Of all the myriad characters in the Bible, nobody has a worse reputation than Satan. He's described as a serpent, snake, dragon, and the literal embodiment of ...

9 Choirs of Angels.

The gates to hell in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy tell us to “abandon all hope, yet who enter here”. Despite its unfunny premise, ‘La Commedia’ ends well, with its protagonist Dante reaching heaven.

Art by : Gustave Dore

Gustav Dore, 1867, via The Golden Age of Illustration.

Lust was the second Circle of Hell. Below Limbo was the second circle of Hell, Lust. Dante journeyed to the Carnal Tower in the center of this circle's massive hurricane of souls who are ruled by sexual desire. Here, Dante discovered that Lucifer intended for Beatrice to be his bride. To press...

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