{"product_id":"celestial-realms-a-history-of-heaven-since-before-the-dawn-of-time-paperback","title":"Celestial Realms: A History of Heaven Since Before the Dawn of Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTobias Churton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn investigation into ideas and experiences of Heaven across religious and cultural traditions throughout history\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Comprehensively explores the meanings, history, ideas, and experience of Heaven throughout the world's exoteric and esoteric traditions \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Explores the heavens of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, the Abrahamic traditions, Far Eastern mythologies, and Indigenous nations \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Considers questions about our \"need\" for Heaven, further informed by popular culture, folklore, and personal experience \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross all ages people have wondered about the afterlife. Is Heaven a reward for good behavior, the home of the gods, or a state of being? As Tobias Churton reveals, such questions and beliefs about the nature of Heaven go back to humanity's earliest days. Beginning with mythology in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Far East, we find sophisticated conceptions within early philosophy and the Abrahamic religions, many of which persist unchanged. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChurton examines the complexities of Jesus's teaching that \"the Kingdom of God is within you\" and Islamic ideas about paradise. He analyzes the beliefs of Eastern mystics and Maori, Australian Aboriginal, and Polynesian traditions as well as heavenly conceptions among Indigenous cultures of the Americas. He presents Renaissance-era understandings of Heaven's connection to the body in the alchemical spiritual medicine of Paracelsus and the mysticism of Jacob Böhme and reveals that Emmanuel Swedenborg, followed by William Blake, controversially associated Heaven with sexuality. Churton then delves into the contemporary era, exploring Heaven from perspectives of spiritualism, psychedelic experience, communist materialism, and the arts, including John Lennon's lyrical suggestion that we imagine that there is no heaven. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether Heaven is considered a specific place or a deeply felt state of being, this in-depth investigation emphasizes its resonance and significance for all of humanity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTobias Churton is Britain's leading scholar of Western Esotericism and a world authority on Gnosticism, Hermeticism, and Rosicrucianism. Holding a master's degree in theology from Brasenose College, Oxford, he was appointed honorary fellow of Exeter University in 2005. Author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eGnostic Philosophy, The Invisible History of the Rosicrucians, The Books of Enoch Revealed\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAleister Crowley in America\u003c\/i\u003e, he lives in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.4 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42739404996704,"sku":"9798888502112","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/oIBB1y2oFw9798888502112.webp?v=1778011347","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/celestial-realms-a-history-of-heaven-since-before-the-dawn-of-time-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}