Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 8117

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8117. They went on to declare that people there are divided up into clans or nations, families, and households, and that all live separately in their own groups, mixing for the most part among relatives. They said too that no one ever covets another person's goods, and that it does not enter anyone's head to lay claim to any of them, let alone to come in and rob him of it. They regard that as a crime against human nature and a horrible deed. When I wanted to tell them that on our planet wars pillaging, and killing take place they turned away and refused to listen.


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