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Benvenuto da Imola – and Anagogical Readings

After several years of searching for anagogical interpretations of specific passages in Dante’s Divine Comedy in all of the Anglo-American scholarship, and in the more recent Italian scholarship (the last few centuries), we have finally found an illuminating source: Benvenuto … Continue reading

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Dual Perception of the Soul

After the crossing of the river Lethe and the cleansing of old misconceptions, the spiritual vision of the Pilgrim is much clearer and more intense. The very first thing that happens is that Dante redeems his old guiding stars from … Continue reading

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