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Understanding Dante. A second Medicine Path podcast with Brian James

Dante's Divine Comedy

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The Infernal State of Dante's Inferno

The whole floor of hell is frozen solid. It's an icy lake where the souls have again nearly lost everything that kept them alive. And then comes the long, slow climb to ultimate freedom through the terraces of Purgatorio. So they encounter with Lucifer and then at the end in the Petter D so the encounter with God is remarkable. I mean, what a visionary account that I've never read anything quite like it actually. But I'm happy to carry on talking as long as you are. Okay.

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