Richard
Richard Emerson is an Independent Researcher of Dante's Divine Comedy and Medieval Cosmology. He has Bachelor level studies in Art History, Literature and Italian, a M.Sc. in Computer Science, and an ongoing MA at Memoria College in Medieval Theology. He has also lived and traveled for many years in Italy, studied Italian at the Lorenzo di Medici Institute in Florence, and Dante e Scienza at the University of Naples Federico II.
April 18, 2026
Paradiso
Final Preparation, and 6 Necessary Elements
Canto 32 is at the anagogical level a precise instruction for meditative practice, which you can do yourself. At the…
April 16, 2026
Paradiso
The Involuntary Receiving Capacities: Bernard’s Teaching on the Foundation of the Rose
Here is an essential discovery in Paradiso 32, as taught by St. Bernard as Caritas or the Love of God/Being:…
February 27, 2026
Paradiso
Dante sees the two Pitfalls of his First Life
Ulysses and Europa represent the two main pitfalls. After a first direct experience of God, the Pilgrim sees the Earthly…
February 22, 2026
Paradiso
Adam as the Original Communion
After the sustained discernment of Faith, Hope and Love in the Sphere of the Fixed Stars, the fourth light of…
February 07, 2026
Paradiso
Complete Intelligence, and God’s Perspective
In the Fixed Stars, we can suddenly see the Soul’s Journey briefly through God’s Eyes. As the spiritual state of…
February 03, 2026
Paradiso
The Energy in the Spiritual Realm
At the beginning of Canto XXII, Beatrice comments to the Pilgrim: “Not know you, that you are in heaven?” The…
January 30, 2026
Paradiso
Saturn as Power Source
A major revelation in Saturn is how the sphere of the contemplatives is not only about higher spiritual dwelling and…
January 28, 2026
Paradiso
The Cosmic Shift: How Jupiter Reframes Your Mission
Jupiter represents a massive shift in the transformation in Paradiso, where the first five spheres can suddenly be seen as…
January 27, 2026
Paradiso
Saturn’s Contemplative Turn: The Golden Ladder Within
After awakening and discovering your spiritual mission within the cosmic architecture of Being, Dante shifts into entirely new territory in…