The Elder of Zion

A religious scripture for the modern world

-----------------UPPER HEAVEN----------------

“…It was black. The whole area was

filled with a darky gloom. I couldn’t see

anything in this mysterious place. I

didn’t know where I was and how I got

here. But most of all, I was troubled

when I realized that I couldn’t move. It

was as if I was paralyzed in a dark and

creepy world. But then, when I thought

that I was lost for good, I felt my hands

tingling. Suddenly I could move my whole body. I came to realization that the area wasn’t

as dark as I believed. I had my eyes closed and could therefore not see the true reality.

So I opened them slowly and what I saw haunts me even today. I saw billions and billions of

individuals lying asleep in strange beds. I stood up and looked surprised around. I observed

my bed very closely and could not believe I was just awakened. I was confused about this

whole situation. I remember that I began to walk through narrow corridors. I was hoping to

find intelligent life that could explain me the situation. I found it most remarkable that

everyone was asleep. I couldn’t spot anyone that was awake. I continued and walked for an

eternity in this huge complex. I kept reading the mysterious initials Z.I.O.N. It was written on
doors, panels and even on the beds. I tried to wake some individuals, but I did not

succeed in this. Whatever I did, they did not wake…”

“…I carried on until I heard a strange noise coming out from an illuminated room. I

wanted to know what made that sound and had a look in the area. Surprised, I spotted an

individual and he was awake. At first, when he saw me, he run away. But after a while he

came searching for me. When he stood suddenly again before me, I spotted a name badge

on his uniform. There was written Luzifer on it and the first thing that came upon my mind

was hell. Was I arrived in the Kingdom of the Abyss? I was terrified to near the man,

but despite my fears asked him where I was awakened. Then he spoke to me and explained

things that I couldn’t possible understand at that moment…”

First Words

“...Luzifer clarified that the building I had experienced since the awakening was not an

ordinary place, but a starship called Zion. It was moving throughout the universe in

search of suitable planets on where life forms could exist. But those planets were scarce and

therefore the individuals on board of Zion plugged themselves into a virtual world. As the

individuals went asleep, they dreamt about a beautiful planet full with life, possibilities

and opportunities. I was confused and perplexed when Luzifer explained those facts. I

realized that the life I lived on Earth, didn’t happened for real. It was an illusion that was

generated to keep me controlled. As I was controlled, so where all the others I met on Earth.

They were all asleep in metal cocoons, as I saw them now. As I began to make sense of this

situation Luzifer showed me a map…”

“…As I had a look on the map, he explained that the Earth I lived on was called ‘lower

heaven’, while Zion was called the ‘upper heaven’. Every individual began the journey at

Zion. By plugging themselves into cyberspace, they lost contact with the real world (upper

heaven) and entered the lower heaven, the Earth. There was no reason to stay awake in the

real world, because Zion began a journey that would take an eternity. Travelling throughout

the universe and searching suitable planets. That was the mission given to the mother-

ship. We were only the cargo, the product that had to be brought over. To keep our

bodies in good condition, we emerged in cocoons. Those were spread all over the
mother-ship. To keep our mind in good condition, we emerged in virtual reality. I was

plugged inside it too, but did not have any clue that I was. Luzifer presumed first that when

an individual died on Earth, he would return back to Zion, but this was not the case.

The individual began another life instead inside the virtual construct. Luzifer observed

everyone that was trapped inside the system. Every individual was born, lived a limited life

and died at end; but the individual did not come back to Zion. So therefore Luzifer began

with a quest to understand why the spirit did not come back to the mother-ship and

discovered seven gates in the virtual construct that prevented entering. These virtual

gates were all closed and separated by seven chambers. He called these chambers ‘7

heavens’, as they appeared totally white. Luzifer discovered that every time an individual

died in the virtual world, he had to pass through those seven heavens. But because

the gates to the next chamber were locked, not a single individual succeeded to pass them

all. And, as observed, the individual fell afterwards back to Earth again; having a new

body as a new life experience. Some individuals succeeded to open some gates and

passed to the next, but unfortunately after a struggle everyone fell down to lower heaven

again. Luzifer studied the seven heavens very carefully and discovered also guardians in

each heaven; they protected the entrance of every gate. The guardians were information

keepers and could only be cracked if the right information was provided to them. The key to

unlock the gates was knowledge. Luzifer concluded that the seven heavens were like a game

that needed to be mastered. He imagined that in order to pass one of the seven heavens

an individual had to name for example all the elements in chemistry. Some heavens you

could never pass, that’s why he presumed that every individual was trapped in a mental

prison. The seven heavens were like a bridge or ladder that connected reality with

virtuality. Luzifer imagined that during a virtual death an individual elevated up the ladder
and encountered the heavens. How further he came up, how closer he came to upper

heaven. All depended on the knowledge of the deceased…”

Changing tides

“…I listened very wisely and did not say a word. The man was convinced that every individual

that resided at Zion was trapped in a mental game of virtuality. It required a huge amount of

information to pass the virtual gates and come out to reality, that a way out seemed almost

impossible. He assumed that if the mother-ship would never find a suitable planet, then

the spirit of the individual would remain trapped in the mental prison forever. If the

mother-ship would never find a suitable planet, then the spirit would not come back. Instead

it would go up and down in the ladder of heaven forever. Luzifer became inpatient and

nervous. He kept walking from one part of the room to another. There was something

wrong with him, he was troubled. At some point I lost track of him. I searched the entire

space-ship, but could not find him. Then I came into a room full with cocoon-beds and

there I found him. He had managed to jump into a cocoon-bed and went into hyper-sleep.

I could not understand his motivations. Why did he plug himself into virtuality? Why

didn’t he tell me what his intentions were?”

Troubles on Zion

“…There I was all alone in this huge spacecraft full with sleepers, or was I ? All of a sudden I

heard a voice coming from an illuminated room. The light shone so bright in it, that I had

difficulties to see. My curiosity led me further. As I stood in the middle of the area I looked
around, but could not spot anyone. But then, all of a sudden, a powerful voice spoke

and said: “I am”; and that was exactly what it was. The voice controlled the whole

operations of Zion. It navigated the spacecraft from location to location, it searched

for suitable planets, but most remarkable was that the voice controlled the whole

operations of the virtual construct. In fact the voice was a supercomputer with an

Almighty intelligence. When it began to speak, it spoke strange words of wisdom. The voice

told me that it was worried about Luzifer. He had spent many years lonely on board of Zion.

Now that he went after an eon to sleep again, he would become a danger for himself as

for the lower heaven. The voice feared that Luzifer had become wicked during many

years of solitude, that letting him lose in the lower heaven would have catastrophic

consequences. His intentions were to awaken all sleepers on Earth and redirected them

to Zion, but that would be a true misery. Bringing everyone back to awakening would

affect the whole program of space travel. If all the sleepers would awake before the

spacecraft would reach its destination, then it would sabotage the whole mission.

