50 years ago ... July/August 1959.Heaven has always existed in the mind of man as the abode One's home; habitation; place of dwelling; or residence. Ordinarily means "domicile." Living place impermanent in character. The place where a person dwells. Residence of a legal voter. Fixed place of residence for the time being. of spiritual beings and the ultimate destination of believers. Its location has always been "up." The devout either look skyward sky·ward adv. & adj. At or toward the sky. sky  wards adv. while
saying prayers or bow their heads in deference to higher power Higher power is a term used in a 12-step program, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, to describe "a power greater than yourself." Although many participants equate their higher power with God, a belief in God or in formal religion is not mandatory; the higher power is intended as a . Hands
are held palm to palm with fingers pointing toward the zenith. The great
cathedrals are all vertically dimensioned with spire upon spire directed
toward space above. And now at last man is about to ascend physically
into this heaven that he has identified with the wonderful, the
beautiful, the desirable. He will travel bodily about the void of space
overhead. Will his spiritual outlook be changed by a shock of
disillusion dis·il·lu·sion tr.v. dis·il·lu·sioned, dis·il·lu·sion·ing, dis·il·lu·sions To free or deprive of illusion. n. 1. The act of disenchanting. 2. The condition or fact of being disenchanted. ? Will he at first be able to care about the splendid wheeling of the universe about him? ... Will he find a new faith n the profounder miracles of the very nature of things? David Greenfield, "Which Way Is Heaven?" (originally reprinted from the Saturday Review For other uses, see Saturday Review (disambiguation). Saturday Review (1924–1986) was a weekly U.S.-based magazine. Originally known as The Saturday Review of Literature (until 1952), it was established by Henry Seidel Canby from the , July 4, 1959) |
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