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287 - Richard Rohlin - Universal History: The Symbolism Of Nationalism

The Symbolic World

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The Role of Holy People in Social Ecclesiastical Hierarchy

The gesture is very relevant to how they anchor everything together and make everything make sense in their world. Holy people sort of exist outside or kind of bridge the hierarchy in unexpected ways. The problem with modern people trying to understand this is we all want to be the person who's outside the hierarchy, right? But it's really just the holy people.

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