Here’s a brief overview of our essays with documentation for an anagogical approach to the Garden of Eden, in Dante’s Purgatorio (Canto 28-33).
The Restoration of the Soul (Canto XXVIII-XXXI), ending on “Solvesti”/”Solved”:
The Internal Restoration in Eden in 14 Essays
The anagogical meaning of the Tree and Beatrice’s First Vision (Canto XXXII):
New Life to the Relationship
Protecting the Tree and Carro
Distorted perception of Reality
Final Resolution, Grace and Restoration in Canto XXXIII:
The “515” and Grace
Eunoe – and Remembering
Ready for the Stars
These readings are exploratory – seeking to supplement the current scholarship with interpretations on the “4th level” of meaning, as per Dante’s Epistle to Can Grande della Scala.
Richard Emerson
Cremona/Verona, Italy
Summer 2025