In a World of Darkness, Where Is the Light?

Lone figure in Dante dark wood selva oscura looking toward a distant light on a hillside

Nobody plans to end up in the dark wood. That’s what makes it a wood and not a road. You look up one ordinary afternoon and the path you were sure you were on is simply gone. Dante’s first line announces this quietly, almost without ceremony: nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita — midway … Read more