Universal History: Beyond the Horizon: The Symbolism of the Far East | pt.1 | with Richard Rohlin

This is part 1 of a series of discussions on the symbolism of the far east with Richard Rohlin, as part of our Universal History series. Today’s discussion will set a foundation for the upcoming episodes about the mongols, Prester John and other medieval legends. Full Universal History playlist:    • Universal History   Richard Rohlin’s work: Richard Rohlin’s article on The Symbolic World blog: https://thesymbolicworld.com/articles... Amon Sûl podcast (Exploring the Tolkien Legendarium with the Christian Faith): https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts... =============== Books mentioned: Inconceivable Beasts: The Wonders of the East: https://www.amazon.com/Inconceivable-... The Life of Alexander the Great (Modern Library Classics) by Plutarch (Author): https://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Grea... The Histories: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Herodotus: https://www.amazon.com/Histories-Peng... Apocalypse. An Alexandrian World Chronicle (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library) by Pseudo-Methodius (Author), Benjamin Garstad (Translator): https://www.amazon.com/Apocalypse-Ale... The Cave of Treasures by St. Ephrem the Syrian: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-... Homework: The Travels of Bar Sauma In Asia and Europe (free pdf): https://robcanobbio.files.wordpress.c... Podcast mentioned: The Lord of Spirits: Blessings and Curses: https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts... Relevant episodes of Universal History mentioned: Universal History: The Deep Symbolism of Groundhog Day | with Richard Rohlin:    • Universal History: The Deep Symbolism of G...   Series on Ethiopia: Universal History: the Mystery of Ethiopia | with Richard Rohlin (Ethiopia #1):    • Universal History: the Mystery of Ethiopia...   Universal History: From Alexander the Great to Ethiopia | with Richard Rohlin (Ethiopia #2):    • Universal History: From Alexander the Grea...   =============== Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Coming up next... 00:00:52 - Intro music 00:01:16 - Introduction 00:02:35 - What about other cultures? 00:03:35 - Australia 00:07:20 - Universality & encountering the strange 00:09:37 - The center of the medieval world 00:11:41 - Alexander the Great and the far east 00:15:37 - Trade routes 00:17:54 - Decadence in the land of extremes 00:20:48 - The orientation of ancient maps 00:22:07 - Cultural memory & the invader 00:24:55 - Descriptions of the east: Herodotus' Histories 00:28:04 - The fourth son of Noah 00:33:22 - Wisdom from the east 00:34:38 - The danger of the east 00:37:58 - The air and the heavens 00:40:16 - The Acts of Thomas 00:44:14 - The modern naked ascetic 00:45:17 - Conclusion 00:47:54 - The voyages of Rabban Bar Sauma 00:52:02 - Outro =============== 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-Creat... Carving workshop: https://jonathanpageau.thinkific.com/... The Symbolic World podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gI8bUw... Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... More videos from The Symbolic World: Clips Channel:    / jonathanpageauclips   French Channel:    / jonathanpageaufrançais   Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/page... Dtube: https://steemit.com/@symbolism Join the conversation: Unofficial Facebook discussion group:   / 1989208418065298   The Symbolic World Reddit:   / thesymbolicworld   Support this channel: Website: https://thesymbolicworld.com/support/ Patreon:   / pageauvideos   Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/jonatha... Paypal: http://www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau Social media links: Facebook:   / thesymbolicworld   Twitter:   / pageaujonathan   Instagram:   / jonathan.pageau   My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson. My website designers, Anomalist Design: https://www.anomalistdesign.com/