Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7800

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7800. The planet Jupiter is not indeed visible to those who are in the next life; but spirits from it are. They appear out in front on the left, some distance away, and constantly in that position. In that position also lies the planet as it exists in the idea spirits and angels have of it. The spirits of each planet are separated from those of others and are close to their own globe. The reason why they are separated is that they differ in nature from the others and occupy a different province in the Grand Man; and spirits with a different nature from others appear in positions as far away from them as their nature is different. This situation in which all spirits and angels appear separated and divided, occupying different positions and placed at various distances from one another in the next life, is due to the differences in their natures and dispositions; for position corresponds to state, 2625, 2837, 3356, 3387, 4321, 4882, 5605, 7381.


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