Heaven
Yeah, well if this is the Skymall, then it sucks. Where's the triplets and the latex, you know? Come on, a guy has needs.
Heaven in Supernatural is a spiritual realm that has been mentioned in relation to where a human soul ends up if allowed. Heaven is also the realm where God and Angels reside.
Characteristics
Angels are able to communicate with their Vessels from Heaven. Castiel talks to Jimmy Novak from Heaven in 4.20 The Rapture, asking for his permission to possess him. Jimmy consented to Castiel but he asked that his family would be protected during his absence. All angels have superiors (angels who hold more power and authority than the lower-ranking angels). Anna once had superiority over Castiel and Uriel. Uriel was later promoted as Castiel's superior. Angels can be summoned back to Heaven by their superiors.
See you gotta stop thinking about Heaven as one place – tis more like a buttload of places, all crammed together.
In 5.16 Dark Side Of The Moon, Sam and Dean are killed and find themselves in Heaven. They find themselves moving along the "axis mundi" from one happy memory to another. When they meet Ash, he explains that everyone has their own “heaven”, and at the center of all of them is “the garden”. Most people can’t leave their own “heaven”, although Ash has worked out a way to do so. He says that some people do share their Heaven - people who are soulmates.
According to Ash, angels currently run and manage Heaven and the people in it. One being Zachariah, Castiel's superior. The other being the Archangel Michael. Raphael told Dean that he could take him to Michael, suggesting that Raphael has the power to carry a human soul to Heaven without killing the human.
It is unknown how a human soul is allowed salvation in heaven possibly that is up to God.
When another spiritual being such as: Angels, Archangels and Cherubs are banished or "cut-off" they are not allowed back no matter how powerful they are. However Michael has he power to terminate any angel's position on the Host, and if he so chooses he even restore an angel's position on the host after they've been kicked off the Host - Michael restored Zachariah's position on the Host. Even when the Archangel Gabriel cut himself off from heaven he didn't mention whether or not he was let back in.
Other people Ash has met in heaven are Johnny Cash, Andre the Giant, Einstein, Pamela and Mallanāga Vātsyāyana who wrote the Karma Sutra.
The Garden
The Garden is located in a special part of Heaven. According to the angel Joshua, some refer to it as God's Throne Room, while others refer to it as Eden.
Links
See also Angel Garrison See also The Host of Heaven
