INTRODUCTION:
THEMES
1) Why study Dante in a Monastery
a) Organization according to
Classical / Christian
Virtue / Vice; (Eight Logismoi-) Seven Deadly Sins
b)
Monastic Origins of themes in Divine Comedy
Allegory; Seven Deadly Sins
2) The Dark Wood
a) Leopard, Tiger, Wolf, and Tripartite Soul
1) Topography of Hell, Purgatory and Heaven
a) Organization according to
Classical / Christian
Virtue / Vice; (Eight Logismoi-) Seven Deadly Sins
b) Active / Contemplative; Orders of Angels
2) The Dark Wood
a) Leopard, Tiger, Wolf, and Tripartite Soul
This Webpage was created for a workshop held at Saint Andrew's Abbey, Valyermo, California in 2004