,,earths ,,in ,,our ,,solar ,,system    
,,which ,,are ,,called ,,planets  ,,and 
,,earths ,,in ,,the ,,starry ,,heaven   
,,their ,,inhabitants1 ,,and ,,the      
,,spirits ,,and ,,angels ,,there  ,,from
 ,,things ,,heard ,,and ,,seen    ,,from
 ,,the ,,latin  ,,of  ,,emanuel         
,,swedenborg   ,,swedenborg ,,society   
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,,table ,,of ,,contents4                

,,nos4    ,,earths ,,in ,,the           
,,universe1      #a-h    ,,the ,,planet 
,,mercury1      #i-de    ,,the ,,planet 
,,jupiter1      #df-hd    ,,the ,,planet
 ,,mars1      #he-if    ,,the ,,planet  
,,saturn1      #ig-ajd    ,,the ,,planet
 ,,venus1      #aje-aaj    ,,the ,,moon1
      #aaa1 #aab    ,,reasons ,,why     
,,the ,,lord ,,willed ,,to ,,be ,,born  
,,on ,,our ,,earth1 ,,and ,,not ,,on    
,,any ,,other1      #aac-abb    ,,earths
 ,,in ,,the ,,starry ,,heaven1          
#abc-abf    ,,the ,,first ,,earth ,,in  
,,the ,,starry ,,heaven1      #abg-acg  
,,the ,,second ,,earth ,,in ,,the       
,,starry ,,heaven1      #ach-adg        
,,the ,,third ,,earth ,,in ,,the        
,,starry ,,heaven1      #adh-aef        
,,the ,,fourth ,,earth ,,in ,,the       
,,starry ,,heaven1      #aeg-afg        
,,the ,,fifth ,,earth ,,in ,,the        
,,starry ,,heaven1      #afh-agh        
,,page    ,,index ,,of ,,subjects1      
#aja    ,,index ,,of ,,scripture        
,,references1      #ajf         99      

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,,earths ,,in ,,the ,,universe4   #a4   
,inasmuch as1 by the ,divine mercy of   
the ,lord1 the interiors which are of my
 spirit have been opened in me1 and it  
has thereby been given me to speak with 
spirits and angels1 not only with those 
who are near our ,earth1 but also with  
those who are near other earths2 and    
since ,i had an ardent desire to know   
whether there were other earths1 and to 
know their character and the character  
of their inhabitants2 it has been       
granted me by the ,lord to speak and    
have intercourse with spirits and angels
 who are from other earths1 with some   
for a day1 with some for a week1 with   
some for months2 and to be instructed by
 them respecting the earths from and    
near which they were1 and concerning the
 life1 customs1 and worship of their    
inhabitants1 besides various other      
things there that are worthy of note4   
,and since it has been given me to      
become acquainted with these matters in 

this way1 it is permitted me to describe
 them from the things which ,i have     
heard and seen4 ,it is necessary that it
 be known that all spirits and angels   
are from the human racea1 and that they 
are near their own earthsb1 and are     
acquainted with what is upon them2 and  
that a man may be instructed by them1 if
 his interiors are so far opened as to  
enable him to speak and be in company   
with them3 for man in his essence is a  
spiritc1 and is in company with spirits 
as to his interiorsd2 wherefore he whose
 interiors are opened by the ,lord1 is  
able to speak with them1 as man with    
mane4 ,it has now been granted me to    
enjoy this privilege daily for twelve   
years4  ,footnote3 ,from the ,,arcana   
,,coelestia3 in which work these and    
subsequent articles1 which are inserted 
below the line1 are explained and shown4
  ,footnote a3 ,there are no spirits and
 angels who are not from the human race1
 no4 #ahhj4  ,footnote b3 ,the spirits  
of every earth are near their own earth1

 because they are of its inhabitants1   
and of a similar genius2 and they are   
meant to be of service to them1 no4     
#iifh4  ,footnote c3 ,the soul1 which   
lives after death1 is the spirit of man1
 which in a man is the man himself1 and 
also appears in the other life in a     
perfect human form1 nos4 #cbb1 #ahhj1   
#ahha1 #cfcc1 #dfbb1 #dgce1 #fjed1      
#ffje1 #ffbf1 #gjba1 #ajeid4  ,footnote 
d3 ,man1 even during his abode in the   
world1 is1 as to his interiors1         
consequently as to his spirit or soul1  
in the midst of spirits and angels who  
are of such a character as he himself   
is1 nos4 #bcgi1 #cfde1 #djfg1 #djgc1    
#djgg4  ,footnote e3 ,man is capable of 
speaking with spirits and angels1 and   
the ancients on our ,earth frequently   
spoke with them1 nos4 #fg1 #fh1 #fi1    
#ghd1 #afcd1 #afcf1 #ghjb4 ,but at the  
present day it is dangerous for man to  
speak with them1 unless he be in a true 
faith1 and be led by the ,lord1 nos4    
#ghd1 #idch1 #ajgea4  #b4 ,that there   

are many earths1 and men upon them1 and 
spirits and angels from them1 is very   
well known in the other life2 for in    
that life1 every one who from a love of 
the truth and consequent use desires it1
 is allowed to speak with the spirits of
 other earths1 so as to be convinced    
that there is a plurality of worlds1 and
 informed that the human race is not    
from one earth only1 but from numberless
 earths2 and so as to be informed1      
besides1 of what genius and life they   
are1 and of what character their ,divine
 worship is4  #c4 ,i have sometimes     
spoken on this subject with the spirits 
of our ,earth1 and it was said that a   
man of sound understanding may conclude1
 from many things which he knows1 that  
there are more earths than one1 and that
 there are human beings upon them4 ,for 
it is an inference of reason1 that such 
huge bodies as the planets are1 some of 
which exceed this ,earth in magnitude1  
are not empty bodies1 created only to be
 carried and to rotate around the sun1  

and to shine with their scanty light    
7lumen7 for the benefit of one earth    
only2 but that they must needs have a   
nobler use than this4 ,he who believes1 
as every one ought to believe1 that the 
,divine created the universe for no     
other end than the existence of the     
human race1 and of a heaven from it 7for
 the human race is the seminary of      
heaven71 cannot but believe that        
wherever there is an earth1 there are   
human beings4 ,that the planets1 which  
are visible to our eyes1 being within   
the boundaries of this solar system1 are
 earths1 may be clearly seen from the   
following considerations4 ,they are     
bodies of earthy matter1 because they   
reflect the sun's light 7lumen71 and1   
when seen through the telescope1 appear1
 not as stars shining from their flame1 
but as earths 7terrae7 variegated with  
dark spots4 ,like our ,earth1 they are  
carried round the sun and advance       
progressively through the path of the   
zodiac1 which motion causes years1 and  

seasons of the year1 which are spring1  
summer1 autumn1 and winter4 ,they       
likewise rotate upon their own axis1    
just as our ,earth does1 and this       
rotation causes days1 and times of the  
day1 that is1 morning1 mid-day1 evening1
 and night4 ,and moreover1 some of them 
also have moons1 which are called       
satellites1 which perform their         
revolutions around their globes in      
stated times1 as the moon does around   
ours4 ,the planet ,saturn1 because it is
 so very far distant from the sun1 has  
also a great luminous ring1 which       
supplies that earth with much1 although 
reflected1 light4 ,how is it possible   
for any one who is acquainted with these
 facts1 and thinks from reason1 to      
assert that such bodies are uninhabited8
  #d4 ,i have1 moreover1 spoken with    
spirits to the effect that men may be   
led to believe that there are more      
earths in the universe than one1 by     
considering the immensity of the starry 
heaven with its innumerable stars1 each 

of which1 in its own place1 that is1 in 
its own system1 is a sun1 and like our  
sun1 but differs in magnitude4 ,any one 
who rightly weighs these facts must     
conclude that so immense a whole cannot 
but be the means to an end which is the 
final end of creation1 and that this end
 is a heavenly kingdom1 in which the    
,divine may dwell with angels and men4  
,for the visible universe1 that is1 the 
heaven resplendent with such an         
innumerable multitude of stars1 which   
are so many suns1 is merely a means for 
the existence of earths1 and of human   
beings upon them1 from whom a heavenly  
kingdom may be formed4 ,from these      
considerations a rational man cannot but
 think that a means so immense to an end
 so great was not provided for a human  
race1 and a heaven from them1 from one  
earth only4 ,what would this be to the  
,divine1 who is infinite1 and to whom   
thousands1 yea1 myriads1 of earths1 all 
filled with inhabitants1 would be but a 
little thing and almost nothing6  #e4   

,besides1 the angelic heaven is so      
immense that it corresponds to each     
single part in man1 myriads of angels   
corresponding to each member1 and organ1
 and viscus1 and to each affection of   
them2 and it has been given me to know  
that this heaven1 as to all its         
correspondences1 cannot possibly exist  
except from the inhabitants of very many
 earthsf4  ,footnote f3 ,heaven         
corresponds to the ,lord1 and man1 as to
 all things in general and particular1  
corresponds to heaven2 and hence heaven1
 before the ,lord1 is a ,man in a large 
effigy1 and may be called the ,grand or 
,greatest ,man1 nos4 #biif1 #biih1      
#cfbd-cfdi1 #cgda-cgdf1 #dfbe4          
,concerning the correspondence of man1  
and of all things pertaining to him1    
with the ,grand ,man1 which is heaven1  
in general1 from experience1 nos4 #cjba1
 #cfbd-cfdi1 #cgda-cgea1 #chhc-chif1    
#djci-djee1 #dbah-dbah-dbbh1 #dcah-dcca1
 #ddjc-ddba1 #debc-decc1 #dfbb-dfcc1    
#dfeb-dffj1 #dgia-dhje1 #dica-diec1     

#ejej-ejfa1 #eaga-eahi1 #ecgg-ecif1     
#eeeb-eegc1 #egaa-egbg1 #ajjcj4  #f4    
,there are spirits whose sole study is  
the acquisition of knowledges finding in
 them their only delight4 ,these spirits
 are therefore permitted to wander      
about1 and even to pass beyond this     
solar system into others1 and procure   
knowledges4 ,they have stated that there
 are earths in immense numbers1         
inhabited by human beings1 not only in  
this solar system1 but in the starry    
heaven beyond it4 ,these spirits are    
from the planet ,mercury4  #g4 ,with    
regard1 in general1 to the ,divine      
worship of the inhabitants of other     
earths3 all there1 who are not          
idolaters1 acknowledge the ,lord to be  
the ,one only ,god2 for they adore the  
,divine1 not as an invisible ,divine1   
but as visible1 for this reason1 besides
 others1 that when the ,divine appears  
to them it is in the ,human ,form1 as   
,he formerly did to ,abraham and others 
on this ,earth g2 and all who adore the 

