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New Podcast Page!
After a bit of experimentation – it seems like we’ve landed on putting the Dante Podcast as part of the Dante’s Comedy website 😊 https://dantescomedy.com/podcast And we’re aiming to make a new series on the Purgatory soon – with 10-15 … Continue reading
Vita Nuova Introduction
Aaand first version finished, for the Vita Nuova! https://dantescomedy.com/vitanuova
Intro to the Comedy.
A first version is live! https://dantescomedy.com/thecomedy
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 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
New Essays!
We wrote two essays on the new website yesterday, one about the symbolism of the Eagle in Chapter 9, https://dantescomedy.com/thefirstdream, and one about the nature of Free Will – https://dantescomedy.com/thefreewill. The third Terrace is full of deep philosophy and theology, … Continue reading
The Third Terrace of Purgatory
We’ve just moved up to the third Terrace of Wrath and its balancing virtue, Gentleness! And again it’s fascinating how much has been put behind us as readers – once the Beach, landscape, climbing in Ante-Purgatory, and the first two … Continue reading
Happy Sunday!
New day, and we just finished the weekly Sunday Show for all our supporters on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/sunday-show-new-45750591 We’re also updating our new Dante website, at dantescomedy.com. The aim is to have it both as an introduction to people fully new … Continue reading
New Dante Website!
Today we started a new project with a Dante website, as an introduction for people with little or no knowledge of the Divine Comedy, and with essays about different themes from the books. Visit here! https://dantescomedy.com 😊