“Symbolically, Cartier’s cross penetrating into the land can be seen as a meeting of heaven and earth, where a mediator takes a principle from above and changes reality on the ground. In this process, something new is created. One could make the argument that in this moment, ‘Canada’ began to come into being.”
Dan Sherven Interviews
Article from my brother about Canadian history and religious symbolism, from his upcoming book: mitchsherven.substack.com/p/discovering-canada-iii
“Symbolically, Cartier’s cross penetrating into the land can be seen as a meeting of heaven and earth, where a mediator takes a principle from above and changes reality on the ground. In this process, something new is created. One could make the argument that in this moment, ‘Canada’ began to come into being.”
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