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Mythic Worlds, Modern Words: Joseph Campbell on the Art of James Joyce (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)

Knowledge = Power

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The New Life in Dante's Portrait

Joyce's model for this book was Dante's Lavieton Mova, The New Life. In portrait, there are several women and the female plays the decisive part in Stephen's awakening spiritual life. When Dante first saw Beatrice, she was nine years old, and so was he. She was wearing a scarlet dress. Scarlet was the color of the Christ. By hanging on to that awe and remaining in that meditation, which was the meditation of his entire life, he was carried to the throne of God. That was Dante's meditation.

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