--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The world where the human species live is formed by four spheres > called Bhur, Bhuvar, Svar and Mahar. Bhur is the earth, Bhuvar the > atmosphere, Svar the planetary world and Mahar an extraplanetary > world, perhaps the one we attribute these days to the > extraterrestrials. Its duration is longer than that of the > terrestrial world. It is there that some men will find refuge at the > time of the catastrophe that will destroy the entire species at the > end of the Kali Yuga. > > "When the dissolution of the world seems imminent, some people > abandon the earth during the last days of the Kalpa and take refuge > in the world of Mahar [the extraplanetary world] and from there will > return to the "world of life" (jana-loka)." [Linga Purana 1.4.39- 40] > > These few humans who survive the holocaust will be the progenitors of > the future humanity. > > "Seven humanities must again succeed each other on earth, and, when > the Golden Age reappears, seven sages will emerge to again teach the > divine law to the few survivors of the four castes." [Shiva Purana > 5.4.40-70]. > > -Alain Danielou > Thanks for this-- Specific and provocative, as always!
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