The Smoky God; Or, A Voyage to the Inner WorldEmerson, Willis George
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The Smoky God; Or, A Voyage to the Inner World
Emerson, Willis George
Voyages, Imaginary
With each new generation a restless impulse stirs the hearts of men to
capture the veiled citadel of the Arctic, the circle of silence, the
land of glaciers, cold wastes of waters and winds that are strangely
warm. Increasing interest is manifested in the mountainous icebergs, and
marvelous speculations are indulged in concerning the earth's center of
gravity, the cradle of the tides, where the whales have their nurseries,
where the magnetic needle goes mad, where the Aurora Borealis illumines
the night, and where brave and courageous spirits of every generation
dare to venture and explore, defying the dangers of the "Farthest
North."
One of the ablest works of recent years is "Paradise Found, or the
Cradle of The Human Race at the North Pole," by William F. Warren. In
his carefully prepared volume, Mr. Warren almost stubbed his toe against
the real truth, but missed it seemingly by only a hair's breadth, if the
old Norseman's revelation be true.
Dr. Orville Livingston Leech, scientist, in a recent article, says:
"The possibilities of a land inside the earth were first brought to my
attention when I picked up a geode on the shores of the Great Lakes.
The geode is a spherical and apparently solid stone, but when broken is
found to be hollow and coated with crystals. The earth is only a larger
form of a geode, and the law that created the geode in its hollow form
undoubtedly fashioned the earth in the same way."
In presenting the theme of this almost incredible story, as told by
Olaf Jansen, and supplemented by manuscript, maps and crude drawings
entrusted to me, a fitting introduction is found in the following
quotation:
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, and the earth
was without form and void." And also, "God created man in his own
image." Therefore, even in things material, man must be God-like,
because he is created in the likeness of the Father.
A man builds a house for himself and family. The porches or verandas are
all without, and are secondary. The building is really constructed for
the conveniences within.
Olaf Jansen makes the startling announcement through me, an humble
instrument, that in like manner, God created the earth for the
"within"--that is to say, for its lands, seas, rivers, mountains,
forests and valleys, and for its other internal conveniences, while the
outside surface of the earth is merely the veranda, the porch, where
things grow by comparison but sparsely, like the lichen on the mountain
side, clinging determinedly for bare existence.
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