 - Teams and nation-states00:31:58 - Crowdfunding and Crowdfeeding00:34:09 - Weaponizing the conspiracy label00:43:10 - Anti-normativity00:46:38 - Making normal mainstream again00:49:19 - There will be suffering00:52:23 - Government and Ai-----------------------💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau 🗣 Join The Symbolic World Community for discussions about symbolism: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe 🔒 BECOME A PATRON Website: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/pageauvideos 📱 SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pageaujonathan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.pageauOur website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.

13 Jul 202359min

This is the last video in the fairy tale series I am making public from my patron archive. This fascinating fairy tale has a lot to tell us about money, power, credit, turning death into glory, and resurrection.Support our Snow White and the Widow Queen Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/symbolicworldpress/snow-white-and-the-widow-queenYouTube version: https://youtu.be/73Olkr2y45YRelated videos: - Credit, Interest and the Acceleration of Time: https://youtu.be/gYc3pi01TH0- Beauty and Meaning Today - with Andrew Gould: https://youtu.be/5TvJiSb0YHQ----------------------💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau 🗣 Join The Symbolic World Community for discussions about symbolism: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe 🔒 BECOME A PATRON Website: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/pageauvideos 📱 SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pageaujonathan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.pageauOur website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.The Snow White promo video was made in collaboration with Dirt Poor Robins

3 Jul 202331min

This is the fourth video of a series of fairy tale analyses I did for my patrons a few years ago. I meditate on the meaning of the story of The Princess and the Pea.Support our Kickstarter for the Snow White storybook: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/symbolicworldpress/snow-white-and-the-widow-queenYouTube version: https://youtu.be/QRXNV_bQzWk

28 Jun 202315min

This is the third video of a series of fairy tale analyses I did for my patrons a few years ago. I meditate on the meaning of the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and even how it relates to Jacob in the Old Testament of the Bible.Support our Kickstarter for the Snow White storybook: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/symbolicworldpress/snow-white-and-the-widow-queenYouTube version: https://youtu.be/pYo60wtDk28

26 Jun 202322min

This is the first of a series of videos I will release from my patron-only archive, analyzing symbolism in various fairy tales. We start with Sleeping Beauty and the meaning of being pricked by a spindle, how it might relate to a woman's cycle, sexuality, and broader patterns of change. I also give you a glimpse into how I tend to think about stories over a long time.Support our Snow White Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/symbolicworldpress/snow-white-and-the-widow-queenMusic by the one and only @dirtpoorrobins YouTube version: https://youtu.be/iobn7oJGicM

20 Jun 202322min