The Frozenness of a Personal Perspective

St. Brendan's voyage is a big sea adventure which I think had a lot of impact on the voyage to the Don Tredder. At one point they're in the middle of the Atlantic and they see this shaggy old guy clinging to a rock but he's looking very happy and relieved. He says, well, I'm Judas and on Sundays they allow me to leave hell and just come out here and cool off a little bit. Once again, it's very poetic. It's not theological. But it shows a kind of compassion and soft-heartedness. That's an interesting contrast in Dante where he makes the center of hell where Satan is to be a place that