In a coffee shop, the other day, I heard someone say, “What a tragedy 2020 has been!” The word tragedy comes from the ancient Greek word tragos, which means goat. Tragedy literally means “goat - work”. In ancient times what was the work of the goat?

Have you ever watched a cooking show where at the beginning the chef mixed up something in a saucepan and puts it off to one side to simmer or marinate while they prepare the rest of the meal. I'd like to do the same with this excerpt from an interview with Camille Paglia in “America” Magazine. Now, Camille Paglia is a pretty prominent personality in the atheistic, feminist sub culture. In the article, she says, "Not only am l Italian I'm an Aries, born under the sign of the war god, so we Aries women like Joan Crawford and Betty Davis, tend to be very militant very combative”. Now, we'll just set this off to one side for now and use it later.

In this presentation I'm attempting to integrate insights from a number of sources, that I've either read or listened to, over the last little bit. They include: Gil Bailie, Rene Girard, John Polkinghorne, Brad Gregory, Eve Keneinan, Patrick Coffin, others and, of course, Jordan Peterson. Where I give a direct quote, I'll reference the source.