The Modern Divine Comedy Book 5: Purgatorio 1 Entry

Andrew J. Farrara

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A 20th century Journalist has a fantastic dream that he is thrown back into 1896 as a visitor like Dante’s Hero in the after-life.
The Purgatorio is the celestial afterworld where all people who die on Earth first immediately arrive to be purged and processed in their after-life by the Angels and Wise Prophets.
The Journalist Romano as Adam & the ancient Prophet Zarathustra arrive to attend the Annual Lantern Parade in the attached Paradiso but will experience all the aspects of the Purgatorio before moving onto the Paradiso.
The Café Graeco-Roman is the largest public café in the Celestial Kingdom where souls gather to discuss their personal, recreational and theological concerns amidst conspiratorial undercurrents led by the diabolical Devil and his tough-talking Three Crown Princes arriving as both undercover comedians and Garcons.
The World’s main religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Shintoism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, Sikhism, Christianity and Islam and the Primitive Religions as well are explored by both the Young French Professeur and the Extraordinary School Children.
The Conspiracy Theorists are introduced while Celestial Tour Announcements about Guided Trips to Earth are permitted to those who qualify are given all day.
A Literary Intermezzo is offered to display the literature greats forming their Literary Collective which include souls like Chaucer, Charles Dickens, the Grimm Brothers, Christopher Marlowe, Mary Shelley, Lady Murasaki, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Shakespeare, the Russian existentialists & others.
Theological and Intellectual debates are also offered with the ancient Greek philosophers of Socrates & Plato & Aristotle to the modern thinkers Darwin, Richard Wagner, Friedrich Nietzsche, George Bernard Shaw, Voltaire, Rabelais & others.
Ideologies and Faiths are also explored in Chapters with the subjects of the True Authorship of the Christian New Testament & the Higher Criticism of the Bible.
GOD also has approved an Interstellar Scientific Project designed to explore the Universe with celestial physicists, mathematicians, bio-chemists, bio-technologists, behavioral scientists, political economists, philosophers, existentialists, theologians etc. all assisted by Albert Einstein among others.

Sujets

• Historical
• God
• Divine Comedy
• Politics
• Old Testament
• New Testament
• Judaism
• Devil
• Christianity
• Islam
• The Divine Comedy
• Fiction

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• Publié par: iUniverse
• Date de parution: 13 octobre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781663245168
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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THE MODERN DIVINE COMEDY Book 5: PURGATORIO 1 Entry
ANDREW J. FARRARA


THE MODERN DIVINE COMEDY BOOK 5: PURGATORIO 1 ENTRY
 
 
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iUniverse rev. date: 10/07/2022

THE MODERN DIVINE COMEDY 8-PART SERIES
BOOK 1 INFERNO 1 DESCENDING
BOOK 2 INFERNO 2 ASCENDING
BOOK 3 LIMBOLAND 1 ENTRANCE
BOOK 4 LIMBOLAND 2 DEPARTURE
BOOK 5 PURGATORIO 1 ENTRY
BOOK 6 PURGATORIO 2 DEPARTURE
BOOK 7 PARADISO 1 ENTRY
BOOK 8 PARADISO 2 DEPARTURE
CONTENTS
TIME:
GREAT HEROIC PAST, SOME PRESENT & BIT OF FUTURE.
Our Hero thinks it’s Christmas Day December 25, 1895 but it is
really the early 21 st Century.
STAGE SUB-TIME:
HOLY LANDS FROZEN in 1st CENTURY A.D.
PLACE:
PARADISO, PURGATORIO, & INFERNO & LIMBOLAND
MENTAL SUB-PLACE:
HEAVENLY SUBCONSCIOUS
CLIMATE:
PERFECT SUB TROPICAL COOLING HAWAIIAN TRADE WINDS
THEMES:
MORTALITY & IMMORTALITY
in all its contradictions & imperfections
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
(Cast of Characters)
JOURNALIST
The First Man ADAM & Himself
being Investigative Foreign Correspondent
as Andrew Romano on a Divine Odyssey
ZARATHUSTRA
Celestial Tour Guide, Chariot Driver & Divine friend for Journalist,
Prophet-Philosopher & founder of Zoroastrianism
WISE PROPHETS
Unnamed Daily Leaders in the Kingdom
ARCHANGELS
Administrators of the Celestial Kingdom
HOLY ANGELS VEZY & SARA
Special Narrators
DIVINE CHORUS
Conservative & Reactionary souls/consciences of Mankind/ Many Humanities
PEANUT GALLERY
Liberal & Radical souls/consciences of Mankind/Many Humanities
OTHER HOLY ANGELS
Monitors of Mortals on Earth, pure, chaste, innocent but some could be
mischievous with underestimated intelligence
THE DEVIL
Oops, we forgot, still up to his conniving & evil tricks
MEPHISTOPHELES, LUCIFER & SATAN
Three Crown Princes of Evilness & Evil Clones of the Devil
Oops, we wanted to forget
THE ALMIGHTY GOD
The Most Powerful, the Big Guy, Omnipotent, Omnipresent,
Omnibenevolent & Omniscient
Called the Big Dog by the Devil
INFERNAL WICKED INTERRUPTUS
Occasional private episode Scene exposing
the Devil’s & his Three Crown Princes’
Furtive attempt to Conspire & Control
the Limboland Arenas & Celestial Kingdom
GOD’S THREE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS:
In Background:
HOLIEST WARRIOR
GRAND PONTIFEX MAXIMUS
AIDE-DE-CAMP ANTONIO
HUNCHBACK HOLY MAN
aka
OLD HOLY MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN
Mysterious seeker of the Divine Truths &
Wisest of all Wise philosophers &
Real Subconscious of Mankind
OTHER CHARACTERS INCLUDE:
DENIZENS OF PURGATORIO & LIMBOLAND & INFERNO
Concerned about mortality & immortality
some petitioning for entrance to Paradiso
MANY PAGAN, BIBLICAL, & HISTORICAL CHARACTERS
TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION in Table of Contents
PROFANITY WORDS
Bleeped
VIENNESE PSYCHOANALYST & SWISS PSYCHOANALYST
Roaming & Analyzing everyone & everything except themselves
CONSPIRACY THEORISTS
Roaming & criticizing everyone & everything
EXTRAORDINARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
Wandering students of burgeoning earthly & divine wisdom
YOUNG FRENCH PROFESSEUR
Their Itinerant Teacher

