I noticed as I reviewed the final text for my Dante book how remarkably Orthodox it is. I never would have predicted this from a book about the greatest Catholic poet who ever lived, certainly not when I started writing. Part of it has to do with the fact that the bookâ??s exploration of Danteâ??s Commedia takes place within the context of my personal healing from depression and disease, a healing process that involved a kind of prayer specific to the Orthodox tradition, as well as involved the sacramental life of my church. Mostly what surprised me, though, is how well the content of the Commedia fit the religious imaginary of Orthodoxy.
For me, a novice and not particularly well educated reader (so please correct me, ye who know more about such things), this phenomenon manifested itself in three main ways:
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