Dennis Patrick Slattery has just released his newest book titled Day-To-Day Dante: Exploring Personal Myth Through The Divine Comedy. Dennis has contributed articles on Joseph Campbell to our website and I invite you to check them out here.
Overview
The premise of this series of 365 meditations on Dante’s poem of the 14th. century is that his journey outlines the complex and rigorous process of individual maturation on several levels simultaneously. In addition, not a contemporary guide is the focus but rather the great poet of the Middle Ages who has crafted a work most have heard of but few have read, his Commedia, which was in circulation by 1314. It is the story of one soul, lost in a dark wood, who, with guidance from several sources, finds his way into what might be called the mythic and mystic sense of his life, in harmony with the larger created order. It is a poem, Dante wrote of it himself, “not for speculation but for implementation.” It is intended for those interested in using it to meditate on their own pilgrimage and to gain insights by the power of poetic analogy of the process of coming into wholeness within themselves.
A colleague of Dennis’ posted a synopsis of the book on her website and you can read that by visiting this link here.
To order the book contact Dennis Patrick Slattery directly at dslattery@pacifica.edu or purchase it at the Pacifica bookstore.
