My Most Anti-Symbolic Talk - The Quest for a Spiritual Home conference

My talk at The Quest for a Spiritual Home conference in Chino, California in May 2023 with Paul VanderKlay, John Vervaeke, and John Van Donk. Title: The Importance of Disappointment This was the second talk after Paul VanderKlay. Event info: https://thesymbolicworld.com/news/est... --- Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Coming up next... 00:00:42 - Intro music 00:01:07 - Start 00:02:55 - An anti-symbolic talk 00:04:12 - Longing for the Garden 00:06:20 - Ulysses 00:07:41 - An eschatological memory 00:08:27 - Idolatry 00:11:18 - You will be disappointed 00:13:22 - A tension between the parts and the whole 00:16:17 - The heavenly Jerusalem 00:18:30 - Concession 00:20:50 - For your salvation 00:23:24 - Inevitable 00:25:16 - Consumer culture 00:27:15 - The Lamb and sacrifice 00:31:41 - The ascetics 00:35:26 - Conclusion --- 💻 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:   / pageauvideos   📱 SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook:   / thesymbolicworld   Twitter:   / pageaujonathan   Instagram:   / jonathan.pageau   Our website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.