8115. Spirits belonging to the planet Jupiter cannot remain together with spirits belonging to our planet because the latter have a completely different disposition and have no liking for the delightful atmosphere that goes with the calm like theirs. They were astonished when they heard that people from our planet who become angels are altogether different in heart, retaining scarcely anything that resembles their state when they were spirits. To let them know that this was so groups or choirs of angels who had lived on our planet came, one choir after another. (A choir exists when a considerable number group together, thinking, speaking, and acting as one in continuous progression. In heaven praise to the Lord is offered in most instances by choirs. Regarding choirs, see 1648, 1649, 2595, 2596, 3350, 5182.) Those choirs gave the spirits belonging to Jupiter who were present with me so much pleasure that it seemed to them as though they were caught up to heaven. The glorification by the choirs lasted for a whole hour or thereabouts. The delight which the choirs gave those spirits was transmitted to me to experience for myself. They said that they would tell their companions who were elsewhere about it.