Left Hand / Right Hand Symbolism

In this video I discuss the symbolism of the left hand and right hand that’s often mentioned in Scripture. Through exploring iconography and other representations of opposites inside and outside of Christianity, we can discover the meaning and role of these basic opposites, how they can feed each other and mysteriously flip. As I mention in my discussion, this is more like poetry, an intuition rather than a system. Icon of the Last Judgement image I always use, painted by Fr. Luke Dingman: Relevant Orthodox Arts Journal articles by Jonathan Pageau: - Mercy on The Right. Rigor on The Left: - The Icon of The Last Judgement: ===================== Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:20 - Intro music 00:01:46 - Iconography of left and right 00:05:22 - Symbolism of the left and right hands 00:08:08 - Switching opposites: Yin yang, caduceus 00:10:45 - Christian representations of the flip 00:14:49 - Moving towards and away from identity 00:17:47 - Encountering someone else VS yourself 00:24:17 - It’s not a system 00:24:42 - Deesis 00:27:05 - Opposites lead to each other 00:29:41 - St. Maximus the Confessor 00:31:20 - The icon of the Transfiguration 00:34:33 - At every level of reality 00:38:43 - God’s’Dog fanart ===================== - The Symbolic World website and blog: - Merch: - The Language of Creation (Matthieu Pageau): - Carving workshop: The Symbolic World podcast: - Spotify: - Apple podcasts: More videos from The Symbolic World: - Odysee: @thesymbolicworld:2 - Clips Channel: - French Channel: çais - Bitchute: - Dtube: @symbolism Join the conversation: - Unofficial Facebook discussion group: - The Symbolic World Reddit: Support this channel: - Website: - Patreon: - Subscribestar: - Paypal: Social media links: - Facebook: - Twitter: - Instagram: My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson. My website designers, Anomalist Design: