3271. Now because they could not struggle out into the atmosphere of the spirits of this earth nor into that of other spirits, only into that of certain spirits of the planet Mars, and the spirits of Mercury in general are so far away and their nature is thus not compatible-and because they only want to know and recognize uses, and indeed, not only the uses nearest to the object but those farther away even to the ninth stage-therefore they could absolutely not harmonize with the spirits of our earth, who do not, except for angelic spirits, even care about the nearest use, unless they are uses that tend downwards, ending up in material, bodily and earthly things.