64. Since the inhabitants of the world of Jupiter acquire intelligence in a different way from that of the inhabitants of our world, and have moreover by their manner of living acquired a different character, they cannot bear to be together for long, either moving away themselves or sending the others away. There are what we must call spiritual spheres continually emanating, or rather pouring out, from every spirit. Their source is the activity of their affections and the thoughts they produce, and so their life itself.# In the next life it is these spheres which determine association. Those which are harmonious bring spirits together so far as their harmony permits; those which are in conflict keep spirits apart as far as their conflict demands.
[2] The spirits and angels from the world of Jupiter answer to the PICTURING POWER OF THOUGHT in the Grand Man, that is, an activity of internal parts. The spirits of our world, however, answer to various functions of the external parts of the body. When these try to dominate, the activity or picturing of thought cannot exert its influence from within. This is the cause of the conflict between the life spheres of either party. # A spiritual sphere, that of their life, flows out and pours forth from each person, spirit and angel and envelops them (AC 4464, 5179, 7454). Its source is their life of affection and thus thought (AC 2489, 4464, 6206). In the next life these spheres determine how groups are formed and also dissolved (AC 6206, 9606-7, 10312).
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