Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 270

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270. THAT THE SPHERES IN WHICH SOULS ARE AFTER DEATH CORRESPOND TO THE PARTS AND MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN BODY From living and very sensible experience I have learnt that the so-called spheres where human souls dwell after the death of the body, correspond entirely to the members of the human body; namely, celestial spheres correspond to the head of man, the lower spheres to the loins, and the lowest to the feet. Therefore, when I was again let down into the lower place without the angelic column around me [see n. 228], it was then granted me to perceive sensibly that the lower place where the souls were corresponded to the feet; thus the lowest place must correspond to the soles of the feet, or to the region beneath the soles of the feet, although I could not perceive this, because I was not let down so deeply. Yet by the mercy of God Messiah, it was granted me to feel that they were emerging from the lower places, and thus coming into the ultimate heaven. I spoke with them in the lower place, also at the time that they were rising; and they also testified their gladness that they were released from their bonds and from the pit. 1747, Nov. 28.


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