''The Smoky God, or A Voyage Journey to the Inner Earth'' is a book presented as a true account written by

Willis George Emerson Willis George Emerson (1856–1918) was an American novelist, Chicago newspaperman, lawyer, politician, and promoter, who formed the North American Copper Company in Wyoming. He founded the town of Encampment, Wyoming. Biography Willis George ...

in 1908, which describes the adventures of Olaf Jansen, a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

sailor who sailed with his father through an entrance to the Earth's interior at the

North Pole The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True North Pole to distinguish from the Mag ...

Plot introduction

For two years Jansen lived with the inhabitants of an underground network of colonies who, Emerson writes, were 12 feet tall and whose world was lit by a "smoky" central sun. Their capital city was said to be the original

Garden of Eden In Abrahamic religions, the Garden of Eden ( he, גַּן־עֵדֶן, ) or Garden of God (, and גַן־אֱלֹהִים ''gan-Elohim''), also called the Terrestrial Paradise, is the Bible, biblical paradise described in Book of Genesis, Genes ...

. Later works by other authors, such as ''Agartha - Secrets of the Subterranean Cities'', have identified the civilization Jansen encountered with

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(a mythical subterranean city), although Emerson did not use the name.

External links

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The Smoky God, at sacred-texts.com
* 1908 American novels 1908 science fiction novels American science fiction novels Hollow Earth in fiction Lost world novels {{1900s-sf-novel-stub