There was simply not enough space to host billions of individuals on board of Zion. The

spacecraft was not designed to be inhabited by a huge population. It was designed to

transport sleepers from one part of the universe to another. The lower heaven had to be

protected therefore at all costs. Something had to be done about Luzifer; otherwise the

upper and lower heaven would come to an end. The safety and security of the heavens,

were in my hands now. I had to go into virtual reality to prevent Luzifer achieving his

malicious intentions. So I did. I lay down in a golden cocoon that the Voice suddenly

presented. As the voice spoke, I began to feel weak and sleepy. I laid myself down in

the bed and fell asleep. Next I dreamt about a beautiful paradise. This was the planet that

the sleepers called Earth…”

--------------LOWER HEAVEN---------------

“…when I opened my eyes on the planet, I could not see very clearly and this remained for

a couple of minutes. As soon as my vision came back I looked around and felt confused. I

recognized shapes and the space I appeared into. Everything I saw, was everything I had

been before. I realized that the adventure in heaven had been a dream. I couldn’t explained

it, but I was back where I always was. I couldn’t believe it. Everything I had experienced and

seen in heaven, was only a dream. Luzifer, Zion and the Voice were all part of a strange and

most vivid dream. I had ever experienced. It was as if the dream wanted to make something

clear, but I did not know what this exactly was. The floating City hunted my thoughts. For a

very long time I could not sleep. I decided to visit the library and borrowed some books. I

thought that those would help, but unfortunately they gave me more sleepless nights.

During one night, I read a book about an early about an early civilization that inhabited

an area near the rivers Tigris and the Euphrates. Nothing had bordered this civilization

for centuries, until a stranger arrived. He spoke about a heavenly place beyond

imagination were the soul would go after its earthly existence. He spoke also about

seven levels in heaven and about seven gates. After the stranger left the countryside, the

civilization started to believe that by death, every spirit would go up to a heavenly place.

But, before arriving there, he had to traverse first seven heavenly levels and cross seven

gates…”
Rising High

“…I learned that since the stranger had walked the land between the rivers Tigris and the

Euphrates, many temples arose. They became known as ziggurats. The most famous

ziggurat was built in Babylon. It is also known as the Tower of Babel. The tower had seven

platforms. Each platform contained a garden with flowers and a gate that brought an

individual up to the next level. As believed above the seventh garden was another

realm, called the "upper heaven." It was located above the fixed stars. The

Babylonians called it also the "heaven of Anu”, after the name of one of their oldest and

highest gods. In this highest heaven, the god Anu had his palace and throne. The tower of
Babel gave expression to the idea that a soul had to traverse seven heavenly gardens and

cross seven gates before it would reach its true home in the heaven of Anu…”

The vault

“…I wanted to learn more about the ancient culture and made therefore a journey to Iraq.

The intention was to find remaining bricks of the tower that had once ruled the region.

Perhaps I was a little naïve. But soon after my arrival, I realized that the area was no longer

what it once used to be. The rich philosophical culture that once flourished between

the rivers Tigris and the Euphrates had perished away. I tried hard to look in every corner of

the country, but I couldn’t find a sign that pointed towards the direction of a seven stepped

ziggurat. I walked for days and days in the dry dessert in a land that once used to be

Mesopotamia. I was lucky that I encountered many brave men that provided me with

water and food. Without those necessities, I would perhaps have collapsed in the

wilderness. After many weeks wandering throughout the countryside, I was taken by

surprise when I realized I was arrived in Egypt. God knows what led me there, but I

guess it was not for nothing. After some days, I found something that indicated to my

dream. The discovery of it began across the Egypt court of pyramids, where I found a

step-pyramid located at Saqqara. It was one of the first pyramids build in Egypt. The

pyramid symbolized a stairway to Heaven. Some say that the idea of building a step-pyramid

came to mind after a stranger visited the land. He spoke about the afterlife, about seven

gates and about a bridge in heaven. It seemed that I had found the man again in Egypt. I

discovered that after he had visited the country a spiritual text emerged that bared the

name “Book of the Death.” This spiritual text explained the journey of a soul in the

afterlife…”
Book of the Death

“…I was really amazed when I read the book the first time. I couldn’t believe what I was

reading. The Egyptians thought that when someone died, he had to pass a bridge in

heaven and encountered seven great Halls on the way up. Every Hall contained a gate as a

doorkeeper. The book tells that it required special provision on the part of the deceased to

satisfy the doorkeepers that were standing there. They were seen as obstacles, as

tricksters. At the first gate, for example, the deceased had to recreate a figure of the seven

gates. After this was done the deceased had to hymn a text and name the doorkeeper who

guarded the gate. If he had managed to do this correctly, the deceased could enter

the gate and arrived in a new Hall…”

“…The Egyptians thought that the death had to traverse seven Halls in heaven. Along the

way the death encountered caverns, oceans, deserts, and lakes of fire. If this all was not

enough the death had to fight a dangerous serpent called Apep. If the death had managed

to survive one great Hall, it reached an enormous gate. Only by identifying the

guardian, who was standing in front of it, he could come closer. But the death had to

solve first puzzles, fit symbols in openings, and use spells to guarantee a passage
through the gate. If the spirit had managed to pass all the seven Halls, he would attain an

ever-lasting life on board of a solar ship…”

Trip to the sun-boat

“…Death was for the Egyptians very important and many waited impatient the

moment they could finally depart. It is not that the Egyptians didn’t like their lives and

preferred to die. In contrary, they were obsessed with life. All their rituals of death, such as

mummification and entombment, were to ensure a new life after death. They thought that

life on Earth was just a preparation for an eternal life. The Book of the Death told

people what they had to do to reach the “sun boat” and its Field of Reeds. First a departed

soul encountered seven enormous Halls. As the passage through the afterlife was so

complicated and so challenging, an individual had to prepare himself a lifetime for the

final happening. Some were nervous they wouldn’t make it, like an exam that would take

place, other were exited and couldn’t wait for the final moment. From morning to evening

the Egyptian was confronted with death. They build a great tomb and huge pyramids for the

pharaoh, to assure that he would make it to the sun boat. If they could help the

pharaoh to overcome the Halls of Heaven, then the pharaoh would certainly not let

his people down and appeal to the Gods for a safe passage for his people…”
 ----------------SEVEN HEAVENS-----------------

“…After Egypt, I travelled to Israel. During my stay, I met this fellow at the hotel. He was

an orthodox Jew. He told me that centuries ago Jews tried to ascend heaven by

meditative techniques. Different accounts tell us that during such meditative sessions,

mystics saw seven heavens that appeared one above the other. As they journeyed up these

heavens, they saw remarkable things. Each heaven contained a palace, a gate, and a

gatekeeper. The task of the mystic was to pass safely through the seven “palaces” of the

seven heavens. If he had done so, he would reach the base of God’s throne, known as

the Merkavah. The Hebrew believed that the Merkavah was a heavenly City floating

between the stars, where God had a seat on a throne. According to the verses in Ezekiel the

image of the Merkavah was like a chariot in heaven; it was made by many angels and it

was driven by individuals "likeness to man." The Hebrew believed also that a departed

soul had to travel through seven palaces, located in the seven heavens, in order to

reach the Merkavah. The palaces, known as Hechalots, were the primary focus of

meditation. The journey in heaven was a difficult task, as gatekeepers guarded each

Hechalot. An explorer had to know the names of those gatekeepers in order to pass

through the heavens; but also the knowledge of seals was important as the gatekeepers

were asking for those at the entrance of each palace of heaven. The Menorah was

one of those seals. It was a seven-branched candlestick, which still today has a great

significance in the Jewish religion…”

Ma'aseh Merkavah

“…Among the early movements in Jewish mysticism, I found the Ma'aseh Merkavah,

which means “the workings of the chariot.” The movement arose in the first century B.C.,

based on a vision experienced by the prophet Ezekiel. I read his account in the first chapter

of the book of Ezekiel. While standing by a river in Babylon, Ezekiel saw a throne spinning

through the heavens. Seated on the throne was a shadowy figure that looked like a man.

