I’ve searched the internet for old newspaper clippings that deal with the topic of heaven and earth. Here’s what I’ve unearthed. A Luminous exposition of the Universology of Koreshanity, by Cyrus Teed, Springfield Weekly Republican January 12, 1900, pg 10
The ancient Greeks understood that the only way that the complicated circuits of heaven can work is if it’s in the form of a sphere. It also begs the question, how could they conclude as to what shape the heavens are if they can’t see the border of it? Parmenides (circa 515–450 BCE) Parmenides was an early pre-Socratic philosopher who contributed to the idea of a spherical cosmos. Fragment 1 of Parmenides (as quoted by Simplicius): “The solid heavens, being circular, surround all things within them.” Eudoxus of Cnidus (circa 390–337 BCE) Eudoxus was an influential Greek astronomer and mathematician who developed early models of the spherical cosmos. Eudoxus (as summarized by Hipparchus and reported by Simplicius): “Eudoxus made the fixed stars to move on a sphere, and the sun, moon, and planets to move on other spheres concentric with the sphere of the…
This is just a collection of some the artwork, geometry, instruments, and designs of the ancient world. The Assumption of the Virgin, 1475–1476, is a large (228.6 x 377.2 cm) painting in tempera on wood panel by Francesco Botticini. It portrays Mary’s assumption and was commissioned as the altarpiece for a church in Florence and is now in the National Gallery, London. Raphael’s depiction of the unmoved mover from the Stanza della Segnatura: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmoved_mover Nicolas Vleughels (1668 Paris – 1737 Rom): Shield of Achilles according to the description in the Homeric Iliad, 18th century, Copper engraving The Divine Comedy’s Empyrean, illustrated by Gustave Doré The Candida Rosa is the place where the souls reside in the Paradise built by Dante : «Therefore in the form of a white rose / the holy militia was shown to me / which Christ made a bride in his…