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The Symbolic World

157 - Monkey Man - The Emergence of Chimeras in Our Culture

The Symbolic World

Jonathan Pageau

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education

4.8824 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Support this channel: thesymbolicworld.com/support/ patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau paypal: www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau In this video we look at the meaning of hybrids: mixtures between categories of identity. With emerging technologies it's become possible to artificially create hybrids of different types of animals, or even to interbreed between humans and animals. A recent development at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California has sparked public debate given their experimentation with a monkey-human hybrid embryo. The ancient word for such a hybrid is chimera. Like the sphinx and cherubim these mixed beings indicate a breakdown and confusion of identity and act as a buffer between existence and non-existence. What can the (quite literal) emergence of chimeras tell us about the state of our world today? Original Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeqrMjNZsW0 My links: website: www.thesymbolicworld.com facebook: www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld/ twitter: twitter.com/pageaujonathan The podcast was edited by Justin Ward.

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0:00.0

So not very long ago, Rod Dreher from the American Conservative, as well as a few other media

0:04.3

outlets, published a comment on an article on a scholarly article that talked about creating

0:11.2

a human monkey hybrid in an embryo form, and they talk about how they did it, you know, the case,

0:19.8

and they even use the word chimera, which is the ancient word they used to talk about how they did it, you know, the case, and they even use the word chimera,

0:22.6

which is the ancient word they used to talk about these mythical monsters that were

0:27.3

a mixture between different types of beings. And I want to look at this together with you,

0:33.8

not for the shock value, not just because it's strange and it's odd, but because the symbolism

0:38.7

that I talk about, there's something objective about it. And when I talk about being attentive

0:43.7

to the signs, the signs of the end of something, the signs of the end of a story, these are

0:49.9

objective and they will manifest themselves. There are different ways that that can happen, but they will happen.

0:56.8

Symbolism really does happen, and this is particularly a case, a sign of the times,

1:02.0

to help us see where we are in the story. This is Jonathan Peugeot. Welcome to the symbolic world.

1:22.6

In the ancient world, in the story of Noah and the flood, in the traditions surrounding

1:32.7

that especially, there is this idea that before the flood or before the end of a world,

1:38.4

there was a moment where there were hybrids, where there is a mixture between the sons

1:43.0

of God and the daughters of men.

1:45.1

Now, there are different interpretations of this.

1:48.1

There are interpretations.

1:49.3

We talk about the lineage of Cain mixing with the lineage of Seth.

1:53.3

And there are also interpretations that talk about how it is that angels, fallen angels,

1:57.8

would have relationships with humans.

1:59.6

But for our particular

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