Season I: Maps of the Afterlife

About Season I: Maps of the Afterlife

Discussion here ranges from cross-tradition comparison to focused analysis of individual afterlife cosmologies, rites, and metaphysical systems.

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Cross-tradition discussion of the six afterlife cosmologies in Season I, including shared symbols, contrasts, and recurring metaphysical themes.

Discussion of Gnostic Christian cosmology, salvation, archons, and liberation of the divine spark.

Discussion of Sufi cosmology, annihilation, subsistence, and the soul’s return to the Beloved.

Discussion of Kabbalistic afterlife doctrine, soul fragments, repair, and ascent through the worlds.

The Great Return