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The Corporeal Afterlife Of The Immaterial Soul: PURGATORIO, Canto XXV, Lines 79 - 108
Season 2 Episode 199
Statius concludes his discourse on embryology by finally answering the pilgrim Dante's question about how souls can take on material attributes in th…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Breath Of Life, The Breath Of Poetry: PURGATORIO, Canto XXV, Lines 52 - 78
Season 2 Episode 198
Statius goes on to the second part of his discussion of human embryology by following the fetus through its developmental phases until it finally has…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
The Natural Process Of Life: PURGATORIO, Canto XXV, Lines 34 - 51
Season 2 Episode 197
Dante the pilgrim has asked the pressing question of how immaterial souls can take on material attributes like leanness.
To answer that, Virgil has of…
8 months ago
Virgil's Inadequacy On Full Display: PURGATORIO, Canto XXV, Lines 22 - 33
Season 2 Episode 196
Our pilgrim, Dante, has asked a very pressing question: How can shades grow thin? How does the immaterial act like the material in the afterlife?
Virg…
8 months ago
Hesitancy Is The Deadly Sin Of Art: PURGATORIO, Canto XXV, Lines 1 - 21
Season 2 Episode 195
Dante the pilgrim, Virgil, and Statius begin the ever-quickening ascent to the final terrace of Mount Purgatory. As he climbs, the pilgrim has a ques…
8 months, 1 week ago
A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Cantos XXV - XXVII
Season 2 Episode 194
Virgil, Statius, and our pilgrim, Dante, head up to the seventh and final terrace of Mount Purgatory.
During the climb, Statius engages in a complicat…
8 months, 1 week ago
The Compensations Of Contemplation: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, Lines 130 - 154
Season 2 Episode 193
Virgil, Statius, and our pilgrim, Dante, walk along in contemplation, together but also alone with their thoughts.
They're interrupted by the angel at…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Of Mythic Trees, Human Desire, And Ceremonial Solace: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, Lines 100 - 129
Season 2 Episode 192
Forese Donati has passed on ahead of our pilgrim Dante and his two guides, Virgil and Statius. They now need to walk on along the sixth terrace of Mo…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
A Look Back Over The Entire Conversation With Forese Donati: PURGATORIO Canto XXIII, Line 40, to Canto XXIV, Line 99
Season 2 Episode 191
We've finished the giant conversation between the pilgrim Dante and Forese Donati, complete with its interruption by the shade of the poet Bonagiunta…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Forese Donati's Parting Apocalypse: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, Lines 76 - 99
Season 2 Episode 190
We've come to the end of the long conversation between Forese Donati and Dante (as well as others) on the sixth terrace of Mount Purgatory among the …
8 months, 3 weeks ago