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From Dante and the Early Astronomers by M. A. Orr, 1913.

Antichthon (translated "counter-Earth") is a corresponding sphere opposite Earth according to Pythagoras. Pythagoras divided the universe into ten spheres, seen as ten concentric circles, the number ten symbolizing the completeness of all things. These circles began at the center with the globe of Divine Fire; then came the seven planets, the earth, and Antichthon which was never visible.^{[citation needed]} Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Counter-Earth is an Earth-like hypothetical planet, usually sharing an orbit with Earth but on the opposite side of the Sun. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (472x832, 28 KB) From Dante and the Early Astronomers by M. A. Orr, 1913, therefore is in public domain. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (472x832, 28 KB) From Dante and the Early Astronomers by M. A. Orr, 1913, therefore is in public domain. ... Counter-Earth is an Earth-like hypothetical planet, usually sharing an orbit with Earth but on the opposite side of the Sun. ... Earth (IPA: , often referred to as the Earth, Terra, or Planet Earth) is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth largest. ... Pythagoras of Samos (Greek: Πυθαγόρας; circa 582 BC – circa 507 BC) was an Ionian (Greek) mathematician and philosopher, founder of the mystic, religious and scientific society called Pythagoreans. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A planet (from the Greek πλανήτης, planetes or wanderers) is a body of considerable mass that orbits a star and that produces very little or no energy through nuclear fusion. ...

In the illustration shown right, the upper figure depicts night on Earth. Only the side turned away from the centre is inhabited; consequently the Central Fire and Antichthon are invisible. The lower figure shows twelve hours later: day on Earth. Earth has made half a revolution, and her outer side is now lighted by the sun, which has only moved about half a degree forward in its yearly orbit. Antichthon has also made half a revolution; therefore it remains invisible. The Sun is the star of our solar system. ...

Philolaus placed the planet Antichthon in the heavens, five hundred years before the Christian era.^{[citation needed]} In the 1st century A.D. Pomponius Mela, a Latin cosmographer, convinced that a spherical Earth must have a more or less balanced distribution of land and water, drew the first map on which the mysterious continent of Earth appears in the unknown half of Earth - our antipodes. This continent he inscribed with the name Antichthones.^{[citation needed]}Manly Hall speculated Antichthon may be identical with the alleged invisible moon that is called "Lilith" by some astrologers.^{[citation needed]} Philolaus (circa 480 BC – circa 405 BC) was a Greek mathematician and philosopher. ... Pomponius Mela, who wrote around AD 43, was the earliest Roman geographer. ... Medieval representation of a spherical Earth - with compartments representing earth, air, and water (c. ... Antichthones, in geography, are those peoples who inhabit countries on opposite sides of the Earth. ... Manly Palmer Hall (1901-1990) was a prolific American author and mystic. ... Lilith is a female Mesopotamian night demon believed to harm male children. ... Hand-coloured version of the anonymous Flammarion woodcut. ...

References

• The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy, by Manly P. Hall, Philosophical Research Society Inc. ISBN 1-58542-250-9
• Book of Earths, by Edna Kenton, Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 0-7661-2856-3

See also

• Counter-Earth

Counter-Earth is an Earth-like hypothetical planet, usually sharing an orbit with Earth but on the opposite side of the Sun. ...

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A more deatailed explaination of the theory