,divine under the ,human ,form are      
accepted by the ,lord h4 ,they also say 
that no one can worship ,god rightly1   
and still less be conjoined with ,him1  
unless he comprehends ,him by some idea1
 and that ,god cannot be comprehended   
except in the ,human ,form2 and that if 
,he be not thus comprehended1 the       
interior sight1 which is that of the    
thought1 concerning ,god1 is dissipated1
 as is the sight of the eye1 when       
looking into the universe with nothing  
to limit the view2 and that then the    
thought cannot but fall into nature1 and
 worship it instead of ,god4  ,footnote 
g3 ,the inhabitants of all the earths   
adore the ,divine ,being under the      
,human ,form1 consequently the ,lord1   
nos4 #heda-hedg1 #ajaei1 #ajgcf1 #ajgcg1
 #ajgch4 ,and they rejoice when they    
hear that ,god actually became ,man1 no4
 #icfa4 ,it is impossible to think of   
,god except in the ,human ,form1 nos4   
#hgje1 #icei1 #iigb4 ,man is able to    
worship and love that of which he has   

some idea1 but not that of which he has 
no idea1 nos4 #dgcc1 #eaaj1 #effc1      
#gbaa1 #iafg1 #ajjfg4  ,footnote h3 ,the
 ,lord receives all who are in good1 and
 who adore the ,divine under the ,human 
,form1 nos4 #icei1 #gagh4  #h4 ,when    
they were told that the ,lord assumed   
the ,human on our ,earth1 they pondered 
for awhile1 and then said that it was   
done for the salvation of the human     
race4     ,,the ,,earth ,,or ,,planet   
,,mercury1 ,,and ,,its ,,spirit ,,and   
,,inhabitants   #i4 ,that the entire    
heaven resembles one man1 who is        
therefore called the ,grand or ,greatest
 ,man 7,maximus ,homo71 and that all    
things in general and particular in man1
 both his exteriors and interiors1      
correspond to that man or to heaven1 is 
an arcanum as yet unknown in the world2 
but that it is so has been shown in many
 passagesi4 ,but to constitute that     
,grand ,man1 those who come from our    
,earth into heaven are insufficient1    
being comparatively few2 they must come 

from many other earths3 and it is       
provided by the ,lord that as soon as   
there is in any part a deficiency in the
 quality or quantity of the             
correspondence1 those who may supply it 
shall be immediately summoned from      
another earth1 in order that the        
proportion may be preserved1 and heaven 
by this means maintain its consistence4 
,footnote i3 ,see note f4  #aj4 ,it has 
also been disclosed to me from heaven1  
what the spirits from the planet        
,mercury have relation to in the ,grand 
,man1 namely1 that they have relation to
 the memory1 but to the memory of things
 abstracted from earthly and merely     
material things4 ,as1 however1 it has   
been given me to speak with them1 and   
this for many weeks1 and to learn of    
what character they are1 and to examine 
how the inhabitants of that earth are   
circumstanced1 ,i wish to adduce the    
experiences themselves4  #aa4 ,some     
spirits came to me1 and it was stated   
from heaven that they were from the     

earth nearest to the sun1 which on our  
,earth is called the planet ,mercury4   
,immediately on their coming they sifted
 out of my memory the things that ,i    
knew4 ,this1 spirits can do most        
skilfully1 for when they come to a man  
they see in his memory all the          
particulars it containsj4 ,while passing
 in review the various things1 and1     
among others1 the cities and places     
where ,i had been1 ,i observed that they
 had no wish to know the temples1       
palaces1 houses1 and streets1 but only  
the things ,i knew to have been done in 
them1 also the things that related to   
the government there1 and to the genius 
and manners of the inhabitants1 and     
other similar things2 for such matters  
are closely associated with the places  
in a man's memory1 so that when the     
places are called to mind1 these matters
 also suggest themselves4 ,i was        
surprised to find them of such a        
character1 and therefore inquired why   
they disregarded the magnificent objects

 of the places1 and only inquired into  
the facts and transactions connected    
with them4 ,they said that they had no  
delight in regarding material1          
corporeal1 and terrestrial things1 but  
only things that are real4 ,hence it was
 proved that the spirits of that earth1 
in the ,grand ,man1 have relation to the
 memory of things abstracted from       
material and terrestrial things4        
,footnote j3 ,spirits enter into all    
things of man's memory1 and do not      
insinuate anything from their own memory
 into the man's1 nos4 #bdhh1 #ehfc1     
#faib1 #faic1 #faih1 #faii1 #fbad4 ,the 
angels enter into the affections and    
ends1 from which and for the sake of    
which a man thinks1 wills1 and acts in  
such or such a manner in preference to  
every other1 nos4 #acag1 #afde1 #ehdd4  
#ab4 ,i was told that the life of the   
inhabitants of that earth is such1      
namely1 that they do not concern        
themselves about terrestrial and        
corporeal things1 but only about the    

statutes1 laws1 and governments of the  
nations there2 and also about the things
 of heaven1 which are innumerable4 ,i   
was further informed1 that many of the  
men 7homines7 of that earth converse    
with spirits1 and that thence they have 
knowledges respecting spiritual things  
and the states of life after death1 and 
that thence also they have a contempt   
for corporeal and terrestrial things2   
for those who know for a certainty1 and 
believe1 that there is a life after     
death1 are concerned about heavenly     
things1 as being eternal and blessed1   
but not about worldly things1 except so 
far as the necessities of life require4 
,such being the character of its        
inhabitants1 such also is that of the   
spirits who are from itk4  ,footnote k3 
,the spirits who are with man are in    
possession of all things of his memory1 
nos4 #ehec1 #eheg1 #ehei1 #ehfj4  #ac4  
,how eagerly they search for and imbibe 
the knowledges of such things as pertain
 to the memory raised above the sensual 

things of the body1 was made manifest to
 me from the circumstance that when they
 looked into the things which ,i knew   
respecting heavenly subjects1 they ran  
over them all1 and kept on stating the  
nature of each4 ,for when spirits come  
to a man1 they enter into the whole of  
his memory1 and call forth from it what 
suits themselves2 nay1 what ,i have     
often observed1 they read its contents  
as from a bookk4 ,these spirits did this
 more skilfully and quickly1 because    
they did not linger over such matters as
 are heavy and sluggish1 and confine and
 consequently impede the internal sight1
 as is the nature of all terrestrial and
 corporeal things1 when regarded as     
ends1 that is1 when alone loved2 but    
they devoted their attention to things  
themselves2 for those matters to which  
terrestrial things do not cling1 carry  
the mind 7animus7 upwards1 and so       
introduce it into a wide field of view1 
whereas merely material things drag the 
mind 7animus7 downwards1 and thus limit 

and imprison it4 ,their eagerness to    
acquire knowledges and enrich the memory
 was further evident from the following 
circumstances3 ,once1 when ,i was       
writing something concerning things to  
come1 and they were at a distance1 so   
that they could not look into those     
things from my memory2 because ,i was   
unwilling to read them in their         
presence1 they were very indignant1 and1
 contrary to their usual demeanour1 they
 were disposed to inveigh against me1   
saying that ,i was the worst of men1 and
 other like things2 and1 to show their  
resentment1 they caused a kind of       
contraction1 attended with pain1 on the 
right side of my head as far as the ear2
 but such treatment did me no harm4 ,as1
 however1 they had done evil1 they      
removed themselves to a still greater   
distance1 yet kept stopping1 being      
desirous of knowing what ,i had written4
 ,such is their eager desire for        
knowledges4  #ad4 ,the spirits of       
,mercury1 more than other spirits1      

possess the knowledges of things1 both  
of those which are within this solar    
system1 and those which are beyond it in
 the starry heaven2 and whatever things 
they have once acquired they retain1 and
 recollect them as often as similar ones
 occur4 ,from this also it may          
manifestly appear that spirits have     
memory1 and that it is much more perfect
 than that of men2 and further1 that    
spirits retain what they hear1 see1 and 
apperceive1 and especially such matters 
as they are delighted with1 as these    
spirits are with the knowledges of      
things2 for things that are matters of  
delight and love flow in as it were     
spontaneously1 and remain2 other things 
do not enter1 but only touch the surface
 and pass by4  #ae4 ,when the spirits of
 ,mercury come to other societies1 they 
try to discover from them what they     
know1 and when they have ascertained    
this1 they depart4 ,there is also such a
 communication among spirits1 and       
especially among angels1 that when they 

are in a society1 if they are accepted  
and loved1 they communicate or share all
 they know4l  ,footnote l3 ,in the      
heavens there is a communication of all 
goods1 inasmuch as heavenly love        
communicates all its possessions to     
others2 and hence the angels derive     
wisdom and happiness1 nos4 #edi1 #eej1  
#acij1 #acia1 #acii1 #ajacj1 #ajgbc4    
#af4 ,the spirits of ,mercury1 on       
account of their knowledges1 are more   
conceited than others2 wherefore they   
were told that1 although they know      
innumerable things1 there is yet an     
infinity of things which they do not    
know2 and that even were the knowledges 
with them to increase to eternity1 they 
would still be unable to attain to so   
much as an acquaintance with the        
generals of all things4 ,they were told 
that they were conceited and elated of  
disposition1 and that this character is 
unbecoming2 but they replied1 that it is
 not conceit1 but only a glorying on    
account of the capacity of their memory4

 ,thus they have the art of excusing    
their faults4  #ag4 ,they are averse to 
verbal speech1 because it is material2  
wherefore1 when ,i conversed with them  
without intermediate spirits1 ,i could  
only do so by a kind of active thought4 
,their memory1 because it is a memory of
 things1 not of purely material images1 
brings nearer to the thought its proper 
objects2 for the thought1 which is above
 the imagination1 requires for its      
objects things abstracted from those of 
matter4 ,but notwithstanding that this  
is the case1 the spirits of ,mercury    
excel but little in the faculty of      
judgment4 ,they take no delight in the  
things which pertain to judgment and to 
conclusions from knowledges2 for their  
delight is in the bare knowledges4  #ah4
 ,it was suggested to them1 whether they
 did not wish to make any use of their  
knowledges2 for it is not enough to be  
delighted with knowledges1 because      
knowledges have respect to uses1 and    
uses ought to be their ends2 that from  

knowledges alone no use results to      
themselves1 but to others with whom they
 are willing to share or communicate    
them2 and that it is not at all meet for
 a man who wants to become wise to stand
 still in knowledges alone1 inasmuch as 
these are only instrumental causes1     
meant to be serviceable for the         
investigation of matters which ought to 
belong to the life4 ,but they replied   
that they were delighted with           
knowledges1 and that to them knowledges 
were uses4  #ai4 ,some of them1 also1   
wish to appear1 not as men1 like the    
spirits of other earths1 but as         
crystalline globes4 ,their wanting to   
appear so1 although they do not1 arises 
from the circumstance that the          
knowledges of immaterial things are in  
the other life represented by crystals4 
#bj4 ,the spirits of ,mercury differ    
entirely from those of our ,earth1 for  
the spirits of our ,earth concern       
themselves not so much about immaterial 
things as about worldly1 corporeal1 and 

terrestrial things1 which are material4 
,for this reason the spirits of ,mercury
 cannot be together with the spirits of 
our ,earth1 and therefore wherever they 
meet them they flee away1 for the       
spiritual spheres that are exhaled from 
both are almost contrary4 ,the spirits  
of ,mercury have a common saying1 that  
they do not want to look at the sheath1 
but at things stripped of their sheath1 
thus at interior things4  #ba4 ,there   
appeared a flame of considerable        
brightness1 which blazed cheerfully1 and
 this for about an hour4 ,that flame    
signified the advent of some spirits of 
,mercury who1 for penetration1 thought1 
and speech1 were prompter than those who
 preceded them4 ,when they were come1   
they instantly ran over the things that 
were in my memory1 but1 owing to their  
promptness1 ,i was unable to apperceive 
what they observed4 ,immediately        
afterwards1 ,i heard them say that the  
matter was thus and thus4 ,with regard  
to the things which ,i had seen in the  

heavens and in the world of spirits1    
they said that they knew them before4 ,i
 perceived that a multitude of spirits  
who were consociated with them1 was     
behind1 a little to the left1 in the    
plane of the occiput4  #bb4 ,at another 
time ,i saw a multitude of such spirits1
 but at some little distance from me1 in
 front a little to the right1 and they  
spoke with me from thence1 but through  
intermediate spirits2 for their speech  
is as quick as thought1 which does not  
fall into human speech1 except by means 
of other spirits2 and what surprised me1
 they spoke in a body1 and yet as       
promptly and rapidly as possible4 ,their
 speech1 being of many together1 was    
apperceived as undulatory1 and1 what was
 remarkable1 it glided towards my left  
eye1 although they were to the right4   
,the reason was1 that the left eye      
corresponds to the knowledges of things 
abstracted from material things1 thus to
 such as belong to intelligence1 while  
the right eye corresponds to such as    

