Pale Blue Dot

from Talk Write · host Brandon Cook

In today’s reading, Dante meets St Benedict, prince of the contemplatives. As ever, Benedict has some choice words for the state of the monasteries now. Having met the contemplatives and passed through all seven heavenly spheres, Dante is now ready to move into the fixed stars, but not before he spares a final, pitying glance on the “dirty threshing floor” of the earth. Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

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