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Dante's History

Dante's History

By: Mallon Khan
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 The poem is allegorical, with multiple meanings. Each episode will cover a canto at a time, summarizing and interpreting the poem based on dozens of commentaries. Check the website for further reading.Mallon Khan Spirituality World
Episodes
  • Inferno: Canto 28 - The Sowers of Discord

    Inferno: Canto 28 - The Sowers of Discord
    Sep 17 2025

    The pilgrim and his guide enter the ninth bolgia and encounter the sowers of discord, those who sought to create division. He will meet a controversial religious leader and a few other disfigured souls and begin to learn how those who divide from within can be worse than an outside threat.



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    34 mins
  • Inferno: Canto 27 - The Phony Holy

    Inferno: Canto 27 - The Phony Holy
    Jul 30 2025

    Dante and Virgil are in the 8th bolgia where they meet a former warlord turned friar who broke his vows to help a contested pope defeat his enemies. Though he was promised absolution, he would be the cause of his own damnation.



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    24 mins
  • Inferno: Canto 26 - The False Flames

    Inferno: Canto 26 - The False Flames
    Apr 20 2025

    In this canto, Dante and Virgil climb out of the pit of the thieves and approach the eighth ditch of the 8th circle of the Inferno, where fire itself becomes the instrument of punishment. Here, Dante will behold flickering tongues of flame that speak without mouths — and one mysterious double flame that burns unlike the others. What it reveals offers both wonder and caution.



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    26 mins
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