Contrast and compare Rings of Activation, when (maybe concentric) rings of light signal preternatural or scientific phenomena. See Axis Mundi for the structure that holds the world(s) together. If a heavenly entity's spells appear as concentric shapes, then it overlaps with Geometric Magic. Compare World Shapes, which covers non-spherical planets, and The Exact Center of Everything, when the universe's center contains something important. If heaven is but one ring in an assortment of rings, then it's not this trope. Sub-Trope of Layered World, when all planes of existence (not only the heavenly ones) exist over one another like layers on an onion. The latter, for instance, might have this as a geometric Motif prominent in their design (e.g., a deity only blasts concentric Energy Ring Attacks). Domes, spheres, whorls, and even other geometric figures can apply too as long as they are coaxial and related to a divine realm or entity. Yes, it can happen, but the important bit is that the place is arranged in concentric shapes. An inversion of that, with do-gooders' souls being sorted according to their purity, is NOT equal to this trope. Part of the reason is because the sun, which is adored as the Top God in many cultures, appears as a disc in the sky and partly because they represent infinity, from which immortality and existence outside time stem.Ĭircles of Hell is when sinners are sorted according to the severity of their misdeeds. In general, circular and spherical shapes have been associated with divinity. Which, in turn, greatly influenced the Western's idea of how Heaven looks. That's why we have depictions of heaven and the hierarchies of angels orbiting the throne of God in nested rings.
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Both the natural and supernatural planes imagined in an arrangement somewhere between a Layered World and a nested series of Hollow Worlds or Ring Worlds.Ĭhristianity, the ultimate form of syncretism, naturally embraced this idea. Consequently getting projected into people's cosmology. As it's bound to happen, this revelation about the nature of the universe merged with philosophical-mystical traditions like Alchemy and Kabbalah. Earth's position in this system was harder to work out, but the idea was there.
By the time of Ancient Greece, humanity began to understand that celestial bodies move in orderly ellipses of varying sizes. This particular imagery stems from astronomy and maths. Especially, because the big prize lies at the center -be it the setting's Top God, an Eldritch Abomination, or the universe's heart. Such an arrangement conveys a sense of harmony, grandness, and divinity. Layers encasing other layers of divine beings, regions, or even colors. In media, Heaven and its equivalents tend to be portrayed as being made up of concentric circles.
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