Their sins run deep
Nov 14, 2020, 12:42 PM
The great barrier and waterfall created by Jeff Dungfelder.
"After Dante takes us through the Vestibule for “undecided” and Agnostics; a place for Virtuous Pagans who lived good lives but weren’t baptized; then four levels of punishment for those whose sins were based on lack of self-control; a separate level for Heretics; and finally a level for those whose sins were violent.
"To get to the next level Virgil and Dante have to ride down through the Great Barrier and Waterfall on the back of the winged mythological creature Geryon. Here Dante informs us that “there is a place in Hell called Malebolge” (literally translated as ‘evil pockets’) where those guilty of Fraud and Malice have been consigned.
"Their sins run deeper than simple lack of self-control or violence. The sinners (Pimps, Simonists, Soothsayers) are intentionally deceptive and malicious so the punishments are more severe.
"My piece of music “Their Sins Run Deep” is a reflection about where they have been and where they are headed. The journey downward is full of many details, many things to think about, to contemplate.
"Listening to these musical details is the key of discovery in searching for our true selves. In Dante’s view of human nature we’re all hypocrites in one way or another. But some hypocrites learn about their true selves. Then they repent and make sincere efforts to do better. Hell, on the other hand, is reserved as a kind of “college of sullen hypocrites.”
"Sullen students never learn and never change; not now, not ever. That’s why they’re in Hell forever. Their sins run deep."
"After Dante takes us through the Vestibule for “undecided” and Agnostics; a place for Virtuous Pagans who lived good lives but weren’t baptized; then four levels of punishment for those whose sins were based on lack of self-control; a separate level for Heretics; and finally a level for those whose sins were violent.
"To get to the next level Virgil and Dante have to ride down through the Great Barrier and Waterfall on the back of the winged mythological creature Geryon. Here Dante informs us that “there is a place in Hell called Malebolge” (literally translated as ‘evil pockets’) where those guilty of Fraud and Malice have been consigned.
"Their sins run deeper than simple lack of self-control or violence. The sinners (Pimps, Simonists, Soothsayers) are intentionally deceptive and malicious so the punishments are more severe.
"My piece of music “Their Sins Run Deep” is a reflection about where they have been and where they are headed. The journey downward is full of many details, many things to think about, to contemplate.
"Listening to these musical details is the key of discovery in searching for our true selves. In Dante’s view of human nature we’re all hypocrites in one way or another. But some hypocrites learn about their true selves. Then they repent and make sincere efforts to do better. Hell, on the other hand, is reserved as a kind of “college of sullen hypocrites.”
"Sullen students never learn and never change; not now, not ever. That’s why they’re in Hell forever. Their sins run deep."
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