Jonathan Pageau is a French-Canadian icon carver, YouTuber and public speaker on symbolism, religion and the Orthodox faith. He is the editor of the Orthodox Arts Journal, the host of the Symbolic World blog and podcast and founder of Symbolic World Press.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:10 The rise of Orthodoxy
08:30 Growing up Baptist
22:33 Tradition rising
28:55 Execution & different forms of orthodoxy
32:20 Funny experiences w/ Jordan Peterson
37:34 Fairy tales
48:32 The culture of fairy tales
1:00:12 Deeper meaning in stories
1:05:04 Depending on pleasure/desires
1:20:50 Atheism & Suffering
1:36:22 Descartes & ethics
1:40:55 Hell & truth
1:47:12 Learning through parenting
1:58:21 Neuralink and the rise of technology
2:05:07 Making icons
2:09:40 If you could only read one book
2:13:05 Mystery in the Bible
2:22:13 Music
2:27:20 Writing beautiful books with a twist
2:37:48 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2:45:16 The scriptures with Daily Wire
2:50:00 Notre Dame being rebuilt
2:56:33 Politics in Canada
3:07:41 Wrap-up