Dante's Divine Comedy

The heaven of Jupiter shows the divine plenitude. Accepting human finitude readies Dante for more.

A deeper symmetry in life appears to Dante as, guided by Beatrice, he moves to the heaven of Jupiter.

Dante learns that he will face exile and, in the heaven of Mars, absorbs the virtues to say yes to it.

The tragedy of Florence is rehearsed though, in heaven, a deeper love and life transcends even the worst.

In Mars, Dante meets his forebear Cacciaguida, who offers a vision of times more aligned with the divine.

Contemplating the divinisation of humanity and creation, Dante finds himself in the sphere of Mars.

Imagining the motion of the stars is practice for perceiving the divine splendours Dante enjoys in the sun.

Dante contemplates a double circle of light in the sun, as Dominic adds wisdom to the ascent of love.

Thomas Aquinas offers the life of Francis of Assisi to illuminate seeing the light of the Sun in this life.

They arrive in the heaven of the sun, the light most manifest to mortals, heralding divine light within.