Explore every episode of the podcast The Renaissance & Dante's Divine Comedy
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| Sordello's Poem "Blacatz", and its echo in The Valley of Princes | 07 avr. 2022 | 00:15:03 | |
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. Enjoy! | |||
| Meditation #1 - Dante's entry into the Terrace of Anger | 07 nov. 2021 | 00:05:19 | |
Brief reflection on the third terrace in Purgatory. Thanks for listening! | |||
| The Creation of the Angels | 23 juil. 2021 | 00:09:18 | |
In Canto 29 of Paradiso Dante describes the when, where and why of the Creation of Angels. Full essay is here: Enjoy! | |||
| The First Mover - and Motion | 19 juil. 2021 | 00:10:01 | |
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. Enjoy! | |||
| The Keys to Entering Heaven - the Pilgrim is Examined | 17 juil. 2021 | 00:07:11 | |
From the 8th sphere in Paradiso! The essay is here: Enjoy! | |||
| Love and Wisdom, in the Sphere of the Sun | 29 mai 2021 | 00:06:07 | |
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. | |||
| The Birth of the Divine Comedy | 04 mai 2021 | 00:06:33 | |
The moment when the Poem is born. From John Ciardi's translation of the Divine Comedy. | |||
| The Mystery of Beatrice's Prophecy | 04 mai 2021 | 00:04:33 | |
A suggestion for interpreting the number "515" at the end of Purgatory. From dantescomedy.com | |||
| Enter Emperor Justinian. Canto 5 in Paradiso. | 29 avr. 2021 | 00:12:29 | |
Highlights and reflections on Chapter 5. | |||
| Paradiso, Canto 1. Reading and commentary. | 28 avr. 2021 | 00:34:07 | |
Looking at the great translation of the Divine Comedy by John D. Sinclair from the 1940s. | |||
| Group Reading of Paradiso - Welcome! | 27 avr. 2021 | 00:04:30 | |
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! | |||
| Free will, and adjusting Misguided Loves | 12 avr. 2021 | 00:05:16 | |
Reflections on Canto 18 in Purgatory.
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| Episode 12 – The Canto of Light | 03 avr. 2021 | 00:14:59 | |
Reflections on Poem 15 from Purgatory – the Poem of Light.
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| Episode 11 – Creativity, Renewal, and the First Day on the Terraces | 29 mars 2021 | 00:11:31 | |
Reflections on the first four Terraces, the psychological process on each level, and the role and nature of Art ant the Artist.
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| Episode 10 – The symbolism of The Earthly Paradise | 29 mars 2021 | 00:10:53 | |
Reflection on Canto 28-33 in Purgatory. A unity of personal and general Revelation with Scripture, and Beatrice.
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| Episode 9 – Purgatory as Process, and the Divine Arts. | 27 mars 2021 | 00:10:03 | |
Reflections on Purgatory 9 and 10, the threshold into what Dante saw as the symbolic Church Life, and apprehending the Divine Arts with Humility.
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| Episode 8 – Lady Philosophy, and the Participatory Nature of Purgatorio | 26 mars 2021 | 00:11:25 | |
Reflections on Canto 9 and Canto 2, in Purgatorio.
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| Episode 7 – Dante as a Person | 23 mars 2021 | 00:11:10 | |
Reflections 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.
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| Episode 6 – The Comedy and Eastern Theology. | 21 mars 2021 | 00:05:31 | |
Reflections on Theosis, in the Comedy.
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| Episode 5 – The Portal into the Heavens, with the Moon. | 21 mars 2021 | 00:08:00 | |
How the twin Portal of the Moon opens a material and spiritual experience, simultaneously.
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| Episode 4 – Dante’s Argument for Virtues, in his Times. | 21 mars 2021 | 00:07:36 | |
Reflections on Canto 6.
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| Episode 3 – Building Virtue like a Steady Mountain. | 20 mars 2021 | 00:06:07 | |
Reflections on Canto 5.
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| Episode 2 – The story of Phaethon, and the Pilgrim’s Role in Canto 4. | 20 mars 2021 | 00:10:45 | |
Reflections on Canto 4 in the Purgatory.
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| Episode 1 – The New Poetry in Purgatory, and the nature of the Climb. | 20 mars 2021 | 00:08:55 | |
Welcome to this first episode! The youtube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM…
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