Ancient World
193 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 10 ratingsThe Ancient World Podcast is about the deep Treasures of the Past, the Greek Tradition, the Biblical Stories, the Roman Empire and the Great Rebirth of the Florentine Renaissance. Enjoy!
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Episode 22 - Dante meets his Ancestry, with Cacciaguida, and learns how Florence has changed. Canto XV.
October 25, 2019 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBIn this episode a Light approaches Dante and starts speaking in Latin. This turns out to be his great-great grandfather, Cacciaguida, the father of Alighiero (who is in Purgatory). He represents strength and endurance in this sphere, and tells us about the story of the Old Florence and his life as a warrior. Overall themes are the generosity of true love vs. the immoralities of the self-serving love, music as a divine language, and the centrality of lineage and heritage. Enjoy! Support ...
Episode 21 - Dante's Letter to his Patron della Scala, and arriving at Mars, Sphere of Warriors.
October 22, 2019 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBIn this episode we'll go briefly through the first five levels of Angelical Beings, talk about two key points from Dante's letter to his Patron Can Grande della Scala of Verona, and have a look at the entrance and first experiences in the Sphere of Mars! The mood is changing in deep ways after the lower three spheres, and after the Sphere of Knowledge (from September), we are now arriving at the Sphere of Warriors in Canto 14. In this heaven the music is becoming more important as a source ...
Episode 20 - Final part of Venus, and summary of Canto 1-9. Dante is passionate about Florence and the Church!
October 18, 2019 10:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBIn the episode we are going through canto 9 in detail, where Dante is using the passionate atmosphere for his personal attacks on the Popes, the Vatican, and the contemporary rulers of Florence. We also meet Cunizza from a powerful Medieval family in North of Italy, and the poet Folquet of Marseillies who was devoted to a passionate and amorous life as younger, but then later became a religious figure and the Bishop of Toulouse. Overall themes are the perils of too much intensity and passio...
Episode 19 - King Charles Martel of Anjou, and the Sphere of Venus! Canto VIII.
October 17, 2019 11:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBIn this episode we'll meet a personal acquaintance of Dante, the son of King Charles II of Naples, King Charles Martel of Anjou. They are very likely to have met in person in real life in Florence during Martel's 20 days visit in 1294. Charles was 23 years at the time, already the King of Hungary, and heir to Naples, Sicily, Puglia and Provence. We also learn about why lineage can sometimes produce "sour fruit" out of "sweet seeds", and Dante points to how each person is different by nature...
Episode 18 - Emperor Titus and Jerusalem, and the Four Elements. Canto VII.
October 15, 2019 14:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBIn this episode we have a huge contrast to the proceeding canto, with more theology and a spiritual parallel to the history of Rome. We also learn about the differences between the things created directly from the Divine, and those things being secondary creations through intermediaries, and thus corruptible and lasting only temporarily. After the three big questions, this canto concludes the second sphere of Mercury. Enjoy!
Episode 17 - The History of Rome, and Emperor Justinian. Canto VI.
October 14, 2019 09:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBIn the episode we hear the full overview of Rome's history from the mythological origins with Aeneas, through the Seven Kingdoms, the Republic and Empire, to the new Holy Roman Empire and Charlemagne in 800 AD. The last part of the Canto is also in some ways a more personal account of Dante's life in exile, told through the history of Romeo - a minister for the Count of Provence in the early 12 hundreds. The Sphere of Mercury is home for the souls who were too concerned about their earthl...
Episode 16 - The role of Free Will and Vows, and the ascent into Mercury. Those who sought fame and honor. Canto V.
October 13, 2019 11:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBIn this episode we are getting a deeper learning of the spiritual meaning of Free Will and making Vows in the Medieval and Ancient World - as part of the overall process of understanding the Paradise and the Divine Essence. Dante is guiding us through a complicated and heavy part of his journey, and the result is the ascent into one higher level - where the souls are shining more brightly. This is the last time the Pilgrim can see the human features of the souls - before they become like pu...
Episode 15 - Learning and Growing, through doubts and new questions. Canto IV.
