In this video, I give you a sneak peek into some of what we are doing with GodsDog and the Garments of Skin comic, while also sharing my very first experience encountering the idea of the garments of skin in the apocryphal Book of Jasher. This was monumental not just for what would later become GodsDog, but it was also part of what drew me to Holy Orthodoxy. Through this kind of storytelling, we can weave together tradition and fiction to hopefully understand tradition better, and enjoy fiction more. Please consider supporting the GodsDog Kickstarter to bring stories like this to life.
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Check out this text I wrote in 2002 that started it all.
“Garments of skin” and other symbols of periphery – by Jonathan Pageau: https://drive.google.com/file/d/190xqZrzqQv3o4F7jjfP05OGgisbN_5zQ/view?usp=sharing
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-Support the GodsDog: Warrior Kickstarter today. Only 5 days left to pledge. Don't miss out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/symbolicworldpress/godsdog-warrior
-Check out this text I wrote in 2002 that started it all. “Garments of skin” and other symbols of periphery, by Jonathan Pageau: https://drive.google.com/file/d/190xqZrzqQv3o4F7jjfP05OGgisbN_5zQ/view?usp=sharing
Jonathan, could you delve into the symbolism of the poles? Does it imply that wandering too far can lead to demise, with this state being metaphorically akin to the death and desolation of winter?
Man these art samples are incredible. Really fantastic inks you don't see often!
lost respect for you after the harsh way you treated abuse survivor Joseph Sciambra. You''re in this for the money, you are a fake like the self righteous religious pharisees. If only more of your followers would see through you
Strange. I get the symbolism but, dang, in real life, Nimrod was long dead before the time of Abram, never mind Esau. It’s a bit like having Pelagius kill Goliath.
This has beautiful art.
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Hi, is the garments of skin a type of anti venom?
I can only think in terms of SA Christians and it kind of feels we have been inoculated with Marxism for a long time now.
I sense people don’t have much strength left but we are ahead of the world in some ways.
The ANC is a poison to our land and is getting authoritarian.
The Church of Jesus Christ keeps the ritual of endowment in the temple. Its available and reachable to all who wants to follow Jesus Christ
I'm thinking this will all end with John the Baptist who was 'clothed with camel's hair' being given to Jesus at baptism!
Hi Johnathan, I'm wondering why you are using the book of Jasher as a source.
The V. Rev. Dr. Stephen De Young said
"The Book of Jasher was shown to be entirely a hoax. The ‘Book of Jasher’ is mentioned several times in the Deuteronomic History in the Old Testament. What was circulated publicly in the early 20th century as ‘The Book of Jasher’ later turned out to be fraudulent, however."
Yes, I know you are making a work of fiction, but I just wanted to know your thoughts on this. Since this book is not even second temple literature, it was written in the 1600s.
Thanks, love your show, and I have God's Dog and am going to get the next one.
I know a Tolkien guy who would love to know these stories I think
Our parish has an icon of Elijah, John the Forerunner, and St. Anthony the Great. St. Anthony was known to wear a garment of camel skin. There is another very peculiar story about Saint Anthony burying St Paul the Hermit and recovering his garment made of palm leaves, any insight there?
Then of course there is the prodigal son, how do we square that? Those garments are gone. Perhaps it signifies the end of the world and the serpent crushed. Makes sense.
This is a modern midrash
I just want to say that the way you unravel the story of Christianity makes it really feel as though I am a part of that story. I have learned that in many ways my mind is over-rationalized and conformed to a Western way of thinking. I have been recently looking into the claims of the Orthodox Church because of how you have explained meaning in an older less materialistic way but also more convincing and profound. Do you possibly have any resources that you could point me to to learn more about orthodoxy?
First time viewer.
I just finished the Frank Herbert’s dune saga. Synchronicity led me to this channel. I had discovered the “ouroboros” episode and continued through the “garments of skin”.
Wow Mind blown!!🤯
Maybe I’m making false connections, but these episodes gave me sooo much insight into the novels.
I have to wonder if Herbert really knew what he was putting into his works or if my mind is just grasping for patterns.
Regardless, awesome episodes. Thanks for your work.
I would recommend you do a biblical review/ analysis of Spider-Man 2 by Sam Raimi. It has lots of biblical concepts.
Thank you Jonathan
So where them garments at? Send me location brother
I am doing my undergraduate theology dissertation on the Greek father interpretations of Garments of Skin in light of transhumanist aspiations for humanity and technology. I will have to send you a copy when I have finished as I think you would find it interesting. I know that you and Mattheiu (probably correctly) dislike the way that academia is these days but I'm trying to redeem some of that by bringing in symbolic thinking to academic theology. (My way into this is by reading the Church Fathers of course.) P.S. Thank you posting your 2002 paper, it is really quite beautiful how it all ties up in Christ.
Esau even forgives and welcomes back his brother that had stolen his heritage. I think he often gets a bad rep, but when you think about it he beheaded Nimrod and was a forgiving person. Maybe he wasn't that bad after all?
The Mantle.
Nibley talks of this very thing in Temple and Cosmos