Dantes Inferno An exciting journey through all the

Dante’s Inferno An exciting journey through all the circles of Hell

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here “Hell has enlarged its soul and opened its mouth without any limits. ” - Isaiah 5: 14

Three Days in Hell ü Stephen’s three-day retreat mirrors other Biblical and Mythological journeys. ü Old Testament: A disobedient Jonah is confined within the belly of a whale. After three days and a humble repentance, he is spewed out. ü New Testament: Jesus descends into Hell for three days. He returns with the keys of Hell and Death, as well as large contingent of “virtuous heathens. ”

The Seven Deadly Sins (Saint Thomas Aquinas) ü Lust ü Gluttony ü Avarice ü Sloth ü Anger ü Envy ü Pride

Three Types of Sin (Dante Alighieri) ü Incontinence (Level 1) ü Lack of self control ü Violence (Level 2) ü Conscious violation of God’s will ü Fraudulent and Traitorous (Level 3) ü Using reason and intellect as a weapon

ü VESTIBULE: Neutrals and Opportunists, indecisive, no real beliefs, those who don’t choose sides ü CIRCLE #1—LIMBO: Virtuous Pagans and Unbaptized Babies ü CIRCLE #2: Carnal and Lustful ü CIRCLE #3: Gluttons ü CIRCLE #4: Hoarders and Wasters CIRCLE #5: Wrathful and Sullen or Slothful

The First Circle ü Limbo ü Virtuous pagans & unbaptized infants ü Homer, Socrates and Plato ü “Only so far afflicted that without hope” they “live in desire” (4. 42)

The Second Circle ü The Lustful ü Minos sits in judgment ü Blown about forever by stormy winds just as, in life, they were blown about by the winds of passion

Paolo and Francesca lust and the false God of Love Circle Two

The Third Circle The Gluttons

The Third Circle Guarded by Cerberus Wallow in mud and muck Besieged by hail & filthy water

The Fourth Circle The avaricious and the prodigal Avaricious (greedy) Prodigal (wasteful) Useless Labor

The Fifth Circle ü The Wrathful, Sullen, or Slothful ü Attacking one another

City of Dis Boundary between upper and lower Hell.

ü CIRCLE #6: Heretics ü CIRCLE #7. 1: Violence Against Neighbors CIRCLE #7. 2: Violence Against Oneself (Forest of the Suicides) ü CIRCLE #7. 3. 1: Violence Against God CIRCLE #7. 3. 2: Violence Against Nature (Homosexuals) ü CIRCLE #7. 3. 3: Violence Against Art ü MALABOLGIA

Descent into lower Hell: Circle 6: Heresy atheists & Non-believers in the afterlife

Circle 7: Violence against God, his creations, and self

Violence Against Self Piero delle vigne

Forest of the suicides

The Sodomites violence against nature male homosexuality

Ugolino and Ruggieri Violence

Mmmm… (smack) (slurp) Deee-licious!

The Malbolge “Bad Pockets” Entry to lowest levels of Hell – for those who use their Godgiven intellect to distort the truth: • Fraud • Treachery

Circle 8: Fraud ü CIRCLE #8. 1: Pimps, Panderers, and Seducers ü CIRCLE #8. 2: Flatterers ü CIRCLE #8. 3: Simonists (Users of the Church) ü CIRCLE #8. 4: Fortunetellers and Soothsayers ü CIRCLE #8. 5: Grafters ü CIRCLE #8. 6: Hypocrites ü CIRCLE #8. 7: Thieves ü CIRCLE #8. 8: Evil Counselors and Deceivers ü CIRCLE #8. 9: Sowers of Discord/Scandal/Schism ü CIRCLE #8. 10: Falsifiers

CIRCLE #8. 1: Pimps, Panderers, and Seducers pan·der·er n. 1. A sexual procurer. 2. One who caters to or exploits the lower tastes and desires of others.

CIRCLE #8. 2: Flatterers

CIRCLE #8. 3: The Simonists

CIRCLE #8. 4: Fortunetellers and Soothsayers

üCIRCLE #8. 5: Grafters “the acquisition of gain (as money) in dishonest or questionable ways; also: illegal or unfair gain”

üCIRCLE #8. 6: Hypocrites

üCIRCLE #8. 7: Thieves

CIRCLE #8. 8: Evil Counselors and Deceivers

CIRCLE #8. 9: Sowers of Discord/Scandal/Schism

üCIRCLE #8. 10: Falsifiers Ulysses

traitors Cassius Brutus Judas

ü CIRCLE #9. 1 - CAINA: Treachery to Kindred ü CIRCLE #9. 2 - ANTENORA: Treachery to Country or Political Party ü CIRCLE #9. 3 - TOLOMEA: Treachery to Guests ü CIRCLE #9. 4 - JUDECCA: Treachery to Lords or Superiors ü LOWEST LEVEL OF HELL: The worst of those who betrayed their benefactors ~Satan, Judas Iscariot, Brutus, and Cassius (Macbeth? )

Stephen in a Hell of his own making

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