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Breaking free of the Mind’s Confinement
These four short lines fully re-sets the Pilgrim’s Mind (ie: us, the story, the process) and spans out the book’s scope: my mind, confined till then to what took place, broke free, and now was eager to explore: I raised … Continue reading
The Rings of Angelic Beings
Here’s the moment when the Pilgrim looks at the source of the Divine in the Deep of Motion, and sees the nine rings of Angelic Beings: there came showers of light from all the fiery rings, like molten iron in … Continue reading
Vita Nuova – Poems
After Dante wrote the famous Poem called “Ladies who have intelligence of love”/”Donne ch’avete intelletto d’amore” – which he is also referencing in the Purgatory XXIV: But, tell me, do I not see standing here him who brought forth the … Continue reading
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Dante’s Vita Nuova!
After a full year of podcasting the Divine Comedy, we’ve now started on an earlier work of Dante – the “Vita Nuova” (New Life/Young Life)! And in the very opening chapters – Dante is describing the vision that came to … Continue reading