Good morning!

Today we're just aiming to have fun with the episode, and briefly reflect on podcasting in general. And we'll read a few lines from Dante's "Mountain of Virtue", in Canto 11.

Thanks for listening,

and have a great day!

We'll look at the book "The Catholic Church And Conversion" by G.K. Chesterton, from 1926, and especially the light it sheds on current and historical British Scholarship on Dante's Divine Comedy.

A great free edition is here:

https://archive.org/details/catholicchurchco0000ches

Have a great morning,

and thanks for tuning in!

We'll look at the recent talk between a Greek Orthodox Bishop, and a Cognitive Scientist Dr. John Vervaeke, and what seems to eventually happen with the rationalist-scientific inquiries into the biggest questions in the world, if/when done with an open mind.

The video is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-AxtZbth-I

And we'll also do a little tercet meditation from Dante's Purgatory Canto VII - on Virtue.

Thanks for listening, and have a great morning coffee!

We'll look at the book "Back to Virtue" by Peter Kreeft, and the approach of four steps to solve a problem:

1. What is the problem
2. What is the cause
3. What is the solution
4. What would cause the solution (how to get there)

And we'll see how this applies to Dante as well.

Have a great coffee,

and thanks for listening!

Tom's video is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5981pRcF0I

Enjoy!

We'll look at two small passages from Canto 4, in this mini-mediation on the Comedy.

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Great coffee, and some thoughts about Dante :)

The Italian Channels we talk about are:

https://www.youtube.com/@tomlabooks3263/videos (Tom LA Books)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspPfwzH-pu7KtMx4FpyXMw/videos (Robobooks)

Enjoy! ☀️

Quick livestream about the succession of Emperor Constantine, and how Emperor Julian the Apostate reverses the Roman Empire to Pagandom, but with a twist.

We're warming up the Morning Coffee Chats again!

This is partly an "extra podcast" in addition to our main Burning Phoenix Podcast, especially on the sunny and beautiful mornings. The style is a bit more rambling and laid-back, for ponderings and works-in-progress. Think of it more as a conversational live stream, with a bit of inputs!

The new clip we mention from McGilchrist is here (8 mins):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b949lNit_Y

Thanks for listening!

Looking back at Purgatory after a reading the Paradiso, more things are standing out and shining even more clearly.

In this episode we'll look at the "Age of Utopia", the third volume of John Strickland's great history work "Paradise and Utopia". We'll especially discuss the view of the Florentine Renaissance and Humanism, from the Greek Orthodox perspective. 

Book Talks: https://awpodcast.com/renaissance

Age of Utopia: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Age-Utopia-Christendom-Renaissance-Revolution-ebook/dp/B09MDQ8M5Q

Thanks for listening, 

and Happy New Year!

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A special thanks goes out to our very generous Patrons: Caldazar, Seán Eckmann, Laura Daligan, Michael Leighty, Claudia, Aidan Chavasse, Mitchel V and Santheep on patreon.com/ancientworld - thank you!

Music credits:

Night in Venice by Kevin MacLeod.
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5763-night-in-venice/
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

A look at two great highlights from Canto 25 in Dante's Purgatory; the nature of the relationship between the body and the soul, and when during the development of the embryo the soul/consciousness enters the fetus.

Tommaso's video on this canto is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e8KLBpAtEM

And a BIG thanks to some of our long term Patreons, for making our podcasts possible!

Caldazar
Seán Eckmann
Laura Daligan
Michael Leighty
Claudia
Aidan Chavasse

https://patreon.com/ancientworld

Thanks for listening!

Good morning! 

In this episode we'll talk about Dante's Letter to his patron in Verona Can Grande della Scala, and two upcoming new books this November, from historian John Strickland and from philosopher and scientist Iain McGilchrist.

Enjoy! 😊