I agree, this song is about the afterworld. According to the Book of Urantia, the next level of existence for the human soul is the "mansion world."
However, there is indication in his lyrics that he does not mean for us to think of heaven in the adjective sense of the word, but most definately as a noun. That this "place we go to" is a physical world which we are reborn on.
Elijah often refers to ancient cultures in his lyrics, such as the Hittites. I think that he believes an ancient concept of the afterlife which was a strong part of Sumerian, Babylonian, and Egyptian cultures and quite possibly had an influence on early Christian and Jewish Messianic beliefs. (However i can;t be certain, i would sure like to sit down with the man and pick his brain.) I'm pulling this from one line in this song; "faster than the seven sattelites." I'll try to explain as simply as possible as to why this is significant:
Surely most reading this would of heard about theories of a "Planet X" or a final planet in our solar system that remains undiscovered. There is one theory which holds ground in the ancient religious beliefs of aforementioned peoples and their astronomical observations. This theory is that in passing nearby another solar system, our extremely early solar system (im talking like, before any kind of life was on earth) picked up a Brown Dwarf star. This star then settled into an eccentric elliptical orbit, much like a comet, in which it passes nearby earth every approx. 3600 to 3800 years. This brown dwarf, which was referred to as "Nibiru" by the sumerians and "Marduk" by the Babylonians, was always depicted as a winged disc or a bright orb with seven spheres. These are the planetoids which orbit the dark star (the seven sattelites). According to acient myth, one of these seven plentoids are inhabited by a race of superior beings. All of the above mentioned cultures believed that when one dies, their soul lays in wait here on earth for the return of this star in our skies so that they can be reincarnated on the inhabited planet as a divine being. The ancient symbol of Nibiru is also prevalent in Masonic art, and Deadsy definately use a lot of Masonic symbols (you can see the set square and dividers on their homepage, in the key to grammercy park video etc.)
@mousey Awesome man! Thanks. Great read.
(17 years eh... I bet you remember exactly where you were when you made that comment. Time flies sigh... Oh well the internet isn't going to correct ALL the grammar by itself... not on my watch! Take it easy! :) )
@mousey Awesome man! Thanks. Great read.
(17 years eh... I bet you remember exactly where you were when you made that comment. Time flies sigh... Oh well the internet isn't going to correct ALL the grammar by itself... not on my watch! Take it easy! :) )
I agree, this song is about the afterworld. According to the Book of Urantia, the next level of existence for the human soul is the "mansion world."
However, there is indication in his lyrics that he does not mean for us to think of heaven in the adjective sense of the word, but most definately as a noun. That this "place we go to" is a physical world which we are reborn on.
Elijah often refers to ancient cultures in his lyrics, such as the Hittites. I think that he believes an ancient concept of the afterlife which was a strong part of Sumerian, Babylonian, and Egyptian cultures and quite possibly had an influence on early Christian and Jewish Messianic beliefs. (However i can;t be certain, i would sure like to sit down with the man and pick his brain.) I'm pulling this from one line in this song; "faster than the seven sattelites." I'll try to explain as simply as possible as to why this is significant:
Surely most reading this would of heard about theories of a "Planet X" or a final planet in our solar system that remains undiscovered. There is one theory which holds ground in the ancient religious beliefs of aforementioned peoples and their astronomical observations. This theory is that in passing nearby another solar system, our extremely early solar system (im talking like, before any kind of life was on earth) picked up a Brown Dwarf star. This star then settled into an eccentric elliptical orbit, much like a comet, in which it passes nearby earth every approx. 3600 to 3800 years. This brown dwarf, which was referred to as "Nibiru" by the sumerians and "Marduk" by the Babylonians, was always depicted as a winged disc or a bright orb with seven spheres. These are the planetoids which orbit the dark star (the seven sattelites). According to acient myth, one of these seven plentoids are inhabited by a race of superior beings. All of the above mentioned cultures believed that when one dies, their soul lays in wait here on earth for the return of this star in our skies so that they can be reincarnated on the inhabited planet as a divine being. The ancient symbol of Nibiru is also prevalent in Masonic art, and Deadsy definately use a lot of Masonic symbols (you can see the set square and dividers on their homepage, in the key to grammercy park video etc.)
I hope all that makes sense. You can read more about Nibiru at http://www.darkstar1.co.uk/ and more about the book of Urantia at http://urantiabook.org/
@mousey Awesome man! Thanks. Great read. (17 years eh... I bet you remember exactly where you were when you made that comment. Time flies sigh... Oh well the internet isn't going to correct ALL the grammar by itself... not on my watch! Take it easy! :) )
@mousey Awesome man! Thanks. Great read. (17 years eh... I bet you remember exactly where you were when you made that comment. Time flies sigh... Oh well the internet isn't going to correct ALL the grammar by itself... not on my watch! Take it easy! :) )