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History (1978):
Jack
Kirby: The
direction
I took here
with Jack
was to explore
"reverse-engineering"
concepts of
existing Hindu
and Tibetan
Temples and
architecture.
I wanted it
to be very
real to us
mortals that
our earliest
mythos came
from copying
the "Gods'"
original civilization.
We both went
crazy with
this one.
Jack and I
poured though
many books
and the design
here is based
completely
upon actual
mandelic architectural
construction.
(you wanna
know which
books we went
through? send
me an e-mail
and I will
send you a
list!). The
Jet Tube Transporter,
Heaven's personal
transporation
device, is
depicted running
along side
of many buildings.
Zelazny's
idea of a
"Thunder
Chariot"
is placed
here as the
gods' main
vehicle, and
we have it
launching,
appropriately,
from the highest
level of the
Holy Chakra
Pyramid, on
the lower
left. This
is reflected
in many religions
and myth as
the Atman,
the God Chakra,
the Channel
to God. Ho-hummm.
Just another
normal day
in Heaven....
Lord
of Light:
From
the Chakra
Pyramid,
a NASA-type
complex, the
Thunder Chariot
is housed
and launched.
The Thunder
Chariot is
equipped with
the latest
laser, tractor-beam,
and repeller-beam
electronic
weapons. It
works off
of a combined
anti-grav
and jet power.
On the exterior
of the building
there is tier
upon tier
of colored
quartz-crystal
panels. As
the Thunder
Chariot is
energized
the colors
of the panels
change until
reaching such
high oscillation
that the panels
turn white
and the Thunder
Chariot is
launched.
From
the Chambers
of the Gods,
a great structure
where the
highest ranking
Demigods live
on the lower
levels and
at the very
top is the
Council chambers
of the Gods.
Here, in the
vast, laser-light
filled dome-like
top, special
occaisons
like the "Festival
of the First"
are held each
year.
From
the Pavilion
of the Gods
of Karma,
Grand Temple
of Reincarnation,
a cavernous
cuboid structure
which is perennially
dark, walls
and ceilings
are crystalline
stuctures.
they vibarate
different
colors according
to the spatial
area in which
the Gods step,
lighting up
neon-like
cylinders
along the
way which
blink on down
the line into
the center
construction,
according
to the God's
thought pattern.
The floors
and walls
respond to
thought patterns
to create
various screaming
sounds, the
closer one
gets to the
Reincarnation
Chamber proper.
Yama the Deathgod's
personal computers
and all his
electronic
bio-weapons
research is
also centered
here. The
walls are
alive with
the hummm
of the greatest
Karmic Work.
Science
Fiction Land:
( from right
to left)
- Jet Tube
Transporter
- Becons at
Top from Dome
- Parade of
Elephants
(Statues)
- Large Restaurants
at street
level
- Planetarium
- Thunder
Chariot Space
ride
- Reincarnation
/ Rejuvenation
Health Center
- Jet Tube
Sky Ride (top
left corner)
- Interior
Malls and
Arcades
- Tower of
Four Winds
- Arena for
Shows
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