Dante's Divine Comedy
Mark Vernon
I invite you to experience the odyssey, by accompanying me as I discuss each canto. My book, Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Guide For The Spiritual Journey, is published by Angelico Press for the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death on 13th September 2021. For more information see - www.markvernon.com
Episodes
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Jun 27, 2020 • 20min
Purgatorio 30
Cries, angels and light shock and bring a chastising Beatrice, Virgil's disappearance, and Dante's bitter tears.
Jun 25, 2020 • 18min
Purgatorio 29
He follows the enchanting lady along the stream before, with a flash of light, the most extraordinary vision begins.
Jun 21, 2020 • 26min
Purgatorio 28
They are an enchanting, if mysterious, forest. A solitary lady approaches at Dante's request. They converse.
Jun 14, 2020 • 21min
Purgatorio 27
Dante is before the flames. He hesitates, terrified. But he gathers his will, with the help of Virgil and the angels.
Jun 13, 2020 • 25min
Purgatorio 26
Dante is before the flames that would render him capable of divine love. He pauses. He desires and fears.
Jun 10, 2020 • 23min
Purgatorio 25
Dante is bursting with questions. Virgil and Statius to describe the creation of our physical and subtle bodies.
Jun 7, 2020 • 19min
Purgatorio 24
Dante and Forese continue to talk on the nature of desire and perception. They encounter another tree and angel.
Jun 6, 2020 • 23min
Purgatorio 23
Dante meets a friend from life, and it becomes clearer how their communing did and didn't truly sustain him.
Jun 3, 2020 • 30min
Purgatorio 22
Virgil and Statius talk on new insights into the nature of divine reality and the limits Christian understanding.
May 31, 2020 • 24min
Purgatorio 21
A transitional canto, Virgil and Dante meet the soul of Statius. The two pilgrims have become three.
