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We glance up briefly from the seemingly endless toil of daily life to re-examine the conditions we were promised in the afterlife. We discuss the history and origin of various religious beliefs concerning heaven, explore the evolution of what Abrahamic faiths promise their most devout followers developing alongside Greek culture and its reminiscence to those of Ancient Egypt. In the extended show we venture into Aztec paradise, the esoteric symbolism of Christian heaven in Revelations, uncover the Houris of the Quran and finally get a definitive answer about whether or not there is sex in heaven.
On this week's show we discuss:
Sheol and Gehenna
The World To Come
Egyptian Field of Reeds, Aru
The Elysian Fields
The Astronomy of Anaximander
Plato’s Timaeus (of course)
In the extended episode we discuss:
Aztec Tlālōcān
Pearly Gates of Christianity
Luciferic Symbolism
Is There Sex In Heaven?
The Houris of the Quran
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Sources:
Structure of Heaven and Earth:
https://isthatinthebible.wordpress.com/2019/08/17/the-structure-of-heaven-and-earth-how-ancient-cosmology-shaped-everyones-theology/
The Timaeus:
http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/timaeus.html
Greek Astronomy:
https://explorable.com/greek-astronomy
The Bible
Houris:
Smith & Haddad, Islamic Understanding, 1981: p.164
Hibbut Ha Keber:
https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/7680-hibbut-ha-keber
Olam Ha Ba:
https://www.jewfaq.org/olamhaba.htm