In this conversation with Fr. Stephen De Young we talk about the agency and nature of the angels and how they differ from us, the idea of the Son of Man, the reason for creation and the hierarchy of being (the counsel of God), re-enchantment, demons and rituals. =========== More from Fr. Stephen De Young: His books: - The Whole Counsel of God: An Introduction to Your Bible: https://store.ancientfaith.com/the-whole-counsel-of-god/ - The Religion of the Apostles: Orthodox Christianity in the First Century: https://store.ancientfaith.com/the-religion-of-the-apostles/ - God Is a Man of War: The Problem of Violence in the Old Testament: https://store.ancientfaith.com/god-is-a-man-of-war/ Blog and podcasts: - The Whole Counsel blog: https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/wholecounsel/ - The Whole Counsel podcast: https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/wholecounsel - The Lord of Spirits podcast: https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/lordofspirits Previous conversations with Fr. Stephen: - Hope for the Future and the Religion of the Apostles | with Fr. Stephen De Young: https://youtu.be/HsuxgepcNwQ - Gods, Angels and Demons - With Fr. Andrew Damick and Fr. Stephen De Young: https://youtu.be/NW_WlIurGtA =========== Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Coming up next... 00:00:41 - Intro music 00:01:06 - Start 00:02:02 - The success of Lord of Spirits 00:03:49 - The blind spots of the new atheists 00:07:15 - Limiting agency to humans 00:09:56 - A devotion to guilt 00:11:42 - A God of multiple hypostases 00:14:49 - The Son of Man 00:24:34 - The experience of time 00:30:41 - Man ruling over the angels 00:38:34 - Understanding the reason for creation 00:41:22 - Spiritual know-how 00:50:14 - The need for embodiment/practice =========== - The Symbolic World website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com - Merch: http://www.thesymbolicworld.store - The Language of Creation (Matthieu Pageau): https://www.amazon.com/Language-Creation-Cosmic-Symbolism-Genesis-ebook/dp/B07D738HD8 - Carving workshop: https://jonathanpageau.thinkific.com/courses/st-john-baptist The Symbolic World podcast: - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gI8bUwPtT3gkduHqNh6M5 - Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-symbolic-world/id1386867488 More videos from The Symbolic World: - Odysee: https://odysee.com/@thesymbolicworld:2 - Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JonathanPageauClips - French Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JonathanPageaufrançais - Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/pageaujonathan/ - Dtube: https://steemit.com/@symbolism Join the conversation: - Unofficial Facebook discussion group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1989208418065298/ - The Symbolic World Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSymbolicWorld/ Support this channel: - Website: https://thesymbolicworld.com/support/ - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/pageauvideos - Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau - Paypal: http://www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau Social media links: - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pageaujonathan - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.pageau My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson. My website designers, Anomalist Design: https://www.anomalistdesign.com/