belong to wisdomm4 ,with the same       
promptness with which they spoke1 they  
perceived the things that they heard1   
and formed their judgment upon them1    
saying of one thing that it was so1 and 
of another that it was not so1 their    
judgment being as it were instantaneous4
  ,footnote m3 ,the eye corresponds to  
the understanding1 because the          
understanding is the internal sight1 and
 the sight of things immaterial1 nos4   
#bgja1 #ddaj1 #debf1 #ijea1 #ajefi4 ,the
 sight of the left eye corresponds to   
truths1 consequently to intelligence2   
and the sight of the right eye          
corresponds to the goods of truth1      
consequently to wisdom1 no4 #ddaj4  #bc4
 ,there was a spirit from another earth1
 who was well qualified to converse with
 them1 being a prompt and rapid speaker1
 but who affected elegance in his       
discourse4 ,they instantly formed their 
judgment concerning whatever he spoke1  
saying of one thing that it was too     
elegantly1 of another that it was too   

learnedly expressed2 so that the only   
thing they attended to was1 whether they
 heard from him anything which was not  
known to them before1 rejecting thereby 
such things as obscured the subject1    
which are chiefly affectations of       
elegance in expression and of erudition2
 for these hide the things themselves   
and in their place substitute           
expressions1 which are the material     
forms of things2 on these the speaker   
keeps his mind 7animus7 fixed1 and wants
 to draw attention to his expressions   
rather than their meaning1 by which the 
ears of his auditors are more affected  
than their minds 7mens74  #bd4 ,the     
spirits of the earth ,mercury do not    
tarry in one place1 or among assemblies 
of the spirits of one system1 but wander
 through the universe4 ,the reason is   
that they have reference to the memory  
of things1 which requires to be         
continually enriched2 therefore it is   
granted them to wander about1 and       
everywhere acquire knowledges4 ,if1     

while travelling in this manner1 they   
meet with spirits who love material1    
that is1 corporeal and terrestrial      
things1 they shun them1 and betake      
themselves to where they do not hear    
such things4 ,from this it may appear   
that their mind 7animus7 is elevated    
above sensual things1 and thus that they
 are in interior light 7lumen74 ,this it
 was also given me actually to perceive 
when they were near me and were speaking
 with me4 ,i observed then that ,i was  
withdrawn from sensual things to such a 
degree1 that the light 7lumen7 of my    
eyes began to grow dull and dim4  #be4  
,the spirits of that earth go about by  
companies and phalanxes1 and when       
assembled together they form as it were 
a globe4 ,they are joined together in   
this manner by the ,lord in order that  
they may act as a one1 and that the     
knowledges of each may be communicated  
to all1 and the knowledges of all to    
each1 as is the case in heavenl4 ,that  
they wander through the universe in     

quest of the knowledges of things1 was  
made manifest to me also from this fact1
 that once1 when they appeared very     
remote from me1 they spoke with me from 
thence1 and said that they were then    
gathered together1 and were going beyond
 the sphere of this system into the     
starry heaven1 where they knew there    
were such as had no concern about       
terrestrial and corporeal things1 but   
about things elevated above them1 with  
whom they desired to be4 ,it was stated 
that they themselves do not know whither
 they are going1 but that under the     
,divine auspices they are conveyed to   
where they may be instructed concerning 
such things as they had previously been 
unacquainted with1 and which are in     
agreement with the knowledges they      
already possess4 ,it was also stated    
that they do not know how they meet with
 the companions with whom they are      
conjoined1 and that this also is        
effected under the ,divine auspices4    
#bf4 ,as they journey through the       

universe in this manner1 and are thus   
enabled to know more than others about  
the systems and earths beyond the sphere
 of our solar system1 ,i have spoken    
with them on this subject also4 ,they   
said that in the universe there are very
 many earths1 with human beings upon    
them2 and that they wonder at its being 
supposed by some1 whom they called men  
of little judgment1 that the heaven of  
the ,omnipotent ,god consists only of   
the spirits and angels who come from one
 earth1 when these are so few that1     
relatively to the ,omnipotence of ,god1 
they are scarcely anything1 and this    
would be the case even if there were    
myriads of systems with myriads of      
earths4 ,they said1 moreover1 that they 
knew of the existence of earths in the  
universe exceeding in number some       
hundreds of thousands2 and yet what is  
this to the ,divine1 who is ,infinite6  
#bg4 ,the spirits of ,mercury1 when they
 were with me while ,i was writing and  
explaining the ,word as to its internal 

sense1 and who perceived what ,i was    
writing1 said that the things which ,i  
wrote were very gross1 and that almost  
all the expressions appeared as         
material4 ,but it was given to reply1   
that the men of our ,earth nevertheless 
look upon the things that have been     
written1 as subtle and elevated1 and    
that many things they do not understand4
 ,i added1 that very many on this ,earth
 do not know that it is the internal man
 that acts on the external1 and causes  
it to live1 and that from the fallacies 
of the senses they persuade themselves  
that the body has a life of its own1 and
 that in consequence the evil and       
unbelieving are in doubt as to a life   
after death4 ,also1 that that in man    
which is to live after death they do not
 call the spirit but the soul2 and that 
they dispute about what the soul is and 
where its abode is1 and believe that the
 material body1 although dispersed to   
all the winds1 must be again conjoined  
to it1 in order that man may live as a  

man2 besides many other things of the   
same kind4 ,when the spirits of ,mercury
 heard these things1 they asked whether 
such men could become angels4 ,to this  
it was given to answer that those who   
have lived in the good of faith and     
charity become angels1 and that then    
they are no longer in external and      
material things1 but in internal and    
spiritual things2 and that when they    
come into this state1 they are in a     
light superior to that in which the     
spirits from ,mercury are4 ,in order    
that they might know that this was so1  
an angel who had come into heaven from  
our ,earth1 and who had been such while 
he lived in the world1 was allowed to   
speak with them2 which circumstance will
 be detailed below at no4 #cg4  #bh4    
,afterwards there was sent me by the    
spirits of ,mercury a long paper of an  
irregular shape1 consisting of several  
papers stuck together1 which appeared as
 if printed with types such as are used 
on this ,earth4 ,i asked whether they   

had such among them2 but they said they 
had not1 but that they knew that there  
were such printed papers on our ,earth4 
,they were not willing to say more2 but 
,i perceived that they thought that the 
knowledges on our ,earth were on papers1
 and not so much within the man himself1
 thus derisively insinuating that the   
papers1 so to speak1 knew more than the 
man4 ,but they were instructed as to the
 real state of the case4 ,after some    
time they returned1 and sent me another 
paper1 which also appeared printed with 
types like unto the former one2 not1    
however1 like it1 stuck together and    
untidy1 but symmetrically shaped and    
neat3 they said they had been further   
informed that on this ,earth there were 
such papers1 and books made of them4    
#bi4 ,from the facts that have now been 
stated1 it clearly appears1 that spirits
 retain in the memory the things that   
they see and hear in the other life1 and
 that they are equally capable of being 
instructed as when they were men in the 

world1 consequently1 of being instructed
 in those things that are of faith1 and 
thereby of being perfected4 ,the more   
interior spirits and angels are1 the    
more promptly and fully do they imbibe1 
and the more perfectly do they retain   
what they hear1 and as this capacity    
remains for ever1 it is evident that    
wisdom is continually growing with them4
 ,with the spirits of ,mercury1 the     
science of things is continually        
growing1 yet not therefore wisdom1      
because they love knowledges1 which are 
means1 but not uses1 which are ends4    
#cj4 ,furthermore1 the character of the 
genius of the spirits who are from the  
planet ,mercury may still further appear
 from the following facts4 ,it must be  
known that all spirits and angels       
without exception were once men1 for the
 human race is the seminary of heaven2  
and that spirits are altogether such as 
to their affections and inclinations as 
they had been when they lived as men in 
the world1 for every one's life follows 

himn4 ,this being the case1 the genius  
of the men of every earth may be known  
from the genius of the spirits who are  
from it4  ,footnote n3 ,every one's life
 remains with him and follows him after 
death1 nos4 #dbbg1 #gddj4 ,the externals
 of life are kept closed after death1   
and the internals of life are opened1   
nos4 #dcad1 #eabh1 #fdie4 ,all things in
 general and particular of thought are  
then made manifest1 nos4 #dfcc1 #eabh4  
#ca4 ,since the spirits of ,mercury in  
the ,grand ,man have relation to the    
memory of things abstracted from        
material things1 therefore when any one 
speaks to them of terrestrial1          
corporeal1 and merely worldly things1   
they are absolutely unwilling to hear2  
and if they are forced to hear of those 
things1 they transmute them into others1
 and for the most part into contrary    
things1 so as to avoid them4  #cb4 ,in  
order that ,i might know for certain    
that such was their genius1 it was      
allowed to represent to them meadows1   

fallow-lands1 gardens1 woods1 and       
streams4 ,to represent such things is to
 exhibit before another in imagination  
those things which1 in the other life1  
appear to the life4 ,but they instantly 
transmuted them2 they darkened the      
meadows and fallow-lands1 and by        
representations filled them with snakes2
 the streams they turned black1 so that 
the water no longer appeared limpid4    
,when ,i asked why they did so1 they    
said they did not want to think of such 
things1 but of realities1 which are the 
knowledges of things abstracted from    
terrestrial things1 especially of such  
as exist in the heavens4  #cc4 ,i       
afterwards represented to them birds    
both large and small1 such as exist on  
our ,earth2 for in the other life such  
things can be represented to the life4  
,on seeing those birds represented1 they
 at first wanted to change them1 but    
they afterwards were delighted with     
them1 and became quiet2 the reason was1 
that birds signify the knowledges of    

things1 and the perception of this fact 
then flowed ino2 they therefore         
abstained from transmuting them1 and so 
from turning away the ideas of their    
memory4 ,afterwards it was permitted me 
to represent before them a very pleasant
 garden full of lamps and lights2 they  
then paused and their attention was     
fixed1 because lamps with lights signify
 truths 7veritates7 which shine from    
goodp4 ,from this it was evident that   
they could be detained in the           
consideration of material things1       
provided only that the signification of 
those things in the spiritual sense were
 insinuated at the same time2 for the   
things which belong to the spiritual    
sense are not abstracted from material  
things to the same extent1 inasmuch as  
they are representative of these4       
,footnote o3 ,birds signify rational    
things1 intellectual things1 thoughts1  
ideas1 and knowledges1 nos4 #dj1 #gde1  
#ggf1 #ggh1 #hff1 #ihh1 #iic1 #eadi1    
#gdda4 ,and this with variety according 

to the genera and species of the birds1 
no4 #cbai4  ,footnote p3 ,lamps with    
lights signify truths 7veritates7 which 
shine from good1 nos4 #dfch1 #iedh1     
#ighc4  #cd4 ,moreover1 ,i spoke with   
them about sheep and lambs1 but they    
were not willing to hear of such things1
 because they were perceived by them as 
terrestrial things2 the reason was1 that
 they did not understand what innocence 
is1 which lambs signify2 this was       
apperceived from the circumstance that1 
on my saying that lambs1 when           
represented in heaven1 signify          
innocenceq1 they said that they did not 
know what innocence was1 but only knew  
it by name3 the reason is1 that they are
 affected with knowledges only1 but not 
with uses1 which are the ends of        
knowledges1 consequently they are unable
 to know1 from internal perception1 what
 innocence is4  ,footnote q3 ,lambs in  
heaven1 and in the ,word1 signify       
innocence1 nos4 #ciid1 #ghdj1 #ajacb4   
#ce4 ,some of the spirits of the earth  

