Symmes Hole
April 5, 2008
So this New Jersey guy, Johnny Symmes, hypothesized in 1818 that the earth was one hallow earth containing many hollow earths living simultaneously inside one another. There is next to no info about this on the internet, and i am completely fascinated by this theory. It was eventually dismissed as improbable, but many science fiction writers did and do adopt this way of viewing our world. Just a few miles down,a whole new earth is existing. Are there parallel lives to ours? Are there parallel cities and landscapes? How existential! I think I may actually step foot in a library and do a little more research, because whenever I think about it I feel like my brain is swimming! Below you’ll find a quote of Mr. Symmes taken from his initial informational pamphlet. Cool right?!
I declare the earth is hollow, and habitable
within; containing a number of solid concentrick spheres, one within the
other, and that it is open at the poles 12 or 16 degrees; I pledge my life
in support of this truth, and am ready to explore the hollow, if the world
will support and aid me in the undertaking.
JOHN CLEVES SYMMES
Of Ohio, Late Captain of Infantry.
