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

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, Dante's 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 

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