Hollow Earth

This book is composed of poetry that serve as folktales in one of Gresha’s mythological worlds. They are documented events and ideas that are relevant to the world’s belief system—The Three Divinities. The people believe every essence of existence can be categorized into either Holy Divinity, Divine by Nature, or Shattered Divinity. The Divinities are rooted in the Christian creation story of Heaven, God, and a fallen world. Many of the people understand their divinity awaits in the next life, however some are not as patient. Because girls have Divinity here as well as awaiting, jealousy has grown. Such jealousy leads to an obsession with the girls and furthermore, pursuit of a new Divinity—Mirrored Divinity. Mirrored Divinity is rumored to dwell within the hidden crevices of the Earth. It is said to have been abandoned after creation and did not experience the descent of man. People believe they can travel to these hollow points to gain divinity.

This poetry leads to the Hollow Earth Theory as we explore the people, the tales, the Divinities, and overall, the Descent.

  • Firstly, the people do not like the Holy. It is a reflection of the despair and shame from the Christian Creation story. Their creation, a failed desire, reminds them of their loss of divinity as it should. Holy Divinity is their natural right and their urge to pursue it, sanctified. How majestic it would be to experience the Holy here again? However Holy Divinity will only be an invisible force on Earth.

    After the infamous fall of man, a sub-creation of holy divinity formed—Hell, Devils, and Death—and the people are equally drawn to this notion of the Holy. The sub-creation leads them to the visible Holy Heaven. But they fear the narrow gate. The barren third world is not appealing as we are all creations regardless. Their resentment falls onto woman, seen as the initiator of the descent but they still have divinity.

    The Holy creates conflict in the people lives as they attempt to move past its necessity, join it, and overcome the desire to pursue it.

    Heaven is a great example of Holy Divinity, but any sense of morality, good or bad, sprouts the Holy by creating a scale of unobtainable good.

  • To exist for existence’s sake. Those forces not reliant on human narrative are Divine by Nature; larger concepts of astronomy—stars, planets, milky way—as well as smaller elements like the ocean, sky, and nature. They lack origin and divinity is intertwined in their existence because they do not require intervention to exist. The people were Divine by Nature until the Holy was created as a holding place for our divinity. Woman’s ability to reproduce allows her to remain Divine by Nature. The men are enticed by the woman’s divine and how the world embraces her.

  • The lives of those who have lived and those striving to, are living within a Shattered Divinity. It is always a life of joy and despair and miracles from the shards of divinity that remain. The acceptance of this existence has become shunned. It is taboo how the idea of more divinity compounded from nothing.

    They were trying to satisfy themselves and call it just but they are not upholding the Holy therefore their actions are not bestowed. If an action is not bestowed, the world will not bend to its will, and it will go against the natural rhythm of the world. Those girls, though, they can create surreal wonders; they can create moments, categorized as “divine intervention.” Men are enraptured by this.

    They attempt to feel the divinity of Nature during the natural state of the world—night. Night is a moment when all things align into the absolute darkness. A spirit of Bacchus comes from night as the body takes over. The people are recklessly in the pursuit of freedom and recall meeting beings like personified Nature. The idea of anti-purity is tantalizing to them, but Day must come with the truth of their existence.

  • The 3 Divinities are disappointing to man as the Holy reminds them of their inadequacies, the Natural scolds them for their flawed creation, and the Shattered is a fleeting glimmer of their desires. Therefore, they seek out the divine that was abandoned. Mirrored Divinity is an ill-formed ideology rooted in the Hollow Earth theory. They believe there are crevices in this world that did not experience the descent of man, so they are not shattered. They believe God abandoned these places after creation and has not returned. They believe the mirrored divine is a reflection of heaven without God. And the people want to gain divinity from these places.

    Recaps of the journey are captured in the sub-section, Manors in the Midst, where many men travel into the Hollow Earth. It is a soulless experience, stripping them of their identity to awaken a spirit of debauchery then restrain it.

    The Mirrored Divine is a shadowless force deemed as a “sway born of a crawl.” The outcome of gaining this divinity is unknown as many do not make it out of the Hollow Earth.

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Poems influenced by the Holy

Poems influenced by the Divine

Poems Influenced by Shattered Divinity

Poems influenced by the Mirrored Divine

The Collection

The poetry collection, Gresha’s Hollow Earth consists of frilly details and more tales to immerse you further into their world. Owning this series, allows you to access other particularities about their beliefs and people, and prepare yourself for the sequel. It also encourages you to annotate and discover the allegorical meanings beneath the poetry. You could learn more about:

Manors in the Midst

Repetitive Narrators

The Divine Man

The Brigidaire

And more.