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Category Archives: Purgatory
3rd Episode, and Reason
The 3rd Episode is live! Purgatory, Episode 3 A shortcut to just the Purgatory Episodes is here: Purgatory Series Enjoy! ☀️
New Purgatory series – the Big picture!
Morning! 😊🌇☕️ We’ve just published the first episode (8 mins) of our new Purgatory series! https://dantescomedy.com/podcast Enjoy!
The Boatman
This is still one of our favorite moments in the story of Purgatory – when the boat appears with over a hundred saved souls, arriving at the shores. The Pilgrim has a reed (of Humility) around his waist, kneeling down. … Continue reading
The Final Step, of Eunoë
The very last ritual and the ending of the book of Purgatory is the crossing of the river Eunoë, to restore and strengthen all memories of the good in life. The Pilgrim is surrounded by the seven maids who represent … Continue reading
The Elders
The beauty in the Garden of Eden is at times breath-taking, and one of the examples of this is the gradual entrance of the Pageant that appears on the other side of Lethe in the beginning. The twenty-four elders are … Continue reading
Garden of Eden
We’ve just finished the last part of the Purgatory, with the deeply allegorical entrance into the Garden of Eden for the Pilgrim, Virgil and Statius. The Pilgrim finally meets Beatrice and allegorically the Biblical Scriptures, and crosses over the two … Continue reading
Mount Purgatory
After a great week of reading and a new website, the substance of the Purgatory is really sinking in.. especially the Seven Terraces as a deeply spiritual Journey for repentance in the sense of the Greek word “metanoia”, the changing … Continue reading
The Seven Terraces
Reading deeply through the Seven Terraces in Purgatory for the second time, several things have been standing out regarding the deeper causes of many of the vices in the Comedy. In some cases there are crucial points for a fuller … Continue reading
The Free Will, grown in the Climb.
One of the main points in Virgil’s final Crowning speech is that the Pilgrim has matured in his understanding of the world and of human nature through his climb of the Mount, and that he’s now capable of managing his … Continue reading
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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