October 12, 2019 08:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBIn the episode we see how Dante is left with two big doubts after meeting with the souls in Canto III, and how Beatrice is helping him grow and understand. This sparks a new question in him, which intensifies the love from Beatrice. We also learn more about how the souls all live in the Empyrean, and how there is a difference between the absolute will, and the conditional will. At the end Dante wants to know if one can compensate for bad deeds made under external pressure, which Beatrice w...
Episode 14 - Sphere of the Moon, and Empress Constance. Canto III.
October 10, 2019 10:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBIn this episode we go through Canto III in Paradiso in detail, where the Pilgrim meets Piccarda, a relative of his Wife, and the Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, Constance. We are gradually learning more about the nature of the Heavens, and the souls that are living there. Dante has not yet learned that all the souls live in the Empyrean, but are reflected down into the spheres, according to their degree of receiving and emitting the Divine Essence. Enjoy!
Episode 13 - Canto II. Entering the moon like "water takes in light", and expanding the mind.
October 08, 2019 19:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBIn Canto 2 we learn from Beatrice how the Divine Essence is shining and spreading through the whole of the Creation in a variety of qualities, and blended with the heavenly bodies - like the moon. Dante is encountering a big mystery when he enters into the moon as a solid body, and how he fails to understand rationally how two solid bodies can be in the same space at the same time. This makes him ponder the nature of dualities, and the nature of the Divine realm of Paradise. A part of the ...
Episode 12 - Understanding the Divine Essence, and the Order of the Universe. Canto I.
October 06, 2019 11:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBIn this episode we go into detail of the first song of the Paradise, where Dante is standing with Beatrice in the Garden of Eden, on top of Mount Purgatory - and starts rising upwards towards the heavens and the Empyrean. This canto lays out the whole map for the journey, and where Beatrice as a symbol of divine and spiritual knowledge, starts her teaching of the Pilgrim. He soars upwards faster than lightning comes down - when he looks into her transfixed eyes, looking at the Divine light.
Episode 11 - Learning through Surprise, and understanding Ancient Perceptions.
October 03, 2019 11:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBToday we are going through three different articles/books - about the process of potential learning and knowledge from the imagination, the difference between the experience and perception of the Ancients vs. the era after the Renaissance, and how the Biblical Stories are implicitly addressing the challenge of making too concrete models of the transcendent. A deep dive into the mind, but rewarding topics for a richer and fuller understanding of the Ancient World! Enjoy!
Episode 10 - The Wonder and Mystery, as inspiration for learning!
September 30, 2019 10:00 - 6 minutes - 4.72 MBIn this episode we talk about how wonder and mystery can be driving forces towards more understanding and in themselves give both more knowledge and more wonder as things grow. They seem to at times be inexhaustible sources of joy of life. We also connect this to a few verses in the Comedy, and ponderings from British philosophy - using the concept of Divinity to express these topics. In Medieval times the goal of life was a journey to Divinity, and the process was an increasing "understand...
Episode 9 - Expanding your experience of the World, through the Symbolic knowledge of the Ancients.
September 28, 2019 11:00 - 7 minutes - 5.49 MBIn the episode we reflect upon the treasures of the past, and how learning to read symbolically could also expand and enrich the fuller experience of a symbolic deep of thinking, and living in the world. The brilliance and beauty of the Renaissance is one astonishing example and inspiration, towards this! The excerpt from the Renaissance story from last summer is: " Once the first travel memories had passed through the mind in brief images, I started considering the many stages of discover...
Episode 8 - Summary of the Sphere of Knowledge, and the Ending.
September 23, 2019 13:00 - 10 minutes - 7.02 MBAfter two last questions in the sphere of Wisdom, about the light of souls after a resurrection, Dante sees a third circle of light forming, and is then transported up to the next sphere through seeing the eyes of Beatrice. The reddish glow he now sees - is the sphere of Mars.
Episode 7 - Bonaventure presents St. Dominic, and the Myth of Echo.
