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Layout of Paradise
'''Dante's Paradiso''' is the third cantica in the [[Divine Comedy]] by [[Dante Alighieri]]. It tells of Dante's journey through [[Heaven]], with Beatrice as his guide, until he eventually reaches the edge of time and sees [[God]] Himself.
'''Dante's Paradiso''' is the third cantica in the [[Divine Comedy]] by [[Dante Alighieri]]. It tells of Dante's journey through [[Heaven]], with Beatrice as his guide, until he eventually reaches the edge of time and sees [[God]] Himself.
Heaven is made up of nine spheres, corresponding to the heavenly bodies visible from Earth that were known in Dante's time. Dante meets the souls of the dead in each sphere, organised according to the good works they did while on Earth. Dante questions Beatrice on what he sees and is questioned by the inhabitants of [[Heaven]] as well. The nine levels of Heaven correspond to the [[Ptolemy]] view of the planets' rotation around the Earth:
Heaven is made up of nine spheres, corresponding to the heavenly bodies visible from Earth that were known in Dante's time. Dante meets the souls of the dead in each sphere, organised according to the good works they did while on Earth. Dante questions Beatrice on what he sees and is questioned by the inhabitants of [[Heaven]] as well. The nine levels of Heaven correspond to the [[Ptolemy|Ptolemaic]] view of the planets' rotation around the Earth, and in each one Dante is shown a different category of souls:
Beyond these levels (and outside time itself) are:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Sphere
! Souls
|-
| [[Moon]]
| Those who broke vows
|-
| [[Mercury]]
| Those who did good for personal glory
|-
| [[Venus]]
| Those who did good because of love
|-
| [[Sun]]
| [[Philosophers]]
|-
| [[Mars]]
| The Church Militant
|-
| [[Jupiter]]
| Great rulers
|-
| [[Saturn]]
| Contemplatives
|-
| Fixed [[Stars]]
| The Church Triumphant
|-
| [[Crystalline Heaven]] or Primum Mobile
| Angels
|-
|}
Beyond these spheres (and outside time itself) are:
* The motionless Heaven (or Empyrean)
* The motionless Heaven (or Empyrean)
* Mary’s throne
* Mary’s throne