The Shocking Emptiness Of Revelation: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIX, Lines 106 - 120
The parade goes on to include a Roman, two-wheeled, victory chariot between the four animals. It's a brilliant moment, a chariot better than even famous Roman conquerors got, pulled by a griffin, a le...
24 Dec 202530min
No Time For Poetry: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIX, Lines 88 - 105
The parade goes on, now that the pilgrim, Dante, is in a good spot to see it.After the twenty-four lords in white come four animals with green fronds as crowns. They are like the Cherubim in both the ...
21 Dec 202523min
The Parade Of Revelation: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIX, Lines 58 - 87
The parade goes on! Our pilgrim, Dante, turns back from Virgil's amazement and finds more of the parade coming toward him . . . at least, he does so after he's reprimanded by the lady who stands acros...
17 Dec 202534min
That Which Walks In The Forest: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIX, Lines 31 - 57
As the pilgrim, his poets, and the beautiful lady continue to stand beside Lethe, they see the approaching parade of the apocalypse, which is an example of emergent revelation, the truth coming in slo...
14 Dec 202533min
Let The Apocalypse Roll: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIX, Lines 1 - 30
Our pilgrim, Dante, and the beautiful lady across Lethe walk on for a bit before the stream bends and the pilgrim ends up facing the right way to see the first flash of light that will signal the grea...
10 Dec 202531min
The Essential Fulcrum Of COMEDY: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVIII, Lines 134 - 148
The beautiful lady winds up her discourse with a corollary that combines both revelation and reason to offer a fulcrum to COMEDY as a whole: The classical world dreamed of Eden.Redemption is a cul-de-...
7 Dec 202518min
The Abundance Of The Poet's Imagination In Eden: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVIII, Lines 109 - 133
The lady across the stream continues her answer to the pilgrim Dante's question about the breeze and the water. In this case, she explains the ecology of Eden, offers an understanding of global botany...
3 Dec 202528min
The Breeze Of The Poem's Faith: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVIII, Lines 85 - 108
The lady in Eden says she's come to answer the pilgrim's questions. And he's got one. It just might not be the first question on our minds.But it's one that reveals the hall of mirrors that the poet h...
30 Nov 202524min