September 23, 2019 10:00 - 14 minutes - 9.96 MBIn Canto 12 a second ring of glowing lights appear around Dante and Beatrice, symbolizing the Franciscan Order and the acts of Love - being echoed and reflecting from the inner circle of Wisdom. Through this Dante is presenting the second "Prince" who is supporting the Church, St. Dominic, and again it is a Priest of one Order presenting the Saint of the other. The final quote is from Ecclesiastes from about three thousand years ago, about shifting times: "The thing that has been, it is th...
Episode 6 - What would Dante do today, and Aquinas presents St. Francis
September 19, 2019 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBToday we are talking about the first responses to the questions from last episode, and go further into the Sphere of Wisdom in Paradiso - where St. Thomas presents the life of St. Francis, and what he meant with the phrase "where all may fatten if they do not stray" - referring the the Dominican Order. Enjoy!
Episode 5 - Knowledge and Wisdom in the Sphere of the Sun, and 1 Kings.
September 17, 2019 13:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBIn this episode we will look at how wisdom is being elevated as in some sense the highest goal, and as the path to understanding the Divine Essence in Dante. We'd also love to hear from you, with two questions: 1. What would Dante do today, if he had the same project and ambition as with the Comedy? 2. What is your favorite part of the Comedy, or the Ancient World, and why? Please send your thoughts on email to [email protected] - it will be a great inspiration and support for the po...
Episode 4 - Love and Beauty as guiding systems, and Church History in Dante's Comedy!
September 12, 2019 13:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBIn this episode we are talking about love and beauty as helpful guiding systems for seeking knowledge and navigating life - not always, but sometimes. We will also go through the history of the Church from around year 50AD-1305AD, as told symbolically in Dante's Purgatory. Lastly, we will repeat the ending of Purgatory and the process of renewal, rebirth, and preparation for the ascent into the heavenly Paradise. Thanks for listening! :D
Episode 3 - The Arts and Beauty of the Renaissance!
September 10, 2019 12:00 - 6 minutes - 4.62 MBIn this episode we'll be briefly discussing some of the greatest artworks in Florence and the era of the Renaissance, especially with the Italian painter Domenico Ghirlandaio. https://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Ghirlandaio.html This unique period in European history when the old wisdom and inspiration from the Ancient World was brought up and renewed, is still a bright and shining example of how history can pick up the deep treasures from the past, and make them new within their own c...
Episode 2 - Learning to read Symbolically. From Dante and the Old Biblical Stories.
September 05, 2019 12:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBIn this episode we'll look at a letter from Dante to Can Grande della Scala, explaining the allegorical dimensions of the Comedy. We will also look at some passages from Purgatory, and the earliest stories of the Old Testament, to see what a symbolic interpretation might show us. Opening the symbolic deep of stories and poetry is in general an immense treasure trove of deep insights and beauty - and this habit can (and have to) be gradually trained and built up! It's a great gift for the b...
Episode 1 - Digging deeper into the Ancient World
September 03, 2019 16:00 - 8 minutes - 5.95 MBWelcome back from the summer holidays! In this first episode of the second series we will be outlining some of the bigger topics for the autumn, with some reflections on the deeper roots of the Greek and Jewish culture and tradition, and how the both play a role in the evolving history of the Ancient World. We will also try to cast a new light on some of the old Biblical stories, and see how they sometimes overlap or even borrow from the Ancient Greek later on. Hope you've had a great summ...
Episode 68 - Aristotle's Concept of Origin of Nature, and Actuality of Thought
May 16, 2019 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.41 MBIn this episode we will look at the philosophical perspectives on Divinity in Aristotle, and how this is referenced in the Paradiso by Dante. We will also discuss the concept of potential and actuality, and the degree to which a "potential" could be seen or thought of as existing in itself before being actuality. From the Metaphysics - the First Mover as principle/origin/beginnings: "On such a principle, then, depend the heavens and the world of nature." - Book 12, chapter 7. .. Progra...
Episode 67 - Invoking muses and inspiration in Greek Myth. Opening the deep beauty.
