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Ready for the Stars
The ending of the Garden of Eden in Purgatorio is pure bliss and beauty, as we are now ready to finally rise to the stars. We are there with the seven handmaids, Beatrice, Stazio, Matelda and the Pilgrim, all standing … Continue reading
Eunoe – and Remembering
After the full restoration of soul and relationship – and understanding God’s Grace in the process – there is one last stop in Eden, with the River of Eunoe. The Greek Tradition had five rivers, and Dante here invents a … Continue reading
The “515” and its role in Redemption
After the vision presented by Beatrice with the Eagle, Fox and Dragon – she presents a new image in cryptic form, which is most likely describing the role of Grace in healing distortions and redemption. Beatrice first says that the … Continue reading
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Tagged 515, Beatrice, grace, mystery, paradiso, purgatorio, redemption, relationship
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Opening the channel to God
With the pageant of the Scriptures stopping and focusing on the chariot, the spiritual “charge” is sharply intensifying, as the fuller connection to God is about to erupt. One of the elders then starts to chant: “Come, spouse, from Lebanon” … Continue reading
Finishing the Paradiso
..and it left a feeling of only wanting more..
Canto XXXIII
Reading the last canto in Paradiso for the 4th time, it felt bigger than ever. The last Canto of the whole Comedy is likely the biggest masterpiece and genius of them all. But it takes years and years to get … Continue reading
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Tagged breath-taking, comedy, dante, ending, masterpiece, paradiso, pilgrim
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Ending at the Deep of Philosophy and Theology
One more thought on the Paradiso – in some ways sphere 9 and 10 are repeating the overall idea of Dante of how both philosophy and theology are paths to deep truths, but theology embeds it all. Sphere 9 is … Continue reading
Before the 10th Heaven
We’ve just finished the Primo Mobile and the 9th Sphere, and we’re trying to digest what is really happening there; in a sense how the first two books, which are all on Earth, and then eight more spheres in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, being, dante, Heavems, motion, paradiso, prepartion, primo mobile, time, transition, writing
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The Creation of the Angels
In Canto 29, Dante describes the origins of the Angelic Beings, as Beatrice can see in the Eternal Mind that the Pilgrim has some questions. Firstly, the argument is that the Angels were created in order to reflect and “resplendor” … Continue reading
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Tagged angelology, angels, canto 29, glory, paradiso, reflection, theology
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Evening Tea
We’ve just finished the Primo Mobile, next stretch is the last four chapters with the Empyrean – and then, we can look back at two years with reading, researching and podcasting from the Comedy! Nine full readings of individual books … Continue reading
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Tagged empyrean, journey, mystery, paradiso, reading, rebirth, renaissance, theology
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