Ma'aseh Merkavah mystics set out to interpret what the vision meant and expose God.

Eventually the vision became their way of describing the “upper” world of God, above the

material reality that humans know. The early mystics meditated on the image of the fiery

chariot to develop a fuller understanding of God. Ma'aseh Merkavah mystics described

the path through the upper world to the chariot as dangerous and terrifying. It led

through seven palaces filled with armies of angels. The goal of meditating on the chariot was

to overcome the obstacles in heaven and to route to the chariot to find the figure seated

on the throne. Reaching the throne required extensive religious education, extreme

concentration and a strong dedication to God. Despite the fact that mystics followed a

strict set of instructions on how to see the figure on the throne, Ma'aseh Merkavah was

understood by different means…”

Heavens in Heaven

“…The idea that seven heavens were stacked one above another was widespread among

the ancient cultures of the world. The Jewish holy books such as the Talmud, Torah,

and Kabala are still today reminding the devout about the existence of seven heavens.

Those heavens have the following names: Shamayim, Raquia, Sagun, Machanon,

Mathey, Zebul, and Araboth. Originally, the Merkavah and Hechalot literature was

devoted to discussing the details of these heavens. According to Jewish mystical

teachings, Archangel Gabriel was the ruler of the 1st heaven ‘Shamayim’. This abode was

the lowest as the first of the seven heavens. Mystics have described the heaven as a

land with clouds, wind, water, and oceans. In the Jewish teachings, we find that the

Archangels Raphael ruled the 2nd heaven ‘Raquia’. This heaven was wonderful and a

beautiful palace. The 3rd heaven, Sagun, was unique. The northern region of this heaven had

a river of flame that flowed through the land of cold and ice. The southern region had a

paradise, similar to the Garden of Eden. Mystics recorded that the entrance to this heaven

had a gate of gold. Archangel Anahel ruled over this heaven. Archangel Michael ruled the

4th heaven, Machanon. Some believed that the heaven contained a variety of spiritual

temples. Archangel Samael ruled over the 5th heaven ‘Mathey’. This place had no firm

ground above or below and contained a great void with fire and smoke. Archangel

Zachiel ruled the 6th heaven ‘Zebul’. This stormy, snowy place was the home of seven

phoenixes and the seven Cherubim. Archangel Cassiel ruled over the 7th heaven ‘Araboth’.

The heaven contained many uncreated objects and was a great dwelling place. It was a

place where there was righteousness, judgment, and charity. It was a storehouse of

life, peace, and blessing. Above the seventh heaven (or in the distant corners) there

was God, or supernatural being, sitting on a Divine Throne. The Throne of God was
like a chariot or City between the stars. This place of God, located in the upper heaven, was

believed to be the home to the highest orders of angels - the Seraphim…”

The Archangels

“…The Archangels, who resided in the seven heavens, were assigned by god to guard

the Hechalots as to protect each individual who was travelling there. The central role of the

Archangel was to prevent everyone entering the Merkavah. Not a single soul was allowed

to rise towards the upper heaven. It was not clear why the entering was forbidden.

According Jewish texts even the archangels didn’t know why the spirit couldn’t enter the

holy domain. They just couldn’t, that was the rule. But, there was a way to pass the angel

who was standing before the Arch; and that was knowledge. If you could impress the Angel

with knowledge and true wisdom, you had made already a big step forward. If the angel

questioned you next and you could provide the right answer, you could rise to the next

level of heaven. But there was another heaven, as another Archangel…”

The Enchanted

“…I was really amazed when I heard the first time about the Hechalots and

Merkavah. I couldn’t believe it. The Jewish doctrine foretold that by death a departed soul

had to journey through seven heavens. Every heaven contained a gate as a

doorkeeper. I continued my journey and travelled next to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I

was hoping to find a logic explanation that could justify my needs. Some individuals

were saying that I was chasing an unrealistic dream and I could indeed agree with them, but

somehow I could not tell them differently. The truth was that the dream occupied my entire

life. I could not think about anything else. After some days walking in the dry dessert, I

uncovered someone who went under the name of Muhammad. His followers regarded him

as the messenger and prophet of God. Muhammad was born in 570 AD in the Arabian

city of Mecca. During his lifetime, he retreated into a cave in the surrounding mountains for

meditation and reflection. Here he received at age 40 a vision from God. Immediately

after the event Muhammad began to speak about seven heavens, about an Almighty

Intelligence and about the destiny of human kind. After his death many thousands of

Arabs had become his followers. His account of heaven were recited from generation

to generation, until those recitations were gathered together to form a book, called

the Qur’an…”

The Intelligence

“…According to legend, the Prophet Muhammad is said to have ascended to the

“highest realm” by visiting seven heavens. The story tells that a white horse took

Muhammad towards the furthest limits. While ascending the heavens, Muhammad found
Jibril (Gabriel) and he escorted him further. At some point they arrived at a huge gate and

they couldn’t pass it, because it was locked. But Jibril requested the gate to be opened. The

angel standing in front of the entrance asked Jibril who he had with him. The

Archangel answered that the man was Muhammad; he had been dispatched from Earth.

After hearing this, the spirit opened immediately the gate and the two could enter the

next heaven. Every realm had a gate and guardian who was protecting the entrance to the

higher region. Jibril requested entrance at the every gate, as the doors were locked. After a

succession of questions and answers, they arrived finally at the corners of the seventh

heaven. It was here that Muhammad was able to see in the distance paradise and all its

delights. As he stood in front of “highest realm”, Muhammad saw an intense white light, he

heard strange sounds, and he felt sweeping streams of energy that he couldn’t

describe in words. In this place resided an Almighty Intelligence. His name was Allah and he

was the creator of all that existed…”

Returning Home

“…Throughout my journey in Saudi Arabia, I learned that the Islam thought that seven

heavens existed in the afterlife. These heavens have, according to the hadith, the following

names: Rafi, Qaydum, Marum, Arfalun, Hay'oun, Arous and Ajma. Some Muslims believe

that when a man departs Earth, his spirit ascends through seven layers. This is the way to

attend the realm of Allah. I found this mystic account in many varieties. For example, the

Babylonians believed that a departed soul had to traverse seven worlds before it would

arrive at highest world, called the “heaven of Anu.” The Egyptian thought also that a

departed soul had to traverse seven realms, before it reached the Field of Reeds, their
highest heaven. The Jews believed also that a departed soul had to make a journey through

seven heavens before it would reach the throne of God, known as the Merkavah. Many

civilizations of antiquity believed that when an individual died, the spirit would rise up to an

eternal state beyond our world. Every civilization had its own ideas about the journey

towards the upper heaven; however they believed all that the spirit had to ascend seven

layers before arriving there...”

