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The class arrives at Jiang's next step when a student states that they are effectively in Eden already, which explains why angelic guards and serpent imagery belong in this region of Mount Purgatory.
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Mount Purgatory
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Yes, right? Because Genesis, the Bible told us that these angels are there to protect the Garden of Eden. Which means what now? Which..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Yes, right? Because Genesis, the Bible told us that these angels are there to protect the Garden of Eden. Which means what now? Which..."
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Jiang says the Garden of Eden is the earthly paradise at the top of Mount Purgatory, but it is a waypoint rather than the soul's final destination, which remains Heaven.
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Virgil geolocates Mount Purgatory as the opposite pole to Mount Zion and Jerusalem, making the mountain cosmologically precise even if the placement feels strange.
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Jiang notices that Dante and Virgil spend unusual time geolocating Mount Purgatory in relation to Jerusalem, the stars, and the earth's structure.
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"Yes, right? Because Genesis, the Bible told us that these angels are there to protect the Garden of Eden. Which means what now? Which..."
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"Because we're in the Garden of Eden right now."
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"The angels come from Mary's bosom, right? Mary redeemed us, and so they came from our heart to protect us as we enter the..."
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"...so the Garden of Eden is at the very top of Mount Purgatory, okay? But our goal is not the Garden of Eden, right?..."
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"So the Garden of Eden is earthly paradise, and people in Purgatory are concerned with earthly paradise."
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"That's right, that's right. Right. Okay, great. Okay, so let's take a break, and we'll come back at 1 o 'clock, okay? Okay, good..."
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"to find it fall upon our left the north and us he said to me suppose castor and pollux were in conjunction with that..."
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"attentively where is mount zion you guys know where's mount zion probably in mount zion come on guys in israel egypt jerusalem right zionist..."
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"climbing it is hardest at the start but as we rise the slope grows less unkind therefore when this slope seems to you so..."
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"...why would um bonnie spend so much time trying to geolocate mount purgatory and i don't actually know the answer yes to like be..."
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"to this in as we climb up mount purgatory so what is this dream about uh yes"
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"...ah my choice is climb all the way up to the mount purgatory and be with beatrice or stay here and be doing my..."
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A source-grounded reading of a long Dante seminar that starts with a student dreaming of a tree across water and ends by redefining Purgatory as democratic hope, free will, dangerous guidance, prayer for the...
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A source-grounded reading of a five-hour hybrid workshop that begins with Macbeth and ends by turning Purgatory, free will, tragedy, envy, and generosity into one model of human transformation.
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Jiang turns late Inferno and early Purgatorio into a struggle over imagination itself.
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