Closed Rooms II

See Closed Rooms.

Time has at least two features in common with a fourth spatial dimension.

(i) To define a point in 4D space, four spatial coordinates are necessary. To define a point in space-time, four coordinates, three spatial and one temporal, are necessary.

(ii) It would be possible to enter a closed room by moving through the Fourth Dimension. A time traveler, standing in front of a locked front door, would be able to travel pastward to a time before the house was built, step forward, then travel futureward to the time when his younger self is standing outside the house.

Time is relevant in the Matuchek's case. Although Valeria has been taken to Hell, her parents, after taking as much time as necessary to make their preparations, will be able to arrive in Hell before her and rescue her on arrival.

Imagine a universe where it is possible to have that kind of interaction with supernatural realms.