In this Canto death skirts through the heavens of the vital and mental worlds where the gods are strong. It means that the journey is taking place through the skies of the mind where light breaks through bringing hope and light. Here we see fragments of thoughts and deeds and feelings driven by an inspiring ideal. These are heavens created by human thought in its stretch and search for an ideal life.
Between the age of eighteen and twenty I had attained a conscious and constant union with the divine Presence and that I had done it all alone.