Author Archives: Richard Emerson

The Age of Utopia

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Richard Emerson

What a read. At times a breath-taking experience as the “Age of Utopia” outlines the consequences of the argument that a humanist secular idea of Utopia gradually replaced an inner search for Paradise and a connection to something beyond us, … Continue reading →

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A review of the Renaissance

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Richard Emerson

Thank you to Ian Glendinning for a wonderful and generous review of our “Renaissance” book! The Renaissance

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Finishing the Paradiso

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Richard Emerson

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

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Canto XXXIII

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Richard Emerson

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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The Angels

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Richard Emerson

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! 😊

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Ending at the Deep of Philosophy and Theology

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Richard Emerson

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 9  is … Continue reading →

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Before the 10th Heaven

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Richard Emerson

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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The Creation of the Angels

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Richard Emerson

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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Evening Tea

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Richard Emerson

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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The Rings of Angelic Beings

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Richard Emerson

Here’s the moment when the Pilgrim looks at the source of the Divine in the Deep of Motion, and sees the nine rings of Angelic Beings: there came showers of light from all the fiery rings, like molten iron in … Continue reading →

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