Given we're still in the fall season, I watched The Conjuring and it got me thinking about how real events can become exaggerated in story form. In this video, I look at how legends are created, and that exaggeration of certain elements of an event can help amplify the meaning and purpose of why we're paying attention to it in the first place.<br /><br />Original YouTube version: https://youtu.be/fA2cKrvYyTk<br /><br />Paradiso live course details:<br />The Symbolic World Enters Paradise<br />Join me and Deacon Seraphim Rohlin this November in our course on Dante's Paradiso.<br />-Course length: 5 weeks, 15 hours<br />-Dates of live classes: Wednesdays, November 5th to December 3rd, 2025<br />-Time: 2-5 pm Eastern Time<br />-Cost: 190 USD (Involved patrons get 10% off, apply discount code at checkout)<br />-Register today: https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/courses/dantes-paradiso<br /><br />💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com<br />🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau <br />🔒 BECOME A PATRON: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe <br /><br />Our website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ <br />My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson: https://matthewwilkinson.net/

The Symbolic World

Jonathan Pageau

422 - Why Exaggeration Is Necessary in Storytelling

NOV 18, 202526 MIN
The Symbolic World

422 - Why Exaggeration Is Necessary in Storytelling

NOV 18, 202526 MIN

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Given we're still in the fall season, I watched The Conjuring and it got me thinking about how real events can become exaggerated in story form. In this video, I look at how legends are created, and that exaggeration of certain elements of an event can help amplify the meaning and purpose of why we're paying attention to it in the first place.<br /><br />Original YouTube version: https://youtu.be/fA2cKrvYyTk<br /><br />Paradiso live course details:<br />The Symbolic World Enters Paradise<br />Join me and Deacon Seraphim Rohlin this November in our course on Dante's Paradiso.<br />-Course length: 5 weeks, 15 hours<br />-Dates of live classes: Wednesdays, November 5th to December 3rd, 2025<br />-Time: 2-5 pm Eastern Time<br />-Cost: 190 USD (Involved patrons get 10% off, apply discount code at checkout)<br />-Register today: https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/courses/dantes-paradiso<br /><br />💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com<br />🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau <br />🔒 BECOME A PATRON: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe <br /><br />Our website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ <br />My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson: https://matthewwilkinson.net/