Dante Alighieri: The love of God, unutterable and perfect

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The love of God, unutterable and perfect

Dante Alighieri, Dante Alighieri poetry, Christian, Christian poetry, Catholic poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

by Dante Alighieri
(1265? - 1321) Timeline

English version by
Stephen Mitchell

Original Language
Italian

Christian : Catholic

13th Century

The love of God, unutterable and perfect,
     flows into a pure soul the way that light
     rushes into a transparent object.
The more love that it finds, the more it gives
     itself; so that, as we grow clear and open,
     the more complete the joy of heaven is.
And the more souls who resonate together,
     the greater the intensity of their love,
     and, mirror-like, each soul reflects the other.

-- from The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell

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Themes

Bliss

Garden

Light

Lover and Beloved

Smile

Recommended Books

	Dark Way to Paradise: Dante's Inferno in Light of the Spiritual Path, by Jennifer Upton / Charles Upton
	The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, the Purgatorio, and the Paradiso, by Dante Alighieri / Translated by John Ciardi
	The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell

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