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	==Entrances to Hell==		==Entrances to Hell==
	[[Occultist]] [[Aleister Crowley]] believed one of the portals to Hell existed at the [[Devil's Gate Dam]] in Pasadena, California. Crowley's fellow [[magician]], rocket scientist [[Jack Parsons]], chose Devil's Gate Dam as the location for NASA's Joint Propulsion Laboratory.		[[Occultist]] [[Aleister Crowley]] believed one of the portals to Hell existed at the [[Devil's Gate Dam]] in Pasadena, California. Crowley's fellow [[magician]], rocket scientist [[Jack Parsons]], chose Devil's Gate Dam as the location for NASA's Joint Propulsion Laboratory.

			The Seven Gates of Hell is a modern urban legend regarding seven gates in a wooded area of Hellam Township, Pennsylvania, and that anyone who passes through all seven goes straight to Hell.

			Pluto's Gate in modern-day Turkey unearthed by Italian archaeologists is said to be the entry gate to the Underworld.

			During the Middle Ages, Mount Etna in Sicily was considered to be an entryway to hell.

			According to Hawaiian folklore, Waipio Valley contains an entrance to the lower world, Lua-o-Milu, which is now concealed with sand.

			Mount Osore in northern Japan is said to be an entrance to hell.

			In ancient Indian [[Hinduism\|Hindu]] tradition, the [[Sah\|Orion constellation]] where the vernal equinox is stated to occur, the Milky Way and the Canis were considered to form the border between ''Devaloka'' (heaven) and ''Yamaloka'' (hell).

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	==In ancient Egypt==		==In ancient Egypt==
	The [[Egyptian religion\|ancient Egyptians]] believed that after death a person faced judgment by a tribunal of forty-two divine judges. If they had led a life in conformance with the precepts of the goddess Maat, who represented truth and right living, the person was welcomed into the ~~heavenly~~ reed fields. If found guilty the person was thrown to Ammit, the "devourer of the dead" and would be condemned to the lake of fire.		The [[Egyptian religion\|ancient Egyptians]] believed that after death a person faced judgment by a tribunal of forty-two divine judges. If they had led a life in conformance with the precepts of the goddess Maat, who represented truth and right living, the person was welcomed into the [[heaven]]ly reed fields. If found guilty the person was thrown to Ammit, the "devourer of the dead" and would be condemned to the lake of fire.

	The person taken by the devourer is subject first to terrifying punishment and then annihilated. These depictions of punishment may have influenced medieval perceptions of the inferno in hell via early [[Christianity\|Christian]] and Coptic texts.		The person taken by the devourer is subject first to terrifying punishment and then annihilated. These depictions of punishment may have influenced medieval perceptions of the inferno in hell via early [[Christianity\|Christian]] and Coptic texts.
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	Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], whereas religions with [[reincarnation]] usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions. Religions typically locate hell in another dimension or under [[Earth]]'s surface. Other afterlife destinations include Heaven, [[Garden of Eden\|Paradise]], [[Purgatory]], Limbo, and the Underworld.		Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], whereas religions with [[reincarnation]] usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions. Religions typically locate hell in another dimension or under [[Earth]]'s surface. Other afterlife destinations include Heaven, [[Garden of Eden\|Paradise]], [[Purgatory]], Limbo, and the Underworld.

	Many scholars of [[Judaism\|Jewish]] mysticism, particularly of the [[Kabbalah]], describe seven "compartments" or "habitations" of hell, just as they describe seven divisions of heaven.		Many scholars of [[Judaism\|Jewish]] mysticism, particularly of the [[Kabbalah]], describe seven "compartments" or "habitations" of hell, just as they describe seven divisions of [[heaven]].

	The Christian doctrine of hell derives from passages in the [[Bible\|New Testament]]. The English word hell does not appear in the Greek New Testament; instead one of three words is used: the Greek words "Tartarus" or "Hades," or the Hebrew word "Gehinnom." The Catholic Church defines hell as "a state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed," which aligns closely with the Jewish conception of Gehinnom.		The Christian doctrine of hell derives from passages in the [[Bible\|New Testament]]. The English word hell does not appear in the Greek New Testament; instead one of three words is used: the Greek words "Tartarus" or "Hades," or the Hebrew word "Gehinnom." The Catholic Church defines hell as "a state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed," which aligns closely with the Jewish conception of Gehinnom.

