Dante and Virgil come to the Gates of Lower Hell, but are blocked by devils and then the Furies (who are flying around in the picture here, but in the poem are just jeering from the walls of the city). In the poem, we attend to how Dante and Virgil manage to get the gate open. In our life, we attend to how we manage to descend deeper into ourselves when the resistance is so strong we feel we might be turned to stone. Lots going on here. You’re invited to attend.
