'It is a being of mortal build, a messenger who awaits our coming, and who is to take charge of your person and conduct you farther,' he replied. Then I observed, upright and motionless, on the edge of the shore that reached toward the inner shell of earth, towards that 'Unknown Country' beyond, a figure in human form. The shore became more distinctly outlined as we advanced, inequalities that were before unnoticed became perceptible, and the silver-like material resolved itself into ordinary earth. That shelving approach beneath is the entrance to the 'Inner Circle,' the concavity of our world.'Īgain we approached the visible substance, moving gently under the will of my guide. 'That overhanging upright bluff reaches towards the external surface of the earth, the land of your former home. 'It is the bisected edge of the earth crevice,' he said. 'Tell me, what is this barrier?' I asked. I did so, and we rested in front of a ridge of brilliant material, that in one direction, towards the earth's outer circle, broadened until it extended upward as far as the eye could reach in the form of a bold precipice, and in the other towards the inner world, shelved gradually away as an ocean beach might do.

Quick, wish with all your mind that you were motionless.' 'Hold cease your desire for onward motion,' said the guide 'we approach too rapidly. It grew broader, expanding beneath my gaze, and appeared to approach rapidly. IS THAT A MORTAL?'THE END OF EARTH.'Īt length I perceived, in the distance, a crescent-shaped ring of silver luster. Sacred Texts Earth Mysteries Index Previous NextĮtidorhpa, by John Uri Lloyd,, at For vexing my friends with problems that seemingly do not concern in the least men in my position, and for venturing to think, superficially, it may be, outside the restricted lines of a science bound to the unresponsive crucible and retort, to which my life has been given, and amid the problems of which it has nearly worn itself away, I have no plausible excuse, and shall seek none.Etidorhpa: Chapter LI. For much, on the one hand, that it may seem should have been excluded, and on the other, for giving place to ideas nearer to empiricism than to science, I am also responsible. Venable could not eradicate, I accept as wholly my own. Structural imperfections as well as word selections and phrases that break all rules in composition, and that the care even of Prof. The illustrations, excepting those mechanical and historical, making in themselves a beautiful narrative without words, are due to the admirable artistic conceptions and touch of Mr. Venable, who reviewed the manuscript of this work, I am indebted for many valuable suggestions, and I can not speak too kindly of him as a critic.

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