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- Richard Emerson on Benvenuto da Imola – and Anagogical Readings
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Building a Renaissance Mind! We are currently doing a pilot project for weekly group and individual sessions going through Purgatorio, both as personal transformation and for balancing the brain hemispheres better. Contact us in the comments below, or by DM … Continue reading
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Benvenuto da Imola – and Anagogical Readings
After several years of searching for anagogical interpretations of specific passages in Dante’s Divine Comedy in all of the Anglo-American scholarship, and in the more recent Italian scholarship (the last few centuries), we have finally found an illuminating source: Benvenuto … Continue reading
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Tagged anagogical reading, benvenuto da imola, Heavens, imola, perception, reality, recovery, restoration, soul, treasures
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Main Keys to reading the Garden of Eden
As a brief summary: to approach the Garden of Eden in Dante’s Purgatorio as an anagogical/spiritual reading, the following images are essential: The Tree: The relationship between Human-Divine, or your Soul and God. It is discovered withered, but blossoms with … Continue reading
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Tagged anaogical reading, Eden, introduction, keys, research, study
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Ready for the Stars
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 … Continue reading
Eunoe – and Remembering
After the full restoration of soul and relationship – and understanding God’s Grace in the process – there is one last stop in Eden, with the River of Eunoe. The Greek Tradition had five rivers, and Dante here invents a … Continue reading
The “515” and its role in Redemption
After the vision presented by Beatrice with the Eagle, Fox and Dragon – she presents a new image in cryptic form, which is most likely describing the role of Grace in healing distortions and redemption. Beatrice first says that the … Continue reading
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Tagged 515, Beatrice, grace, mystery, paradiso, purgatorio, redemption, relationship
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Distorted perception of Reality
After the vision of the Eagle tearing into the Tree (relationship) and Carro (perception), Beatrice continues her lesson to the Pilgrim about the perils and consequences of losing aligned perception of fuller Reality. In short, after the Eagle (partly seen … Continue reading
Protecting the Tree and Carro
After the appearance of the Tree of Relationship to God, now revitalized and blossoming again, the anagogical meaning unfolds and enriches even further. Beatrice, in the sense of your soul/inner spiritual life, has descended from the carro and is now … Continue reading
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Tagged 32, beauty, carro, cosmology, covenant, false gods, growth, Holy Spirit, relationship, spiritual life, tree, Zeus
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New Life to the Relationship
After the restoration of the soul and the first 65 cantos of the Comedy, one can take a long break and simply enjoy the fruits of the readings. The first main step is completed. And one’s life, apprehension, perception, experience, … Continue reading
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Tagged 32, adam, Adamo, East, flourishing, light, purgatorio, relationship, restoration, tree
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The Internal Restoration in Eden in 14 Essays
Here are the 14 essays that give a new and more anagogical (spiritual) reading of the Garden of Eden in Canto 28-31 of Dante’s Purgatorio, focusing primarily on the Soul’s Journey to God. Beatrice’s eyes – and smile Dual Perception … Continue reading
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Tagged anagogical reading, dante, Eden, essays, purgatorio, restoration
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