,mercury came to me1 being sent by      
others1 in order that they might hear   
what was going on near me4 ,these were  
told by one of the spirits of our       
,earth1 to tell their friends not to    
speak anything but what was true1 and   
not1 as they were wont1 to present      
opposite things to their questioners2   
for that if any of the spirits of our   
,earth were to do so1 he would be       
punished4 ,but immediately the company  
from which those spirits had been sent  
forth1 and which was at a distance1 made
 answer1 that if they must be punished  
on that account1 they must all be       
punished1 inasmuch as1 from continual   
practice1 they could not do otherwise4  
,they said that when they speak with the
 men of their own earth1 they also do   
likewise1 not1 however1 with any        
intention to deceive1 but to inspire the
 desire of knowing2 for when they       
present opposite things1 and conceal    
things in a certain manner1 the desire  
of knowing is excited1 and thus from the

 zeal of exploring those things1 the    
memory is perfected4 ,i also1 on another
 occasion1 spoke with them on the same  
subject1 and1 as ,i knew that they spoke
 with the men of their earth1 ,i asked  
in what manner they instructed their    
inhabitants4 ,they said that they do not
 instruct them fully as to how a matter 
is1 but keep insinuating some           
apperception of it1 in order that from  
this the desire of exploring and of     
acquiring knowledge may be nourished and
 grow2 for if they were to answer all   
their questions1 the desire would       
perish4 ,they added1 that they suggest  
opposites for this reason also1 that the
 truth 7veritas7 may afterwards appear  
the better2 for all truth appears from  
relation to its opposites4  #cf4 ,it is 
their custom not to tell another what   
they know1 but still they want to learn 
from all others what is known to them4  
,with their own society1 however1 they  
communicate everything1 insomuch that   
what one knows all know1 and what all   

know each one in the society knowsl4    
#cg4 ,inasmuch as the spirits of        
,mercury abound in knowledges1 they are 
in a certain kind of conceit2 hence they
 imagine that they know so much that it 
is almost impossible to know more4 ,but 
it was told them by the spirits of our  
,earth1 that they do not know much but  
little1 and that the things which they  
do not know are comparatively infinite2 
and that the things which they do not   
know1 are1 relatively to those they do  
know1 as the waters of the largest ocean
 to those of a very small fountain2 and 
further1 that the first step towards    
wisdom consists in knowing1             
acknowledging1 and perceiving that what 
one knows1 is1 compared with what one   
does not know1 so little as hardly to be
 anything4 ,in order that they might    
know that it is so1 it was granted that 
a certain angelic spirit should speak   
with them1 and tell them generally what 
they knew and what they did not know1   
and that there were infinite things     

which they did not know1 and that       
eternity would not suffice for their    
acquiring even a general knowledge of   
things4 ,he spoke by means of angelic   
ideas much more readily than they did1  
and as he disclosed to them what they   
knew and what they did not know1 they   
were struck with amazement4 ,afterwards 
,i saw another angel speaking with them1
 who appeared at some height towards the
 right2 he was from our ,earth4 ,he     
recounted very many things which they   
did not know2 and afterwards he spoke   
with them by means of changes of state1 
which they said they did not understand4
 ,he then told them that every change of
 state1 and also every smallest part of 
such change1 contains infinite things4  
,when they heard this1 as they had been 
conceited on account of their           
knowledges1 they began to humble        
themselves4 ,their humiliation was      
represented by the sinking downwards of 
the compact body 7volumen7 which they   
formed 7for that company appeared at the

 time as a compact body1 in front       
towards the left1 at a distance1 in the 
plane of the region below the navel72   
but the compact body appeared as it were
 hollowed in the middle1 and raised at  
the sides2 an alternating motion was    
also observed therein4 ,they were also  
told what that signified1 that is1 what 
they thought in their humiliation1 and  
that those who appeared elevated at the 
sides were not as yet in any            
humiliation2 and ,i saw that the compact
 body was separated1 and that those who 
were not in humiliation were sent back  
towards their earth1 the rest remaining4
  #ch4 ,there once came some spirits of 
,mercury to a certain spirit from our   
,earth1 who1 during his life in the     
world1 had been most celebrated for his 
learning1--he was ,christian            
,wolf--desiring to receive information  
from him on various subjects4 ,but when 
they perceived that what he said was not
 elevated above the sensual things of   
the natural man1 because in speaking he 

thought of honour1 and wanted1 as in the
 world 7for in the other life every one 
is like his former self71 to connect    
various things into series1 and from    
these again and continually to deduce   
others1 and so form several chains of   
such1 which they did not see or         
acknowledge to be true1 and which       
therefore they declared to be chains    
which neither cohered in themselves nor 
with the conclusions1 and called them   
the obscurity of authority1 they ceased 
to question him1 inquiring only what    
this was called and what that4 ,and     
because he answered these questions also
 by material ideas1 and not by any that 
were spiritual1 they departed from him4 
,for in the other life every one speaks 
spiritually1 or by spiritual ideas1 so  
far as in the world he had believed in  
,god2 and materially1 so far as he had  
not believed4 ,as an opportunity here   
offers1 ,i may relate how the case is1  
in the other life1 with the learned who 
acquire intelligence by their own       

meditation kindled by the love of       
knowing truths for the sake of truths1  
thus for the sake of uses apart from    
worldly considerations2 and how the case
 is with those who acquire intelligence 
from others without any meditation of   
their own1 as is the practice of those  
who desire to know truths merely for the
 purpose of acquiring a reputation for  
learning1 and of thereby attaining      
honour or gain in the world1 and        
consequently not for the sake of uses   
apart from worldly considerations4 ,i   
may here relate a certain experience    
concerning men of this character4 ,there
 was apperceived a certain sound        
penetrating from beneath near the left  
side as far as the left ear3 ,i observed
 that there were spirits who were       
attempting to force their way there1 but
 ,i could not ascertain of what         
character they were4 ,when they had     
forced their way1 however1 they spoke   
with me1 saying that they were logicians
 and metaphysicians1 and that they had  

immersed their thoughts in such sciences
 without any other end than that of     
acquiring a reputation for learning1 and
 thus of attaining to honours and       
wealth3 they lamented that they now led 
a miserable life1 because they had      
studied these sciences for no other end1
 and thus had not cultivated their      
,rational by means of them4 ,their      
speech was slow and muffled4 ,in the    
meantime there were two conversing above
 my head1 and when ,i asked who they    
were1 ,i was told that one of them was  
of the highest distinction in the       
learned world1 and it was given me to   
believe that he was ,aristotle4 ,who the
 other was1 was not stated4 ,he was then
 let into the state in which he had been
 when he lived in the world1 for every  
one can easily be let into the state of 
life which he had had in the world1     
since every state of his life remains   
with him4 ,i was surprised to find that 
he applied himself to the right ear1 and
 he spoke there1 hoarsely1 indeed1 but  

still sensibly4 ,from the purport of    
what he said ,i apperceived that he was 
of quite a different genius from those  
,schoolmen who first arose1 namely1 that
 he hatched what he wrote from his own  
thought1 and from the same source       
produced his philosophical system1 so   
that the terms which he invented1 and   
applied to subjects of thought1 were    
forms of expression by which he         
described interior things2 also that he 
was excited to such pursuits by a       
delight of the affection1 and by a      
desire of knowing the things that       
belonged to the thought and the         
understanding2 and that he followed     
obediently whatever his spirit had      
dictated4 ,this was the reason he       
applied himself to the right ear1       
differently from his followers1 who are 
called ,schoolmen1 and who do not       
proceed from thought to terms1 but from 
terms to thoughts1 thus by a contrary   
way2 and many of them do not even       
proceed to thoughts1 but stick fast     

entirely in terms1 their application of 
which1 when they make any1 being to     
confirm whatever they want to1 and to   
invest falsities with an appearance of  
truth1 according to their eagerness to  
persuade4 ,consequently for them        
philosophy is rather a means of becoming
 foolish than a means of becoming wise2 
and therefore they have darkness instead
 of light4 ,afterwards1 ,i conversed    
with him on analytical science1 saying  
that a little child1 in half an hour1   
speaks more philosophically1            
analytically1 and logically1 than he    
could describe in a volume1 because all 
things of human thought and consequently
 of human speech are analytical1 and the
 laws thereof are from the spiritual    
world2 and that he who wants to think   
artificially from terms is not unlike a 
dancer who wants to learn to dance from 
a knowledge of the motory fibres and    
muscles2 if he were to keep his mind    
7animus7 fixed on that knowledge whilst 
dancing1 he would hardly be able to move

 a foot1 and yet1 without that          
knowledge1 he sets in action all the    
motory fibres that are scattered        
throughout the whole of his body1 and1  
in due measure1 the lungs1 diaphragm1   
sides1 arms1 neck1 and all the other    
parts1 to describe all which volumes    
would not suffice2 and that the case is 
just like this with those who want to   
think from terms4 ,he approved of these 
observations1 and said1 that if one     
learns to think in that way one proceeds
 in inverted order3 adding1 that if any 
one wants to be foolish1 he has only to 
proceed in that way2 and that one should
 constantly think of use1 and from what 
is interior4 ,he next showed me what    
idea he had had of the ,supreme ,deity4 
,he had represented ,him to himself as  
having a human face1 and encompassed    
about the head with a radiant circle2   
but he now knew that the ,lord is       
,himself that ,man1 and that the radiant
 circle is the ,divine proceeding from  
,him1 which inflows not only into heaven

 but also into the universe1 disposing  
and ruling both4 ,he added1 that ,he who
 disposes and rules heaven1 disposes and
 rules the universe also1 because the   
one cannot be separated from the other4 
,he also said1 that he believed in only 
one ,god1 whose attributes and qualities
 men distinguished by names as numerous 
as the gods they worshipped4 ,a woman   
appeared to me who stretched out her    
hand1 desiring to stroke his cheek4     
,when ,i expressed my surprise at this1 
he said1 that while he was in the world 
such a woman had often appeared to him1 
and as it were stroked his cheek1 and   
that her hand was beautiful4 ,the       
angelic spirits said that such women    
sometimes appeared to the ancients1 and 
that they called them ,pallases2 and    
that the one who appeared to him was    
from spirits who1 when they lived as men
 in the ancient times1 were delighted   
with ideas and indulged in thoughts1 but
 without philosophy2 and as such spirits
 were with him1 and were delighted with 

him because he thought from what is     
interior1 they representatively         
exhibited such a woman to his view4     
,lastly1 he told me what idea he had had
 concerning the soul or spirit of man1  
which he called ,pneuma1 namely1 that it
 was an invisible vital principle1 like 
something of the ether4 ,he said that he
 knew his spirit would live after death1
 since it was his interior essence1     
which cannot die1 because it can think2 
and moreover that he could not think    
clearly concerning it1 but only         
obscurely1 because he had not possessed 
any knowledge on the subject except from
 himself1 with a little also from the   
,ancients4 ,aristotle1 it may be        
remarked1 is among sane spirits in the  
other life1 but many of his followers   
are among the foolish4  #ci4 ,i once saw
 that some spirits of our ,earth were   
with some spirits of ,mercury1 and ,i   
heard them conversing with one another2 
and on this occasion the spirits of our 
,earth asked them1 among other things1  

in whom they believed4 ,they replied    
that they believed in ,god4 ,but when   
they inquired further concerning the    
,god in whom they believed1 they would  
not say1 since it is their custom not to
 give direct answers to questions4 ,then
 the spirits from the earth ,mercury1 in
 their turn1 asked the spirits from our 
,earth in whom they believed4 ,they said
 that they believed in the ,lord ,god4  
,the spirits of ,mercury then said they 
perceived that they believed in no ,god1
 and that they had contracted a habit of
 professing belief with the mouth when  
yet they do not believe4 7,the spirits  
of ,mercury have an exquisite           
perception1 in consequence of their     
continually exploring1 by means of      
perception1 what others know47 ,the     
spirits of our ,earth were of the number
 of those who in the world had made     
profession of faith according to the    
doctrine of the church1 but still had   
not lived the life of faith2 and those  
who do not live the life of faith1 in   

the other life have no faith1 because it
 is not in the manr4 ,on hearing this   
they were silent1 because1 by an        
apperception then given them1 they      
acknowledged that the case was so4      
,footnote r3 ,they who make profession  
of faith from doctrine1 and do not live 
the life of faith1 have no faith1 nos4  
#chfe1 #ggff1 #gggh1 #ggij1 #giej1      
#hjid4 ,and their interiors are contrary
 to the truths of faith1 although in the
 world they do not know this1 nos4      
#ggij1 #giej4  #dj4 ,certain spirits    
knew from heaven that a promise had once
 been made to the spirits of the earth  
,mercury1 that they should see the      
,lord2 they were1 therefore1 asked by   
the spirits about me whether they       
recollected that promise4 ,they said    
that they did recollect it2 but that    
they did not know whether the promise   
had been made in such a manner as to    
preclude all doubt respecting it4 ,while
 they were thus talking together1 the   
,sun of heaven appeared to them4 7,the  