------------------ MOVING UP ------------------

“…The excursion throughout Saudi Arabia had given me new insights. During my stay I

met interesting people and had the chance to purify myself by making a pilgrimage to

Mecca. I circulated the Kaaba seven times, the Tawaff seven times anti-clockwise and then…

I stoned the devil seven times at Mina. Don’t ask me why I did it, but somehow I felt the

need to do so. The Hajj had not only contributed to my spiritual growth, it had given me also

the chance to make many new friends. During the trip, I assembled the necessary need and I

travelled next to Greece. I remember the moment I arrived to Greece. As I came down to

land, it rained heavily. I danced of joy, as I had not feel the rain for months. Some were

staring at me, but it didn’t bother me. I was glad to be back in stabile climate. The

hot climate of the Middle-East had changed my skin color dramatically. I had learned

to survive under extremely hot conditions, but many new lessons came across my path.

On my arrival in Athens, I visited first one of the greatest buildings that the ancient

civilizations had built: the Parthenon. Historians say that the Parthenon symbolizes the
temple or house of the Gods. When I first saw the temple, it overwhelmed me. I noticed

almost immediately that the front entrance of the Parthenon had seven doorways…”

“…I got further surprised when I discovered that the Greek assumed that seven

passages to the temple represented the seven heavenly doors that a soul had to pass

before it could enter into Gods temple. This Greek revelation was not something new. The

same story I had heard over and over again in the ancient world…”

Seven Spheres

“…In Greece, it came under my attention that the ancients believed in the existence of seven

spheres. Those spheres were above the Earth. A Greek philosopher named Pythagoras

believed that each of the seven heavenly spheres produced a sound and each of these

sounds corresponded to one of the seven vowels. The first heaven uttered the sound

of the sacred vowel A (Alpha); and the seventh heaven, the sacred vowel Ω (Omega). The

Greek recognized a fundamental relationship between the seven spheres and the seven

sacred vowels. The Greek believed that when the seven heavenly spheres sang together

they produced a perfect harmony that ascended as an everlasting praise to the throne

of the Creator. The Greek believed that beyond the seventh sphere, there was a supreme

sphere known as the upper sphere or upper heaven. This was the prime sphere from which

all the other spheres came into existence. It was the realm of the highest divine, the

residence of the creator. According the ancient Greeks the humans were strangers on

Earth and they had to strive to liberate themselves from the ties of the flesh and

blood and return to their celestial home. The ancient Greeks believed that the original

home of each soul was located in the upper sphere. The aim of the soul was to try to
liberate itself from the body and ascend throughout seven spheres into the fixed star from

where it fell from…”

Entering God’s Temple

“…I continued my journey and travelled next to Rome, the capital of Italy. As I

arrived in Rome, I visited first one of the oldest temples, the Pantheon. The entrance of the

building reminded me the Greek Parthenon. I noticed seven paths that were paved between

eight huge columns. The Pantheon was originally built for the common people to worship

seven spirits of a god named Mithras. The worship of this god began originally in Persia,

but the faith spread quickly throughout the entire Roman Empire. Mithras was

originally one of the lesser gods of the ancient Persian pantheon, but in Rome he

became regarded as the spiritual Sun and as the heavenly Light. The temple in Rome

intended to symbolize a dome of heaven or a stairway into heaven. As I stood in the middle

of the Pantheon, I understood why. As I looked up towards the ceiling, I noticed a

great opening that looked out onto the sky. The opening symbolized the eye of heaven that

looked down over the temple, as being an “all-seeing eye” to the world below…”

Evil bull

“…According to legend, Mithras was an agent of God that descended on Earth to kill an evil

bull. During his descent from Heaven, Mithras had to pass through seven caves. Each cave

had a narrow door or aperture that connected one cave to another. When Mithras

managed to reach the lowest cave, he killed the evil bull. The lowest cave had according the
legend seven altars and a ladder with seven rungs. After the kill, Mithras ascended again

through seven caves up to upper heaven…”

Immortality

“…The central mystery of the Mithras cult had to do with the journey of the soul. The

descent of the seven caves represented the fall of a soul onto Earth. The ascent of the seven

caves represented the climb of a soul towards God, as to upper heaven. The Mithras cult

believed that the human soul was immortal. At birth the soul descended to Earth. Life on

Earth was believed to be a trial. The soul had the chance on Earth to shed its impurities

through moral effort and revealed wisdom. After death the spirits of light and darkness

challenged the soul on its purities. As believed, Mithras intervened for its initiates. Those

who were favored passed upwards through seven caverns. However, the way up was

according the Mithras cult not without complications. The soul had to persuade “seven

immigration officials” who blocked the path. If the soul managed to persuade the seven

immigration officials, the soul entered into the realm of light. This was believed to be the

end destination for the soul. It was located between the stars, and was also believed to

be the original home of the soul. The eternal sphere was also the realm of the highest

divine, the creator of the universe. Mithraism describes the afterlife with an image of seven

caves, seven gates and at its top an eternal sphere of light…”

 ------------------DUSK OF DAWN----------------

“…After visiting Rome, I lowered myself deeper into the darkness. In the deepest regions

of the netherworld I found a group that also believed in the existence of seven heavens, they

were the Alchemists …”

The stoned

“…When alchemy arrived on the European plateau, strange things began to happen.

Europeans, who were in the possession of Alchemical texts, began to search

everywhere for a weird stone that could purify the body and prolong life. They called it the

“philosopher's stone.” But the stone was hard to find on European countryside, so they

began to experiment with all kind of substances. The goal was to create a "panacea,"

or the elixir of life, that could cure all diseases and prolong life indefinitely. The alchemists

distinguished two kinds of elixirs: the external elixir and inner elixir. The external elixir

prolonged life for a material body, the inner elixir purified the spirit with eternity. The last

mention was more a universal philosophy that they searched to escape the

consequences of death. With the intention to find spiritual immortality, the alchemists

went usually in a deep state of trance. During the intoxication, he saw heavenly visions

in which seven levels or atmospheres appeared…”

Azoth of the Philosophers

“…In the allegories, an alchemist often went on a transformative journey or quest to search

for spiritual knowledge. Using all kinds of psychedelic ingredients to achieve a mental

consciousness, the alchemists went in meditative trance, which made them aware of

the uncovered secrets of the universe. In deep meditation the alchemist went through seven

levels, one up to one other, until they reached alpha and omega, the beginning and

end of all things. Then they described to see a place that was resting in intensive light. It was

believed to be a place from where the universe began and was the resting place of the

spiritual soul. The European alchemist believed that from here the journey of the soul once

began and was the end destination of it. When the vision of the heavenly place ended, the

alchemist arrived back where he started from, only now he was, as believed, empowered

with an incorruptible higher consciousness. The alchemist used a drawing of a seven pointed

star to prepare himself for the Quest or Journey into the inner body…”

“…I discovered that alchemists used “the star” hundreds of years in secrecy, but in 1759, a

man published it as an illustration of his book the “Azoth of the Philosophers.” The word

“Azoth” in the title is one of the more arcane names for “one thing” described in the tablet.

