Skyrim is a Religious Experience

Watch this video ad-free, and get access to exclusive content on Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/lsoo Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO About this video essay: A commentary analysis of Skyrim as a simulation of sacred space. 0:00 A different kind of Skyrim analysis 2:12 Chasing a fundamental longing 4:20 An empty avatar 6:35 Simulating sacred space 9:44 Meaningful to the core 13:10 What we lack in real life 14:42 The holy places of our private universes 17:10 My own Skyrim 19:37 The process of initiation Sources: Mircea Eliade – The Sacred and the Profane: https://amzn.to/3n4V3WE Robert Moore – The Archetype of Initiation: https://amzn.to/3xc3vIA Further Reading: Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list 10 Books that changed my life: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life 10 More books that inspired my thinking: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking Media included: Skyrim; The Witcher 3; Mass Effect 3; Death Stranding; The Last of Us Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv