301 - Aidan Hart - Transfiguration: The End of Symbolism

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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Juni 202322min

I catch up with Jordan Hall in light of recent developments about artificial intelligence, how people are responding to it and conceptualizing it, Ai and ChatGPT in Biblical terms, understanding the weight and ramifications of terms like "god", agency, angels and demons, wisdom, virtue, and technical knowledge and application.Jordan's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMzT-mdCqoyEv_-YZVtE7MQHis writings: https://medium.com/deep-codeRead Jordan's bio here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordangreenhallYouTube version: https://youtu.be/3Fpy42cdoB0💻 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.

15 Juni 20231h 11min

I had an interview with the wonderful artist, Heather Pollington. Together we created a book called 'Snow White and the Widow Queen' that is currently being crowdfunding through Kickstarter.Here we take you through our creative process, the inspiration behind the illustrations, and our grand vision for this and upcoming fairy tale projects.YouTube version: https://youtu.be/DFtACMCLMwA------------I believe what we're offering here is an important course correction in modern storytelling. Simultaneously rooted in classic tropes but also enjoying the best techniques that modern and postmodern storytelling has to offer, 'Snow White and the Widow Queen' begins an extended journey into a fairy tale world of cross-overs and repeating themes. We're telling the story in a different way: celebrating — not subverting — approaching classic stories not with cynicism or political moralizing, but with awe, love, and attention to the pattern.------------This video was released to my email list as a sneak peek last week.Support the crowdfunding campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/symbolicworldpress/snow-white-and-the-widow-queenHeather's website: https://www.heatherpollington.com/Our previous discussion about her redesign of The Symbolic World logo: https://youtu.be/tzpvLekXy6UThe music was done by the one and only Dirt Poor Robins: @dirtpoorrobins ------------Timestamps:00:00:00 - Snow White intro00:01:03 - Introduction00:05:30 - What brought Heather to this project00:07:51 - Iconography and artistic language00:12:01 - The language Jonathan uses00:14:38 - The world of fairy tale illustration00:16:12 - The golden age00:18:29 - Previous iterations of Snow White00:21:40 - Heather's research00:22:26 - The cover of the book00:23:47 - A Christian dream world00:29:56 - Dormition00:33:19 - Mirror mirror and social media00:38:11 - The prince and the castle00:40:53 - Framing00:42:22 - The cycle00:44:46 - The dwarves' house00:45:31 - The Witch and the Apple00:46:51 - The Kickstarter00:48:35 - What's ahead------------💻 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 ​

6 Juni 202350min

A discussion between me and John Vervaeke at The Quest for a Spiritual Home conference in Chino, California in May 2023. A big part of our discussion was about eschatological imagery, talking about death and sacrifice, the past, and the future, inventio, and resurrection. -Original YouTube video: https://youtu.be/s5Y73Vig_ec -My talk at the same event: https://youtu.be/jPgV2yNEkcM -Event info: https://thesymbolicworld.com/news/estuary-chino-2023-event-with-jonathan-pageau-john-vervaeke-and-paul-vanderklay ------------ 💻 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.pageau Our website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.

2 Juni 20231h 14min