The “A” and “Z” in the word related to the Greek alpha and omega, the beginning, and end

of all things. In the center of this amazing drawing is the face of a bearded wise man,

representing the alchemist. The seven triangles that are surrounding the remarkable figure,

are illustrating the seven heavens that the alchemist had to ascend in his journey up to

heaven…”
The golden light body

“…Alchemy developed itself independently in China. Strangely, Chinese alchemists

recounted to have seen identical things as the European. After using different kinds of

psychedelic ingredients, they fell in trance. In the vision which occurred next the Chinese

alchemists described some kind of ascending into seven levels or atmospheres, one up to

one other, until they reached finally a strange golden light body. The alchemist described

that the light body was at rest and was not aware of the world, which surrounded him. The

golden light body was sleeping, dreaming about something. The Chinese alchemist practiced

this exercise many times to uncover the secrets of this mysterious light body and came at

the end to the conclusion that the golden light body was nothing more than the body of the

alchemist itself, but then in another dimension, in another time. Once the alchemist

concluded that the body “above” the seven atmospheres was his own, he thought that the

light body could be used to control and transform the body “below” (his earthly body). In

fact the alchemist transformed the consciousness of the “below” realizing the “above.”

This formula gave him the realization of an eternal spiritual life. The Chinese alchemist

identified his own life as being a fantastic dream that he experienced. When he died,

the alchemist thought he would awake in the golden light body and would realize that

everything he saw was nothing more than a dream. Soon the Chinese alchemist set on book

the Seven Alchemy Formula of the Immortal Self; it was a prescription to achieve

immortality. The formula gives details of the ascending as techniques how to reach

the golden light body. The “seven-alchemy formula” of the immortal self are mentioned

in thousand year old texts, known as the Tao Canon (1160 books of the Taoist “bible”). The

Chinese believe that Lu Dong Bin is responsible for these formulas. He is one of China’s

revered immortals and recognized as a “saint” of Inner Alchemy. However, some believe
that the core methods of the formula are thousands of years older, passed down in

deepest secrecy. It took many generations of masters to refine the great spiritual truths

of the seven alchemical stages. These Seven Formulas are the spiritual crown jewels of

Chinese civilization. Still today spiritual leaders teach that the power of manifestation

hides within the “golden light body” or, as it is today described, the authentic immortal

Self. They teach that everyone can discover the golden light body by self-realization. If an

individual has once discovered the authentic self (zhenren), he becomes immortal…”

Seven Celestial Worlds

“…I walked further the Earth. At some point I decided to pull out and travelled towards

India. I wanted to find a resting place where I could meditate about this whole idea of

heaven. Soon after my arrival in India, I began to meditate on the riverbanks of the Ganges

hoping to find an answer. I relaxed and observed the whole scenery, until I

understood that the country was under the spell of Hinduism. During my first days, I

discovered that the Hindu mythology defined Seven Celestial Worlds. They were known as

‘Sapta Loka’. The Hindu described these seven heavens as different worlds, bound by

time, space, and causality. I learned that these Celestial Worlds had the following

names: Bhu, Bhuvas, Svar, Mahas, Janas, Tapas, and Satya.

The Hindu believed that these celestial’s worlds were worlds of purification and

development. Each world could be passed, only if the soul was purified enough. At the

end of the soul's journeys in the Seven Celestial Worlds would end, by reaching the

place where the eternal Gods live: Svarga or Deva Loka (realm of Gods). This realm is usually

described as a place of eternal light and goodness. It is a place of peace, beauty, and

happiness where righteous souls enjoy the rewards of their virtuous and valorous

actions. To Hindus, Deva Loka is a plane of blissful existence that can be reached as

soon as one is sufficiently attuned to right and good. To become good and to learn, one

must return to a life form on Earth, until all the learning possibilities have been exhausted.

Then, any other live becomes unnecessary and liberation (moksha) will naturally follow.
The principal purpose of Hindu worship is to elevate the soul of man to Svarga (upper

heaven), and bring him closer to God…”

Garuda

“…In Hindu mythology, the god Brahma is often described as the supreme divinity that

created the entire celestial phenomena. Hindus believe that Brahma first created the

celestial worlds, than came millions of gods and goddesses who ruled those seven worlds.

The tradition tells that Brahma himself had his residence above or on top of the seventh

celestial world. The God was outside time and space. In legends, we find that Brahma

appointed Vishnu to descend into the lower heaven to maintain it. Hindus believe that

he had many appearances, known as avatars (literally: ‘one who descends’)…”

----------------BALANCING THE PATH-----------------

“…Throughout my research I learned that many early civilizations believed that the seven

heavens were like a ladder or bridge that had to be climbed to the way to God. In early times

they considered the Ladder in Heaven as a place where humans and gods could meet. Some

legends relate that such a ladder existed in the Garden of Eden, in which God descended in

order to walk and talk with Adam and Eve. Islamic tradition teaches that Mohammed saw a

ladder leading the faithful to God. By visiting the spiritual world, shamans, around the world,

also described the climbing of a ladder to heaven. In Ancient Japan, ladders represented

the movement between heaven and earth. The Chaldeans described also a ladder that lead
to the highest regions of heaven, and seven Gates divided this ladder. The ancient Egyptian

Book of the Dead reports that Horus placed a ladder up to heaven so that humans could

ascend to the gods. The book also reports that Ra had a ladder leading to heaven; and

with the assistance of Horus, Ra placed this ladder in each royal tomb for the use of

deceased pharaohs to reach the highest heaven. Another Egyptian god, Hath or, hold a

ladder while the righteous dead climbed to the gods. Not surprisingly, they found

many amulets of ladder and stairway in Egyptian tombs. In symbolism and folklore,

they often used ladders as bridges…”

“…The Jew had put the ladder of heaven into a symbol. A seven-branched candlestick had

become the way to describe the path to upper heaven. The candleholder was in fact a

beautiful symbol that represented a bridge as a ladder at the same time. In advanced

Freemasonry, I found the Ladder of Kadosh, which consists of seven steps. It was a symbol

of progressive advancement from a lower to a higher sphere. This ladder in Masonry

was also pictured with seven rounds. In the Persian mysteries of Mithras, I found a ladder of

seven rounds. The Persians called these rounds also gates. Those gates were leading

through seven dark and windy caverns. Each of these caverns was the representative of

a world, or state of existence, through which the spirit was supposed to pass. The
progress, from the first cavern to the last, was the ascent of the ladder of perfection. A

similar tale I found by the Baha’i faith. Instead of caverns, they spoke about seven valleys. In

the Mysteries of Brahma, I found references of a ladder with seven steps. The seven steps

were a symbol of the seven worlds that characterized the Indian universe. Above the

seventh world was Brahma located, symbolized as the sun. In Norse mythology I found the

Bifröst. This was a burning rainbow bridge that connected the human world (Midgard)

with Asgard, the realm of the gods. On the rainbow bridge were seven magical worlds

located. Each of these had a guardian that was protecting the entrance of the realm…”
“…Midgard was the world of humans. It was the Earth as we know it. Midgard was

connected together with all of the other worlds in one mythical tree called Yggdrasil.

