- Etidorhpa
"Etidorhpa" is the title of a scientific
allegory /science fiction novel byJohn Uri Lloyd , a pharmacognocist and pharmaceutical manufacturer inCincinnati ,Ohio . Etidorpha was published in full in 1895.Title
The word "Etidorhpa" is the backward spelling of the name "
Aphrodite ". The first editions of Etidorhpa were distributed privately; later editions of the book also features numerous strikingillustration s byJ. Augustus Knapp .The full title is "Etidorhpa, or, the end of the earth: the strange history of a mysterious being and the account of a remarkable journey." It was published in 1895.
Concept
It purports to be an MS (or rather two
manuscript s) by a strange being named I-Am-The-Man , and one Llewyllyn Drury, the whole being communicated to John Uri Lloyd, who published the same. Drury's adventure culminates into a trek through a cave inKentucky into the heart of the earth. Ideas presented in Etidorhpa include practicalAlchemy , secretMasonic orders, theHollow Earth theory and the concept of transcending the physical realm.*"Etidorhpa, or, the end of the Earth: the strange history of a mysterious being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey," 1895.
External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/boonehistory/jul_univ.html "The World is My University; or, The Life and Adventures of Dr. John Uri Lloyd, M.D., Ph.D."]
* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/earth/eti/index.htm The complete text, readable online]
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