Daily Purgatory

Illustrations

Spectrum

From one wheel to two

The medieval cosmos as a single wheel centred on the earth — then a second wheel appears, centred on God, and the nine heavens turn in correspondence between them.
DUAL PERCEPTION SINGLE MODE SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE
Mapping

The Mapping

Mystics, scholars and Dante societies plotted on two axes: single or dual perception of reality, and whether spiritual experience is acknowledged as real.