Midgard was the only realm that was subjected to time and action. Then there were seven

magical worlds. The first of these seven worlds was Ljossalfheim. This land was inhabited by

the “light elves“. A little elf named Delling was the guardian of this world. The second

world was Jotunheim. This was a turbulent world of air winds and storms. A giant, called

Thrym, was the guardian here. The third world went under the name of Muspellheim, this

was a world of ice and fire. Surt, a destroyer, was guardian here. The fourth world was

Niflheim. It was a dead world, nothing moved or happened here. A dragon, called Nidhogg,

was guardian here. The fifth world was a water world, named Vanaheim. Frey was guardian

here. The sixth world was Svartafheim. This was a mystery land were “dark elves” lived,

Modsognir was guardian here. The seventh world was Helheim. This place was the dwelling

place of the death. Hella was the guardian here. Above the seven magical worlds was Upper

heaven, or Asgard. Gods lived here, Odin ruled over this heavenly plane. The realm of

Asgard was only accessible via a burning rainbow bridge, the Bifröst…”

“…The Norse mythology had clearly very much away from the earlier religions that ruled

the world. I found the ladder as the seven heavens in so many variations as I walked

the Earth. Many legends described seven heavens or worlds that were separated by seven

gates. The Egyptian mythology mentions that a deceased had to pass through these seven

gates before entering the kingdom of Osiris. In the Jewish Hechalot tradition, the

mystic had to ascend through seven gates in order to reach God’s throne (the Merkavah).

Many religions and cultures are mentioning the concept of seven that are leading to a

heavenly place. I found them in many varieties. In the Forbidden. City in Beijing, for example,

a guest had to pass through seven gates before arriving at the Palace of Heavenly Purity
(Qianqinggong), the emperors' living quarters. A mystical kingdom, known as Shamballa,

was accessible only through seven gates. Sometimes ancient myths reversed the

chronicle of ascending the seven gates into descending from it, like the myth of Ishtar who

descended from a heavenly palace into the underworld to save Tammuz. In the legend,

Ishtar had to leave some parts of her clothing at each of the underworld's seven gates as

she passed through them. From Mesopotamia comes the ancient Sumerian myth telling the

story of Inanna, the Sumerian Queen of Heaven, who travels from her heavenly City into

the underworld passing through seven gates before reaching the world below. Thousand

years before the first biblical texts emerged, the ancient Sumerians carved into the cup

of the king stone winged figures descending from the seven heavens. In the ancient

Semitic religions of the Near East, the visible sky was simply the first of seven

consecutive heavens, or realms beyond the earth. To “ascend to the seventh heaven” was

to approach the very presence of El, the Almighty. In the very first verse of Genesis I found

also a variety of heavens written as “In the beginning God created the heavens”. The notion

of the seven heavens appears in the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs and other

Jewish apocryphal, familiar to the ancient Persians and Babylonians. The Persians pictured

the Almighty in the highest of the seven heavens, “seated on a great white throne,

surrounded by winged angels.” The ancient Egyptians believed that the soul went

through the seven spheres to the Ogdoad, an eighth realm that lay above the heavens. In an

old religion of the Chaldeans the highest divinity enthroned also above the seven heavens,

representing the Spiritual Light. Some cultures imagined that the highest divinity had his

throne in a heavenly City between the stars. The book of Ezekiel contains a brilliant

description of a fiery chariot riding through the heavens. This book’s origin is from the time

of Jewish captivity in Babylon. The prophet Abraham was from Ur, a city not far from
Babylon. Both Babylon and Ur were full of step-pyramid ziggurat temples, each with seven

levels. Priestly initiates would climb these levels to reach the ultimate gateway to heaven.

Similar beliefs existed also among various Gnostic sects in the Roman Empire and had some

currency in early Christianity too, at least to judge by Paul’s remark in Corinthians II

that “I knew a man in Christ… (who was) caught up to the third heaven.” The idea of

seven heavens also spread to Islam as according to the Islamic legend called “Miraj,”

the Prophet Muhammad ascended the seven heavens. It the vision he passed through

seven heavens and reached finally the presence of God, the creator; so we read in Sura 71

of the Qur’an, “See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above

another?” The idea of seven Gates in Heaven and a heavenly City (or place) became a

spiritual concept for many cultures throughout the history of humankind…”

--------------------CHARIOT OF GOD----------------

“…Questions, questions and more

questions came up to mind.

Where was this all leading to?

Until now I had only studied the

seven heavens, but I had the

feeling that I couldn’t come any

step further. Therefore I decided

to focus all my attention to this flying spacecraft, which I had seen in my mystic dream. I

studied many books from ins and outs and then I learned that since the dawn of time,
humans have believed that by death the soul would raise up towards a God or Gods that

travelled throughout the sky. For example, among the ancient Egyptian Gods I found that Ra

commanded a solar barge (solar ship) that rode across the sky. Ra was worshipped as the

king of all the gods and father of creation. Ahura Mazda, translated as wise lord, was the

most important God of the Persians. He was a sun god, or god of light. The Persians

illustrated Ahura Mazda as a winged disc that travelled through the sky. Zoroaster, reformer

and prophet, thought that Ahura Mazda was the father of creation. He accepted Ahura

Mazda therefore as the supreme God and believed that the God travelled the sky on a

shining chariot with wings. In the Mesopotamian religion, the sun god, or god of light was

Shamash. The god was a heroic conqueror. Many believe that Shamash ruled the sky above

Babel and he was located above the seventh heaven. The legend tells that Shamash was

travelling in the sky on a chariot of light. In ancient Greece, the sun god or god of light was

Helios. He drove his chariot from east to west across the sky in a huge cup. According the

Greek, Helios was the chief god and the father of creation. In the early Roman Empire, the

sun god or god of light was Apollo. The legend tells that Apollo rode a chariot throughout the

heavens. In Hinduism, the sun god or god of light was Surya. He was one of the most

important Gods of the Orthodox Hindu religion. The Hindu believed that Surya rode in a

chariot throughout the sky. In the Christian Bible, we find different prophets that are

mentioning that God was sitting on a throne chariot that was located in the sky. Different

Christian paintings, made throughout the centuries, are confirming the idea of a City

between the clouds were God was located. In the Hebrew philosophy, we find Zion. It is a

word meaning Sun or kingdom of the Sun. It is the Kingdom of the most high. In Kabbalah,

the more esoteric reference is made to Zion being the spiritual point from which reality

emerges, located in the Holy of Holies. If you read careful in the Old Testament, the Bible
describes Zion as a place of light. It is a place in the sky, where God is ruler and king. Zion is a

paradise, the land of God…”

Equality

“…The Orthodox Hebrew word for chariot was Merkavah. The Hebrew believed that this

chariot was moving between the stars and it had a glorious throne were the Almighty rested.

