372 - Christmas: The Anchor of Reality (Repost)

This is a repost of a talk given at St-George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Montreal, originally posted in 2018.<br />The Nativity icon is not only the image of an event that happened two thousands years ago, but rather by its form and the hierarchy of its elements, shows us the inner working of how the Divine Logos creates the world and how His incarnation acts as the anchor, the fulcrum around which all manifestation holds together.  <br /><br />Original YouTube version: https://youtu.be/i8xow567P74<br />Don’t forget to check out our Christmas Symbolism playlist of all the videos I made about Christmas over the years:<br />https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVX4HUUPrIY9MeGP5IILeRzu62Q1NPT4C<br /><br />Timestamps:<br />00:00 - Introduction<br />01:10 - Intro music<br />01:34 - Introducing the talk<br />03:50 - The fast<br />05:29 - Elements of the nativity icon<br />08:04 - St. Joseph tempted by the devil<br />10:44 - The bullseye<br />13:24 - The ass and ox<br />15:40 - Why born in a cave?<br />20:31 - God with us<br />25:44 - The real question<br />32:44 - Q&amp;A: The river gods<br />35:20 - Q: The axe<br />35:50 - Q: Early icons<br />37:08 - Q: Children baptized<br />38:12 - Q: Snakes under the door<br /><br />💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com<br />🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau <br />🗣 Join The Symbolic World Community for discussions about symbolism: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe <br />🔒 BECOME A PATRON: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe <br /><br />📱 SOCIAL MEDIA  <br />Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld <br />Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pageaujonathan <br />Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.pageau<br /><br />Our website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ <br />My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.