Plate: The Isle of Paradise seen from the inner Havona circuit

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Paradise is not spherical: a flat ellipsoid, one-sixth longer north-south than east-west, its thickness one tenth of the east-west diameter (11:2.2); 'well-nigh circular' in plan (11:1.1)
The Isle ends abruptly at its periphery, but is so enormous that the edge angle is hardly discernible (11:4.1)
Greater out-pressure of force-energy at the north end of the Isle (11:2.3)
Between Paradise and the inner Havona circuit lie three circuits of seven enormous spheres each: the Father's secret spheres closest to the Isle, then the seven luminous worlds of the Son, then the seven immense spheres of the Spirit (13:0.1-0.2; 11:4.2)
The Father's spheres are highly reflective of the central shining and shed it on Paradise and Havona; the Son's seven worlds are alike in constitution and emit light without heat (13:0.2-0.4)
Havona and the Paradise circuits whirl around the stationary Isle in one vast plane; Havona worlds follow one another in linear procession, upwards of 35 million in the inner circuit (14:1.9-1.10)
Havona spheres are enormous worlds (14:3.6)
The dark gravity bodies lie far outside, beyond the seventh Havona circuit, and neither reflect nor absorb light (14:1.14)
No space touches Paradise; only quiescent midspace zones contact the Isle (11:7.1)

Because the viewer stands on a Havona world in the same plane as the Isle, Paradise is seen nearly edge-on: a long, extremely thin luminous band lying along the horizon, not a disc seen from above
The 21 Paradise satellites lie in the same plane, so they appear as a few great spheres strung along the band, the Father's worlds brightest and nearest the Isle
Dark gravity bodies are behind the viewer and non-reactive to light, so they are not visible at all; the sky shows no galaxies or star fields
The light of the scene comes from the Isle and its satellites, cool and heatless

The terrain and architecture of the foreground Havona world, apparent sizes and spacing of the satellites, colours of the light, the small figures

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