| Summary: | 碩士 === 南華大學 === 建築與景觀學系環境藝術碩士班 === 98 === Is a human''s death truly like the extinguished flame of a candle and leaving nothing at all? Or we transform to another type of existence after death? Will we eventually go back where we came from, which is called the Heaven, the Spirit World, or the Hell, and again enter the cycle of reincarnation? If so, what we have done in this life will be continued and the long-existing fear of death will become meaningless and unnecessary. This research will have an in-depth description of the Spirit World''s spatial images through professional spatial logics.
There is a detailed and accurate description of the Spirit World by Emanuel Swedenborg in his book "Life and Death Studies." This book has the most explicit, reasonable and faultless description of the Spirit World that ever written. The explanations of many kinds of supernatural phenomenon such as structure of the Spirit World, meeting the ghosts, reincarnation, and the hell, are so reasonable that people can not help being convinced. Therefore, I decided to do this research on the relationship between the Spirit World and our earthly lives.
What is more, the illustration of the Spirit World in "Life and Death Studies" is highly similar to the Spirit Worlds described by all the major religions. Among these religions, especially the Buddhism has many viewpoints in common with Emanuel Swedenborg. Through analysis, this research compares the descriptions of the Spirit World in classic and modern writings and researches of spirituality to infer the structure of the Spirit World and further provide people the proper attitude toward life--instead of pursuing materials, enhancing the purity of our spirits is the only way to the Spirit World. After all, humans still have numerous problems that can not be solved by medicine and science. On the premise that Spirit World truly exists, those unsolved problems may obtain answers in another way.
Buddhism educates people about the way to true happiness–extrication. As to Emanuel Swedenborg''s viewpoint of the Spirit World, he regards abandoning the constraint caused by the flesh is the only way to reveal our spirits. Both Buddhism and Swedenborg correspond with the law of Spirit World of this universe. In other words, only through "purification of the spirits" can the roads to every Spirit World be opened up. It''s a shame that this process is considered "religious," "mysterious," and "superstitious" by most people. That''s why "purification of the spirits" was excluded from human evolution by astrophysics. This research tries to clarify the relationship between human beings and the Spirit World by inspecting the spiritual spaces and construct the spatial images of the Spirit World based on professional knowledge of spatial images.
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