ON THE WORLD OR PLANET OF VENUS, AND ITS SPIRITS AND INHABITANTS

Spirits and angels think of the planet Venus as to be seen on the left, a little further back and at some distance from our world. We say that the spirits think of it like this, because the sun of the solar system is not visible to any spirit, nor is any planet. Spirits simply have an idea of their existence. This idea alone makes them think of the sun of the solar system as something jet-black behind them, and the planets not wandering as in the solar system, but occupying fixed positions (see 42 above).