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The Penguin Book of Hell

By: Scott G. Bruce - editor
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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Three thousand years of visions of hell, from the ancient Near East to modern America

From the Hebrew Bible's shadowy realm of Sheol to 21st-century visions of Hell on Earth, The Penguin Book of Hell takes us through 3000 years of eternal damnation. Along the way, you'll take a ferry ride with Aeneas to Hades, across the river Acheron; meet the Devil as imagined by a 12th-century Irish monk - a monster with a thousand giant hands; wander the nine circles of Hell in Dante's Inferno, in which gluttons, liars, heretics, murderers, and hypocrites are made to endure crime-appropriate torture; and witness the debates that raged in Victorian England when new scientific advances cast doubt on the idea of an eternal hereafter. Drawing upon religious poetry, epics, theological treatises, stories of miracles, and accounts of saints' lives, this fascinating volume of hellscapes illuminates how Hell has long haunted us, in both life and death.

©2018 Scott G. Bruce (P)2018 Recorded Books
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Excellent daitribe

I loved this book because not only does it describe all the beliefs of what is taught of hell, there are fabulous descriptions of what hell on earth has meant to so many humans who have had to endure the insanity of torture and death by the hands of fellow human beings. Whether you are an every day person or on of political, spiritual power the need to be kind to one another stands enormous upon listening to this quite good reading.

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Hail the DARKSIDE....

Satan is an Egyptian God. Respected just as much as the others. You need to embrace the Darkside. Don't be fooled by these European concepts of so called spirituality through the religions they have fostered.... Many of which they learned via the Kemetans/AfriKans/Egyptians.....

SET. Source of the name Satan. The Kamite God SET was the God of Drought, Darkness, Negativity. "SET gives name to Satan as 'Set-an': 'SET'.... is the destructive power and 'an' in the Egyptian language is a mark of emphasis." Heru(Horus) bound SET in chains.

Knowledge is power. The bible is a joke on the subconscious if you don't pick up it's metaphysical aspects that they have purposely put forth, so out of touch with the real ancient 'Mysteries'.

You have the right to remain deceived..... It's your life...

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