INFERNAL WICKED INTERRUPTUS 46
LET THE CONQUEST BEGIN!
SCENE 46
CONTEMPORARY REFLECTIONS ON WORLD BELOW
ON THE WAY TO CAFÉ GRAECO-ROMAN
INFERNAL WICKED INTERRUPTUS 47
THE THREE WISE MONKEYS SAY; “SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL.”
THE DEVIL SAYETH; “SEE NO GOODNESS, HEAR NO GOODNESS, AND SPEAK NO GOODNESS.”
SCENE 47
SUB ROSA BEHIND THE SCENES
PURGYWOOD TRYING TO ORGANIZE
INFERNAL WICKED INTERRUPTUS 48
A SPECTRE IS HAUNTING THE CELESTIAL KINGDOM—THE SPECTRE OF THE DEVIL’S GROSS VICIOUSNESS AND BARBARITY.
SCENE 48
STAGE CURTAIN RISES
JOURNALIST & ZARATHUSTRA ENTER VERY FATIGUED
PRELUDIO
PIANISSIMO
ANCIENT ROMAN HONOR GUARD
OUR LITERARY NARRATORS
THE TWILIGHT PSYCHOANALYTICAL
INFERNAL WICKED INTERRUPTUS 49
THE THREE CROWN PRINCES ARE LOOKING FOR A TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES AFTER THE DEVIL’S CONQUEST OF THE KINGDOM.

