The ending of the Garden of Eden in Purgatorio is pure bliss and beauty, as we are now ready to finally rise to the stars.
We are there with the seven handmaids, Beatrice, Stazio, Matelda and the Pilgrim, all standing peacefully by the river of the “Good Mind”, the “Eu-noe”.
“I returned from the sacred wave
remade, yes as new plants
renewed of new foilage,
pure and disposed, to rise towards the stars”
So the relationship and its manifestations (as Tree and leaves) are now strenghtened again after drinking from the river, through the remembrance of the soul’s origins and from whence it emerged at its beginnings.
The full process is thus completed, and the Pilgrim is remade and ready for Paradiso, restored internally and with an aligned view of reality and the bigger picture. And we as readers have been given new keys to discern and approach the third canticle as well, with a new understanding of a growing Beatrice, and the flourishing relationship with God.
And with this we are ready, accompanying the Pilgrim, for the final ascent into the Heavens.