The Crucifixion, Constant Prayer, and Communion | Jonathan Pageau EP 2

This episode was recorded on January 14th, 2022

Tammy Peterson welcomes back Jonathan Pageau once again to join in conversation together about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ through just a few of the vast array of symbols that take place during that story. These two also cover more on prayer, specifically the Jesus prayer of the eastern orthodox Philo Calia, the significance of the cup at the last supper and in the garden as Jesus prayed, the definition and practice of Hesychasm, and the importance of communion and community in the body of believers.

Jonathan Pageau is a French Canadian symbolic thinker, YouTuber, editor of the Orthodox Arts Journal, an eastern orthodox icon carver extraordinaire, and explorer of how (underlying) symbolic patterns emerge, develop, and finally manifest in religion, art, pop culture, etc.

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[00:00] Introduction to this conversation's topics of discussion from tammy's agenda. A Focus today on the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and Also the Jesus prayer as taught by the Catholic Church, Hesocast, and The Eastern Orthodox Philo Calia
[01:26] The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. How does the idea of crushing the serpent under the heal in genesis relate to Christ on the Cross?
[08:21] Ideally we all get to choose our own suffering, or one might say poison
[10:19] Jonathan touches on the complexity of the symbolism happening in the crucifixion story and how people are still unpacking all the deep meaning thousands of years later
[12:19] The sleeping disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane
[14:51] Jesus Prayer in the Garden. Wake up and attend to what is happening in your life so you can accept and make peace with what is coming in your future
[17:04] Judas comes leading the group that will take Jesus away. We need to attend to our lives, all aspects, and the necessity of the 'good life' or we will fall into a calamitous trap we have ignored for too long.
[22:51] What are the relationships of the cup at the last supper and the cup Jesus refers to as his suffering and death he sees before him.
[29:23] What is Hesychasm
[32:33] The actual practice of hesychasm
[36:45] Tammy's personal experience with the Jesus Prayer and Jonathan's advice on the Philokalia
[38:49] Tammy talks about the impact of prayer
[41:13] Community, Church, and Communion
[46:45] Jonathan's thoughts on the significance of participation in communion, taking the bread and the cup and sharing in it as a community of believers
[54:30] wrapping up the talk with Jonathan Pageau