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first english is not my mothertongue, so if i make mistakes, correction are welcome. i'm reading an adult light novel and have some problem translating and understanding precisely two sentences. First i will give the whole paragraph for context:

自分の身体すらも認識することのできない、心地良い浮遊感。まるでゆりかごに揺られるかのように、ゆっくりと、 その意識は傾いては元の位置へと戻る。奇妙な感覚ではあったが、 それは決して不快ではなかった。すでに記憶にはない、母の胎内というのはこんな感覚なのだろうか、とぼんやりとした思考が生まれて、そして流れていく。

The first phrase i don't understand is this sentence:

まるでゆりかごに揺られるかのように、ゆっくりと、 その意識は傾いては元の位置へと戻る

It's not that i don't understand the vocabulary,i understand it very well. It's about the two particles i marked in bold, と and へと, especially へと which giving me trouble in understanding the phrase and translating it precisely in my head.

The second i cannot translate it in my head at all, i don't know if it's because i got troubled with that other phrase but i really cannot understand the phrase. It's the phrase which I put in bold above:

すでに記憶にはない、母の胎内というのはこんな感覚なのだろうか、とぼんやりとした思考が生まれて、そして流れていく

Why are there two は particles in the phrase? Can someone help me please?

mamster
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Laz22434
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    Related: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/24943/what-is-the-purpose-of-adding-%E3%81%A8 (for ゆっくりと) and https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/9343/particle-%E3%81%A8-with-%E3%81%B8-%EF%BD%9E%E3%81%B8%E3%81%A8 (for へと). – Mindful Mar 15 '18 at 00:11
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    Please 1) avoid asking more than one thing at a time, 2) try to show your translation attempt, and 3) use a specific title. – naruto Mar 15 '18 at 13:07
  • Ah i'm sorry naruto, the next time i ask a question i will do it. – Laz22434 Mar 15 '18 at 20:20

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  1. と after ゆっくり is "the optional と". This is a FAQ.
  2. と after 元の位置へ is explained in this question.
  3. すでに記憶にはない is a relative clause that modifies 母の胎内. "The internal of Mother's uterus, about which I no longer have memory." The first は is は used with negative clauses. 「すでに記憶にはない、母の胎内というのはこんな感覚なのだろうか」 is the content of his 思考.
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  • Thank you very much naruto, this will help me to understand the text better, thank you very much again. – Laz22434 Mar 15 '18 at 20:21