Members,
In his book, Mike Mott presents some Sumerian accounts in relation to the
Ki-Gal, the "Great Below," where "spirit beings" and "re-animated bodies
of human beings" reside. Etidorhpa also depicts some type of ethereal or
astral realm where enjoyment goes on without fear of the death of the body.
The Man in Etidorhpa spoke of leaving his body aside in order to enter the
land of Etidorhpa, at the end of the book:
" No; I shall not appear directly to you again. Your part in this work will
have ended when, after thirty years, you carry out the directions given in
the sealed letter which, with this manuscript, I entrust to your care. I
must return now to the shore that separated me from my former guide, and
having again laid down this semblance of a body, go once more into "
http://www.holloworbs.com/Etidor52.htm http://www.holloworbs.com/Etidor52.htm
Some kind of ethereal world is being referred to. Earlier in the book, The Guide made the point that The Man was having an unusual experience to be able to pass through these worlds in his self-same body, but now he comes to a poiint, apparently, wher he leaves his body aside to enter into some kind of ethereal or astral world.
The Puranas of India, which are conneted to the Vedas, also speak of subterranean heavans, but they are not of the angels. Although they may be referring to ethereal planets below the orbital plane of our solar system, there seem to be similar environments within the crust.
The previous chapter touches on this idea of setting aside the physical bodies in order to enter within those realms, too:
http://www.holloworbs.com/EtidorChap_LI.htm http://www.holloworbs.com/EtidorChap_LI.htm
Dean