These included the maps and images of the cathedral as well as folklore, poems and visions & . These apocalyptic visions highlight an important element in understanding heaven as a place. These visions generally highlighted a tangible element including that of “a wind, a bird, an angel or a chariot of fire” in which it moves towards the sky. Heaven is further illustrated in the depiction of Christ who is described as life, grace and heaven. The relationship between place and state is further fused with Chidester demonstrating the symbolic nature of heaven as both eternal – timeless – and earthly – limited in time – further illustrating the issue of the distinction between heaven as State and