An unusual story: I think that everyone just has to read it for themselves.
"...as a man grew older, without loss of physical and mental faculties, he found more and more within himself, an unfolding inward richness..."
I think that that can be true even within an unextended lifespan. Does the remembered younger self not sometimes seem to have been superficial? But "within" and "inner" should not imply introversion: a deepening perception or understanding of both inner and outer.
Langdon wonders whether "...the ancient natives..." had "...simply become extinct..." or "...finally seen the allness of the world and gone - elsewhere?" Like the Chereionites in the Technic History? (Or, at least, what many believed had become of the Chereionites.)
His wife, Eileen, remembers winter storms on Earth:
"'If it was around Christmas time, we'd be singing the old songs..."
A topical reference.
Outside in the storm, Langdon approaches oneness:
"He knew - in another moment he would know, he would be part of the allness and have peace within him."
Transcendent experiences, which characters can have in any kind of fiction.
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