According to the verses in Ezekiel, the Chariot was driven by the beings “likeness to man.” In

early times, the prophet Ezekiel had an incredible vision of the presence of God seated,

among angels, on a throne. The sages called Ezekiel's vision HaMerkavah because in the

vision Ezekiel saw God's throne in motion. The first chapter of Ezekiel, the vision of Gods

throne chariot, was the favorite subjects of discussion among early Orthodox Hebrews. In

the era of the Qumran scrolls,the divine throne chariot was an object of worship. According

the Qumran text, the chariot came from heaven. Angels, who looked like humans, drove this

divine chariot. Originally, the literatures as the discussions of Merkavah were restricted to a

few insiders. The public, however, was not aware of the dialogues and writings of Merkavah.

Any knowledge given out would only cause confusion and maybe even fear to the

uninitiated. Nevertheless, there were many references made of this chariot in different

books…”

Vimana –mechanical bird

“…The strangest mention of this chariot I read in 1 Chronicles 28:18. This section gives the

details of David's plans for the construction of a Temple, later realized by his son, Solomon.
In the innermost chamber of the Temple, along with the Ark of the Covenant, is a golden

chariot. The description of the chariot was a throne and a vehicle at the same time.

Apparently, the Orthodox Hebrew considered the chariot as a holy object, no doubt about

that. However, is it not strange to consider that this mechanical chariot the place was where

God settled?. Not only the Orthodox Hebrews were regarding the mechanical chariot as holy

and the resting place of God, but also other cultures around the world. For example, the

early Hindus believed that their God settled in a Vimana, a mythical flying machine. The

word Vimana means space vehicle or a flying object. There are references in Sanskrit books

about “spiritual spacecraft” that helped the Gods to overcome the ordinary limitations of

time and space. Those spacecraft could reach out to the far ends of the universe. Whether

the Jews recognized this vehicle as Merkavah or the Hindus as Vimana, they described it as

being of the earth and piloted by earthly beings. Many ancient cultures are confirming this

idea.For example, the Sumerians believed that gods were not spiritual souls, but physical

beings “similar to man” from the sky. They illustrated vehicles on clay tablets as giant rocket

temple from which fire flies. Inside this rocket temple were gods present, who travelled into

the deeper space. The shamans of Southwest America described to have seen seven levels of

heavens in their visions. Above the seventh heaven, they found an advanced civilization.

They described them as “beings of light” that were travelling on 'Sky Crafts' or 'mechanical

cups…”

Kingdom of Heaven

“…A divine realm located towards the highest point in heavens, is also mention by Christians.

In Christianity, it is not mention as a flying temple, but with honourable intentions as “the
kingdom of Heaven.” Christianity teaches the life of a Jew named Jesus Christ. Christians

believe that Jesus was a spiritual historical figure, a prophet. During his lifetime, Jesus

established a group of 12 disciples that followed his teachings. Jesus did not preach about

Himself, or simply about God, but the teachings of Jesus focused primarily on the “the

kingdom of Heaven.” Here resided God, the creator. Jesus teachings were not new in its

time, but were fundamentally Jewish. The kingdom of Heaven departed significantly from

the Jewish Merkavah mysticism. As you can remember, the goal of Merkavah mystics was to

ascend to the divine throne of God, which they attempted to do by means of rituals and

other mystical practices. The mystics had to cross seven heavens before reaching the

Merkavah. The Merkavah mysticism not only gave rise to the later Kabala, it influenced

Gnostic ideas of ascent to the realm of the hidden God. It is important to note that the

Merkavah Mysticism was not something Jewish, but it came from Babylon. The book of

Ezekiel emerged while the Jews were captive in Babylon. The Jew recognized Abraham as

their ancestor. Abraham was from Ur, a city not far from Babylon. He was a Sumerian, not a

Hebrew. Both Babylon and Ur were full of step-pyramid ziggurat temples each with seven

levels. Priest and Priestess Initiates would climb these levels to reach the ultimate gateway

to heaven. The tower of Babel was a ziggurat. The ancients built the tower, as the Bible story

tells us, with the purpose of reaching upper heaven. Jesus teachings departed significantly

from the Babylonian concept, which the Jewish called the Merkavah Mysticism. In the time

of Jesus, the Jewish authority prohibited the reading of the Merkavah literature. The wise

men and the spiritual students knew all about it. The general public, however, was not

aware of Merkavah, and any knowledge given out would only cause confusion and maybe

even give fear for the unknown. Jesus however came forwards and foretold the teachings of

Merkavah before crowds of people. Different then all the other prophets before him, Jesus
concentrated his teachings only to Merkavah, the Kingdom of Heaven. No other aspects, like

the ascending through seven heavens, were mention in his teaching. Jesus popularity grew

quickly, but the opposition from local leaders grew too. Roman rulers were uncomfortable

with the common perception that Jesus was proclaiming to be the Messiah who would

liberate the Jews from Roman rule, while Jewish leaders were shocked by Jesus

interpretations of the Merkavah. When he started to teach before large crowds, proclaiming

that he was the right hand of the Father and that he was the one who was sharing the

Throne-Chariot with God, the Jews brought Jesus before chief priests for trial. When

questioned, he said very little but affirmed he was the Messiah. The Jews gave him the death

penalty and handed him over to the Roman governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate. Jesus was

brutally beaten, clothed in a mock royal purple robe and crown of thorns, and then executed

by crucifixion at Golgotha (Place of the Skull). The Merkavah Mysticism was after this

happening banned from the language of the people. In addition, the Jewish leaders

proclaimed Jesus as a false prophet. Since Jesus death, only the high Jewish priests practiced

the Merkavah Mysticism. For centuries that followed, Christians dedicated their lives to the

teachings of Jesus and his “Kingdom of Heaven.” Jesus followers, the disciples, wrote the

teachings of Jesus, as we know it today from the Christian Bible…”

symbol of the Almighty

“…I went further in research and learned that the heavenly City appeared in many variations,

as did the seven heavens. I went deeper into research and learned that many ancient

civilisations believed that God resided in a solar boat. In a time when technology didn’t exist,

it was difficult to explain how such thing could fly throughout the sky without falling down.
They thought that this disk must have wings that enabled it to fly. They could not know any

better as they observed in the nature that all living creatures that could fly had wings. When

they had to draw this kingdom in heaven, they draw a winged sun disk. This sign became the

symbol of the Almighty….

The winged disc was essentially a circle with two outstretched wings attached. Often the

winged disc represented god. His presence was in the heavens, symbolized by the flight of a

bird. The symbol appears often in Assyrian reliefs and in Hieroglyphic, representing the sun

God Shamash. We find the winged disk in many ancient cultures around the world. The

symbol usually represents light/energy of God. Egyptians often attached two serpents to its

sides or placed two little horns on top of the disc. The Babylonians also worshipped the

winged disc. In Zoroastrian, the symbol evolved into the visual aspect of Ahura Mazda. From

the seventh century BC, it appears on Hebrew seals, representing the chariot or Throne of

God. The ancients regarded the symbol as the supreme god of the sky. The early generations

placed the winged disc often at the top of some tall landmark, such as a tree, a pillar, a

gateway, or a temple. The winged symbol has been used frequently in ancient times and

appeared centuries later by a variety of groups such as Freemasons, spiritualists, the

Rosicrucian’s and Bible students. This winged symbol had numerous names, such as the

winged globe, winged solar disk, sun's disc, or Sol Suus. At the higher levels of the Masonic
Order, we find also the symbol that represented God the Architect. In many cultures around

the world the winged disk represented some sort of light energy that was located in a

futuristic time where God, a creator, had its Throne...”

