Episodes
A look at Sordello's most famous Poem, and how Dante draws inspiration from it in his description of the Valley of Princes in Canto VII of the Purgatory.
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Published 04/07/22
Published 04/07/22
Brief reflection on the third terrace in Purgatory.
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Published 11/07/21
In Canto 29 of Paradiso Dante describes the when, where and why of the Creation of Angels.
Full essay is here:
https://dantescomedy.com/the-creation-of-the-angels
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Published 07/23/21
In just seven tercets, Dante inverts the model of the Universe from the material to the conceptual, and describes the origin and source of Motion and Time itself.
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Published 07/19/21
From the 8th sphere in Paradiso!
The essay is here:
https://dantescomedy.com/the-examination-of-virtues-for-the-pilgrim
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Published 07/17/21
On the Mystical Tradition in the 11 and 12 hundreds, the opening tercets of Purgatory and Paradiso, and the ongoing Divine Comedy series on youtube from a friend in LA, "Tom LA Books".
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Se0davqIVb5KsQ1ruCZ_Q
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Published 06/28/21
How Dante connects Seraphims and Cherubims with the Franciscan and Dominican Orders, as two major defining elements of the Divine and Theology itself, in the sphere of the Sun.
Published 05/29/21
The moment when the Poem is born.
From John Ciardi's translation of the Divine Comedy.
Published 05/04/21
A suggestion for interpreting the number "515" at the end of Purgatory.
From dantescomedy.com
Published 05/04/21
Highlights and reflections on Chapter 5.
Published 04/29/21
Looking at the great translation of the Divine Comedy by John D. Sinclair in the 1940s.
Published 04/28/21
We've just started a group reading in our community on https://reddit.com/r/dantescomedy - and would like to welcome everyone to join in!
Published 04/27/21
Reflections on Canto 18 in Purgatory.
Published 04/12/21
Reflections on Poem 15 from Purgatory – the Poem of Light.
Published 04/03/21
Reflections on the first four Terraces, the psychological process on each level, and the role and nature of Art ant the Artist.
Published 03/29/21
Reflection on Canto 28-33 in Purgatory. A unity of personal and general Revelation with Scripture, and Beatrice.
Published 03/29/21
Reflections on Purgatory 9 and 10, the threshold into what Dante saw as the symbolic Church Life, and apprehending the Divine Arts with Humility.
Published 03/27/21
Reflections on Canto 9 and Canto 2, in Purgatorio.
Published 03/26/21
Reflections on canto 7, and some descriptions of the person Dante by his late-contemporary fellow writers Boccaccio and Petrarch, coming one generation after him in Florence and Arezzo.
Published 03/23/21
Reflections on Theosis, in the Comedy.
Published 03/21/21
How the twin Portal of the Moon opens a material and spiritual experience, simultaneously.
Published 03/21/21
Reflections on Canto 4 in the Purgatory.
Published 03/20/21
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