Jonathan Pageau: Finding Our Purpose In Life, The Meaning Of Religion and The Danger Of Psychedelics | EP 415

Align Podcast

Aaron Alexander

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8 • 923 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2022

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever questioned your purpose in life? In this episode of Align podcast, I speak with one of the brightest minds on the planet, Jonathan Pageau. We talk all about the deeper sense of purpose in this life and how to feel more fulfiled, the meaning of religion and why it matters and whether we really need a God. We also discuss the difference between Christianity and spirituality, all the ways in which we practice self-sacrifice and worship and the dangers of relying on psychedelics. Ultimately, we seek to uncover how much control we actually have in our lives. Jonathan Pageau is a professional artist, public speaker and writer. He carves Eastern Orthodox icons and designs other traditional images and products. He is also a teacher, with an online course on icon carving and he has written extensively on religious symbolism. His YouTube channel has 160k subscribers and an accompanying podcast called 'The Symbolic World' explores how ancient symbolic patterns underlie our experiences of the world and can re-enchant contemporary life. Thank you to our sponsors: Somavedic: Use code ALIGN during checkout for 10% off your purchase at: https://somavedic.com/discount/align Ice Barrel: Use code ALIGN to save $125 at: https://icebarrel.com/ Organifi: Use code ALIGN during checkout to receive a 20% discount at: www.organifi.com/align biOptimizers: Use code ALIGN10 during checkout to save 10% on Magnesium Breakthrough: magbreakthrough.com/alignpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Line podcast. My name is Aaron Alexander. This is a place that we bring
0:05.3	together the world's leading experts in all things health and wellness to help you optimize your mind,
0:08.9	body, and movement. Today's guest is my new friend Jonathan Pajot. Jonathan Pajot is a public speaker
0:15.2	on traditional symbolism and contemporary re-enchantment. He is a professional icon carver and liturgical artist.
0:24.9	He is a philosopher.
0:27.1	He is a religious scholar.
0:29.7	And Jordan Peterson, who originally turned me onto him,
0:33.6	considers him to be one of the brightest minds on the planet. So I've been really enjoying
0:39.5	getting into his work and drawing connections from perspectives that he's drawn out into health,
0:46.4	wellness, and deeper sense of purpose in this life. That is what this conversation is about.
0:51.6	We get into religion. We get into psychedelics. We get into philosophy, we get into the meaning crisis, what that is, why that matters, and just how to feel more fulfilled in this human experience, bridging some of the gaps between ancient wisdom and our modern experience.
1:09.1	This conversation is fun.
1:10.1	I think you're going to enjoy it.
1:11.6	And if you do, you want to hear more stuff like this.
1:15.0	Jump over to the YouTube channel.
1:16.9	You can watch the entire YouTube video.
1:18.7	You can also jump over to the Align community,
1:20.7	where we provide exclusive content to go deeper into aspects of conversations like
1:25.9	this one.
1:26.3	That is at Alignpodcast.com slash community.
1:29.5	I want to thank you guys for subscribing to this podcast. Also, I want to thank you all for
1:33.1	leaving reviews wherever you're listening to this. This one comes from Edou Thond.
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