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	==In Abrahamic religions==		==In Abrahamic religions==
	Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], whereas religions with [[reincarnation]] usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions. Religions typically locate hell in another dimension or under [[Earth]]'s surface. Other afterlife destinations include Heaven, Paradise, Purgatory, Limbo, and the Underworld.		Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], whereas religions with [[reincarnation]] usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions. Religions typically locate hell in another dimension or under [[Earth]]'s surface. Other afterlife destinations include Heaven, [[Garden of Eden\|Paradise]], [[Purgatory]], Limbo, and the Underworld.

	Many scholars of [[Judaism\|Jewish]] mysticism, particularly of the [[Kabbalah]], describe seven "compartments" or "habitations" of hell, just as they describe seven divisions of heaven.		Many scholars of [[Judaism\|Jewish]] mysticism, particularly of the [[Kabbalah]], describe seven "compartments" or "habitations" of hell, just as they describe seven divisions of heaven.

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	==In Abrahamic religions==		==In Abrahamic religions==
	Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], whereas religions with reincarnation usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions. Religions typically locate hell in another dimension or under [[Earth]]'s surface. Other afterlife destinations include Heaven, Paradise, Purgatory, Limbo, and the Underworld.		Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], whereas religions with [[reincarnation]] usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions. Religions typically locate hell in another dimension or under [[Earth]]'s surface. Other afterlife destinations include Heaven, Paradise, Purgatory, Limbo, and the Underworld.

	Many scholars of [[Judaism\|Jewish]] mysticism, particularly of the [[Kabbalah]], describe seven "compartments" or "habitations" of hell, just as they describe seven divisions of heaven.		Many scholars of [[Judaism\|Jewish]] mysticism, particularly of the [[Kabbalah]], describe seven "compartments" or "habitations" of hell, just as they describe seven divisions of heaven.

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	[[File:Hell-John-Martin.jpg\|350px\|thumb\|''Fallen Angels in Hell'' by John Martin]]		[[File:Hell-John-Martin.jpg\|350px\|thumb\|''Fallen Angels in Hell'' by John Martin]]
	In religion and folklore, '''hell''' is a location in the afterlife in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as eternal punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], whereas religions with reincarnation usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions. Religions typically locate hell in another dimension or under [[Earth]]'s surface. Other afterlife destinations include Heaven, Paradise, Purgatory, Limbo, and the Underworld.		In religion and folklore, '''hell''' is a location in the afterlife in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as eternal punishment after death.

			==In ancient Egypt==
			The [[Egyptian religion\|ancient Egyptians]] believed that after death a person faced judgment by a tribunal of forty-two divine judges. If they had led a life in conformance with the precepts of the goddess Maat, who represented truth and right living, the person was welcomed into the heavenly reed fields. If found guilty the person was thrown to Ammit, the "devourer of the dead" and would be condemned to the lake of fire.

			The person taken by the devourer is subject first to terrifying punishment and then annihilated. These depictions of punishment may have influenced medieval perceptions of the inferno in hell via early [[Christianity\|Christian]] and Coptic texts.

			Purification for those considered justified appears in the descriptions of "Flame Island," where humans experience the triumph over evil and rebirth. For the damned complete destruction into a state of non-being awaits but there is no suggestion of eternal torture; the weighing of the heart in Egyptian mythology can lead to annihilation.

			==In Abrahamic religions==
			Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], whereas religions with reincarnation usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions. Religions typically locate hell in another dimension or under [[Earth]]'s surface. Other afterlife destinations include Heaven, Paradise, Purgatory, Limbo, and the Underworld.

			Many scholars of [[Judaism\|Jewish]] mysticism, particularly of the [[Kabbalah]], describe seven "compartments" or "habitations" of hell, just as they describe seven divisions of heaven.

