Dante's Guide to Navigating a Spiritual Journey

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Dante's Divine Comedy is considered one of the greatest works of literature ever written. The poem not only imagines the three parts of the afterlife, but serves as an allegory for the spiritual journey of the human soul. Here to take us on a tour of the journey Dante describes is Robert Barron, a bishop in the Catholic Church. Today on the show, Bishop Barron offers a bit of background on the Divine Comedy and how it resonates as a story of the search for greater meaning that commonly arises in your mid-thirties. We then delve into Dante's journey through Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. We discuss why Dante can't initially climb the redemptive mountain of purgatory and has to go through hell first, the importance of having a tough-but-encouraging guide for any spiritual journey, why hell is an inverted cone that gets narrower and colder at the bottom, and why traitors inhabit its lowest layer. We then get into what it takes to climb Mount Purgatory, why heaven in the Divine Comedy doesn't get much attention, and what Dante finds when he gets there. Along the way, Bishop Barron describes the meaning behind the religious imagery Dante used in his poem, as well as insights that can be applied to any spiritual journey.

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0:00.0	Buret McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:11.7	Dante's Divine Comedy is considered one of the greatest works of literature ever written.
0:15.8	The poem not only imagines the three parts of the afterlife, but serves as an allegory
0:19.9	for the spiritual journey of the human soul.
0:22.3	Here to take us on a tour of the journey, Dante describes as Robert Barron, a bishop in
0:26.3	the Catholic Church.
0:27.3	Today on the show, Bishop Barron offers a bit of background on the divine comedy and
0:31.3	how it resonates as a story of the search for greater meaning that commonly arises in
0:35.6	your mid-30s.
0:36.8	We then delve into Dante's journey through Inferno, Pergatorio, and Paradisio.
0:41.0	We discuss why Dante can initially climb the redemptive mountain of Pergatorio and has
0:44.6	to go through hell first.
0:46.0	The importance of having a tough but encouraging guide for any spiritual journey, why hell is
0:50.1	an inverted cone that gets narrower and colder at the bottom and why traders inhabit the
0:54.2	lowest layer.
0:55.4	We then get into what it takes to climb Mount Pergatorio, why heaven and the divine comedy
0:59.2	doesn't get much attention and what Dante finds when he gets there.
1:02.9	Along the way, Bishop Barron describes the meaning behind the religious imagery Dante
1:06.8	used in his poem, as well as insights that can be applied to any spiritual journey.
1:11.4	Out of the shows over, check out our show notes at a-wim.is-dante.
1:29.8	Alright Bishop Robert Barron, welcome to the show.
1:33.3	Thank you.
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