DANTE SECRET. Written by Pierluigi Casalino.

Dante's greatness is measured by the recurrent interpretations of his message. Hermeneutics, in this regard, it is not a marginal. A raise of Dante studies, outside of traditional readings of the life and work of the great Poet, he initially had with the insights of Ugo Foscolo and follow with studies of Gabriele Rossetti, Giovanni Pascoli and Rene Guenon. The search for the deeper meanings of the legacy of Dante Alighieri has, however, faced prejudice and intellectual skepticism, which did not encourage a throrough and modern analysis, in particular, the sources of Comedy. On the fact was, however, the thesis of the revolutionary Spanish Catholic priest Asin Palacios, who discovered a reference to Muslim eschatology mystical and spiritual journey of Dante's otherwordly. By defining the issue is not unfounded Italianist Maria Corti, who recently passed away, he finally built a bridge between the official attitude "plaster" literary culture of our country and the school of a more open possibilism interpretation of Dante's thought. The route otherwordly right of the Prophet Muhammad according to the Islamic concept of al-Isra 'wal-mira^j - has similarities with extraordinary juourney of Dante. To raise awareness of this and other sources in the West contributed, in particular, Brunetto Latini, the master of the Poet, exiled in Christian Brand, bordering on the Iberian Islam. But also other road users and mediators of the time. The same Dante's political political universalism, generally attribued to Ghibellinism West is inspired by the classic supranational vision of the Calphate of Arabism and later Ottoman experience, modeled on Byzantine legacy. The influence of Ibn Rushd (Averroes  of the Latins) on medieval Christian philosophy was not foreign to Dante, as well as suggested the metaphysics of Meister Eckart. Considerations that belie the hasty judgements "purists", against Orientalist rambling. Neverthless, the secret language of Dante remains largely indeciphrable. Its esotericism is combined with the high fantasy and science with its theological insight. It will not be fortunate counter-interpretation to resolve fully the fascinating questions of one of the most enigmatic of literature questions of one of the most enigmatic of literature of all time.