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EAGLES’ WINGS TO THE HIGHER PLACES -- Hannah Hurnard Copyright 1981 Harper, San Francisco A Book Review EAGLES’ WINGS TO THE HIGHER PLACES , is the third book of the Hinds’ Feet and Mountains of Spices trilogy. Several anti-Gospel thoughts that appeared in Hinds’ Feet and Mountains of Spices, are more fully explained in this volume.Gospel Rejection This is the story of young Aletheia and her arduous journey to the High Places and beyond. Hannah’s story quickly moves into blatant rejection of Evangelical Faith and the Gospel of Salvation for the lost.1 Aletheia is initially brought to Christ by Gospel believers but later follows a higher vision and revelation. Aletheia "jumps over the wall" (of Salvation?) and escapes into her own world of Hindu like beliefs. Notice, Scriptures are used and the imagery of Christ is employed. However, the message clearly comes from the enemy of our soul. Universaslism -- Reincarnation Eagles Wings puts forward the idea of salvation for all and the restitution of all things. Yes, Hannah asserts that in the end all will be saved! 2 She hints that this is connected to a complex reincarnation process. Hannah does not reveal everything in this case but she does allude to the lives that we pass through in the process of going up to the high places. 3 Pantheism More shocking than the above was Hannah’s strong Pantheism which teaches that all animals, humans, and God form one great consciousness. First, she teaches that all of Humanity is on a sort of mega-cross of suffering and Christ symbolized4 our suffering when he was crucified. Through humanities suffering (including Christ’s) every man will finally be saved! Secondly, Hannah further asserts that all animals are also included the mega-cross of suffering. When we slaughter and eat flesh we bring suffering on Christ and ourselves. 5 We are informed that, animals and humans collectively make up God’s consciousness. 6 The suffering of one, is the suffering of all and the suffering of any, is the suffering of Christ. Thus, if we harm any creature we must also suffer as an atonement. 7 Hannah says, "All suffering is atoning as a result of doing things which cause evil results." 8After Death Ministry In the last chapter of Eagles Wings the main characters reach the end of their lives. Standing at the edge of a bottomless chasm, Heaven comes into view. The groans from hell rise from the chasm while the Holy City remains inaccessible. What must be done to reach the other side and home? The answer is revealed. Briefly put, the pilgrims leap down into hell and there minister sight and hearing to some of Hell’s prisoners. At the instant of understanding, both pilgrims and prisoners wake up in God’s Heavenly City. Hannah writes, The Lord "put out His arms and drew the rescued souls to His heart. At that moment the whole terrible abyss vanished, and lo! They were all standing in the midst of Heaven, in the city of Mount Zion itself, on the shining peaks on the other side of the abyss which it had seemed so impossible ever to reach. They were back Home in the Father’s House. . .Then they realized the overwhelming Truth: that even Hell itself is in the midst of Heaven, in the World of Light and Love, and it is only shut eyes and closed ears which cannot perceive the glorious fact that ‘in God we all" (all will be saved) "live and move and have our being.’ 9Consequently, Hannah asserts over and again that everyone shall be saved in the end. She teaches that after physical death we reach heaven by visiting Hell and setting its captives free from their darkness. Eagles’ Wings to the Higher Places, --Hannah Hurnard, Harper Collens, 1981. pp. 15, 21, 39
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