Reading INFERNO, Cantos 1 - 3
We're not ready to finish our walk across hell. Instead, there's one more thing to do: hear the walk for what it is. A story. A narrative through-line. An adventure. A journey.Join me, Mark Scarbrough...
21 Des 202227min
Let's Walk Out To See The Stars: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 127 - 139
Can you believe we got here? The final lines of the first canticle of Dante's masterwork, COMEDY.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we climb out of hell to see the most gorgeous things we know: the stars in...
18 Des 202215min
Despite All The Ribbing And Drubbing, Virgil Remains Virgil To The End: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 94 - 126
We've come beyond Satan and are standing in a giant, empty, baronial hall, waiting to get out of hell.But not before our pilgrim, Dante, gets some answers.And from whom would he get those answers if n...
14 Des 202228min
More About Up, Down, And Spin: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 70 - 93
There's much more to be said about this problem of up, down, and spin after Dante the pilgim and Virgil pass the center of the earth.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I explore this problem: the world upsi...
11 Des 202220min
The Way Down Is The Way Up: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 70 - 93
We've seen it all. Now we just have to get out. And to do that, we have to make a big turnaround on Virgil's shoulders. Right at Satan's butt.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we pass the center point in t...
7 Des 202234min
Noshing On The Worst Sinners In Hell: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 46 - 69
We've come to our last moments in hell. Here, our pilgrim Dante sees the three worst sinners in human history: Judas Iscariot, Brutus, and Cassius.Wait . . . what? Brutus and Cassius. Indeed, being gn...
4 Des 202242min
A Brief History Of Satan (Up Until Dante's Vision)
Dante the pilgrim has seen the final vision of INFERNO: Satan, looked in the ice sheet of Cocytus. Perhaps it's wise to step back and think about where this figure of Satan comes from--and how it exis...
30 Nov 202218min
The Three Faces Of Interpretation . . . Or Satan: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 28 - 45
We're about to get a good look at Satan, closer and closer, until we can see the color of his faces. Yes, faces. Three of them. Some trinitarian perversion lies at the center of the universe.Join me, ...
27 Nov 202226min
