Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 8031

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8031. Spirits belonging to that planet have no desire at all to mix with spirits belonging to our planet, since they have different inclinations and customs. They say that spirits belonging to our planet are deceitful, and are quick and clever at devising wicked deeds, having little knowledge of what is good and giving little thought to it. They also say that spirits from our planet do not acknowledge the one and only Lord, as they themselves do. Furthermore spirits belonging to the planet Jupiter have far more wisdom than spirits belonging to our planet, about whom they also say that they talk a lot but think little, and so cannot have a deep perception of many things, and certainly not of what is good. From all this they infer that people belonging to our planet are external people.


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