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Monthly Archives: July 2021
Friday
We’re slowly digesting Paradiso whilst opening the first page of Purgatory again. The first time we read Paradiso a few years ago it felt exhausting with the lack of concreteness, but in the last few months that has changed. In … Continue reading
Finishing the Paradiso
..and it left a feeling of only wanting more..
Canto XXXIII
Reading the last canto in Paradiso for the 4th time, it felt bigger than ever. The last Canto of the whole Comedy is likely the biggest masterpiece and genius of them all. But it takes years and years to get … Continue reading
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Tagged breath-taking, comedy, dante, ending, masterpiece, paradiso, pilgrim
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The Angels
We’ve just published a new podcast episode about the Creation of the Angels here: https://dantescomedy.com/podcast, and reposted the Empyrean post here: https://dantescomedy.com/before-the-empyrean-the-10th-heaven Enjoy! 😊
Ending at the Deep of Philosophy and Theology
One more thought on the Paradiso – in some ways sphere 9 and 10 are repeating the overall idea of Dante of how both philosophy and theology are paths to deep truths, but theology embeds it all. Sphere 9 is … Continue reading
Before the 10th Heaven
We’ve just finished the Primo Mobile and the 9th Sphere, and we’re trying to digest what is really happening there; in a sense how the first two books, which are all on Earth, and then eight more spheres in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, being, dante, Heavems, motion, paradiso, prepartion, primo mobile, time, transition, writing
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Morning!
Friday – last day of the heatwave! ☀️🌊 And great coffee! ☕️☀️🌇
Sunny and Coffee
We’ve just cross-posted the latest post to the Dante website! https://dantescomedy.com/the-creation-of-the-angels 😊
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The Creation of the Angels
In Canto 29, Dante describes the origins of the Angelic Beings, as Beatrice can see in the Eternal Mind that the Pilgrim has some questions. Firstly, the argument is that the Angels were created in order to reflect and “resplendor” … Continue reading
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Tagged angelology, angels, canto 29, glory, paradiso, reflection, theology
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Good morning!
Heat wave is heating up.. peak tomorrow or Friday! ☀️☀️😅😅
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Evening Tea
We’ve just finished the Primo Mobile, next stretch is the last four chapters with the Empyrean – and then, we can look back at two years with reading, researching and podcasting from the Comedy! Nine full readings of individual books … Continue reading
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Tagged empyrean, journey, mystery, paradiso, reading, rebirth, renaissance, theology
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Morning!
Great coffe, and great summer sunshine :)) 😊🏞☀️☕️