Eunoe - and remembering

[richard]

First of all, lovely forum It reminds me very much of the “old days” of the internet when there were small, tight-knit gathering spaces for particular niches. Having a good place like this, not fast-paced and engagement-driven, is really nice.

Eunoe as an addition to the classical Greek rivers feels very Baptismal, particularly appropriate after the journey through Purgatorio and in preparation for Paradiso. And I see some parallel to Eunoe in modern therapy practices for example, too; once you’ve “dug up” and worked though past traumas, understanding how events in your life shaped you for better or for worse, you get to go forward with the feeling of “now what do you want, what life do you want to live?” Essentially in being aware of your “original sin” that shaped you but is out of your control, and having put the work in to shape yourself in the new way of living that you want, you will focus on the “good mind” or Eunoe going forward

Welcome Seán!

And thank you so much! That was exactly the thinking; somewhere not fast-paced and engagement-driven, that can feel peaceful and stable - and where the focus is to ponder the substance more deeply.

Great points about Eunoe too, it can only be found and bathed in for Dante after both admitting mistakes, and also understanding them. Then, he can "flush" again, and establish the "good mind".

Plus also - it becomes a way for Dante to embed the Greek in something spiritual. There is an extra step/embedding dimension, beyond the Greek.