,sun of heaven1 which is the ,lord1 is  
seen only by those who are in the inmost
 or third heaven2 others see the light  
which proceeds from it47 ,on seeing the 
,sun1 they said that this was not the   
,lord ,god1 because they saw no face4   
,meanwhile the spirits were conversing  
with each other1 but ,i did not hear    
what they said4 ,suddenly1 however1 the 
,sun again appeared1 and in the midst of
 it the ,lord1 encompassed with a solar 
circle3 at this sight the spirits of    
,mercury humbled themselves profoundly1 
and bowed down4 ,at that time also1 the 
,lord appeared out of that ,sun to      
certain spirits of our ,earth1 who1 when
 they were men1 had seen ,him in the    
world2 and they1 one after another1 and 
thus many in succession1 confessed that 
it was the ,lord ,himself2 and they made
 this confession before the whole       
assembly4 ,at the same time also the    
,lord appeared out of the ,sun to the   
spirits of the planet ,jupiter1 who     
declared with a clear voice1 that it was

 ,he ,himself whom they had seen on     
their earth when the ,god of the        
universe appeared to thems4  ,footnote  
s3 ,the ,lord is the ,sun of heaven1    
from which proceeds all the light there1
 nos4 #ajec1 #cfcf1 #djfj4 ,and the     
,lord thus appears to those who are in  
,his celestial kingdom1 where love to   
,him reigns1 nos4 #aeba1 #aebi-aeca1    
#ahcg1 #dfif4 ,he appears at a middle   
height above the plane of the right eye1
 nos4 #dcba1 #gjgh4 ,therefore in the   
,word the sun signifies the ,lord as to 
the ,divine ,love1 nos4 #bdie1 #djfj1   
#gjhc4 ,the sun of the world does not   
appear to spirits and angels1 but in its
 place as it were a dark something      
behind1 opposite to the ,sun of heaven  
or to the ,lord1 no4 #igee4  #da4 ,after
 the ,lord had appeared1 some were led  
towards the front parts to the right1   
and as they advanced1 they said that    
they saw a light much clearer and purer 
than they had ever seen before1 and that
 a greater light could not possibly be  

seen3 and it was then the time of       
evening here4 ,those who said this were 
manyt4  ,footnote t3 ,in the heavens    
there is great light1 which exceeds1 by 
many degrees1 the noon-day light on     
earth1 nos4 #aaag1 #aeba1 #aecc1        
#afai-afcb1 #debg1 #edjj1 #hfdd4 ,all   
light in the heavens is from the ,lord  
as the ,sun there1 nos4 #ajec1 #aeba1   
#caie1 #ccda1 #cfcf1 #cfdc1 #ddae1      
#iedh1 #ifhd1 #ajhji4 ,the ,divine      
,truth proceeding from the ,divine ,good
 of the ,lord's ,divine ,love appears in
 the heavens as light and constitutes   
all the light there1 nos4 #caie1 #cbbb1 
#edjj1 #hfdd1 #icii1 #iedh1 #ifhd4 ,the 
light of heaven illuminates both the    
sight and the understanding of the      
angels1 nos4 #bggf1 #cach4 ,heaven being
 said to be in light and heat1 signifies
 in wisdom and in love1 nos4 #cfdc1     
#icii1 #idja4  #db4 ,it should be known 
that the sun of the world does not      
appear at all to any spirit1 nor does   
anything of the light from it4 ,the     

light of this sun is1 to spirits and    
angels1 like thick darkness4 ,this sun  
remains in the perception with spirits  
only from their having seen it when they
 were in the world1 and it is exhibited 
to them in idea as an exceedingly dark  
something1 and situated behind at a     
considerable distance1 at a little      
height above the plane of the head4 ,the
 planets which are within the system of 
this sun appear according to a fixed    
situation in respect to the sun3        
,mercury appears behind1 a little       
towards the right2 the planet ,venus to 
the left1 a little backwards2 the planet
 ,mars to the left in front2 the planet 
,jupiter likewise to the left in front1 
but at a greater distance2 the planet   
,saturn directly in front1 at a         
considerable distance2 the ,moon to the 
left1 at a moderate height3 the         
satellites also appear to the left      
relatively to their own planets4 ,such  
is the situation of these planets in the
 ideas of spirits and angels4 ,spirits  

also appear near their own planet1 but  
apart from it4 ,with regard to the      
spirits of ,mercury in particular1 they 
do not appear in any particular quarter1
 or at any particular distance1 but they
 appear sometimes in front1 sometimes to
 the left1 sometimes a little to the    
back2 the reason is1 that they are      
allowed to wander through the universe  
for the purpose of procuring knowledges4
  #dc4 ,some spirits of ,mercury once   
appeared to the left in a globe1 and    
afterwards in a compact body 7volumen7  
extending itself lengthwise4 ,i wondered
 whither they were bent1 whether to this
 or to some other earth1 and ,i soon    
observed that they turned towards the   
right1 and1 rolling along1 approached   
the earth or planet ,venus towards the  
quarter in front4 ,but when they reached
 it1 they said that they would not      
remain there1 because the inhabitants   
were evil2 wherefore they turned round  
to the back part of that earth1 and then
 said they would remain there1 because  

the inhabitants of that part were good4 
,while this was taking place ,i was     
sensible of a remarkable change in the  
brain1 and of a powerful operation from 
it4 ,from this it was given me to       
conclude that the spirits of ,venus who 
are from that part of the planet1 were  
in concord with the spirits of ,mercury1
 and that they had relation to the      
memory of material things which is in   
concord with the memory of immaterial   
things1 to which the spirits of ,mercury
 have relation2 hence a more powerful   
operation was felt from them when they  
were there4  #dd4 ,i was desirous of    
knowing what kind of face and body the  
men 7homines7 on the earth ,mercury     
have1 and whether they are like the men 
7homines7 on our ,earth4 ,there was then
 exhibited before my eyes a woman       
exactly resembling those who are on that
 earth4 ,her face was beautiful1 but    
smaller than that of the women of our   
,earth2 she was also more slender in    
body1 but of equal height3 her head was 

covered with some linen stuff1 arranged 
without art but still in a becoming     
manner4 ,a man 7vir7 also was exhibited4
 ,he1 too1 was more slender in body than
 the men 7viri7 of our ,earth2 he was   
clothed in a garment of dark blue       
fitting closely to his body1 without    
folds or protuberances anywhere4 ,such1 
,i was told1 were the personal form and 
clothing of the men 7homines7 of that   
earth4 ,afterwards there were exhibited 
some kinds of their oxen and cows1 which
 did not1 indeed1 differ much from those
 on our ,earth1 except that they were   
smaller1 and approximated in some       
measure to the stag and hind species4   
#de4 ,they were also questioned about   
the sun of the system1 how it appears   
from their earth4 ,they said that it    
appeared large1 and larger there than   
from other earths2 they said that they  
knew this from the ideas of other       
spirits respecting the sun4 ,they said  
further that they enjoyed a middle      
temperature1 neither too hot nor too    

cold4 ,it was then given me to tell     
them1 that it has been so provided for  
them by the ,lord1 in order that they   
might not be exposed to excessive heat  
from the circumstance of their earth    
being in greater proximity to the sun   
than the other earths1 since heat does  
not arise from nearness to the sun1 but 
from the height and density of the      
aerial atmosphere1 as is evident from   
the cold on high mountains even in hot  
climates2 also1 that heat is varied     
according to the direct or oblique      
incidence of the sun's rays1 as is      
evident from the seasons of winter and  
summer in every region4 ,these are the  
particulars which it has been given me  
to know respecting the spirits and      
inhabitants of the earth ,mercury4      
,,the ,,earth ,,or ,,planet ,,jupiter1  
,,and ,,its ,,spirits ,,and             
,,inhabitants4   #df4 ,it has been given
 me to have longer intercourse with the 
spirits and angels of the planet        
,jupiter than with the spirits and      

angels from the other planets2 and ,i   
can therefore relate more particulars   
respecting their state of life and      
respecting that of the inhabitants of   
that planet4 ,that those spirits were   
from that planet1 was evident from many 
circumstances1 and was also declared    
from heaven4  #dg4 ,the earth or planet 
,jupiter itself does not indeed appear  
to spirits and angels3 for in the       
spiritual world no earth is ever visible
 to any one1 but only the spirits and   
angels who are from it4 ,those who are  
from the planet ,jupiter appear in front
 to the left1 at some little distance1  
and this constantly 7see above1 no4     
#db73 there also the planet is4 ,the    
spirits of every earth are near their   
own earth1 because they are from its    
inhabitants 7for every man after death  
becomes a spirit71 and because they are 
thus of a similar genius1 and can be    
with the inhabitants and be of service  
to them4  #dh4 ,they related that in the
 region of their earth where they had   

lived when in the world1 the multitude  
of human beings was as great as the     
earth could support2 that it was        
fertile1 and abounded in all things2    
that the inhabitants desired no more    
than sufficed for the necessities of    
life1 and that what was not necessary   
they did not regard as useful2 and that 
therefore the multitude of human beings 
was so great4 ,they said that their     
principal care was the education of     
their children1 and that they loved them
 most tenderly4  #di4 ,they further     
related that on their earth they are    
distinguished into clans1 families1 and 
households1 and that all live together  
with their own1 separate from the       
others1 and that therefore their        
habitual intercourse is confined to     
their kindred3 also that no one ever    
desires another's goods2 nor does it    
ever enter the mind 7animus7 of any one 
to covet any of the goods of another1   
much less to obtain them by any         
artifice1 and still less to attack and  

plunder them2 this they consider a crime
 contrary to human nature1 and horrible4
 ,when ,i wanted to tell them that on   
this ,earth there were wars1            
depredations1 and murders1 they turned  
away1 and refused to hear4 ,it has been 
told me by the angels that the ,most    
,ancient inhabitants of our ,earth dwelt
 in the same manner1 that is to say1    
distinguished into clans1 families1 and 
households1 and that all in those times 
were content with their own goods2 and  
that it was an entirely unknown thing   
for one to enrich himself with the goods
 of others1 or to assume dominion from  
the love of self2 and that on this      
account the ,ancient1 and especially the
 ,most ,ancient times1 were more        
acceptable to the ,lord than those which
 have succeeded them2 and that1 as their
 state was such1 innocence then reigned1
 and1 together with innocence1 wisdom2  
that every one then did what was good   
for the sake of good1 and what was just 
for the sake of justice2 that they did  

not know what it was to do what was good
 and just with a view to their own      
honour1 or for the sake of gain2 and    
that in those times they spoke nothing  
but what was true1 and this not so much 
from truth as from good1 that is1 not   
from the ,intellectual separate from the
 ,voluntary1 but from the ,voluntary    
conjoined with the ,intellectual4 ,such 
were the ,ancient times4 ,angels then   
could therefore have habitual           
intercourse with men1 and carry their   
minds1 almost separated from corporeal  
things1 into heaven1 and could even lead
 them about there1 and show them the    
magnificent and goodly things there1 and
 also communicate to them their own     
happinesses and delights4 ,these times  
were also known to ancient writers1 who 
called them the ,golden1 and likewise   
the ,saturnian times4 ,the reason why   
these times were such was1 as has been  
stated1 that men then lived             
distinguished into clans1 clans into    
families1 and families into households1 

