Strange Times Call for Strange Storytelling - with Dn. Nicholas Kotar

I've spoken with Dn. Nicholas Kotar a few times on this channel. He is an Orthodox deacon, writer, storyteller and podcaster for Ancient Faith Ratio. He recently published another book in the Raven Son series called Son of the Deathless that's freely available on his website. In this conversation we talk more about storytelling in our current culture and how we can approach more traditional storytelling while living in a postmodern world. We also talk about the new Lord of the Rings series, Rings of Power, Russian novels like Laurus, different kinds of stories like fairy tales and myths compared with contemporary fiction and much more.Get Dn. Nicholas' new novella (Son of the Deathless) for free by subscribing to his website: https://nicholaskotar.com/Eugene Vodolazkin - Laurus, a Glimpse Into the Medieval Mind: https://youtu.be/fjupdHkSLcw=========================Timestamps00:00:00 - Coming up next...00:01:03 - Intro music00:01:28 - Start00:02:53 - Nicholas' writing experiences00:06:00 - Propaganda in storytelling00:13:15 - Returning to old storytelling00:15:15 - Writing from the wild00:18:52 - Storytelling is not enough00:23:07 - The absolute negator00:26:17 - Laurus and the lives of the saints00:29:50 - We had technical difficulties00:30:58 - Identity in strangeness00:39:31 - Your story VS fantastical stories00:44:37 - Diverse casting00:48:49 - Returning to the wild00:56:34 - We as artists=========================- 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-Creation-Cosmic-Symbolism-Genesis-ebook/dp/B07D738HD8- Carving workshop: https://jonathanpageau.thinkific.com/courses/st-john-baptistThe Symbolic World podcast:- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gI8bUwPtT3gkduHqNh6M5- Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-symbolic-world/id1386867488More videos from The Symbolic World:- Odysee: https://odysee.com/@thesymbolicworld:2- Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JonathanPageauClips- French Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JonathanPageaufrançais- Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/pageaujonathan/- Dtube: https://steemit.com/@symbolismJoin the conversation:- Unofficial Facebook discussion group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1989208418065298/- The Symbolic World Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSymbolicWorld/Support this channel: - Website: https://thesymbolicworld.com/support/- Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/pageauvideos- Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau- Paypal: http://www.paypal.me/JonathanPageauSocial media links:- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld- Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pageaujonathan- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.pageauMy intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.My website designers, Anomalist Design: https://www.anomalistdesign.com/