earthly realm
This physical existence
The earthly realm is the physical world of human existence, as distinct from spiritual, divine, or supernatural domains.
The phrase appears in religious and philosophical contexts contrasting mortal life with heaven, the afterlife, or other planes of being: Her soul departed the earthly realm.
In fantasy fiction, it may distinguish the human world from magical or demonic dimensions.
- mortalSubject to death
- mortal coilTurmoil of human existence
- terrestrialRelating to land
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
this world · physical · material · flesh and blood · temporal · flesh · dust · soil · ground · kingdom come · celestial · divine · spiritual · existence · life · human · mortality · transient
- realmskingdom, domain, Heaven, Hades, Nirvana
- Japanese mythologyAmaterasu, kami, sun goddess, storm god, creation myth
- Shintokami, torii, jinja, shintai, kagura
- ancient philosophyPlato, Aristotle, Socrates, Platonism, Epicureanism
- samsarawheel of life, karmic cycle, transmigration, birth and death, death and rebirth
earthly realmheavenly realm
Divine eternal dwelling place
spirit world · spiritual realm · divine realm · celestial realm · the heavens
earthly realmheaven
Sky or bliss
paradise · the heavens · kingdom of heaven · hell · afterlife
earthly realmeternity
Boundless temporal existence
the eternal · everlasting life · the infinite · world without end · life everlasting
earth, earthly, earthy, earthen, earthling, earths, earthed, earthing, unearthly