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Talk Write

Talk Write

By: Brandon Cook
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  • Reunion with the Allfather

    Reunion with the Allfather
    Oct 9 2025

    In today’s reading, Dante completes the last of his three examinations on the theological virtues. Having answered correctly, his blindness is stripped away, revealing a fourth light: his forefather, Adam. Dante’s questions about Eden, the Fall, and the First Language all get settled as he prepares to ascend further from the Fixed Stars and into the Empyrean.



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    19 mins
  • Examination 2: Hope

    Examination 2: Hope
    Sep 20 2025

    In today’s reading, having gotten Saint Peter’s dance of approval, Dante ascends to the next examination. Hope, in which he is lectured by Saint James, is not mere optimism, but a powerful force that enables us to overcome darkness, despair, and depression: everything Dante faced when exiled. As in his last exam, Dante passes with flying colors, although the sudden appearance of a ray of light leaves him stricken with blindness.



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    18 mins
  • Examination 1: Faith

    Examination 1: Faith
    Sep 13 2025

    In today’s reading, Dante meets the first of his three examiners. Saint Peter asks Dante what he knows about faith and in what he puts his faith. In true, dry scholastic method, Dante lays out his case perfectly: the ideal pupil. In exhaltation, Saint Peter dances thrice around the student.



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