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  2. Heaven and Hell (essay) - Wikipedia

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    Heaven and Hell is a philosophical essay by Aldous Huxley published in 1956. Huxley derived the title from William Blake's book The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. The essay discusses the relationship between bright, colorful objects, geometric designs, psychoactives, art, and profound experience. Heaven and Hell metaphorically refer to what ...

  3. Allegory of the long spoons - Wikipedia

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    In each location, the inhabitants are given access to food, but the utensils are too unwieldy to serve oneself with. In hell, the people cannot cooperate, and consequently starve. In heaven, the diners feed one another across the table and are sated. The story can encourage people to be kind to each other.

  4. Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife - Wikipedia

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    Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife is a book by American New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman.Published in 2020 by Simon & Schuster, the book examines the historical development of the concepts of the afterlife throughout Greek, Jewish, and early Christian cultures, and how they eventually converged into the concepts of Heaven and Hell, that modern Christians believe in. [1] [2]

  5. Afterlife - Wikipedia

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    Unlike Western forms of Christianity, however, Orthodoxy is traditionally non-dualist and does not teach that there are two separate literal locations of heaven and hell, but instead acknowledges that "the 'location' of one's final destiny—heaven or hell—as being figurative." [55]

  6. Four last things - Wikipedia

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    Hieronymus Bosch's 1500 painting The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things.The four outer discs depict (clockwise from top left) Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell. In Christian eschatology, the Four Last Things (Latin: quattuor novissima) [1] are Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell, the four last stages of the soul in life and the afterlife.

  7. The Doors of Perception - Wikipedia

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    William Blake (1757–1827), who inspired the book's title and writing style, was an influential English artist most notable for his paintings and poetry. The "doors of perception" was originally a metaphor written by Blake in his 1790 book, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.

  8. The Great Divorce - Wikipedia

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    The Great Divorce is a novel by the British author C. S. Lewis, published in 1945, based on a theological dream vision of his in which he reflects on the Christian conceptions of Heaven and Hell. The working title was Who Goes Home? but the final name was changed at the publisher's insistence.

  9. Heaven and Hell - Wikipedia

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    Heaven & Hell (Joe Jackson album) Heaven & Hell (Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler album) Heaven & Hell (Shin Terai album) Heaven and Hell (Systems in Blue album), or the title song (see below) Heaven and Hell (Vangelis album), or the title song; Heaven :x: Hell, a 2024 album by Sum 41; Heaven & Hell – A Tribute to The Velvet Underground, a series ...