May 14, 2019 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBIn this episode we will take one more look at the different approaches to knowledge and wisdom through the storytelling and myth, vs. the more rational-logic approach of philosophy. We will reference the Theogony of Hesiod, and the in some ways first Greek Philosopher, Thales. From the opening of the Theogony - as Hesiod consciously taps into the deep of the biology, beauty, inspiration and creativity; "And one day they taught Hesiod glorious song while he was shepherding his lambs under h...
Episode 66 - Correspondence with a Professor about Religion, Philosophy, and Dante's blending of the two traditions.
May 12, 2019 11:00 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBIn this episode we discuss a recent correspondence with a renowned and distinguished Professor in Religion and Philosophy, an expert on the two main intellectual and spiritual traditions in the Ancient World. We'll be assessing Dante's Comedy in light of his artistic endeavor, his contribution to the Catholic faith, and the points of divergence between the Comedy's Journey and the Biblical stories and Doctrine. In some ways one might say that Dante is trying to blend the two traditions even...
Episode 65 - Doubting Studies, and Aristotle's Love that Moves the Universe
May 09, 2019 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBIn this episode we have two main parts, the first is an example of the transitional point in studies and learning, when the brain creates a release and flood of new understanding - after a moment of doubts. The second part is about the connections between the ending of the Comedy and Aristotle's Metaphysics. And also how Aristotle goes to the very deepest levels in defining words and concepts, and first principles in the nature of thinking, and in existence itself. Advertising Inquiries: h...
Episode 64 - The Final Moments, of the Comedy. Canto 30-33.
May 07, 2019 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBAfter a long journey through the worlds of the afterlife, symbolic of human nature and experience, Dante now reaches the Empyrean - the spiritual experience beyond time and space, filled with pure light, and being in the Mind of God. He sees the White Rose (the Divine Love) and is accompanied by the mystic St. Bernard - as Beatrice takes her place in her home on the third row of the White Rose, and Dante needs mystic contemplation for his final vision. After receiving the Grace from Mary a...
Episode 63 - The Paradise, Canto 28. When Dante sees the end point of his Journey.
May 05, 2019 21:00 - 9 minutes - 8.35 MBIn the 9th Sphere of Heaven, the Primo Mobile, Dante suddenly sees a reflection of the center of the Divine Light glowing in Beatrice's eyes, and then looks up. What he sees is the illuminating light with nine rings of the Angelic Orders swirling around in increasing speed towards the center, with Love. There are millions and millions of sparks and Angels in his vision. Beatrice explains: "On that Point depend all nature and all of the heavens. Observe the circle nearest it, and know th...
Episode 62 - The House of Dante, and a Growing Mind.
May 03, 2019 20:00 - 6 minutes - 5.81 MBStudying the Renaissance and the Ancient World can grow and change the way you see, feel, perceive, reflect on and experience the world around you. One example of the process is described here: "There was a certain firmness taking shape, or a different platform or deeper soil for the thoughts. The experience of thinking was elaborating in new ways, that I needed some time to reflect upon. It was like connecting to something bigger that was also outside of my mind, something shared or in co...
Episode 61 - The Earthly Paradise. Dante meets Beatrice, and the rebirth is complete.
April 15, 2019 07:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBThe last 6 cantos describes the dramatic events in the Garden of Eden, where Dante meets Beatrice and is finally cleansed after a deep confession. He is then fully restored, and ready for the stars. This also concludes the second book, the Purgatory. .. Programming note; after the Easter Holidays and some travels - we'll be back in Early May! Thanks for listening - and have a great day :) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Episode 60 - Dante climbs the next 6 Terraces, and reaches the Garden of Eden.
April 12, 2019 04:00 - 10 minutes - 10 MBAs they go through the remaining six terraces of punishments and atonement on Mount Purgatory, Dante learns the final parts of human nature and its moral structures. He is then ready to enter the Garden of Eden on the top, the Earthly Paradise - as Lord of Himself - and he can now follow his instinct for pleasure, knowing well the nature and consequences of the sins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Episode 59 - The Ledge of the Proud. Dante learns about humility, and the climb gets easier.
