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- After ascending through the sphere of fire believed to exist in the earth's upper atmosphere (Canto I), Beatrice guides Dante through the nine celestial spheres of Heaven, to the Empyrean, which is the abode of God.
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Dante and Beatrice enter the Empyrean, which is where God, the saints, and the angels reside; it is above the nine heavenly spheres, but beyond both space and time.
Where Dante expects to see Beatrice, there appears instead a new guide for the final stage of the celestial voyage. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-53), a gentle father figure who directs Dante's sight to illustrious occupants of the rose (including Beatrice, now returned to her place), is assigned this role primarily for his special devotion to the ...
Leaving the material spheres behind, Beatrice and Dante enter the Empyrean, where God, the angels, and the saints reside beyond space and time. Beatrice instructs Dante to drink from a river of light so that his intellect will be able to grasp what he sees here.
After ascending through the sphere of fire believed to exist in the earth's upper atmosphere (Canto I), Beatrice guides Dante through the nine celestial spheres of Heaven, to the Empyrean, which is the abode of God.
Quietly, Beatrice escorts Dante to the center of this great Rose and tells him to take in all the grandeur of Heaven and its holy citizens. She brings the canto a close by pointing out a throne reserved for the Emperor Henry VII, and she rebukes Pope Clement V for his greedy hypocrisy.
Dante and Beatrice enter the Eighth Sphere of Heaven or Fixed Stars in the constellation of Gemini. Here, the poet and his guide see the Virgin Mary and other Biblical saints including the apostles of Peter, John and James who test Dante on faith, love and hope.
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Beatrice leads Dante into the rose, which blooms under the endless light of the sun (which is God). She boasts about how many people there are, how big this city is, how few seats there are left for the blessed. Dante notices one empty seat with a crown fixed above it.
