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'''Heaven''' may refer to the [[physical]] heavens, the sky, or the seemingly endless expanse of the [[universe]] beyond.
'''Heaven''' may refer to the [[physical]] heavens, the sky, or the seemingly endless expanse of the [[universe]] beyond.
The term is used to refer to a [[plane]] of [[existence]] (sometimes held to exist in our own [[universe]]) in [[religion]]s and [[spirituality|spiritual]] [[philosophy|philosophies]], typically described as the [[Holiness|holiest]] possible place, accessible by [[people]] according to various standards of [[divinity]], [[goodness]], [[Devotion|piety]], etc.
The term is used to refer to a [[plane]] of [[existence]] (sometimes held to exist in our own [[universe]]) in [[religion]]s and [[spirituality|spiritual]] [[philosophy|philosophies]], typically described as the [[Holiness|holiest]] possible place, accessible by [[people]] according to various standards of [[divinity]], [[goodness]], [[Devotion|piety]], etc.
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The modern [[English]] word ''Heaven'' derives from the word ''heven'' around 1150, which developed from the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''heofon'' around 1000 referring to the [[Christianity|Christianized]] "place where God dwells" but earlier meaning "sky, firmament". The Anglo-Saxons knew the [[concept]] of [[Paradise]], which they [[expressed]] with [[words]] such as ''neorxnawang'', [[literally]] (place of) no toil nor worries (attested from around 725 in ''[[Beowulf]]''.
The modern [[English]] word ''Heaven'' derives from the word ''heven'' around 1150, which developed from the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''heofon'' around 1000 referring to the [[Christianity|Christianized]] "place where God dwells" but earlier meaning "sky, firmament". The Anglo-Saxons knew the [[concept]] of [[Paradise]], which they [[expressed]] with [[words]] such as ''neorxnawang'', [[literally]] (place of) no toil nor worries (attested from around 725 in ''[[Beowulf]]''.
==School of the Heavens==
==School of the Heavens==