tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post6194522303539043733..comments2024-03-22T18:43:00.710-04:00Comments on Unam Sanctam Catholicam: Was Dante a Rosicrucian?Bonifacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-73694041226669865412014-04-19T19:05:38.887-04:002014-04-19T19:05:38.887-04:00Freemasonry is one of the only western mystery sch...Freemasonry is one of the only western mystery schools still in existence. It may be true that its origins do not go back to Solomon's Temple but it is also not true that they only go back as far as 1717. 1717 is the year that a Grand Lodge was formed from lodges which had already existed prior to that year. There is ample proof that Freemasonry existed prior to 1717.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-18762985485936600122014-04-18T23:50:06.813-04:002014-04-18T23:50:06.813-04:00As I said to the last commentor who made such asse...As I said to the last commentor who made such assertions, there is no evidence to support that Dante was involved in Kabbalah. All we have is the Divine Comedy, and there is no internal evidence in the Comedy that is not explainable in terms of standard, conventional Catholic symbolism of the day. You are reading Kabbalistic nonsense into Dante's symbolism.Bonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-13283841279012700202014-04-18T14:23:08.035-04:002014-04-18T14:23:08.035-04:00The Divine Comedy is a guide to how a person, any ...The Divine Comedy is a guide to how a person, any person can through introspection become a better person, a way to realize one's potential. Why do I choose to sin? How do the decisions I make create the world I am living in? This path or idea does indeed have ties to the Kabbalah as well as to Neo-Platonism. Dante was not the first European author or Christian to be influenced by ancient mystical traditions. Know thyself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-52886220472505159382014-02-05T22:51:10.355-05:002014-02-05T22:51:10.355-05:00There is no evidence to support that. All we have ...There is no evidence to support that. All we have is the Divine Comedy, and there is nothing in the Comedy that is not explainable in terms of standard, conventional Catholic symbolism of the day. You are reading Kabbalistic nonsense into Dante's symbolism.Bonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-79798772055464883812014-02-05T22:15:12.246-05:002014-02-05T22:15:12.246-05:00Dante may not have been a Rosicrucian but he was a...Dante may not have been a Rosicrucian but he was a Cabalist, a Christian Kabbalist. The rose means something, so do the number of steps to attain oneness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-81451498406877798152011-05-14T05:04:24.290-04:002011-05-14T05:04:24.290-04:00Loved the beautiful exposition of the Rose in Cant...Loved the beautiful exposition of the Rose in Canto XXX. Good work.Bennoreply@blogger.com