Agartha

For other uses, see Agartha (disambiguation).
A village within a mine, visualized by Jules Férat for Verne's Les Indes noires (1877).

Agartha (sometimes Agartta, Agharti, Agarath,[1] Agarta, Agharta, or Agarttha) is a legendary kingdom that is said to be located on the inner surface of the Earth.[2] It is sometimes related to the belief in a hollow Earth[3] and is a popular subject in esotericism.[4]

  1. ^ Ossendowski, Ferdinand; Palen, Lewis Stanton (2003), Beasts, Men and Gods, Kessinger Publishing, p. 118, ISBN 978-0-7661-5765-1
  2. ^ Eco, Umberto (5 August 2006). "Commentary: Spheres of influence". The Observer.
  3. ^ Grundhauser, Eric (21 October 2015). "Is the Earth Actually Hollow?". Atlas Obscura. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024. This inner world is sometimes called or associated with Agartha, a legendary city at the Earth's core often tied to Eastern mysticism.
  4. ^ Tamas, Mircea Alexandru (2003), Agarttha, the invisible center, Rose-Cross Books, ISBN 978-0-9731191-1-4