			The Christian doctrine of hell derives from passages in the [[Bible\|New Testament]]. The English word hell does not appear in the Greek New Testament; instead one of three words is used: the Greek words "Tartarus" or "Hades," or the Hebrew word "Gehinnom." The Catholic Church defines hell as "a state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed," which aligns closely with the Jewish conception of Gehinnom.

			==In other religions==
	Other religions, which do not conceive of the afterlife as a place of punishment or reward, merely describe an abode of the dead, the grave, a neutral place that is located under the surface of Earth (for example, see Kur, Hades, and Sheol). Such places are sometimes equated with the English word hell, though a more correct translation would be "underworld" or "world of the dead". The ancient Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman, and Finnic religions include entrances to the underworld from the land of the living.		Other religions, which do not conceive of the afterlife as a place of punishment or reward, merely describe an abode of the dead, the grave, a neutral place that is located under the surface of Earth (for example, see Kur, Hades, and Sheol). Such places are sometimes equated with the English word hell, though a more correct translation would be "underworld" or "world of the dead". The ancient Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman, and Finnic religions include entrances to the underworld from the land of the living.

			In [[Hinduism]], is believed that people who commit misdeeds go to hell and have to go through punishments in accordance with the misdeeds they committed. The god Yama, who is also the god of death, presides over hell.

			===Wicca===
			The [[Gardnerian Wicca]] and Alexandrian Wicca sects of Wicca include "wiccan laws" that [[Gerald Gardner]] wrote, which state that wiccan souls are privileged with reincarnation, but that the souls of wiccans who break the wiccan laws, "even under torture," would be cursed by the goddess, never be reborn on earth, and "remain where they belong, in the Hell of the Christians."

			Other recognized wiccan sects do not include Gerald Gardner's "wiccan laws." The influential wiccan author Raymond Buckland wrote that the wiccan laws are unimportant. Solitary wiccans, not involved in organized sects, do not include the wiccan laws in their doctrine.

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	Other religions, which do not conceive of the afterlife as a place of punishment or reward, merely describe an abode of the dead, the grave, a neutral place that is located under the surface of Earth (for example, see Kur, Hades, and Sheol). Such places are sometimes equated with the English word hell, though a more correct translation would be "underworld" or "world of the dead". The ancient Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman, and Finnic religions include entrances to the underworld from the land of the living.		Other religions, which do not conceive of the afterlife as a place of punishment or reward, merely describe an abode of the dead, the grave, a neutral place that is located under the surface of Earth (for example, see Kur, Hades, and Sheol). Such places are sometimes equated with the English word hell, though a more correct translation would be "underworld" or "world of the dead". The ancient Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman, and Finnic religions include entrances to the underworld from the land of the living.

			==Entrances to Hell==
			[[Occultist]] [[Aleister Crowley]] believed one of the portals to Hell existed at the [[Devil's Gate Dam]] in Pasadena, California. Crowley's fellow [[magician]], rocket scientist [[Jack Parsons]], chose Devil's Gate Dam as the location for NASA's Joint Propulsion Laboratory.

	[[Category:Religious Concepts]]		[[Category:Religious Concepts]]

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	[[File:Hell-John-Martin.jpg\|350px\|thumb\|''Fallen Angels in Hell'' by John Martin]]		[[File:Hell-John-Martin.jpg\|350px\|thumb\|''Fallen Angels in Hell'' by John Martin]]
	In religion and folklore, '''hell''' is a location in the afterlife in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as eternal punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], whereas religions with reincarnation usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions. Religions typically locate hell in another dimension or under Earth's surface. Other afterlife destinations include Heaven, Paradise, Purgatory, Limbo, and the Underworld.		In religion and folklore, '''hell''' is a location in the afterlife in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as eternal punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], whereas religions with reincarnation usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions. Religions typically locate hell in another dimension or under [[Earth]]'s surface. Other afterlife destinations include Heaven, Paradise, Purgatory, Limbo, and the Underworld.

