Jesse & Eliot Discuss "The Myth Of Er" (One Of The Earliest Near-Death Experiences Ever Recorded)

Twin brothers Jesse and Eliot discuss one of the earliest known written accounts of a near-death experience, which was written by the Greek Philosopher Plato. They talk about Plato, his teacher Socrates, the story of the NDE (known as the Myth of Er) as well as the Ancient Greek beliefs of the Soul and their beliefs about what happens after death.

Original YouTube Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElDAA2rq8M0

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See also:

The Greeks
https://www.sunfellow.com/the-greeks/

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The Myth of Er (423 – 347 BC)
According to Socrates from Plato’s Republic

The Myth of Er is a legend that concludes Plato’s Republic. The story includes an account of the cosmos and the afterlife that greatly influenced religious, philosophical, and scientific thought for many centuries.

The story begins as a man named Er dies in a battle. When the bodies of those who died in the battle are collected, ten days after his death, Er’s body remains undecomposed. Two days later, he revives on his funeral-pyre and tells others of his journey in the afterlife, including an account of reincarnation and the celestial spheres of the astral plane. The tale includes the idea that moral people are rewarded and immoral people punished after death.

Although called the Myth of Er, the word “myth” means “word, speech, account”, rather than the modern meaning. The word is used at the end when Socrates explains that because Er did not drink the waters of Lethe, the account (mythos in Greek) was preserved for us.

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With many other souls as his companions, Er had come across an awe-inspiring place with four openings — two into and out of the sky and two into and out of the ground. Judges sat between these openings and ordered the souls which path to follow: the good were guided into the path into the sky, the immoral were directed below. But when Er approached the judges, he was told to remain, listening and observing in order to report his experience to humankind.

Meanwhile from the other opening in the sky, clean souls floated down, recounting beautiful sights and wondrous feelings. Those returning from underground appeared dirty, haggard, and tired, crying in despair when recounting their awful experiences, as each was required to pay a tenfold penalty for all the wicked deeds committed when alive. There were some, however, who could not be released from underground. Murderers, tyrants and other non-political criminals were doomed to remain by the exit of the underground, unable to escape.

After seven days in the meadow, the souls and Er were required to travel farther. After four days they reached a place where they could see a shaft of rainbow light brighter than any they had seen before. After another day’s travel they reached it. This was the Spindle of Necessity. Several women, including Lady Necessity, her daughters, and the Sirens were present. The souls — except for Er — were then organized into rows and were each given a lottery token.

Then, in the order in which their lottery tokens were chosen, each soul was required to come forward to choose his or her next life. Er recalled the first one to choose a new life: a man who had not known the terrors of the underground but had been rewarded in the sky, hastily chose a powerful dictatorship. Upon further inspection he realized that, among other atrocities, he was destined to eat his own children. Er observed that this was often the case of those who had been through the path in the sky, whereas those who had been punished often chose a better life. Many preferred a life different from their previous experience. Animals chose human lives while humans often chose the apparently easier lives of animals.

After this, each soul was assigned a guardian spirit to help him or her through their life. They passed under the throne of Lady Necessity, then traveled to the Plane of Oblivion, where the River of Forgetfulness (River Lethe) flowed. Each soul was required to drink some of the water, in varying quantities; again, Er only watched. As they drank, each soul forgot everything. As they lay down at night to sleep each soul was lifted up into the night in various directions for rebirth, completing their journey. Er remembered nothing of the journey back to his body. He opened his eyes to find himself lying on the funeral pyre early in the morning, able to recall his journey through the afterlife.

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When Loved Ones & Friends Pass From This World To The Next
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What Near-Death Experiences Teach Us
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The Wisdom Of Near-Death Experiences On Twitter
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Outstanding Near-Death Experiences
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Outstanding Near-Death Experience Resources
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Near-Death Experiences Absolutely, Positively NOT Caused By Malfunctioning Brains
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Near-Death Experiences From Around The World
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Historical & Cross-Cultural Near-Death Experiences
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The Purpose Of Life As Revealed By Near-Death Experiences From Around The World (Book)
https://thepurposeoflife-nde.com/
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1797012037/nhne-20

500 Quotes From Heaven: Life-Changing Quotes That Reveal The Wisdom & Power Of Near-Death Experiences (Book)
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NDE Stories
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Encounters With Jesus
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Encounters With Jesus On Rumble
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