A Handful of Earth is all that you require to understand Heaven. Cosmologies are difficult because of the context. The description is about what cannot be perceived. This is namely the functioning of the mind by way of bodily processes. The Celestial Approach to thought existed way before Psychology. You will find this topic in many traditions. In fact you can identify the same features in many lands. The study of how the soul grew and interacted with the body and how the spirit developed in response to the body and soul is a very old subject. A model is utilized to describe how thoughts and the consequential actions would emerge. This consists of a series of mental states arranged in a hierarchal fashion. The states are described as spheres. The possible thoughts and capabilities is enormous. Very little has actually been access. Therefore there is great rewards and potentials possible. Depending on the context you will find literature sources that describe these spheres as levels, circles, earths, and heavens. This article is a useful foundation for the study of the works of Franz Bardon. The application of cosmology to study mental structure offers a clear understanding of the role alchemy plays in the growth of mind, body, spirit, and soul. This diagram will lose meaning when it is not realized the figure describes the vortexes that actually occur from you. The dream of the stage has robbed the power of the mind. It is speculated that Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) employed a copy of the Book of Enoch to guide him in designing the levels of heaven and hell of his Divine Comedy. We are not privy to his library records. The field of interlibrary loan may have been able to procure such a work. There is of course other scholarly tools known about in Dante's time, from areas other than Christianity. The works of Sufi researchers were recognized in Europe. One author, Ibn Sina (980 - 1037), wrote a work on mind structure. It is the recital of the bird called Risalat Al-Tayr ( رسالة الطير ). These spheres are fifteen in number. The spheres are broadly categorized into two classes. The spheres are distributed among these two classes such that in Paradise there are eight levels. In Gehenna there are seven levels. Such a system implies that different spheres can be accessed by the quality of the thought. By changing the thought a new sphere can be entered. This means emotions and the thoughts that create them can be altered at will. Thus a graphical approach can be used to describe the mental process. These heavenly spheres are created from what the alchemists call primal matter. By taking a “handful” of this matter the mind forms the cosmic structure composed of fifteen worlds. The thoughts that are able to inhabit these worlds is determined by the structure of each sphere. Moreover, the radiant vehicle (augoeides ochema) [corresponds] with heaven, and this mortal [frame] with the sublunary [region] The powers of thought are assigned to planets. The rays of planets would have profound effects on people on the earth. It was observed that the effect could be negated if the planet was not observed. This had an influence in medical research for the treatment of illnesses at one time during the plague outbreaks of the 4th and 5th BC along the mediterranean area. List of the heavenly spheres. First Heaven This is called Moon. This sphere comprises body and spirit. The word spirit in arabic is ruh (روح ), and in Greek is vital pneuma ( πνεῦμα ). Second Heaven This is called Mercury. This is the meditative power. Third Heaven This is called Venus. This is the imaginative power. The mental activity is in the third heaven. Fourth Heaven This is called Sun. This is the consubstantial matter Fifth Heaven This is called Mars. This is the representative matter Sixth Heaven This is called Jupiter. This is the cognitive power. Seventh Heaven This is called Saturn. This is the individual intellect. The spirits of this region correspond to the interior sense. The aspect of reason through a problem is a hallmark of the seventh heaven. Eight Heaven This is called Fixed Stars. The Arabic word is Kusi. In English this is called the Firmament. This is made of the Soul Ninth Heaven This is called the The Throne. In Arabic the word is (العرش ) Al-‘Arsh. In Greek this is called Empyrean. This is written in Greek ἐμπύριος empúrios. This is the fundamental reality In the operation an activity can be directed by nine powers. Consider a case where one power dominates and provides a direction. In the case of the first level the sphere of Moon the spirit is providing counsel. Whichever sphere the individual selects to seek advice that will be the rank in paradise that manifests. The decision to follow the course of action is carried out by what the Buddhist call the central controller. The rarely talked about in cosmologies these days are introduced as handfuls of Earth. The literature on creation always begins with how heaven and earth interact. The vehicle to explore these worlds was chosen as birds. These are metaphors of conscious states. This is used by Avicenna (also called Ibn Sina) and can be seen in the analysis called The Recital of the Bird. A description of angelology and how the soul is effected by forces can be found in the Visionary Recital. In this work is a commentary presented by Hayy Ibn Yaqzan. This