LINKS

Homepage
Chi Siamo
Abbonamenti per istituzioni
Registrati
Scarica un Articolo
Ricerca Avanzata
FAQ
Contattaci
Privacy
Contributori
Notizie

Modern Italy
Journal of Modern Italian Studies
RIVISTA DI STUDI ITALIANI
Anno V , n° 2, Dicembre 1987 ( Contributi ) pag. 1-17
MIND-MAPS AND SPIRITUALITY IN
DANTE’S COMMEDIA
SILVIA RUFFO-FIORE
University of South Florida,
Tampa, Florida
Indeed, the special significance of a true work of art resides in the fact that it has escaped from the limitations of the personal and has soared beyond the personal concerns of its creator.
(p. 309)

Whoever speaks in primordial images speaks with a thousand voices; he enthralls and overpowers, while at the same time he lifts the idea he is seeking to express out of the occasional and the transitory into the realm of the ever-enduring. He transmutes our personal destiny into the destiny of mankind, and evokes in us all those beneficent forces that ever and anon have enabled humanity to find a refuge from every peril and to outlive the longest night.
(p. 321)

Carl Jung “On the Relation of Analytical Psychology to Poetry”.
The Portable Yung

Dante’s Commedia supremely epitomizes not only the assimilation of centuries of Christian thought and dogma, but it also objectifies how Christian spirituality relates to the problems of the individual human psyche, how indeed the quest for spiritual resolution parallels the quest for psychological resolution. Study of the psychological implications of Dante’s Commedia entails analysis of the mental, emotional, and behavioral aspects of the numerous characters who appear throughout the journey, including the work’s enlightened Narrator, the groping Pilgrim, and the various guides. [...]
Leggi l'articolo (free!) Scarica il File PDF!