	Other religions, which do not conceive of the afterlife as a place of punishment or reward, merely describe an abode of the dead, the grave, a neutral place that is located under the surface of Earth (for example, see Kur, Hades, and Sheol). Such places are sometimes equated with the English word hell, though a more correct translation would be "underworld" or "world of the dead". The ancient Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman, and Finnic religions include entrances to the underworld from the land of the living.		Other religions, which do not conceive of the afterlife as a place of punishment or reward, merely describe an abode of the dead, the grave, a neutral place that is located under the surface of Earth (for example, see Kur, Hades, and Sheol). Such places are sometimes equated with the English word hell, though a more correct translation would be "underworld" or "world of the dead". The ancient Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman, and Finnic religions include entrances to the underworld from the land of the living.

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In religion and folklore, '''hell''' is a location in the afterlife in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as eternal punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], whereas religions with reincarnation usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions. Religions typically locate hell in another dimension or under Earth's surface. Other afterlife destinations include Heaven, Paradise, Purgatory, Limbo, and the Underworld.

Other religions, which do not conceive of the afterlife as a place of punishment or reward, merely describe an abode of the dead, the grave, a neutral place that is located under the surface of Earth (for example, see Kur, Hades, and Sheol). Such places are sometimes equated with the English word hell, though a more correct translation would be "underworld" or "world of the dead". The ancient Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman, and Finnic religions include entrances to the underworld from the land of the living.

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	==In ancient Egypt==		==In ancient Egypt==
	The [[Egyptian religion\|ancient Egyptians]] believed that after death a person faced judgment by a tribunal of forty-two divine judges. If they had led a life in conformance with the precepts of the goddess Maat, who represented truth and right living, the person was welcomed into the ~~heavenly~~ reed fields. If found guilty the person was thrown to Ammit, the "devourer of the dead" and would be condemned to the lake of fire.		The [[Egyptian religion\|ancient Egyptians]] believed that after death a person faced judgment by a tribunal of forty-two divine judges. If they had led a life in conformance with the precepts of the goddess Maat, who represented truth and right living, the person was welcomed into the [[heaven]]ly reed fields. If found guilty the person was thrown to Ammit, the "devourer of the dead" and would be condemned to the lake of fire.

	The person taken by the devourer is subject first to terrifying punishment and then annihilated. These depictions of punishment may have influenced medieval perceptions of the inferno in hell via early [[Christianity\|Christian]] and Coptic texts.		The person taken by the devourer is subject first to terrifying punishment and then annihilated. These depictions of punishment may have influenced medieval perceptions of the inferno in hell via early [[Christianity\|Christian]] and Coptic texts.
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	Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], whereas religions with [[reincarnation]] usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions. Religions typically locate hell in another dimension or under [[Earth]]'s surface. Other afterlife destinations include Heaven, [[Garden of Eden\|Paradise]], [[Purgatory]], Limbo, and the Underworld.		Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], whereas religions with [[reincarnation]] usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions. Religions typically locate hell in another dimension or under [[Earth]]'s surface. Other afterlife destinations include Heaven, [[Garden of Eden\|Paradise]], [[Purgatory]], Limbo, and the Underworld.

	Many scholars of [[Judaism\|Jewish]] mysticism, particularly of the [[Kabbalah]], describe seven "compartments" or "habitations" of hell, just as they describe seven divisions of heaven.		Many scholars of [[Judaism\|Jewish]] mysticism, particularly of the [[Kabbalah]], describe seven "compartments" or "habitations" of hell, just as they describe seven divisions of [[heaven]].

	The Christian doctrine of hell derives from passages in the [[Bible\|New Testament]]. The English word hell does not appear in the Greek New Testament; instead one of three words is used: the Greek words "Tartarus" or "Hades," or the Hebrew word "Gehinnom." The Catholic Church defines hell as "a state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed," which aligns closely with the Jewish conception of Gehinnom.		The Christian doctrine of hell derives from passages in the [[Bible\|New Testament]]. The English word hell does not appear in the Greek New Testament; instead one of three words is used: the Greek words "Tartarus" or "Hades," or the Hebrew word "Gehinnom." The Catholic Church defines hell as "a state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed," which aligns closely with the Jewish conception of Gehinnom.