426 - Andrew Gould - Monks and Pirates: Two Extremes that Explain the Rest of Us

In this conversation filmed (by Deacon Seraphim Rohlin) in the Florida Keys, I sit down with my friend Andrew Gould to finally revisit a surprising claim he made years ago—that pirates and Orthodox monks share deep symbolic parallels. We discuss ships and treasure, costumes, death imagery, life on the edge of empire, all converging on how these two seemingly opposite extremes strangely mirror each other. Let me know if you like the format of this video.<br /><br />Original YouTube version: <a href="https://youtu.be/WjMadP6DScM" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://youtu.be/WjMadP6DScM</a><br /><br />NEW COURSE: The Quest for the Holy Grail with Dr. Martin Shaw<br />In the dark heart of January, when the nights are long and the world draws close, Dr. Martin Shaw returns to Symbolic World Courses for an intensive week-long journey to tell one of the greatest stories of the Medieval imagination: Parzival and the Holy Grail.<br />Catch the early bird sale of 15% off if you reg...