314: Girard - I Saw Satan Fall Like Lightning
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The Mimetic Cycle and the Froxio Paunus
The Roman mass is developed directly out of the first century Roman mystery cults. So he's mimicking the Roman pagan sacrifices and then co-opting it. The mimetic cycle is repeated all throughout that movie actually. It's the foundation of Western culture. This is why we say things pop culturally such as imitation is the highest form of flattery. That's actually mimesis. And by the way, when you watch the movie there, there will be blood there, right? But Daniel they lose.
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