About this episode

The episode discusses the concept of hidden enemies who pretend to be friends, drawing parallels from fairy tales, Scripture, and modern culture.

We often think of enemies as those who attack us openly, but fairy tales also warn us about another kind of enemy: the one who comes close, pretends to be our friend, and destroys from within. I also discuss how this pattern appears in Scripture, culture, identity, and even technology, and why discernment is so important in our current moment. Buy Little Red Riding Hood now during the month of June and get the audiobook with for free: https://store.thesymbolicworld.com/ YouTube version: https://youtu.be/U8VXqPX1-0Q Join Seraphim Hamilton in studying the Book of Isaiah this June. Register now: https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/courses/the-fifth-gospel 🔓 Become a patron to support us and unlock exclusive monthly symbolism content: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe 💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com 🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau 🎧 Listen to and review The Symbolic World podcast: -Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gI8bUwPtT3gkduHqNh6M5 -Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-symbolic-world/id1386867488 Our website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson…

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Pageau

Topics covered

• enemies
• friendship
• discernment
• fairy tales
• Scripture
• culture
• technology

Keywords

• enemies
• friendship
• discernment
• fairy tales
• Scripture
• culture
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Symbolic World, YouTube, Spotify, Apple podcasts

Books & works: Little Red Riding Hood, Book of Isaiah

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