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Dante’s Version of Heaven on Earth

In talking to Solomon in Paradiso, Dante gets a new vision of heaven on earth.

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Philip Pullman’s Unorthodox Afterlife

In “Amber Spyglass,” Pullman rebels against orthodox versions of the afterlife and creates his own.

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Madoff & a Pyramid Scheme Poem

Here’s a poem about pyramid schemes to mark the death of ponzi scheme artist Bernie Madoff.

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Cock Crowing: Greeting God’s Holy Light

Joan Miro, “Le Coq” Spiritual Sunday This is the story of a student basketball player whose life has been changed by the mystic religious poetry of Henry Vaughan. Okay, so “changed” might be an exaggeration. But the 17th century metaphysical poet is helping Brian sort through a series of life reversals in ways that I […]

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I Saw Eternity the Other Night

Spiritual Sunday As a liberal Episcopalian, I have always maintained, almost as an unquestioned tenet of faith, that there are many roads to the top of the mountain and that no one religion has an exclusive highway to God.  Therefore I found myself challenged by an article in The Boston Globe (a tip to Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish for alerting […]

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