Ancient World

When Dante asks his great-great grandfather Cacciaguida about his own future, Cacciaguida explains how this can be foreseen in the timeless Realm of Paradiso, without removing Dante from his Free Will to choose.

This meditation spins out from the discussions in episodes 6-8 of season 1 on the Unlimited Opinions Podcast.

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In this episode and Meditation #4 we'll look at Dante's thoughts on the nature of Imagination, and how he is beautifully showing us his experiences of three scenes in his mind, and the going in and out of these visions.

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In this Meditation we'll look at how the idea and concept of Motion becomes the transitional point from the Prime Mover, and into the Empyrean in Paradiso. It's deep within the motion itself, that the Pilgrim discovers the point of light that will envelop him into the Empyrean.

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In the terrace of Wrath, the Pilgrim asks Marco Lombardo about all the evil in the world, as he saw it in Italy in the 13 hundreds. Main ideas from Dante is that our Free Will to make choices had been mislead by the Papacy, and thus Virtue has disappeared.

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Welcome back to the Ancient World Podcast! 

We'll be warming up again now with some short meditations and reflections from the Ancient World and the Renaissance, aiming for shorter episodes with inspiration and beauty, and new food for thought. 

First meditation is from Purgatory 16, the importance of Reason to balance Wrath, and about Aiming in Life.

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Welcome to this first episode of the new Purgatory Series!

We’ll talk about the symbolism of the first chapter but also the bigger context and framing of the book and the Divine Comedy as a whole. 

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In this episode we'll look at the iconic Greek myth about the Sun God Apollo and his son Phaethon, a story about Hubris and forces of nature in the early Greek Mythology. 

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Welcome back,

we're warming up a new season here - with an excerpt from Vita Nuova when Lady Philosophy is entering Dante's Life, and in many ways lays the groundwork for one of the major themes of the whole Divine Comedy.

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Welcome back, and Happy Easter!

We've just started a new journey through Dante's Purgatory in the last couple of weeks, with highlights and brief excerpts from each chapter.

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