September 2020
00:00 Introduction - Lockdown
03:28 How does ‘I can’t breathe’ and masking wearing translate to a symbolic ‘loss of breath’ and is there something beyond breath?
05:20 Symbolism of the muse
06:40 Can you expand on the theme of inverted hierarchies? How to act?
11:20 How does the contrast of tree as order and forest as chaos fit into a traditional world view? Symbols as functioning differently in different contexts
14:52 Modern Christianity and multiculturalism - Christian universalism
18:58 Is the rider a principality and the mount a body? A joining of heaven and earth?
20:54 Do you think if someone discovered the Americas at a time when Ancient Biblical cosmology was prevalent there would have been less surprise?
24:23 Does purple relate to safety and security?
25:30 How to talk about inevitability/freedom?
29:19 Is men wearing masks in church beneath their dignity?
32:40 Advice on focus in art
36:27 Why are abstract concepts such as liberty, justice and wisdom personified as female?
37:04 Are angels capable of posessing someone as demons are? Can they be incarnate? What is Socrates’ daemon?
42:16 Can a Biblical pattern always be mapped to the personal?
44:00 What would you say to someone who says God could create the world without evil because God can do anything?
45:40 What is the importance of St John the Baptist?
48:30 Can you please elaborate on the fact that Christians do not go to Heaven?
51:53 Any suggestions on starting to learn iconography?
53:58 What are your thoughts on legitimacy of the papacy?
57:21 Have you read CS Lewis’ Space Trilogy?
58:17 Explanation of literal/symbolic distinction or lack thereof
1:02:26 Has your home life returned to normal now?
1:03:43 What is the meaning of the staff of Moses eating Pharoah’s magicians’ staff?
1:06:40 What is the symbolic view of humour and how does it relate to play theory or other theories?
1:08:44 Could you talk about the symbolism of Gideon?
1:11:03 Any advice for becoming a catechumen in the Orthodox church?
1:12:20 In what way is the breakdown of meaning a symptom of forgetting in relation to Book of Judges?
1:15:27 Do you have advice for Christian artists making para-liturgical art?
1:17:55 Do you have any thoughts on ‘systema’ the Russian martial art?
1:19:13 Is there a connection between breastfeeding and communion?
1:20:45 What is going on with Saul’s search for his father’s three donkeys?
1:22:02 What is the symbolism of 9/11 attacks?
1:23:40 Symbolism of what Jesus wrote in the sand in response to question on adultery
1:25:50 Why no hewn stones for an altar?
1:27:42 Do you acknowledge Queen Elizabeth II as your ruler?
1:29:06 What is the symbolism of Toy Story?
1:31:25 How does living inside a forest work symbolically?
1:33:43 What is the meaning of Jesus’ miracles?
1:36:38 Should we have faith your fellow countryman Denis Villeneuve will not ruin Dune?
1:37:37 Do you plan on retelling any more stories like Silence of Merlin?
1:38:22 Does today’s marriage have the same meaning as in the Bible?
1:39:50 What is the unforgiveable sin and is there anything like it in the Old Testament?
1:41:01 What is Orthodox view on the name Michael and the unique markers of his icon?
1:42:04 What can I read to regain connection to Orthodox faith?
1:43:38 Did Christ curse God in a way Job never did?