{"id":4983,"date":"2026-06-20T10:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T10:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/purgatory\/?p=4983"},"modified":"2026-06-20T10:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T10:58:08","slug":"the-first-substance-entering-from-the-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/purgatory\/2026\/06\/20\/the-first-substance-entering-from-the-side\/","title":{"rendered":"The first substance entering from the side"},"content":{"rendered":"

A first gift after recalibrating the method of perception.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

After several steps to reconfigure and gain a new awareness of the apparatus of perception, the first image or “substance” appears: the outreach from the Heavens. As in the Archangel “Gabriel”.<\/p>\n

L\u2019angel che venne in terra col decreto <\/em>
\nde la molt\u2019anni lagrimata pace, <\/em>
\nch\u2019aperse il ciel del suo lungo divieto<\/em><\/p>\n

Meaning roughly: “The angel that came to the earthly with the decree of the peace wept for, for many years, which opened the heavens after the long separation”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

So in the sense of the personal journey, this points to the mechanism that will reconnect you internally back to the Heavens again: that which has been wished for, for many years, and is in many ways the full reversal of the dark forest of the opening of the Comedy.<\/p>\n

It’s worth noting how the first around 40 lines of Purgatory X are focusing on perception and appearances. Dante does not go directly to solutions and the “substance” of the answers, but steps back and shows us the necessary adjustments and understanding of the apparatus<\/em> of the perception itself, before we can look at changing the distortions of how we see fuller reality.<\/p>\n

And Dante keeps reminding us of the differences, here in how this image does not seem like a “silent image” to the Pilgrim, in many ways pointing to the living spiritual wisdom, that he is starting to sense and be open for receiving.<\/p>\n

And as another note to readers of Purgatory in general: these “two dimensions” of perception can only make fuller sense after the Garden of Eden and the exploration and experience of Paradise. But Dante is planting the seeds here – that the beginning of the whole process is to step back and becoming familiar with perception itself, and its pitfalls. The “wall, path and void<\/a>” are mistaken perceptions. The spiritual beauty of the carvings are beyond the perception of nature and arts. And now his perception of Gabriel is something more<\/em> than what he physically sees.<\/p>\n

These passages are taxing for the psyche and the self to engage with properly, but there is no way around this. A straight forward presentation from the start would only reinforce one’s earlier distortions, and be categorized into existing systems that would most often flatten or remove the deeper meaning. Therefore the sequence is imperative: step back, let the “moon wane<\/a>“, then start from scratch (the plain), and be aware that the first impressions will be mistaken<\/em> until the perception apparatus has started to be repaired again.<\/p>\n

But when this\u00a0is <\/em>starting – the spiritual substance, inputs, insights, the light, will start seeping into one’s consciousness – as with this sudden recognition of “Gabriel” as an appearance(!) of new insight and experience internally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A first gift after recalibrating the method of perception. After several steps to reconfigure and gain a new awareness of the apparatus of perception, the first image or “substance” appears: the outreach from the Heavens. As in the Archangel “Gabriel”. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-purgatory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/purgatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/purgatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/purgatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/purgatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/purgatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4983"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/purgatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5005,"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/purgatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions\/5005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/purgatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/purgatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/purgatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}