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The Sixth Terrace

Posted on January 9, 2021 by admin

We’re now already up at the sixth Terrace on the Mount, and things go very fast after the Dream the second night. The dream where a monster transforms into a Siren, as a framing of the last three terraces after … Continue reading →

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New Essays!

Posted on January 5, 2021 by admin

We wrote two essays on the new website yesterday, one about the symbolism of the Eagle in Chapter 9, https://dantescomedy.com/thefirstdream, and one about the nature of Free Will – https://dantescomedy.com/thefreewill. The third Terrace is full of deep philosophy and theology, … Continue reading →

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The Third Terrace of Purgatory

Posted on January 3, 2021 by admin

We’ve just moved up to the third Terrace of Wrath and its balancing virtue, Gentleness! And again it’s fascinating how much has been put behind us as readers – once the Beach, landscape, climbing in Ante-Purgatory, and the first two … Continue reading →

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Happy Sunday!

Posted on January 3, 2021 by admin

New day, and we just finished the weekly Sunday Show for all our supporters on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/sunday-show-new-45750591 We’re also updating our new Dante website, at dantescomedy.com. The aim is to have it both as an introduction to people fully new … Continue reading →

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New Dante Website!

Posted on January 3, 2021 by admin

Today we started a new project with a Dante website, as an introduction for people with little or no knowledge of the Divine Comedy, and with essays about different themes from the books. Visit here! https://dantescomedy.com 😊

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Increased insight, increased capacity of Light.

Posted on January 2, 2021 by admin

A theme introduced already in chapter 15 of the Purgatory is how the capacity for more intuitive and transcendent knowledge increases rapidly with learning, once the process has started. The Pilgrim is almost blinded by the light of an Angel … Continue reading →

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Being Strong, Confident, and having Humility.

Posted on January 2, 2021 by admin

Reading through Purgatory again very slowly, it’s interesting to see how one of the key claims of the whole book, and especially in the first Terrace – is that acknowledging and accepting the limitations of our intellect and reason is … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 2, 2021 by admin

First post of 2021! Hope you’ve had a wonderful Christmas – we’ve updated the website and going for a bit more blog style again! 😊 Best wishes for a wonderful 2021!! 😊☀️🎉

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New Series on Greek Mythology!

Posted on November 25, 2020 by admin

Great news! We’ve now started a new series on Ovid’s Metamorphoses and the big world of the Greek Mythology. A little introduction from the public podcast is here! Enjoy! 🙂

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The beauty and renewal, of Purgatory.

Posted on November 9, 2020 by admin

Here are some thoughts and meditations on the opening from “For better waters, now..” Enjoy! 😀

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