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how many levels of Heaven/Hell are there?

Willamena

Just me
Premium Member
"The Hell Law says that Hell is reserved exclusively
for them that believe in it. Further, the Lowest
Ring in Hell is reserved for them that believe in
it on the supposition that they’ll go there if
they don’t."
The Principia Discordia
 

Sir Doom

Cooler than most of you
any ideas? Also what did jesus mean when he said that his fathers kingdom has many mansions?

I assume you are asking from the Christian perspective, so I'm not sure if there is any scripture pertaining to 'levels' of heaven or hell. If you know any I'd be happy to read them and tell you what I think.

As far as the second question, Jesus appears to be reassuring his disciples about their place in heaven for pretty much all of chapter fourteen. Thus, the 'many mansions' statement is very likely to mean nothing more detailed than 'a place for each of you to live'. He is basically saying, "If there were a limited number of spots I would have said that a long time ago. All you have to do is, blah, blah, blah..."

I'm paraphrasing, of course.

Anyway, that's how I read it. It doesn't seem to suggest much about 'levels', so I'm not sure if they were supposed to be related.
 

Draka

Wonder Woman
My first husband claimed he could travel into the 12th level of hell and command archdemons and whatnot, but then...he was kind of certifiable. :p
 

Draka

Wonder Woman
"Kind of"? :eek:

Oh...only a little. :p He claimed he was inhabited by a demon that once use to possess Nostradamus. Yep...he was a winner that ex of mine. Completely loopers. I think he really created one heck of an alter. There were really at least two distinct personalities, names and all.
 

Skwim

Veteran Member
Don't know about heaven, but Dante describes the nine circles (levels) of hell in his poem Divine Comedy.



CIRCLESOFHELL.jpg

 

Jlbevin

New Member
Tree levels of heaven
Paradise, which is probably first level of escape
Second, which I can't find any mention of in KV bible
Third, where Christ sits on throne. Since a first and third exist there should be a second

Hell, full of fire and brimstone
Two judgements on household of God with many variations in between. Most would consider these hell on first glance but actually aren't.
 

Ben Dhyan

Veteran Member
From the Sanatan Dharma tradition, there are seven higher and seven lower Lokas...

Loka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In the Puranas, and already in the Atharvaveda, there are fourteen worlds, seven higher ones (vyahrtis) and seven lower ones (patalas), viz. bhuu, bhuvas, svar, mahas, janas, tapas, and satya above and atala, vitala, sutala, rasaataala, talatala, mahaatala, patala and naraka below.

From the Esoteric (Theosophical) tradition..Plane (esotericism) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
5.1 Physical plane
5.2 Astral plane
5.3 Mental plane
5.4 Buddhic plane
5.5 Spiritual plane
5.6 Divine plane
5.7 Logoic plane
.
 

Riverwolf

Amateur Rambler / Proud Ergi
Premium Member
In the Divine Comedy, Dante describes nine levels for each of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise (and for the record, that God-of-War knockoff game has little to do with the poem.)

I think Aristotle described six levels of Hell, upon which Dante based his levels and added a few others. Ptolemy described the levels of Heaven as:

Moon
Mercury
Venus
Sun
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Fixed Stars

Giving us eight levels of Heaven.

The Lokas of Hinduism have already been mentioned.
 
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