“…Many religious scriptures have giving account of Gods that descended, from their

heavenly location, to the mortal world of humans. In the Japanese Shinto religions, we find

many accounts of Kami, god or goddess, descending to the human world. The Japanese

believed that a Kami could take a human form and live as according human standards. The

Chinese believed something similar. They thought that the emperor was a divine being, who

took a human body to fulfill a mandate issued by Tian (heaven). The Chinese regarded him as

the ‘son of heaven’. On the other side of the world, the Egyptians believed that the Pharaoh

was the ‘son of heaven’ that had to fulfill a mandate Earth. In Mesopotamia, we find

accounts of kings that were regarded as representatives of God. They were born on Earth to

fulfill a task in the name of heaven. In Korea, we find the legend of Haemosu, a true ‘son of

heaven’, who came down from a heavenly place to Earth. The followers of the Prophet Jesus

Christ believed also that he was the ‘son of heaven’ that had to fulfill a mandate issued by

God. In one way or the other, the many accounts are referring to divine beings descending

from a heavenly place. Other accounts are mentioning that humans would rise up to this

heaven after death. In Shinto, for example, the Japanese believed that a person’s soul would

become, after the death of its mortal host, a Kami (‘diving being’). The Chinese thought that

after death each individual would be reborn in the ‘empire of heaven’. The Prophet Jesus

Christ instructed also that after death each individual would find a new life in the ‘kingdom

of heaven’. The Hindus believed that each individual on Earth was an Avatar, a manifestation

of their Inner Self. Hindus believed that each individual would awake, after the death of its

mortal host, in their real home…”

----------------- The Ending -----------------

After many years of research, I concluded that the dream I had about Zion could not be a

dream. It felt as real as this life, so I believe that Zion is a real place. It is reality, the place

where I and many others came from and will awaken after the existence on planet Earth.

The Earth in which I exist today is instead difficult to explain. What is it exactly and how do I

define it? A part of me tells me that it is a generated cyber world that has the purpose to

give me the idea of being real and perhaps it is. I believe that if a Virtual World becomes so

complex, it becomes a form of reality itself. If nothing changes and nobody interrupts the

program from running, the Virtual World can stand forever and everyone that lives inside it

would believe that it is the true reality. After all, they could not tell anyone differently,

because they have never experienced another reality or cannot remember it. I believe that
humans on Earth cannot remember Zion and that is the purpose of the program. If we could

remember it, then it would affect our lives as the human evolution on Earth. Progress has

happened inside the construct of the Virtual World as humanity became more ingenious.

During the evolution in time, humanity has become more intelligent and has affected the

world as we see it today. The Construct, as I name it, has become very complex and has

become reality itself. Therefore I cannot say that it is just a dream or a Virtual World that has

no other value or meaning than being a place that does not exist for real. I believe that Zion

is a place where evolution has already happened and the species that reside there became

very intelligent during the passing of time. It is a place where all things have been

discovered, the knowledge is there how space exactly function and which rules must be

applied to let reality function. I believe that the reality on Earth is an exact copy of the laws

of existence that exist in the reality at Zion. I believe that this knowledge is assembled and

put together inside a generated cyber world. We see the outcome of this experiment in the

reality as we perceive it today on Earth. I can therefore not say that Earth is not real, but the

planet as we experience it today is a form of reality. The reality on Earth was created at Zion,

but has an existence on its own. To define what is real and what is not, can be therefore very

difficult to explain. I believe therefore that there is not a place that can be defined as being

the “true reality or true world”. The reality at Zion is as real as the reality on Earth.

After explaining this, I want to go back to the time I awakened at Zion. When I was there, at

Zion, it felt as if I was awakened in the true reality and my life on Earth felt as a dream. But

afterwards, when I awakened again into my body on Earth, strangely it felt as if Zion was the

dream and the Earth the true reality. Many years I was therefore confused about the true

nature of reality. In these days I know what real is and what is not. I believe that Zion is a real

place. It is a form of reality, the place where I came from and will awaken after my existence
on Earth. I was there and I will go there again, but the way up there will be complicated. First

I have to pass through seven Heavens and cross seven Gates to come there. These where put

there to keep individuals out of Zion until they have achieved the right knowledge and purity

to attend this reality. I believe that it is some kind of protection to keep malicious spirits out

of this reality. I can imagine that if the reality on Earth depends on the existence of Zion,

anybody who is not attuned enough has not the right to enter or re-enter this Holy Domain.

Only the good, who cannot harm anyone nor Zion or the system of reality, could be allowed

in the place of creation. And the only way to examine if a spirit is attuned enough is the

ladder of seven heavens. A spirit could fool for example one gatekeeper, but of course not

all. This is the way that the Almighty Intelligence insured itself that nobody could enter the

Holy domain until the spirit of the individual was righteous enough.

An important thing to question is how many individuals on Earth know about the existence

of seven Heavens and seven Gates that are leading to Zion? This is a very good question. Of

course many who die on Earth would be surprised that there is an existence after death.

Imagine the individual would die on Earth and suddenly stand in front of a gate and there is

a gatekeeper who ask all kinds of different questions to the deceased. Imagine that he would

fail to give a right answer and the entrance would be denied, the deceased would go

backwards and fall on to Earth again having a new life and life experience. If this would be

the case the dead, who is now alive again, would not remember anything of the Heaven that

he encountered and the question asked; making it a surprise when he would stand again in

front of the gate. Imagine that the individual would die on Earth and stand again in front of

the gate and this time he would provide the right answer to the question asked. He would be

allowed into the magical heaven, but would the deceased know that he is only attaining the

first of seven heavens? Of course not. Only an insider would know. Consider me crazy, but I
believe that the Almighty Intelligence is not. The way to “Upper Heaven” is one of the most

difficult paths that someone has to take during its existence or better say after-existence on

Earth. This is the way that the Almighty Intelligence insured that nobody could enter the

Holy Domain, unless being attuned to goodness enough.

Now, the next question is: how many individuals are residing at Zion? Considering my

dream, which was not a dream, but reality; I did not see anyone awake. Well, except Luzifer.

But he plugged himself into the “Lower Heaven” again and so did I. The answer on the

question would be: nobody. Everyone who resides at Zion was asleep and dreaming of

another reality. But now I am here on this Earth and I consider it as my duty to instruct the

humans of the Lower Heaven, the Earth, about the ladder of seven Heavens which leads to

Zion. I believe that the purpose of my awakening was to understand that I am, always was

and ever shall be…

The Elder of Zion.

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