Category Archives: Dante

Notes from Opening The Paradiso, the Second Time!

Posted on September 8, 2020 by admin

The saying goes that after reading the whole Divine Comedy by Dante, one is ready to start reading the Divine Comedy – so now we’re starting our second Journey through Paradiso, and we’ll write about the new discoveries and greatest … Continue reading →

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Convivio – The Banquet of Knowledge!

Posted on August 13, 2020 by admin

Good morning! ?☕️ New week – new book ?And we’re still expanding the context of understanding Dante’s Divine Comedy more fully with another look at his younger works and life. And after Dante’s first youthful work of “Vita Nuova” around … Continue reading →

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Reading Guide to Dante’s Inferno Chap 18-34

Posted on August 10, 2020 by admin

Sometimes it’s a bit of a challenge to keep going in the Inferno once you have reached half way into the book, and the fast pace slows down a bit after the first seven circles. So here’s a little guide … Continue reading →

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Vita Nuova – Poems

Posted on August 8, 2020 by admin

After Dante wrote the famous Poem called “Ladies who have intelligence of love”/”Donne ch’avete intelletto d’amore” – which he is also referencing in the Purgatory XXIV: But, tell me, do I not see standing here him who brought forth the … Continue reading →

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Weekend Updates!

Posted on August 8, 2020 by admin

Goooood morning!!??☕️☕️ It’s been a great week on many fronts here, both with receiving a super beautiful new paperback of “The Portable Dante” from Penguin – and for many other projects too! Here is the moment of unboxing the book … Continue reading →

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Dante’s Vita Nuova!

Posted on August 4, 2020 by admin

After a full year of podcasting the Divine Comedy, we’ve now started on an earlier work of Dante – the “Vita Nuova” (New Life/Young Life)! And in the very opening chapters – Dante is describing the vision that came to … Continue reading →

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Lyceum, July 28th

Posted on July 28, 2020 by admin

Nature ramblings about the Comedy and the limitations of the Greek Tradition, in Dante’s view!

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..once again, to see the stars!

Posted on July 26, 2020 by admin

We’ve just finished the last episode of the whole Divine Comedy (Starting with the Paradiso) – to be released next Saturday, August the 1st at 10am UK time! ? ..the First Journey is done. And the Guiding Lights are shining … Continue reading →

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End of Circle 8, and a Bright Point!

Posted on July 23, 2020 by admin

We’ve just finished making Episode 30 (Out Monday July 27th!), which marks the end of the Tenth Valley and the Circle of Fraud! And as the Middle of Circle 8 in many ways describes the Heart of Fraud, swarming with … Continue reading →

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Gates of Dis, as limitations of Reason

Posted on July 16, 2020 by admin

Today we had another great conversation about the deeper significance of the Gates of Dis, and the rejection of the futile efforts of Virgil to open them, as Reason. On a Journey into the deep and into Knowledge as well … Continue reading →

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