and every household dwelt by itself2 and
 that it then never entered into any    
one's mind 7mens7 to seize upon         
another's inheritance1 and thus acquire 
for himself opulence and dominion3 the  
love of self and the love of the world  
were then far away2 every one rejoiced  
in his own1 and not less in another's   
good4 ,but in the course of time this   
scene was changed and totally reversed1 
when the lust of exercising dominion and
 of possessing many things invaded the  
mind 7animus74 ,then the human race1 for
 the sake of self-defence1 gathered     
themselves into kingdoms and empires2   
and because the laws of charity and     
conscience1 which had been inscribed    
upon the heart1 ceased to operate1 it   
became necessary1 in order to restrain  
deeds of violence1 to enact external    
laws1 of which the rewards were honours 
and gain1 and the punishments were the  
deprivation thereof4 ,when the state was
 thus changed1 heaven itself became     
removed from man1 and this more and more

 even to the present ages1 when the very
 existence of heaven and hell is        
unknown1 yea1 is even denied by some4   
,these statements have been made in     
order to show clearly by the parallel1  
what is the state of those who are on   
the earth ,jupiter1 and whence they have
 their goodness of disposition and also 
their wisdom1 of which more will be said
 in the following pages4  #ej4 ,by      
long-continued intercourse with the     
spirits of the earth ,jupiter1 it became
 manifest to me that they were better   
disposed than the spirits of many other 
earths4 ,their approach when they came  
to me1 their stay with me1 and their    
influx at the time1 were so gentle and  
sweet as to be inexpressible4 ,in the   
other life the quality of every spirit  
manifests itself by an influx1 which is 
the communication of his affection4     
,goodness of disposition manifests      
itself by gentleness and sweetness2 by  
gentleness1 because it is afraid to     
hurt1 and by sweetness1 because it loves

 to do good4 ,i could distinguish very  
clearly between the gentleness and      
sweetness of the influx proceeding from 
the good spirits of our ,earth1 and the 
gentleness and sweetness of the influx  
from the spirits of ,jupiter4 ,they said
 that when any slight disagreement      
arises among them1 there appears as it  
were a thin dazzling white ray of light1
 like that of ordinary lightning or like
 the little swath which encompasses     
glittering and wandering stars2 but the 
disagreement among them is soon         
adjusted4 ,glittering stars1 which are  
at the same time wandering signify what 
is false2 but glittering and fixed stars
 signify what is true2 thus the former  
signify disagreement4u  ,footnote u3    
,stars in the ,word signify the         
knowledges of good and truth1           
consequently truths1 nos4 #bdie1 #bhdi1 
#dfig4 ,and in the other life truths are
 represented by fixed stars1 but        
falsities by wandering stars1 no4 #aabh4
  #ea4 ,i could distinguish the presence

 of the spirits of ,jupiter1 not only by
 the gentleness and sweetness of their  
approach and influx1 but also by this   
circumstance1 that their influx was for 
the most part into the face1 which they 
rendered cheerful and smiling1 and this 
continually as long as they were        
present4 ,they said that they in the    
same way dispose the faces of the       
inhabitants of their earth1 when they   
come to them1 being desirous thus to    
inspire them with tranquillity and      
delightsomeness of heart4 ,the          
tranquillity and delightsomeness with   
which they inspired me1 sensibly filled 
my breast and heart3 at the same time   
the longings and anxieties about the    
future1 which cause disquiet and        
wretchedness1 and agitate the mind with 
various passions1 were removed4 ,from   
this it could be made apparent to me    
what was the character of the life of   
the inhabitants of the earth ,jupiter2  
for the inborn disposition of the       
inhabitants is known from the spirits1  

since every one carries his own life    
with him from the world1 and lives it   
when he becomes a spirit4 ,it was       
observed that they had a state of still 
more interior blessedness or happiness4 
,this was observed by its being         
perceived that their interiors were not 
closed1 but open to heaven2 for the more
 open to heaven the interiors are1 the  
more capable are they of receiving      
,divine good1 and with it blessedness   
and interior happiness4 ,it is quite    
otherwise with those who do not live in 
the order of heaven2 with them the      
interiors are closed1 and the exteriors 
are open to the world4  #eb4 ,it was    
also shown me what kind of faces the    
inhabitants of the earth ,jupiter have2 
not that ,i saw the inhabitants         
themselves but spirits with faces       
similar to those they had when they     
dwelt on their earth4 ,but before this  
was shown me1 one of their angels       
appeared behind a bright white cloud1   
and gave permission4 ,two faces were    

then shown4 ,they were like the faces of
 the men of our ,earth1 fair and        
beautiful2 sincerity and modesty shone  
forth from them4 ,when the spirits of   
,jupiter were with me1 the faces of the 
men of our ,earth appeared smaller than 
usual3 this was owing to the            
circumstance that there inflowed from   
those spirits the idea they had that    
their own faces were larger4 ,for when  
they live as men on their earth they    
believe that after their decease their  
faces will be larger1 and round in form2
 and this idea1 being impressed upon    
them1 remains2 and when they become     
spirits1 they appear to themselves to   
have larger faces4 ,the reason why they 
believe that their faces will be larger 
is that they say the face is not the    
body1 because they see1 hear1 speak1 and
 manifest their thoughts by means of it1
 and because the mind thus shines       
through it2 hence they have an idea of  
the face as the mind in form4 ,and as   
they know that they will become wiser   

after their life in the world1 they     
believe that the form of the mind1 that 
is1 the face1 will become larger4 ,they 
also believe that after their decease   
they shall perceive a fire which will   
communicate warmth to their faces4 ,this
 belief arises from a knowledge         
possessed by the wiser amongst them that
 fire1 in the spiritual sense1 signifies
 love1 that love is the fire of life1   
and that from that fire the angels have 
lifex4 ,such of them as have lived in   
heavenly love also have their wish      
gratified1 and feel their face grow     
warm1 and then the interiors of their   
minds are kindled with love4 ,for this  
reason the inhabitants of that earth    
frequently wash and clean their face1   
and also carefully protect it from the  
sun's heat4 ,they have a covering made  
of the inner or outer bark of a tree1   
which is of a bluish colour1 and with   
this they encircle the head1 and thus   
protect the face4 ,with respect to the  
faces of the men of our ,earth1 which   

they saw through my eyesy1 they said    
that they were not beautiful1 and that  
such beauty as they had consisted in the
 outward skin1 but not in the fibres    
from within4 ,they were surprised to see
 that the faces of some were covered    
with warts and pustules1 or otherwise   
disfigured1 and said that no such faces 
are ever to be seen among them4 ,yet    
there were some faces that pleased them1
 such1 namely1 as were cheerful and     
smiling1 and such as were slightly      
prominent about the lips4  ,footnote x3 
,fire in the ,word signifies love in    
both senses1 nos4 #icd1 #dijf1 #ebae4   
,sacred and heavenly fire is ,divine    
love and every affection which is of    
that love1 nos4 #icd1 #fcad1 #fhcb4     
,infernal fire is the love of self and  
of the world1 and every concupiscence   
belonging to those loves1 nos4 #icd1    
#ahfa1 #ejga1 #fcad1 #fhcb1 #gege1      
#ajgdg4 ,love is the fire of life1 and  
life itself is actually derived from    
that fire1 nos4 #dijf1 #ejga1 #fhcb4    

,footnote y3 ,spirits and angels do not 
see the things that are in this solar   
world but they saw through my eyes1 no4 
#ahha4  #ec4 ,the reason they were      
pleased with the faces that were        
prominent about the lips was1 that their
 speech is effected mostly by means of  
the face1 especially by the part about  
the lips1 and also because they never   
counterfeit1 that is1 never speak       
otherwise than they think1 so that they 
do not constrain their face1 but give it
 free play4 ,it is otherwise with those 
who from childhood have learned to      
counterfeit3 with these the face is1 in 
consequence1 constrained from within1   
lest anything of the thought should     
shine forth from it2 nor has it free    
play from without1 but is kept in       
readiness to relax or constrain itself1 
as cunning may dictate4 ,the truth      
7veritas7 of this may appear from an    
examination of the fibres of the lips   
and surrounding parts1 for the series of
 the fibres there are manifold1         

complicated1 and interwoven1 having been
 created1 not only for mastication and  
verbal speech1 but also for expressing  
the ideas of the mind 7animus74  #ed4   
,it was also shown me how the thoughts  
are expressed by means of the face4 ,the
 affections which belong to the love are
 manifested by means of the countenance 
and its changes1 and the thoughts       
therein by variations as to the forms of
 the interiors there3 it is impossible  
to describe them further4 ,the          
inhabitants of the earth ,jupiter have  
also verbal speech1 but not so loud as  
with us4 ,the one speech aids the other1
 and life is insinuated into the verbal 
speech by the speech of the face4 ,i    
have been informed by the angels that   
the very first speech in every earth was
 speech by the face1 and from two       
origins there1 the lips and the eyes4   
,the reason this kind of speech was the 
first is1 that the face was formed to   
effigy forth whatever a man thinks and  
wills2 in consequence of which the face 

is also called the effigy and index of  
the mind 7animus74 ,another reason is1  
that in the ,most ,ancient or primeval  
times sincerity prevailed1 and no one   
cherished or wanted to cherish a thought
 which he was not willing should shine  
forth out of his face4 ,in this way1    
also1 the affections of the mind        
7animus71 and the thoughts from them1   
could be exhibited to the life and in   
fulness2 thus also they even appeared to
 the eye as very many things together in
 a form4 ,this speech was therefore as  
superior to the speech of words as sight
 is to hearing1 that is1 as the sight of
 a landscape surpasses hearing about it 
and forming an idea of it from the      
verbal description4 ,they added1 that   
such speech was in agreement with the   
speech of the angels1 with whom men in  
those times also had communication2     
also1 that when the face speaks1 that   
is1 the mind through the face1 angelic  
speech is with the man in its ultimate  
natural form1 which is not the case when

 the mouth speaks by words4 ,every one  
can also comprehend that verbal speech  
could not have been used by the ,most   
,ancient people1 since the words of a   
language are not imparted immediately1  
but have to be invented and applied to  
objects2 which it requires a course of  
time to effectz4 ,so long as sincerity  
and rectitude prevailed among men1 such 
speech continued2 but as soon as the    
mind began to think one thing and speak 
another1 which was the case when man    
began to love himself and not the       
neighbour1 verbal speech began to       
increase1 the face being either silent  
or deceitful4 ,hence the internal form  
of the face was changed1 became         
contracted1 and hardened1 and began to  
become almost devoid of life2 while the 
external form1 inflamed by the fire of  
the love of self1 appeared before the   
eyes of men as if alive2 for this       
absence of life1 which is underneath1   
does not appear before the eyes of men1 
but it appears before the eyes of the   

angels1 since the angels see interior   
things4 ,such are the faces of those who
 think one thing and speak another2 for 
simulation1 hypocrisy1 cunning1 and     
deceit1 which constitute modern         
prudence1 produce such effects4 ,but the
 case is different in the other life3   
there1 no one is allowed to speak one   
way and think another4 ,there1 also1 the
 variance is clearly perceived in each  
single expression1 and when it is       
perceived1 the spirit in whom there is  
such variance is expelled from society1 
and punished4 ,he is afterwards by      
various methods brought to speak as he  
thinks1 and to think as he wills1 until 
his mind is one1 and not divided4 ,if he
 is good1 he is brought to will good1   
and to think and speak the truth from   
good2 and if he is evil1 he is brought  
to will evil1 and to think and speak    
falsity from evil4 ,until this is       
effected1 a good spirit is not raised   
into heaven1 nor an evil one cast into  
hell3 and the object of this is1 that in

 hell there may be nothing but evil and 
the falsity of evil1 and in heaven      
nothing but good and the truth of good4 
,footnote z3 ,the ,most ,ancient people 
on this ,earth spoke by the face and    
lips by means of internal respiration1  
nos4 #fjg1 #aaah1 #gcfa4 ,the           
inhabitants of some other earths have a 
similar speech1 nos4 #dgii1 #gcei1      
#hbdh1 #ajehg4 ,concerning the          
perfection and excellence of that       
speech1 nos4 #gcfj1 #ajehg1 #ajgjh4     
#ee4 ,the spirits who were from that    
earth informed me about various other   
particulars relating to its inhabitants1
 as1 about their gait1 their food1 and  
their dwellings4 ,with respect to their 
gait1 they do not walk erect like the   
inhabitants of this and of many other   
earths1 nor do they creep like animals1 
but as they advance they assist         
themselves with their hands1 and        
alternately half raise themselves on    
their feet1 and at every third step they
 face about sideways and behind them1   

