ladder to heaven
Path upward eternally
A ladder to heaven is a mythical or symbolic pathway between earth and the divine realm, most famously from the biblical story of Jacob's dream.
The phrase often describes any means of ascending to paradise or achieving salvation.
It extends metaphorically to ambitious paths toward transcendence or ultimate goals: He saw music as his ladder to heaven.
Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" plays on the same image.
- stairwayFixed ascending passage
- ascentUpward movement
- JacobMale given name
- angelsDivine winged messengers
- choir of angelsSacred assembly of seraphs
climb · rungs · clouds · golden · divine · divine light · spiritual · transcendence · pearly gates · pearly white · enlightenment · salvation · afterlife · near death experience · celestial · wings · harps · Led Zeppelin
- convallarialily of the valley
- Bible visionswheels within wheels, valley of dry bones, valley of bones, dry bones, burning bush
- heavenly visionsangelic choir, archangels, ascension, celestial beings, cherubim
- sacred symbolscross, ankh, yin yang, INRI, tree of life
- visionsvisions, apparition, dream, dreams, apparitions
ladder to heavendescent into hell
Passage to the damned realm
fall from grace · gates of hell · bottomless pit · abyss · downward spiral