describes the world of the soul that is often missing in western discussions. Just as the body deserves attention so does the soul. The scholar Harry Corbin is responsible for the publication. These spheres constructed in the Paradise have a counter part in what is called Gehenna ( גהנה ), in Arabic the word is Jahanam ( جهنم ). These levels are designated as Earth spheres. Note the primal matter is still the basis for the assembly of these mental states. The Earth spheres are not studied as intensely as the spheres from Heaven. We known from Egyptian traditions the importance of the earth in supporting the vault of heaven. The source of lust and emotional outbursts are carried by the winds. The nerves involved in this type of signaling we are informed are to be found in the Second Earth. The text ( قصص الأنبياء ) called the Lives of the Prophets, in English this is written as Arais Al Majalis Fi Qisas Al Anbiya. The text has a description of these earths. First Earth, Ramaka The highest earth is on the back of a whale that touches heaven. The whale is on a rock and the rock is in the hand of an angel. The description of our own position. Notice the wording stresses we are not alone as interpreted when we study what the physical senses provide us. Beneath this earth is the barren wind. The outer appearance of the physical body is the assigned domain of the first earth. Hence the reason why this earth is called death. The soul and spirit are asleep in the physical body. All relations and laws for constituting this mortal body are fabricated here. This is why the first earth is referred to as being inhabited by men. Not the figure of the male. It means the false interpretation that the mind is trapped on the first earth. The mind in fact populates all the earths and heavens. The awareness of moving to and staying in one of these domains is the key to consciousness. Hence the life so much adored has a special name on the first earth. This is called Death Here is the source of illusions. The esoteric sense means the dwellers are in the underworld. They perceive this sphere as real and cannot distinguish the actions of their thoughts on their own surroundings. Gurdjieff pointed out that the inhabitants merely are asleep and do not know how experience the Self. Their thoughts detach from the activities they are engaged in. Second Earth, Khalada The Barren wind. The wind spoken of shows the dominates of nerve signals on our thoughts. Emotions run high. The concept of time rules us when sense a satisfaction immediately. The innate depositions are the inhabitants of the second Earth. This is called Innate Tendencies The winds are located in this sphere. See ‘The turning about of the winds in the Quran (2:164; 45:5) Third Earth, Arqa The physical temperaments are constructed in the Third Earth. This is broadly called our nature. Our personality is in the third earth. This is called nature The dwellers of chimeras reside here. Beings with mouths of dogs, feet of cows, ears of a goat, hair of a sheep, face and hands of a human. They lack clothing. Their day is our night. Their night is our day. They do not disobey God. Fourth Earth, Haraba This is the location where lust is developed. This is called Lust Rocks of sulphur were placed there by God for the people of the Fire. Kubrit ( كبريت ) is Arabic for sulphur. If you are interested in the study of alchemy, then the Fifth Earth is a sphere worthy of attention. Fifth Earth, Maltham Frenzy is mined in the Fifth Earth. A nation called Hajla is present in the Fifth Earth Inhabited by Snakes and a nation called Jilla Sixth Earth, Sijjin ( سِجِّين ) This is called Aberration Here lies the astral fire. The inhabitants are the scorpions Seventh Earth, Ajiba This is called Abomination The dwelling of Iblis ( إِبْلِيس ) and his hosts. It contains his nest. One side of which is the hot wind and the other side is the vehement cold. The names of the Earth spheres refer to the process in activating the astral fire. The energy produced from this fire, located in the loins, is necessary to allow the transfer from one sphere to another. The gift of the astral fire allows the transitions from any level to that of another level.
The accessing of these states allows the creation of Art, the ability to come up with ideas, new inventions and discoveries. The location of Gehenna is placed south of Jerusalem. This is the location where the refuse of the Holy City was burned. The said fires are kept going continually. This provides a description of the waste removal processes of the physical body. The digestion of food is carried out by the fire in the small and long intestines. The energy abstracted from food is used to drive the mental and bodily requirements. The Holy City of course is the physical body By no means this is not the only description of the various worlds between heaven and earth. The works of Proclus (412-485) paved the way for Celestial Hierarchy by Dionysius the Areopagite. These works all use the geometric features found in the tree of life. Another structure of the mind is described in the works of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). In Swedenborg's book series called Arcana Coelestia volume 11, and volume 12 he provides a description of our mind as six earths. The description is presented as a vision.
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