Simoniac!

Nov 13, 2020, 05:34 PM

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Simoniacs created by John Tenney.

"At first, people might think that the ancient sin of simony (buying one's way into religious favour for salvation, or monetary gain) is hopelessly old-fashioned.

"But there is still big money - maybe HUGE money - being made in the name of religion. Here, a modern man wants to buy a priesthood, with disastrous (in fact, INFERNAL) results..."

Part of the Inferno project to imagine and compose the sounds of Dante’s Hell, marking the 700th anniversary of The Divine Comedy. To find out more, visit http://www.citiesandmemory.com/inferno