- Sordello's Poem "Blacatz", and its echo in The Valley of Princes
A look at Sordello's most famous Poem, and how Dante draws inspiration from it in his description of the Valley of Princes in Canto VII of the Purgatory.
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15m - Apr 7, 2022 - Meditation #1 - Dante's entry into the Terrace of Anger
Brief reflection on the third terrace in Purgatory.
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5m - Nov 7, 2021 - The Creation of the Angels
In Canto 29 of Paradiso Dante describes the when, where and why of the Creation of Angels.
Full essay is here:
https://dantescomedy.com/the-creation-of-the-angelsEnjoy!
9m - Jul 23, 2021 - The First Mover - and Motion
In just seven tercets, Dante inverts the model of the Universe from the material to the conceptual, and describes the origin and source of Motion and Time itself.
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10m - Jul 19, 2021 - The Keys to Entering Heaven - the Pilgrim is Examined
From the 8th sphere in Paradiso!
The essay is here:
https://dantescomedy.com/the-examination-of-virtues-for-the-pilgrimEnjoy!
7m - Jul 17, 2021 - Love and Wisdom, in the Sphere of the Sun
How Dante connects Seraphims and Cherubims with the Franciscan and Dominican Orders, as two major defining elements of the Divine and Theology itself, in the sphere of the Sun.
6m - May 29, 2021 - The Birth of the Divine Comedy
The moment when the Poem is born.
From John Ciardi's translation of the Divine Comedy.
6m - May 4, 2021 - The Mystery of Beatrice's Prophecy
A suggestion for interpreting the number "515" at the end of Purgatory.
From dantescomedy.com
4m - May 4, 2021 - Enter Emperor Justinian. Canto 5 in Paradiso.
Highlights and reflections on Chapter 5.
12m - Apr 29, 2021 - Paradiso, Canto 1. Reading and commentary.
Looking at the great translation of the Divine Comedy by John D. Sinclair from the 1940s.
34m - Apr 28, 2021 - Group Reading of Paradiso - Welcome!
We've just started a group reading in our community on https://reddit.com/r/dantescomedy - and would like to welcome everyone to join in!
4m - Apr 27, 2021 - Episode 12 – The Canto of LightReflections on Poem 15 from Purgatory – the Poem of Light.14m - Apr 3, 2021
- Episode 11 – Creativity, Renewal, and the First Day on the TerracesReflections on the first four Terraces, the psychological process on each level, and the role and nature of Art ant the Artist.11m - Mar 29, 2021
- Episode 10 – The symbolism of The Earthly ParadiseReflection on Canto 28-33 in Purgatory. A unity of personal and general Revelation with Scripture, and Beatrice.10m - Mar 29, 2021
- Episode 9 – Purgatory as Process, and the Divine Arts.Reflections on Purgatory 9 and 10, the threshold into what Dante saw as the symbolic Church Life, and apprehending the Divine Arts with Humility.10m - Mar 27, 2021
- Episode 8 – Lady Philosophy, and the Participatory Nature of PurgatorioReflections on Canto 9 and Canto 2, in Purgatorio.11m - Mar 26, 2021
- Episode 7 – Dante as a PersonReflections on canto 7, and some descriptions of the person Dante by his late-contemporary fellow writers Boccaccio and Petrarch, coming one generation after him in Florence and Arezzo.11m - Mar 23, 2021
- Episode 6 – The Comedy and Eastern Theology.Reflections on Theosis, in the Comedy.5m - Mar 21, 2021
- Episode 5 – The Portal into the Heavens, with the Moon.How the twin Portal of the Moon opens a material and spiritual experience, simultaneously.8m - Mar 21, 2021
