Mark Vernon
Dante's Divine Comedy
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
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Episodes
Inferno 19 05.03.2020 24:00
Dante perceives the bleak bankruptcy of exchanging spiritual gifts for temporal goods.
Inferno 18 03.03.2020 27:08
They are in the eighth circle, the place called Malebolge, as the descent deepens further.
Inferno 17 29.02.2020 26:43
Approaching the cliffs into the deeper reaches of hell, they confront the monster Geryon and souls disfigured by usury.
Inferno 16 28.02.2020 24:46
Ominously tumbling waters. An odd encounter with three trapped souls. And then stranger things happen.
Inferno 15 25.02.2020 22:58
Following the red stream, across burning sands, a gaggle of souls approach them.
Inferno 14 23.02.2020 23:57
On the edge of an expanse of burning sand and falling fire, they speak with a soul cursing Jupiter and see a vision.
Inferno 13 21.02.2020 24:29
They enter an ugly wood to encounter souls who killed themselves.
Inferno 12 18.02.2020 22:42
Descending a steep slope, they see the minotaur, centaurs and a river of boiling blood.
Inferno 11 14.02.2020 22:01
A foul stench prompts illumination of lower hell's subtler entrapments and evils.
Inferno 10 11.02.2020 24:11
Now inside Dis, they meet those who have followed their own way: heretics.
Inferno 8 07.02.2020 15:42
Still in the fifth circle, they face the river Styx and the terror of Dis.
Inferno 9 07.02.2020 17:53
Terrified by the demons that block their path, Dante and Virgil wait.
Inferno 7 04.02.2020 20:57
Virgil and Dante are in the fourth and fifth circles of hell shocked by souls trapped by money and by anger.
Inferno 6 01.02.2020 22:12
The third circle of hell brings filth and muck, Cerberus and Ciacco.
Inferno 5 30.01.2020 21:15
Virgil and Dante enter the second circle of hell and meet those whose love in life has trapped them.
Inferno 4 28.01.2020 20:25
Virgil leads Dante into the first circle of hell where they meet souls who didn't live their lives, as well as pagan poets and philosophers who did.
Inferno 3 25.01.2020 22:10
Dante and Virgil pass through the gates of hell and enter the vestibule to encounter anxious souls.
Inferno 2 25.01.2020 20:56
Dante wavers and Virgil reveals why he is here.
Inferno 1 24.01.2020 15:44
Dante frightened by his plight, terrorised by strange beasts, discovers a guide.
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