April 09, 2019 04:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBAs Virgil and Dante walk through the main gate of the Purgatory they discover a set of beautiful carvings about the virtue of humility, they meet the regretful souls of the proud under heavy slabs of stone, and they discover a second set of carvings, this time with stories about pride. After this, an angel comes and removes one of the seven P's from Dante's forehead: "He led us straight to where the rock was cleft. Once there, he brushed his wings against my brow, then he assured me ...
Episode 58 - Arriving at the Main Gate, with three steps of marble white, dark stone and flaming red. The real climb is about to start.
April 06, 2019 04:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBFrom the first slope through the two levels of Antepurgatory, Dante and Virgil reach the main gate which is guarded by an angel with a sword. The Guardian uses a golden and silver key to open the gate, symbolic of the authority to do so, and the skill and wisdom to asses the souls' sincerity of their regrets. The keys were given to him by Peter. In canto 3, Dante first marvels at the work he sees in front of him: "I raised my eyes to marvel at the mount that grew out of the sea toward Hea...
Episode 57 - The Boatman, souls arriving on the Mountain-Island, and Dante meets an old Friend.
April 04, 2019 04:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBIn the second Canto of the Purgatory a boat with over a hundred souls arrives at the shore, ready to climb up the mountain to purify their spirits. Dante meets an old friend, who sings with a beautiful voice and spellbounds the other souls. Then Cato the Guardian appears: "And while we stood enraptured by the sound of those sweet notes - a sudden cry: "What's this, you lazy souls?" It was the Just Old Man. "What negligence to stand around like this! Run to the mountain, shed that slough...
Episode 56 - Opening of Purgatory, Washing the Face as Cleansing of Sins. Humility is now guiding him towards Redemption.
April 02, 2019 04:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBThe second episode on the opening of Purgatory, with the symbolic act of washing his face as a cleansing of sins - and as the theme of the second book, and Purgatory Mountain. Cato tells them two things; "Go with this man, see that you gird his waist with a smooth reed; take care to bathe his face till every trace of filth has disappeared," v. 94-96, Canto I. Which means to from now equip him with humility, and rinse his soul properly of the "filth" (sins) he was witnessing in the first...
Episode 55 - The Purgatory, with Dante. Opening with the Muses, and Cato from the Roman Empire.
April 01, 2019 04:00 - 9 minutes - 8.94 MBToday we are looking at the opening of the Purgatory, and how Dante is using the elements of Greek Myth, Literature, Biblical stories and the history of the Roman Empire to create the first few lines of the second book. His "boat" is growing, as symbol of his poetic powers and the story we are following. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Episode 54 - The Inspiration of Homer and Hesiod, and Greek Culture. The Muses are singing!
March 31, 2019 04:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBIn this episode we will look at a brief overview of the nine muses, the deities of inspiration in the Greek Mythology; Calliope, Clio, Euterpe, Erato, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia and Urania - and their roles as openings for the Illiad, the Odyssey, the Theogony - and countless other major works from the Ancient World (and also later in the Renaissance). Hesiod describes: "And one day they taught Hesiod glorious song while he was shepherding his lambs under holy Helicon, and ...
Episode 53 - Deucalion, and recreating the World after the Flood. The Oracles help.
March 28, 2019 04:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBFrom Ovid's Book 1 - here is the dramatic story of the Great Flood, that wipes out all of civilization and recreates the world as the Age of the Heroes. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Episode 52 - Prometheus, Zeus and Pandora. How Suffering came into the World.
March 26, 2019 04:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBIn this episode we are reading and commenting on the story of Prometheus from the starting point of the Dispute of Mecone, to the hiding and theft of Fire from Zeus, and the punishment of Pandora and her Jar that is not to be opened. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Episode 51 - The Ages of Man, and the Flood in Greek Mythology.
March 24, 2019 04:00 - 9 minutes - 9.09 MBAn overview of the Five Ages of the world, and the big Flood that wipes out the mythological Bronze Age, before the Great Age of the Heroes. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Episode 50 - Greek Myth and Stories, as a Reflection of the structure of Life.
