311 - Ritualized Behavior From Animals to Church

311 - Ritualized Behavior From Animals to Church

There is a tendency to isolate religious behavior from other human behavior, which can make religious behavior seem arbitrary or ridiculous. In this week's video, I argue that the best way to understand religion, even from a purely materialist perspective, is to understand it as an extension of other types of ritualized behavior, even those we can find among animals.

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23- The Symbolism of the Tree

23- The Symbolism of the Tree

The Tree can be seen as a symbol of order as it converges into the one, but it can also be seen as order as it separates into the many. Original video: https://youtu.be/lrfr2vUKyAM My links: patre...

26 Nov 201824min

22- The Symbolism of Christmas - The Ass and the Ox

22- The Symbolism of Christmas - The Ass and the Ox

The notion that there was an ass, or a donkey, and an ox present at the birth of Christ is not in the Bible, yet it is one of the earliest and most persistent images in the representations of the Nati...

19 Nov 201813min

21- Heaven and Earth From Genesis to Christ

21- Heaven and Earth From Genesis to Christ

I start by the first verse in Genesis and then follow the tread of symbolism, the pattern of Heaven and Earth all through the Bible and finally into the life of Christ. Original video: https://yout...

12 Nov 201830min

20- Peterson, Weinstein and Pageau Panel Discussion

20- Peterson, Weinstein and Pageau Panel Discussion

This is the panel discussion for the SFL Regional conference in Vancouver, Canada. Many questions are answered and the topic moves towards the video I made critiquing Weinstein's notion of factual tr...

23 Okt 20181h 32min

19 - New Media Pundits - The Ragtag Heroes of an Upside Down World

19 - New Media Pundits - The Ragtag Heroes of an Upside Down World

19 - New Media Pundits - The Ragtag Heroes of an Upside Down World by Jonathan Pageau

15 Okt 201846min

18- Mixing Linen And Wool - The Deep Symbolic Meaning Of Purity Laws In The Bible

18- Mixing Linen And Wool - The Deep Symbolic Meaning Of Purity Laws In The Bible

Looking at the symbolism of the purity laws in the Old Testament. The purity laws in the Bible are not only rules to regulate behavior but are an image of the Cosmos and how we engage with the world....

3 Okt 201824min

17- Patterns And Meaning In Music - With Samuel Andreyev

17- Patterns And Meaning In Music - With Samuel Andreyev

I discuss with Samuel Andreyev who is a Canadian composer living in France. We discuss the question of abstraction and reference in music, the functions of music as well it the state of music today. ...

26 Sep 20181h 23min

16- Symbolism In The Book Of Genesis - With Matthieu Pageau

16- Symbolism In The Book Of Genesis - With Matthieu Pageau

With Matthieu Pageau we discuss symbolism in the creation story told in Genesis and how it relates to consciousness, the problem of self-reference and how true symbolism usually appears in a fractal s...

19 Sep 201846min

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