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Dante Seminar
Thanks to everyone for a great Seminar on the first half of Inferno this weekend! Especially the thoughts on what happens at the Gates of the City of Dis added several new ideas and perspectives to the symbolic understanding of … Continue reading
Inferno – Episode 17 and Geryon!
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The foundation for Dante – Philosophy, Poetry, History!
New episode out June 5th, at 10am UK time! 😄😄 After the first 3 chapters as a sort of a preamble, the 4th chapter is about the big areas and world of traditions and heritage for Dante – with the … Continue reading
Acheron, and the meaning of Charon
Today’s episode on chapter 3 is a deeply psychological one, as the Journey begins as a threshold border which also functions as a process through the whole chapter. It starts on the first line, and ends on the last one. … Continue reading
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Tagged acheron, charon, comedy, dante, good life, journey, redemption, transition
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New Inferno Series! 🎉☀️🔥🔥
Tomorrow May 28th 2020 at 10am UK time, we’ll launch the new Dante series with the Journey through Inferno! Just $2 pr. month, at http://patreon.com/ancientworld! New series from the beginning of the Divine Comedy! We’ll have 10-15 minute long episodes … Continue reading
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Tagged allegory, can grande, comedy, dante, inferno, inferno series, journey, meaning, new series, opening, purpose
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Dante Anniversary, 2021!
Next year is the 700th year marking of Dante’s passing away, in Ravenna in 1321, only a few months after he completed the Paradiso and the trilogy of the The Divine Comedy! And the national celebration in Italy will be … Continue reading
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Tagged 2021, dante, history, italia, italy, literature, ravenna, the comedy
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Purgatory & Paradise – a Reading of Dante.
After 16 months of deep studies and podcasting of Dante’s Paradise and Purgatory, it’s hard to remember exactly how several aspects of philosophy and theology used to be experienced by the mind before we started the whole journey. The learning … Continue reading
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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Tagged 7th terrace, Aristotle, beauty, dante, gluttony, journey, purgatory, scholasticism, soul, statius, virgil
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Dante’s Great Journey through Purgatory!
We’ve now reached the end of the 6th Terrace of the Mount Purgatory, and just one Terrace left (The Lustful) before we enter the Garden of Eden – and the Earthly Paradise! 🏞🌿☀️ At the end of the Terrace of … Continue reading