What Was in the Rose in the Ninth Circle? Unveiling Dante’s Celestial Vision
Introduction Imagine a rose, so vast it encompasses the entirety of paradise, its luminous petals formed by the countless faces of the blessed. This is the Empyrean, the highest heaven in Dante Alighieri’s *Paradiso*, the culmination of his epic *Divine Comedy*. A journey through hell and purgatory has led the pilgrim Dante to this ultimate…
