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The Journey of the Soul: Dante's Divine Comedy | Fr. Jonathan Torres

Logos Podcast

We all love heroes. We all want to be heroes, but are we willing to enter the heroes journey? Are we willing to endure the sacrifice a hero has to undergo to become that torch of hope? This week’s guest helps us look to the overall idea of narrative and, specifically, Dantes Divine Comedy. By doing so, we begin to see how a hero develops and what it means to ascend the mountain of life into paradise. The Journey of the Soul 0:00 - Who is Fr. Torres? 6:00 - Falling in Love With Dante 12:20 - The Power of Beauty 16:00 - The Cosmic View of Dante 19:20 - From Darkness to Light 25:20 - The Journey of the Hero 39:10 - Dante and Other Things 45:30 - Why Divine Comedy? 49:40 - The Mastery of Dante’s Poetics 54:00 - Literature Demands Faith  1:00:00 - Dante’s Inferno 1:07:00 - The Politics of Dante 1:10:00 - The Nature of Beauty 1:12:00 - Purgatory, Paradise, and Desire 1:21:00 - Practical Tips for Reading Dante 1:23:00 - The Release of Blinding Dawn  Support the show