and at the same time also bend the body 
a little1 which is done quickly2 for    
among them it is considered unbecoming  
to be looked at by others except in the 
face4 ,while walking in this manner they
 always keep the face raised as we do1  
so that they may look at the heaven as  
well as at the earth4 ,they do not hold 
it down so as to look at the earth2 this
 they call accursed4 ,the basest among  
them do so2 but if they do not get      
accustomed to raise the face1 they are  
expelled from their society4 ,when1     
however1 they sit1 they appear1 like the
 men of our ,earth1 erect as to the     
upper part of the body1 but they sit    
with the feet crossed4 ,they are        
extremely cautious1 not only when they  
walk1 but also when they sit1 not to be 
seen behind1 but in the face4 ,they also
 gladly desire that their face should be
 seen1 because their mind appears from  
it1 for they never show a face at       
variance with the mind1 nor have they   
the power to do so4 ,those who are      

present1 therefore1 see clearly what is 
their disposition towards them--which   
indeed they do not conceal--especially  
whether their apparent friendliness is  
sincere or forced4 ,these facts were    
made known to me by their spirits1 and  
confirmed by their angels4 ,for the     
above reason also1 their spirits are    
seen1 not like others1 to walk erect2   
but almost like swimmers1 to assist     
their progress with their hands1 and by 
turns to look around4  #ef4 ,those who  
live in their hot climates go naked1    
except for a covering about the loins2  
nor are they ashamed of their nakedness 
for their minds are chaste1 and they    
love their own consorts only1 and abhor 
adulteries4 ,they were greatly surprised
 that the spirits of our ,earth1 on     
hearing of their manner of walking and  
of their being naked1 should deride and 
think lasciviously1 without in the least
 attending to their heavenly life1 but  
only to such details4 ,they said that   
this was a sign that they cared more for

 bodily and earthly things than for     
heavenly things1 and that indecent      
thoughts occupied their minds4 ,they    
were told that nakedness is no occasion 
either of shame or scandal to those who 
live in chastity1 and in a state of     
innocence1 but that it is to those who  
live in lasciviousness and immodesty4   
#eg4 ,when the inhabitants of that earth
 lie in bed1 they turn their faces      
forwards or into the chamber1 but not   
backwards or towards the wall4 ,this was
 told me by their spirits1 who said that
 the cause was that they believe that   
they thus turn their face to the ,lord1 
but that if they turn it backwards they 
turn it away from ,him4 ,the like has   
sometimes happened to myself when in    
bed1 but ,i had not previously been     
aware of its origin4  #eh4 ,they take   
pleasure in prolonging their repasts1   
not so much from delight in feeding as  
from delight in conversing then4 ,when  
they sit at table1 they do not sit on   
chairs or benches1 nor on raised seats  

of turf1 nor on the grass1 but on the   
leaves of a particular tree4 ,they were 
not willing to say of what tree the     
leaves were2 but when ,i guessed at     
several1 they at last assented when ,i  
named the fig tree4 ,they informed me   
besides1 that they do not prepare their 
food to please the palate1 but chiefly  
for the sake of use2 they added that to 
them the food which is wholesome is     
savoury4 ,a conversation took place on  
this subject among the spirits1 and it  
was urged that it would be well for man 
to observe this rule1 for thus he would 
ensure having a sound mind in a sound   
body4 ,it is otherwise with those with  
whom the taste rules3 the body hence    
becomes diseased1 at least it becomes   
inwardly feeble1 consequently so does   
the mind2 for the mind comports itself  
according to the interior state of the  
recipient parts of the body1 as sight   
and hearing do according to the state of
 the eye and ear2 hence the folly of    
placing all the delight of life in      

luxury and pleasure2 from this too comes
 dulness in such things as belong to    
thought and judgment1 and acuteness in  
such as belong to the body and the      
world4 ,by this man acquires the        
likeness of a brute animal1 with which  
indeed such persons not inappropriately 
compare themselves4  #ei4 ,their        
dwellings were also shown me4 ,they are 
lowly dwellings constructed of wood2 but
 within they are lined with bark or cork
 of a pale blue colour1 and the walls   
and ceiling are spotted as with stars1  
to represent the heaven2 for they are   
fond of picturing the visible heaven    
with its constellations in the interiors
 of their houses1 the reason being that 
they believe the constellations to be   
the abodes of the angels4 ,they have    
tents also1 which are rounded off above 
and extended in length1 spotted likewise
 within with stars on a blue ground4    
,they retire into these in the day-time1
 to prevent their faces suffering from  
the heat of the sun4 ,they bestow much  

care on the fashioning of these tents of
 theirs1 and on keeping them clean4 ,in 
them they also take their repasts4  #fj4
 ,the horses of our ,earth1 when seen by
 the spirits of ,jupiter1 appeared to me
 smaller than usual1 although they were 
pretty robust and tall2 which appearance
 arose from the idea those spirits had  
concerning the horses on that earth4    
,they informed me that among them there 
are also horses like ours1 though much  
larger1 but that they are wild or in the
 woods1 and that when they come in sight
 they strike terror into them1 although 
they are quite harmless2 they added that
 their fear of them is innate or        
natural4 ,this gave me occasion to think
 of the cause of that fear4 ,for in the 
spiritual sense1 a horse signifies the  
,intellectual formed from scientificsaa2
 and as they are afraid of cultivating  
the ,intellectual by worldly sciences1  
from this comes an influx of fear4 ,that
 they do not care for scientifics1 which
 are of human erudition1 will be seen in

 the following pages4  ,footnote aa3    
,the horse signifies the ,intellectual1 
nos4 #bgfj-bgfb1 #cbag1 #ecba1 #fabe1   
#fdjj1 #fecd1 #gjbd1 #hadf1 #hadh4 ,and 
the ,white ,horse in the ,apocalypse    
denotes the understanding of the ,word1 
no4 #bgfj4  #fa4 ,the spirits of that   
earth are not inclined to associate with
 the spirits of our ,earth1 because they
 differ in disposition and manners4     
,they say that the spirits of our ,earth
 are cunning1 and are quick and clever  
in the contrivance of evils1 and that   
they know and think little about what is
 good4 ,moreover1 the spirits of the    
earth ,jupiter are much wiser than the  
spirits of our ,earth2 they also say of 
ours that they talk much and think      
little1 and that therefore they cannot  
interiorly perceive many things1 and    
that they cannot even perceive what good
 is4 ,they conclude from this that the  
men of our ,earth are external men4 ,it 
was also once permitted the evil spirits
 of our ,earth to act by their wicked   

arts1 and to infest the spirits of      
,jupiter who were with me4 ,the latter  
endured them for a very long time1 but  
at length confessed that they could do  
so no longer1 and that they believed    
that there could not be worse spirits1  
since they so perverted their           
imagination1 and also their thought1    
that they seemed to themselves as it    
were bound1 and incapable of being      
extricated from this bondage1 and set at
 liberty1 except by ,divine aid4 ,while 
,i read from the ,word some passages on 
the subject of our ,saviour's ,passion1 
some ,european spirits uttered dreadful 
scandals1 with the intention of seducing
 the spirits of ,jupiter4 ,inquiry being
 made as to who they were1 and what     
their profession in the world had been1 
it was ascertained that some of them had
 been preachers1 and many of them were  
of those who call themselves ,members of
 the ,society of the ,lord1 or ,jesuits4
 ,i remarked that these1 during their   
life in the world1 by their preachings  

on the subject of the ,lord's ,passion1 
had been able to move the common people 
to tears4 ,i also added the cause1 that 
in the world they had thought one way   
and spoken another1 thus that they had  
entertained one sentiment in their      
hearts and professed another with their 
lips2 but that now they are not allowed 
to speak thus deceitfully1 for1 on      
becoming spirits1 they are compelled to 
speak exactly as they think4 ,the       
spirits of ,jupiter were exceedingly    
astonished that there could be such a   
variance between the interiors and      
exteriors belonging to a man1 that is to
 say1 that it should be possible to     
speak one way and think quite another   
way1 which would be impossible for them4
 ,they were surprised to hear that many 
who are from our ,earth even become     
angels1 and that they are of quite a    
different heart4 ,they had supposed that
 all on our ,earth were like those evil 
ones who were then present1 but they    
were told that many are not of this     

character1 and that there are also some 
who think from good1 and not1 like      
these1 from evil1 and that those who    
think from good become angels4 ,in order
 that they might know that this was the 
case1 there came from the heaven of     
angels from our ,earth choirs1 one after
 another1 who glorified the ,lord       
together with one voice1 and with       
harmonybb4 ,these choirs affected the   
spirits of ,jupiter who were with me1   
with such intense delight1 that they    
seemed to themselves as it were caught  
up into heaven4 ,this glorification by  
the choirs lasted about one hour4 ,the  
delights which they experienced from    
this were communicated to me1 and ,i was
 enabled to feel them sensibly4 ,they   
said they would relate this occurrence  
to those of them who were elsewhere4    
,footnote bb3 ,it is called a choir when
 many spirits speak at once and         
unanimously1 concerning which see nos4  
#beie1 #beif1 #ccej4 ,in their speech   
there is harmony1 concerning which see  

nos4 #afdh1 #afdi4 ,by means of choirs  
in the other life an inauguration into  
unanimity is effected1 no4 #eahb4  #fb4 
,the inhabitants of the earth ,jupiter  
place wisdom in thinking well and justly
 on all things that occur in life4 ,this
 wisdom they imbibe from their parents  
from childhood1 and it is successively  
transmitted to posterity1 and goes on   
increasing from the love they have for  
it as existing with their parents4 ,of  
the sciences1 such as exist on our      
,earth1 they know nothing whatever1 nor 
have they any desire to know4 ,they call
 them shades1 and compare them to clouds
 which come between the earth and the   
sun4 ,they were led into this idea      
concerning the sciences by the conduct  
of some who had come from our ,earth1   
who boasted in their presence that they 
were wise by reason of the sciences4    
,the spirits from our ,earth1 who thus  
boasted1 were such as placed wisdom in  
such things as are matters of the memory
 only1 as in languages1 especially the  

