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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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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

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