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Month: March 2023

Pathways to spiritual bliss in “Swallowing the Sun” and “Confessions” (Comparing the spiritual journeys of Rumi & St. Augustine)

Posted on March 5, 2023December 29, 2024

by Manish Vaidya Rumi and Augustine both espouse a state of bliss achieved through oneness with the divine, yet their prescribed paths to attain this state are strikingly different. Rumi draws upon Sufi mystic traditions, emphasizing the importance of indulging in dance and music to lose oneself in devotion, thereby incorporating the body into the…

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Dante’s Inferno, Canto 1: Poetry as a path to redemption and retribution 

Posted on March 1, 2023December 29, 2024

Canto 1 of Dante’s Inferno lays the foundation for the entire narrative. It defines the pilgrim’s dark situation at the start of the journey, the various futile paths attempted so far, and the start of the eventual course he will embark upon.  The pilgrims’ journey gains credibility via the sequences laid out in this Canto…

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