People are Alienated from Religion and the Real (Clip)
I summarize John Vervaeke (& Allan Bloom) on problems of religion in modernism. They often focus on identity, dogma, or stand for nothing. People don't go to it because it does not speak to them....
15 Apr 9min
Religious Revival for Cultural Renewal
Is there a religious revival in America? We used data from Pew to answer this question, and we talk about cultural malaise and how religion falls on deaf ears, and how it may speak to us again. Cha...
9 Apr 57min
But the Divine is Always with You (Clip)
The Carnation is the Prince: The carnation the heroine burns at the beginning of the story IS the prince at the end. He requires her to speak, but she freezes up, so he has to go into a stone... So s...
4 Apr 5min
Perfection in Narcissus (Clip)
The Echo of Orpheus: Narcissus' repulse of Echo reminds me of another vain god, Orpheus, master of music. Both end up being served by poetic justice. We see perfectionism in this, and in the refusa...
27 Mar 5min
Perfectionism, Tragedy, and Creative Blocks
We read and discuss the Spanish Folktale “The Carnation Youth,” F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tragedy both in life and in “The Great Gatsby,” and Ian’s struggles with the creative writing process. Chapter...
22 Mar 1h 56min
Narcissus’ Pool is the Mind (Clip)
This pool is a metaphor for the mind. But there is a "healthy narcissism" that is developmentally-appropriate. (A Clip from the Episode “The Myth of Narcissus: Seeing Only Oneself”) Thank you for...
18 Mar 6min
Why Narcissists Don’t Seek Help (Clip)
When you lack a feeling of substance, you need to be propped up by others. (A Clip from the Episode “The Myth of Narcissus: Seeing Only Oneself”) Thank you for watching! Please check out: Audio...
15 Mar 10min
The Myth of Narcissus: Seeing Only Oneself
Echo was cursed to only repeat what others had said, and fell in love with Narcissus, who shunned her. She wasn’t the only one Narcissus treated coldly. He found himself in a grove with a pool of wa...
7 Mar 2h 20min
