PURGATORIO, Episode 127. The Shocking News That The Soul Is A Little Girl: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 85 - 96

August 25, 2024 by Mark Scarbrough

On the third terrace of anger on Mount Purgatory and in a dark, dense smoke that permits no light, Marco of Lombardy continues his great discourse on free will with a surprising turn: a developmental hypothesis of the soul as a little girl.

PURGATORIO, Episode 126. The Cause Is In You: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 64 - 84

August 21, 2024 by Mark Scarbrough

Dante the pilgrim has asked the angry Marco of Lombardy the central question: why have things become so bad on earth? Marco's begins his answer with both exasperation and affection, then he launches into the heart of the matter: free will. The cause is in all of you.