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The Authority turned this world into a hellish prison for all the dead where their spirits are crushed through despair. Otherwise, there is no heaven or hell for the dead. Lyra and Will used the Subtle Knife to enter this world and are carried across a lake to reach its gate by a ferryman reminiscent of Charon of mythology. Will was able to use ...
He opens a rift between the worlds in his pursuit of Dust. His dream of establishing a Republic of Heaven leads him to use his power to raise a grand army from across the multiverse to rise up in rebellion against the forces of the Church. Marisa Coulter is the beautiful and manipulative mother of Lyra, and the former lover of Lord Asriel. She ...
Lyra and Will persuade the Harpies to let everyone leave Purgatory and enter Heaven in exchange for their life stories. Will is reunited with his father, John Parry, who says Will and Lyra are destined to serve as the new Adam and Eve, ushering in a new Republic of Heaven. Lyra and Will lead the others to Purgatory's highest point where Will ...
In his old age, the Authority appointed the tyrannical archangel Metatron to act as regent of the Kingdom of Heaven. Eventually Metatron grew more powerful than his master. The two are opposed by Lord Asriel, who allies with "fallen" angels, such as Xaphania, in an attempt to overthrow the divine monarchy and replace it with a Republic of ...
Will deliberately destroys the subtle knife. In her own world, Lyra finds that she has lost the ability to intuitively read her alethiometer. She decides to take up the academic study of alethiometry and, together with Pantalaimon who has now taken the permanent form of a pine marten, she resolves to build the Republic of Heaven.
A Renaissance manuscript Latin translation of The Republic. The Myth of Er (/ ɜːr /; Ancient Greek: Ἤρ, romanized: ér, gen.: Ἠρός) is a legend that concludes Plato's Republic (10.614–10.621). The story includes an account of the cosmos and the afterlife that greatly influenced religious, philosophical, and scientific thought for ...
During their quest, the pair encounter various fantasy creatures such as witches and armoured polar bears in a journey which they hope will take them to The Republic of Heaven. There are however some substantial differences, most notably the removal of the character Dr. Mary Malone, whose role in the story is turned over to the witch Serafina ...
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