This episode analyzes the recurring concept of "Sophia" in Gnosticism and Orthodox Christian heresy, and how she relates to Carl Jung's idea of the Anima Archetype. The goal of this episode is to preserve Ecclesiastical beliefs regarding Mary (

#35 - Postmodernism in Architecture - The Derrida Virus

Apr 10th, 2020 19m 41s

The Deconstructionist philosophy of Jacques Derrida began as a way of criticizing language and exploded into a method of dismissing the inherent meaning of art, architecture, and literature. This episode explores, "The Derrida Virus," and how i

#34 - Gothic Architecture: The Esoteric & Theological Meaning of Fractal vs Euclidean Geometry

Apr 7th, 2020 18m 8s

What is the secret meaning of a Gothic Cathedral? Looking at this architectural style can be awe-inspiring and even psychedelic, but how do these buildings elicit such profound effects? The art of Gothic Cathedrals was largely developed by beli

#33 - Season 3 Introduction

Apr 6th, 2020 42m 28s

In this live recording, I quickly recap the successes and failures of my daily podcast, explain why I started a YouTube channel, and conduct a live Q&A session with some of my Instagram followers. During the Q&A, I answered a number of question

#32 - Coronavirus & Jordan Peterson's Secret Origin Story

Mar 27th, 2020 17m 4s

Every generation faces its own existential anxiety; Carl Jung's generation witnessed a world at war, Jordan Peterson's was haunted by visions of nuclear holocaust, and Americans in 2001 were scared by a newfound vulnerability to terror. Today,

#31 - Unfiltered Archetypal Horror - Elle by Gustav Adolf Mossa - Art Analysis

Mar 26th, 2020 13m 46s

The French Symbolist movement was a brief moment in art history that bridged gothic romanticism with decadent, surreal modernism. The movement was concerned with articulating immortal human truths through art, rather than reason, and as a resul

#30 - The Life of Pablo (Kanye West) - Music Analysis

Mar 25th, 2020 38m 14s

Who is Pablo? In Kanye West's 2016 album, he invokes the images of the three different "Pablos" who inspire him (Pablo Escobar, Pablo Picasso, and Saint Paul), and mediates on the "Pablo" who he is, and the "Pablo" who he wants to become. This

#29 - The Logos & The Cure of Blindness - Catholic Theology

Mar 23rd, 2020 26m 12s

Can giving sight to one blind man enlighten the entire world? When Jesus cured a man of blindness, He divided the community, and forced the people to question, "Who is the bearer of God's power?" The Pharisees believed that authority lies in th

#28 - Pokemon Mythos & The Birth of a New Ego

Mar 22nd, 2020 19m 52s

What happens when The Logos converges with The Anima Archetype? In a 2009 Pokemon video game, a bizarrely surreal event happens where a woman named Cynthia communicates with the Pokemon god, Arceus, and creates the egg of a new god. When examin

#27 - Strength in Nonviolence - Christianity & Daoism vs Nietzsche

Mar 20th, 2020 16m 59s

The philosophies of Christianity and Daoism both warn about the tragedy of violence, and describe the strengths that a person can achieve through peacefulness. While these philosophies offer parables and poetic sayings, Friedrich Nietzsche argu

#26 - The Raven - Gustave Doré & Edgar Allan Poe - Art Analysis

Mar 19th, 2020 32m 29s

As his last work before he died, the great artist Gustave Doré created a series of etchings based on Edgar Allan Poe's masterpiece, "The Raven." This episode is a blend of poetry and art analysis as I explore the symbolic and psychological mean

#25 - A Dream Within a Dream - Edgar Allan Poe - Poetry Analysis

Mar 18th, 2020 14m 31s

In his poem, A Dream Within a Dream, Edgar Allan Poe meditates on the tragedy of time passing, and cherished moments fading away into oblivion. The poem uses two "dreams" to portray a dualistic reality; one in which the conscious psyche quietly

#24 - Coronavirus & The Masque of The Red Death - Edgar Allan Poe - Literature Analysis

Mar 17th, 2020 24m 1s

Today's Coronavirus Pandemic is a stark reminder of how disease resonates in psyches of a population. In 1842, Edgar Allan Poe published a short story meditating on the reality of petulance, the paranoia of contagion, and mankind's often fruitl

