1454. Spirits of the planet Mercury, who are inward sensation, or who constitute it, do not remain in only one place, or within the realm of spirits of only one planet, but wander about the universe, not knowing where they are being carried. Whenever they meet spirits who love material, earthly and bodily things, they shun them, and betake themselves to where they do not hear such things. In this they are like inward sensation, which does not love what pertains to outer sensations, for obviously, for inward sensation to work, it must be removed from the senses of the body. Without its removal from the body, inward sensation cannot operate. Therefore, outer sensations, and the memory of material imagery, darken and even extinguish inward sensation's abilities to operate. For this reason, they cannot stay near this planet, either, but shun it. I also noticed in myself, when they were speaking with me, that my inner sensation seemed to be moved away from my bodily sensations, so that I was almost deprived of my bodily sensations, even to the point that light vanished from my eye, so that for several moments
1454 1/2.* while I was writing, I could hardly see. Such an effect those spirits have. They cannot be called "inner memory" because they have the ability, or rather, inner sensation gives the ability, to think, as I have just been informed. I could hardly speak with them except by a kind of active thought, which they understand much better than speech with words, which they hate, and do not want to hear. They think of themselves as being thought, more than inner sensation, as they say. They do not, however, have the power of judgment, but simply enjoy higher knowledge. But they can still simply be called thought as well, for inward sensation is not without thought-but thought and judgment differ a great deal. mThey are not the thought of judgment, because they do not draw conclusions regarding use and purpose, from any purpose.n * Because 1455 is lacking in the original J. F. I. Tafel substituted the number 1455.
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