The Beat Generation

Jack Kerouac – American novelist, writer, poet, and artist. Father of the Beat movement. The Beat Generation, that was a vision that we had, John Clellon Holmes and I, and Allen Ginsberg in an even wilder way, in the late forties, of a generation of crazy, illuminated hipsters suddenly rising and roaming America, serious, bumming [...]

History of Astrology

Ancient Mysteries presents Astrology – Secrets in the Stars hosted by Leonard Nimoy. This documentary discusses the History of Astrology in 5 Acts. Humanities curiosity of the stars from Babylonian times over 4000 years ago introduces us to Astrology.  In 331 B.C.E Alexander the Great invaded the East and introduces the knowledge of Astrology from ancient [...]

Carl Jung. The Inner World and Individuality.

This short Documentary explores Carl Jung’s history including his disagreement with Sigmund Freud, the Collective Unconscious, Archetypal behavior patterns, as well as his controversies. His work explores individuality and understanding ourselves so we do not live to be who others think we should, but who we really are. He became internationally famous for his work [...]

The Universe Beyond the Big Bang

From Shaman to Scientist, this documentary attempts to piece together the starting point of every atom, star, and galaxy in our expanding universe. Exploring the cosmic evolution since 13.7 billion years ago. In this Documentary professors of physics and astronomy explore questions of the origin of the universe. Historical, religious views to scientific discoveries, here [...]

Ancient Rome. Rise and Fall of an Empire. Constantine The Great.

Ancient Rome, an Empire divided and united. Constantine. Constantine would change the face of the Empire and leave the greatest legacy of any of Rome’s Emperors. A new world religion. Christianity. Constantines enemy, the Emperor Maxentius, held the city of Rome. For six years the capital of the Empire had been suffering under his tyranical rule. [...]

Why Beauty Matters. The Philosophy and Pursuit of Beauty.

Why Beauty Matters by Philosopher and Writer, Roger Scruton. If you love and appreciate art concepts, this is a documentary you will not want to miss. Beauty has been central to our civilization for over 2000 years. From it’s beginnings in ancient Greece, philosophy has reflected upon the place of beauty in art, poetry, music, architecture [...]

The Mystery of the Sphinx

Egyptologists explore the mysteries of the alignment of the Egyptian Pyramids with the Constellation of Orion, and discuss the clues that the Sphinx was built in the 11th century B.C.E during the age of Leo. Investigators explore theories and ask questions to try to unravel the hidden meaning behind these ancient monuments. Discover the mysteries [...]

The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick

The Tree of Life by legendary director Terrence Malick, starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain won the top prize, best film, Palme D’or at the Cannes Film Festival which opens May 27, 2011 in the U.S. Pitt plays a very strict father in a Texan household during the 1950′s. His wife is played [...]

Tarot Brief History A.E. Waite, Pamela Colman Smith

Welcome back to Tarot Notess at Symbolic Living. This week we’re going to switch gears a bit and give a brief introduction, talking a little about Arthur Edward Waite (A.E. Waite) and Pamela Colman Smith. They are responsible for the most widely used tarot deck today, the Rider-Waite tarot deck. Many feel it should be [...]

Ancient Machines of the Gods

Temples that could roar with thunder. Statues that could speak. Chariots that levitated in the air. Sculptures that cried tears of blood. These are some fascinating examples of ancient machines that were dedicated to adding life and spectacle to artistic representations in the temples, which were designed to entertain and symbolize the spiritual world. This [...]

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