#23 - The Archetypes of Blood and Water - Catholic Theology

Mar 16th, 2020 22m 54s

Is life a tragic journey between birth and death? Jesus met a Samaritan woman near a drinking well, and told her that the water He can give her will prevent her from ever going thirsty again. This episode analyzes His encounter with the woman,

#22 - Salome - The Devouring Anima Archetype - Part 2 of 2 - Art Analysis

Mar 13th, 2020 13m 25s

This episode is a continuation of yesterday's discussion on what Carl Jung called the "Anima Archetype," and the two ways in which she can manifest in art, stories, and dreams; either as a loving spiritual guide, or as a seductive Femme Fatale

#21 - Beata Beatrix - The Benevolent Anima Archetype - Art Analysis - Part 1 of 2

Mar 12th, 2020 13m 32s

In Jungian Psychoanalysis, the Anima Archetype is the guide that leads a person to higher consciousness. The Anima also represents itself in art, literature, and dreams in two forms; the benevolent and the devouring. In this two-part art analys

#20 - Carl Jung, The Anima, & The Transfiguration of Elijah - The Red Book

Mar 11th, 2020 23m 49s

As a continuation of yesterday's episode about Jesus Christ's Transfiguration, this episode discusses a related vision that Carl Jung wrote about in The Red Book. The episode starts off with a short summary of three chapters of The Red Book, an

#19 - Jesus Christ's Transfiguration & The Hero's Journey - Catholic Theology

Mar 10th, 2020 12m 30s

As Jesus prepares to face his crucifixion, he encounters the prophets Moses and Elijah, and is transfigured into a form whose, "face shone like the sun and [whose] clothes became as dazzling as light." This episode analyzes the Catholic Mass re

#18 - Islamic and Catholic Theology - Feat: Haram Shitposting

Mar 8th, 2020 1h 12m

In this episode, @Haram.Shitposting and I compare and contrast the theologies of our Islam and Catholicism. We discuss topics such as The Holy Trinity, evolution, psychedelics, and art, in an attempt to understand what both religions offer peop

#17 - My Father's Watch - Poetry Analysis - Freud, Nietzsche, and Catholicism

Mar 8th, 2020 15m 27s

I found John Ciardi's poem, "My Father's Watch," while browsing r/salvia. The poem, in addition to its dream-like elements, includes allusions to Dante's Divine Comedy, elements of Freudian psychoanalysis, and an overall motif akin to Friedric

#16 - The Mandala & The Chimp Skull - Analyzing my Lucid Dreams

Mar 7th, 2020 11m 46s

In this episode I analyze a lucid dream that I recently had. In this surreal experience, I flew through a psychedelic mandala, found myself in an art gallery, and I encountered a painting rife with Gothic, psychoanalytic, and biological symboli

#15 - Lobsters and DMT - The Jordan Peterson Question

Mar 6th, 2020 15m 27s

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is a controversial public intellectual, and his arguments about lobsters and serotonin has been the subject of countless memes and criticisms. In this episode, I weigh on this discussion, the truths, and problems with Pet

#14 - Salvador Dali's "Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate" & The Fractal Symbolism of Surrealism - Art Analysis

Mar 4th, 2020 9m 39s

In this art analysis episode, I discuss one of my favorite paintings of all time. This painting is an intriguing example of how the Surrealist Movement was influenced by Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theories, and how Darwinian Evolution birth

#13 - Tik Tok: Herald of the Artificial Intelligence Apocalypse

Mar 4th, 2020 11m

In this particularly paranoid episode, I discuss ByteDance, the world's most valuable startup, and its wildly popular social media app, Tik Tok. ByteDance is a global leader in Artificial Intelligence, and while its technology makes it a viable

#12 - Carl Jung’s Journey Through The Desert - The Red Book

Mar 2nd, 2020 9m 21s

As a followup from yesterday’s Gospel podcast, this episode discusses the archetypal meaning of “The Desert,” and Carl Jung’s visionary experience where he must traverse the desert within his own psyche in order to arrive at higher consciousnes