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

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Good morning!

And great coffee! ๐ŸŒ‡โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Š

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Finishing the Paradiso

..and it left a feeling of only wanting more..

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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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Good morning!

And great coffee! ๐Ÿ˜Š๐ŸŒ‡โ˜•๏ธ

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Saturday

Good morning, and good coffee! โ˜€๏ธโ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Š

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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! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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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 9ย  is … Continue reading

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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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Morning!

Friday – last day of the heatwave! โ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒŠ And great coffee! โ˜•๏ธโ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒ‡

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Sunny and Coffee

We’ve just cross-posted the latest post to the Dante website! https://dantescomedy.com/the-creation-of-the-angels ๐Ÿ˜Š

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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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Good morning!

Heat wave is heating up.. peak tomorrow or Friday! โ˜€๏ธโ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…

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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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Morning!

Great coffe, and great summer sunshine :)) ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿžโ˜€๏ธโ˜•๏ธ

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