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Benvenuto da Imola – and Anagogical Readings

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Richard Emerson

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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Eunoe – and Remembering

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Richard Emerson

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 →

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Distorted perception of Reality

Posted on July 5, 2025 by Richard Emerson

After the vision of the Eagle tearing into the Tree (relationship) and Carro (perception), Beatrice continues her lesson to the Pilgrim about the perils and consequences of losing aligned perception of fuller Reality. In short, after the Eagle (partly seen … Continue reading →

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Beatrice’s eyes – and smile

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Richard Emerson

After the vision of the Griffin in front of him and its changing reflection inside Beatrice’s eyes (as his own soul growing), there is just one more step to make the new presence of the Pilgrim’s soul complete. The three … Continue reading →

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Dual Perception of the Soul

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Richard Emerson

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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A new relationship: God and Soul

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Richard Emerson

After Beatrice appears, first as a channel emerging from deep within the Chariot, and connecting the Pilgrim to God’s Love and Power (The “Ancient Love”), something extraordinary happens. Virgil disappears, in large part since a direct connection with God is … Continue reading →

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The Chariot – the Deepest of Reality

Posted on May 31, 2025 by Richard Emerson

After the four gospels have appeared on the other side of the river, as a deepening vision and experience of spiritual wisdom – the Pilgrim sees something more: in the “midst of” or “inside” the four gospels there is a … Continue reading →

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Receptivity as key for the Soul’s relationship to God

Posted on May 29, 2025 by Richard Emerson

As the imagery keeps expanding in the Garden of Eden, we are presented with several new key elements for how the relationship between the soul and the Heavens/God can grow and deepen, once the capacity has been developed. Behind the … Continue reading →

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Aiming one’s Love

Posted on July 12, 2021 by ancientworld

In the third and final examination, conducted by St. John, the Pilgrim is asked “what is it that your Soul is set upon.” The answer is firstly; the Good. “The Good, that full contentment of this Court, is Alpha and … Continue reading →

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Purgatory 25 – Metaphysics of Body and Soul

Posted on April 24, 2020 by admin

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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