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The Summit of Mount Purgatory
We’ve just finished the seventh Terrace of Lust with the big Third Dream – and Virgil’s momentous Crowning and Farewell Speech. In many ways – this is the culmination of the Climb of the Mountain and the whole process of … Continue reading
The Avaricious
On the Fifth Terrace we meet the avaricious, which is an almost over-crowded ledge where the Pilgrim and Virgil struggle to find a place for their feet. The souls are faced down forced to the ground, reflecting their excessive greed … Continue reading
Prof. Giglio in Napoli
Here’s an excerpt from the correspondence with Professore Raffaele Giglio at the Department of Italian Literature, the University of Napoli Federico II last week, regarding the interpretation of the dream in Canto 9 in Purgatory (our translation): The presence of … Continue reading
The Sixth Terrace
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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Purgatory 27 – The Purifying Fire, and Crowning Moment!
In canto 27 there are two big moments in Dante’s Journey through Purgatory! The Pilgrim is first walking through the Wall of Fire (meaning the final purification, and the symbolism of death before rebirth), and the chapter ends with the … Continue reading
Purgatory 25 – Metaphysics of Body and Soul
Today’s episode is about the climbing up to the 7th Terrace where Virgil is handing over Dante’s deep question about the nature of the “shades” to the Poet Statius. This is partly symbolic of how Dante’s question is now moving … Continue reading
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