March 23, 2019 04:00 - 6 minutes - 5.97 MBA big thank you to all our listeners for tuning in and for the enduring and loyal support! It really is a big inspiration! Also, from the Greek Creation Myth - the birth of the Skies and the Mountains; "And Earth first bare starry Heaven, equal to herself, to cover her on every side, and to be an ever-sure abiding-place for the blessed gods. And she brought forth long Hills, graceful haunts of the goddess-Nymphs who dwell amongst the glens of the hills." Advertising Inquiries: https://re...
Episode 49 - Hubris, Minotaur and the Labyrinth, and the Icarus Myth.
March 21, 2019 04:00 - 15 minutes - 7.29 MBIn this episode we look at the concept of Hubris and Nemesis in the Greek Myth, and link the events from Europa and Zevs on Crete, to the Labyrinth of Daedalus, and the story of his son Icarus who flew too close to the sun. Support the show
Episode 49 - Hubris, Minotaur and the Labyrinth, and the Icarus Myth.
March 21, 2019 04:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBIn this episode we look at the concept of Hubris and Nemesis in the Greek Myth, and link the events from Europa and Zevs on Crete, to the Labyrinth of Daedalus, and the story of his son Icarus who flew too close to the sun. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Episode 48 - Scholasticism, and the endeavour of blending the Greek and Christian Tradition.
March 19, 2019 04:00 - 5 minutes - 4.92 MBIn this episode we'll discuss the question: "Why are the Greek Gods in the same Universe as the Christian Gods in the "Comedy""? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Episode 47 - The Myth of Europa, and King Minos. How Europe got its name!
March 19, 2019 04:00 - 6 minutes - 5.76 MBMore of the Greek Myths, and the origins of the name of Europe as a continent. For illustrations and more info, please go to https://www.subscribestar.com/ancientworld. Thank you for listening! :) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Episode 46 - The Greek Creation Myth. Chaos, Gaia, and Zeus.
March 16, 2019 04:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBFrom the origin of the Gods, and the Cosmos. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Episode 46 - The Greek Creation Myth. Chaos, Gaia, and Zevs.
March 16, 2019 04:00 - 11 minutes - 5.23 MBFrom the origin of the Gods, and the Cosmos. Support the show
Episode 45 - Dante travels through the center of the Earth, and escapes the Inferno. Canto 32-34.
March 14, 2019 04:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBIn the last part of the Inferno, Dante and Virgil meet Lucifer in the center of the planet, half frozen in ice. He is gigantic in size, and his head has three faces eating the three traitors Judas, Brutus and Cassius (who plotted against The Roman Emperor Caesar.) From the opening of the last poem, Canto 34: A far-off windmill turning its huge sails when a thick fog begins to settle in, or when the light of day begins to fade, that is what I thought I saw appearing. And the gusts of wi...
Episode 44 - The Well of the Giants. Dante is almost at the center of the Inferno, and meets the Greek Titans.
February 22, 2019 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.89 MBAfter seeing the "falsifiers" in the last part of Circle 8, Dante encounters the Well of Giants, where biblical and Greek Mythological figures are bound with chains. They represent the betrayal and the combination of strength, intellect and evil will. Dante reflects: for when the faculty of intellect is joined with brute force and with evil will, no man can win against such an alliance. Verse 55-57, Canto XXXI The end of this canto ends with Dante and Virgil being lifted down to a lake...
Episode 43 - Lower Part of the Inferno, Canto 9-28. The scenes get more graphic.
February 18, 2019 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.16 MBIn this episode we give a broader overview of the Lower Inferno from the City of Dis, down through the waterfall, and deep into the 8th circle. The three main parts of the inferno is the incontinence (lack of self-restraint), violence (to self or others), and different forms of fraud in the deepest part journey. From the scene of the waterfall, into the abyss: I saw a figure coming, it was swimming through the thick and murky air, up to the top (a thing to startle even stalwart hear...