482 - The Sword of St. Michael

The Symbolic World by Jonathan Pageau

Sep 18, 202600:24:19Education

Why is St. Michael often shown holding a flaming sword? I look at how this image developed, its connection to the expulsion from Paradise, the defeat of the dragon, and the emergent sacred geography known as the Sword of...

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