SCENE 49
MAIN PIAZZA DIVINE BATHS OF CARACALLA
OVERTURE
FORTISSIMO
GOD CONFRONTS THE INVITED ARRIVING DEVIL
CHAPTERS
49-1 JOURNALIST & ZARATHUSTRA ARRIVE EXHAUSTED
49-2 PURGATORIO DOORS OPEN
49-3 RELIGIOUS LEADERS MEETING TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE PURGATORIO
49-4 ORIENTATION WORKSHOP REQUIRED FOR NEW ARRIVING SOULS
49-5 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES BY DIFFERENT PEOPLES
49-6 CONTROLLED CHAOS OF THE PURGATORIO
49-7 UNPRECEDENTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF PROVISIONAL ANGELHOOD & ONE YEAR ACADEMIC RESEARCH TRIP TO EARTH
49-8 DEVIL & HIS THREE MANIFESTATIONS CONSPIRING
49-9 GOD HAS SPOKEN
49-10 EXCEPTIONAL SCHOOL CHILDREN CHOSEN
49-11 CHRISTIAN PROPHET SPEAKS TO MULTITUDE
49-12 HOLIEST WARRIOR SPEAKS TO THE CROWDS
49-13 NEW POLITICAL ELECTORAL SYSTEM IMPLEMENTED NEXT YEAR
49-14 REFORMATORY SCHOOLS FOR PROSTITUTES & DRUG ADDICTS
49-15 VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSIONS GOING ON
49-16 SECRET PROGRAM FOR FUTURISTIC ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
49-17 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHERS VISITING MARIANA TRENCH WITH HERMAN MELVILLE, CAPTAIN NEMO, CAPTAIN AHAB & JULES VERNE
49-18 ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES & LECTURES ON CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
49-19 VICTORIAN BRITISH FLEXING THEIR WEAKENING CULTURAL MUSCLES
49-20 VIA DOLOROSA RE-ENACTMENT
INFERNAL WICKED INTERRUPTUS 50
THERE IS A CONNIVING WOMAN BEHIND EVERY SUCCESS AND CRIME.
SCENE 50
SECRET REPORTS & RELIGIONS EXPLORED
OVERTURE
CHAPTERS
50-1 WORLD RELIGIONS GUIDE BY SCHOOL CHILDREN
50-2 PRIMITIVE RELIGION
50-3 ANCIENT NEAR EAST
50-4 THE RELIGION OF JUDAISM
50-5 THE RELIGION OF ZOROASTRIANISM
50-6 THE RELIGION OF CHRISTIANITY
50-7 THE RELIGION OF ISLAM
50-8 HINDOOISM DISCUSSION DELAYED
50-9 INDIAN RELIGION OF JAINISM
50-10 BUDDHISM DISCUSSION DELAYED
50-11 THE RELIGION OF SIKHISM
50-12 BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH SCIENTISTS ASIDE
50-13 TAOISM RELIGION OF CHINA
50-14 ZEN BUDDHISM SHORT INTERLUDE
50-15 CONFUCIAN RELIGION IN CHINA
50-16 YOUNG CHINESE MARXIST REVOLUTIONARIES ARRIVE
50-17 HINDOOISM & BUDDHISM BRIEFLY
50-18 INDIAN GURU ARRIVES
50-19 YOUNG BOY ARRIVES TO IMPART HIS WISDOM
50-20 JAPANESE SHINTOISM
50-21 QUICK SUMMARY OF RELIGION
50-22 SCHOOL CHILDREN DOING SOCIAL & POLITICAL EXPERIMENT
INFERNAL WICKED INTERRUPTUS 51
THE DEVIL MUST CHANGE!
SCENE 51
TANGLED WEB OF BIBLICAL DECEPTIONS & OTHER RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES
CHAPTERS
51-1 THREE ROMAN EMPERORS & PHILO JUDEAS CREATING CHRISTIANITY SATIRE PLAY ABOUT HOLY SECRETS
51-2 STORYTELLING CONTEST COMING
51-3 HOWL YOWL GENERATION POETRY
51-4 LOVE EVEN HAS A CELESTIAL OPERATIC CARMEN FURY
51-5 DON JUAN IN PURGATORIO
51-6 MOZART JUMPS FROM DIRECTOR SEAT
51-7 LORENZO & OTHERS GIVE ADVICE TO MOZART
51-8 1 9T H CENTURY DIPLOMATS DISCUSSING WORLD’S FUTURE IN ANOTHER PLAY
51-9 YOSEMITE YOGI TORTURING THE EXERCISERS
51-10 UNOFFICIAL OFFICIAL OFFERS A WHISPERING NOTE
51-11 ECUMENICAL PREACHER PREACHING
51-12 BIG MAMA MAMA OFFERING SPIRITUAL SESSION
51-13 CONFUCIUS & LAO-TZU ASIDE
51-14 FOUR PREACHERS PREACHING & OTHERS
51-15 FREE TAI CHI LESSONS
51-16 APOCALYPTIC CHRISTIAN & INTERFAITH MYSTIC SWAMI
51-17 OLD TESTAMENT PREACHER ISAIAH
51-18 INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN PREACHER
51-19 CONDEMNATION OF SEXUAL PREDATORS
51-20 WEST AFRICAN RADICAL SPEAKS REVOLUTION WHILE DEVIL’S AGENT TRIES TO SEDUCE TWO MILIARY MEN
51-21 RADICAL ASTRONOMER OMAR KHAYYAM JR ARRIVES
51-22 OMAR KHAYYAM’S OFFERS PREDICTIONS
51-23 ROMAN PROSTITUTE & CALVINIST PREACHER MARRIED
51-24 ANDRE NEYROO ACE REPORTER ARRIVES
51-25 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD FIRST ORGANIZING
51-26 AMERICAN CIVIL WAR REVISITED THRU A FAKE COLONEL & AN ENGLISH GUN RUNNER
INFERNAL WICKED INTERRUPTUS 52
THE WAR DRUMS WILL BE BEATING LONG AND HARD.
SCENE 52
CELESTIAL TOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS & PERFORMANCES & SPEECHES GIVEN
CHAPTERS
52-1 MYSTERIOUS FUTURISTIC ARCHEOLOGICAL & ANTHROPOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES TOUR OFFERED
52-2 QUEST FOR HUMAN EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS & CRADLE OF MANKIND TOUR OFFERED
52-3 EARTHLY ART TREASURES TOUR ANNOUNCED
52-4 PLANETARY SOLAR SYSTEM EXTRAVAGANZA FROM MERCURY TO PLUTO TOUR
52-5 BACK TO PREACHING LITTLE WILLY WOODHAY
52-6 THE E-I-E-I-O SATIRE SONG & ONE TWO BUCKLE