,hebrew1 ,greek1 and ,latin1 in the     
noteworthy publications of the learned  
world1 in criticism1 in bare            
experimental facts1 and in terms1       
especially philosophical ones1 and other
 similar things1 not using them as means
 for becoming wise1 but making wisdom to
 consist in those very things4 ,such    
persons1 in consequence of not having   
cultivated their rational faculty by the
 sciences as means1 in the other life   
have little perception1 for they see    
only in terms and from terms1 and1 for  
those who see in this way1 those things 
are as little formless masses1 and as   
clouds before the intellectual sight    
7see above1 no4 #ch72 and those who have
 been conceited of their learning from  
this source perceive still less4 ,but   
those who have used the sciences as     
means of invalidating and annihilating  
the things that belong to the church and
 to faith1 have entirely destroyed their
 ,intellectual1 and see in the dark like
 owls1 seeing falsity for truth and evil

 for good4 ,the spirits of ,jupiter1    
from intercourse with such persons1     
concluded that the sciences occasion    
shade and blindness2 it was told them1  
however1 that on this ,earth the        
sciences are means of opening the       
intellectual sight1 which is in the     
light of heaven2 but because of the     
dominion of such things as belong to    
merely natural and sensual life1 the    
sciences1 to those who are such1 are    
means of becoming insane1 that is to    
say1 of confirming themselves in favour 
of ,nature against the ,divine1 and in  
favour of the world against heaven4 ,the
 sciences1 they were further informed1  
are in themselves spiritual riches1 and 
those who possess them are like those   
who possess worldly riches1 which       
likewise are means of performing uses to
 oneself1 one's neighbour1 and one's    
country1 and are also means of doing    
evil to them4 ,they are1 moreover1 like 
dress1 which serves for use and         
adornment and also for gratifying pride1

 as with those who would be held in     
honour for that alone4 ,the spirits of  
the earth ,jupiter understood this      
perfectly2 but they were surprised that1
 being men1 they should stand still in  
the means1 and prefer to wisdom itself  
such things as only lead to it2 and that
 they did not see1 that to immerse the  
mind in these1 and not raise it above   
them1 is to becloud and blind it4  #fc4 
,a certain spirit ascending from the    
lower earth came to me1 and said that he
 had heard the things that ,i had spoken
 to the other spirits1 but did not      
understand anything of what had been    
said about spiritual life and its light4
 ,being asked whether he desired to be  
instructed on the subject1 he answered  
that he had not come with that          
intention1 from which ,i could conclude 
that such subjects did not come within  
his comprehension4 ,he was exceedingly  
stupid4 ,it was stated by the angels    
that1 when he lived a man in the world1 
he had been among the most celebrated   

for his learning4 ,he was cold1 as was  
sensibly felt from his breath2 which was
 a sign that he had no spiritual1 but   
merely natural light 7lumen72           
consequently that by means of the       
sciences he had not opened but closed up
 for himself the way to the light 7lux7 
of heaven4  #fd4 ,as the inhabitants of 
the earth ,jupiter acquire intelligence 
for themselves by a different way from  
that followed by those of our ,earth1   
and as1 besides1 they are of a different
 natural disposition in consequence of  
their life1 they cannot be together     
long1 but either shun them or remove    
them4 ,there are spheres1 which are to  
be called spiritual spheres1 which      
continually emanate1 nay1 pour forth1   
from every spirit2 they flow from the   
activity of the affections and the      
consequent thoughts1 consequently from  
the very lifecc4 ,all consociations in  
the other life take place according to  
the spheres2 things that are in         
agreement are conjoined according to the

 agreement1 and things that disagree are
 removed according to the disagreement4 
,the spirits and angels who are from the
 earth ,jupiter have relation1 in the   
,grand ,man1 to the ,,imaginative ,,part
 ,,of ,,thought1 and thus to an active  
state of the interior parts2 while the  
spirits of our ,earth have relation to  
the various functions of the exterior   
parts of the body1 and when these desire
 to have the dominion1 the active or    
imaginative part of thought from the    
interior cannot flow in4 ,hence the     
oppositions between the spheres of the  
life of the two4  ,footnote cc3 ,a      
spiritual sphere1 which is the sphere of
 the life1 flows forth and pours forth  
from every man1 spirit1 and angel1 and  
encompasses them about1 nos4 #ddfd1     
#eagi1 #gded4 ,it flows forth from the  
life of their affection and consequent  
thought1 nos4 #bdhi1 #ddfd1 #fbjf4 ,in  
the other life consociations are        
effected according to the spheres1 and  
so also are dissociations1 nos4 #fbjf1  

#ifjf1 #ifjg1 #ajcab4  #fe4 ,with       
respect to their ,divine worship1 its   
principal feature is that they          
acknowledge our ,lord as the ,supreme   
,being who governs heaven and earth4    
,him they call the ,one only ,lord2 and 
because they acknowledge and worship    
,him during their life in the body1 they
 seek ,him after death1 and find ,him3  
,he is the same with our ,lord4 ,being  
questioned whether they knew that the   
,one only ,lord is ,man1 they replied   
that they all know that ,he is ,man1    
because in their earth ,he has been seen
 by many as a ,man2 and that ,he        
instructs them concerning the truth     
7veritas71 preserves them1 and gives    
eternal life to those who worship ,him  
from good4 ,they said further1 that it  
is revealed to them by ,him how they    
ought to live1 and how they ought to    
believe2 and that what is revealed is   
handed on by the parents to the         
children1 and thus the doctrine spreads 
to all the families1 and thus to the    

whole clan that is descended from one   
father4 ,they added1 that it seems to   
them as if they had the doctrine written
 on their minds2 which they conclude    
from the circumstance1 that they        
instantly perceive and acknowledge as of
 themselves1 whether what others say    
concerning the life of heaven with man  
is true or not4 ,they do not know that  
their ,one only ,lord was born a man on 
our ,earth2 they said that it does not  
concern them to know this1 but only to  
know that ,he is ,very ,man1 and governs
 the universe4 ,when ,i said that on our
 ,earth ,he is named the ,christ ,jesus1
 and that the ,christ signifies the     
anointed or the king1 and ,jesus1 the   
,saviour1 they said that they do not    
worship ,him as a king1 because kingship
 savours of what is worldly1 but that   
they worship ,him as the ,saviour4 ,the 
spirits of our ,earth having injected a 
doubt whether their ,one only ,lord was 
the same with our ,lord1 they removed it
 by recollecting that they had seen ,him

 in the sun1 and had acknowledged that  
it was ,he ,himself whom they had seen  
on their earth 7see above1 no4 #dj74    
,once also there inflowed with the      
spirits of ,jupiter who were with me1 a 
momentary doubt whether their ,one only 
,lord was the same as our ,lord2 but    
this doubt1 which inflowed in a moment1 
was also dispelled in a moment2 7it had 
inflowed from some spirits from our     
,earth27 and then1 what surprised me1   
they so blushed with shame for having   
doubted on this point1 though but for a 
moment1 that they told me not to make it
 public1 lest on account of it they     
should be charged with any incredulity1 
when yet they now knew it more than     
others4 ,these spirits were greatly     
affected and rejoiced when they heard it
 declared that the ,one only ,lord is   
the only ,man1 and that all derive from 
,him what entitles them to be called    
men1 and1 indeed1 that they are only so 
far men as they are images of ,him1 that
 is1 so far as they love ,him and the   

neighbour1 consequently so far as they  
are in good2 for the good of love and of
 faith is the ,lord's image4  #ff4      
,there were some spirits of the earth   
,jupiter with me while ,i was reading   
the seventeenth chapter of ,john1       
relating to the ,lord's love and ,his   
glorification4 ,on hearing the things   
that are written there1 a holy influence
 filled them1 and they acknowledged that
 all things therein were ,divine4 ,but  
then some spirits of our ,earth1 who    
were infidels1 kept insinuating         
scandals1 saying that the ,lord was born
 an infant1 lived a man1 appeared like  
another man1 and was crucified and other
 like things3 but the spirits of the    
earth ,jupiter paid no attention to     
those things4 ,they said that such are  
their devils1 whom they abhor2 adding1  
that in their minds there abides        
absolutely nothing that is heavenly1 but
 only what is earthly1 which they called
 dross4 ,they said that they had also   
ascertained this to be the case from the

 fact1 that when they heard that on that
 earth they go naked1 obscenity         
instantly occupied their thoughts1 and  
that they gave no thought at all to     
their heavenly life1 of which they also 
heard at the same time4  #fg4 ,in how   
clear a perception on spiritual subjects
 the spirits of ,jupiter are1 was made  
evident to me from their representation 
of how the ,lord converts depraved      
affections into good ones4 ,they        
represented the intellectual mind as a  
beautiful form1 and imparted to it the  
activity of a form fit for the life of  
affection4 ,this they did in a manner   
which cannot be described in words1 and 
so skilfully that they were highly      
commended by the angels4 ,there were    
present at the time some of the learned 
from our ,earth1 who had immersed the   
,intellectual in terms belonging to     
scientifics1 and had written and thought
 much about form1 substance1 the        
material and the immaterial1 and the    
like1 without applying them to any use2 

these could not even comprehend that    
representation4  #fh4 ,on their earth   
the greatest care is taken to prevent   
any one falling into wrong opinions     
respecting the ,one only ,lord2 and if  
they observe that any begin to think    
wrongly respecting ,him1 they first     
admonish them1 then deter them by       
threats1 and at length by punishments4  
,they said they had observed1 that any  
family1 into which any such thing had   
crept1 is removed from amongst them1 not
 by the punishment of death inflicted by
 their fellow-men1 but by spirits       
depriving them of respiration and       
consequently of life1 after first       
threatening them with death4 ,for in    
that earth spirits speak with the       
inhabitants and chastise them if they   
have done evil1 and also if they have   
intended to do evil2 of which more will 
be said in subsequent pages4 ,therefore1
 if they think ill concerning the ,one  
only ,lord1 and do not repent1 they are 
threatened with death4 ,in this way the 

worship of the ,lord1 who to them is the
 ,supreme ,divine1 is preserved on that 
earth4  #fi4 ,they stated that they have
 no holy days1 but that every morning at
 sunrise1 and every evening at sunset1  
they perform holy worship to the ,one   
only ,lord in their tents2 and that they
 also1 after their manner1 sing sacred  
songs4  #gj4 ,i was further informed    
that in that earth there are some who   
call themselves ,saints1 and who1 under 
penalty of punishment in case of        
disobedience1 command their servants1 of
 whom they have great numbers1 to       
address them as lords4 ,they also forbid
 them to adore the ,lord of the         
universe1 saying that they themselves   
are mediatory lords1 and that they will 
convey their supplications to the ,lord 
of the universe4 ,the ,lord of the      
universe1 who is our ,lord1 they do not 
call the ,one only ,lord1 as all the    
others do1 but the ,supreme ,lord1 for  
the reason that they call themselves    
lords4 ,they call the sun of the world  

the face of the ,supreme ,lord1 and     
believe that ,he has ,his abode there2  
wherefore they also adore the sun4 ,the 
other inhabitants hold them in aversion1
 and are unwilling to have intercourse  
with them1 both because they adore the  
sun1 and because they call themselves   
lords1 and are worshipped by their      
servants as mediatory gods4 ,their      
head-dress was shown me by spirits3 it  
was a high crowned hat of a dark colour4
 ,in the other life such appear to the  
left at some height1 where they sit like
 idols1 and at first are worshipped by  
the servants who had formerly been with 
them2 but these1 too1 afterwards hold   
them in derision4 ,what surprised me1   
their faces there shine as from fire3   
this arises from their having believed  
themselves to be saints2 yet1           
notwithstanding this fiery appearance of
 their faces1 they are cold1 and        
intensely desire to become warm4 ,from  
this it is evident that the fire from   
which they shine is the fire of the love

 of self1 and an ignis fatuus4 ,in order
 to acquire warmth they seem to         
themselves to cut wood1 and while       
cutting1 under the wood appears         
something of a man1 whom at the same    
time they try to strike4 ,this arises   
from their attributing merit and        
holiness to themselves3 those who do    
this in the world1 in the other life    
seem to themselves to cut wood1 as was  
likewise the case with some from our    
,earth1 who have been spoken of         
elsewhere4 ,to illustrate this subject1 
,i may here adduce my experience        
concerning these3,a ,in the lower earth1
 under the soles of the feet1 are also  
those who have placed merit in good acts
 and works4 ,many of them appear to     
themselves to cut wood4 ,the place where
 they are is very cold1 and they seem to
 themselves to acquire warmth by their  
labour4 ,with these also ,i have spoken1
 and it was given me to ask them whether
 they had any desire to get out of that 
place3 to this they replied1 that they  

had not as yet merited it by their      
labour4 ,but when this state has been   
accomplished they are taken out from    
thence4 ,these spirits are natural1     
because wishing to merit salvation is   
not spiritual1 for it comes from the    
proprium and not from the ,lord2 and    
besides1 they prefer themselves to      
others1 and some of them despise others2
 and if they do not receive more joy    
than others in the other life1 they are 
indignant against the ,lord2 wherefore  
when they are cutting wood1 it appears  
as if something of the ,lord were under 
the wood4 ,this arises from their       
indignation4dd  ,footnote ,a3 ,arcana1  
no4 #didc4 ,see also nos4 #aaaj1        
#hgdj4--,,tr4  ,footnote dd3 ,merit and 
righteousness belong to the ,lord alone1
 nos4 #igae1 #iige1 #iigi1 #iiha1 #iihb4
 ,those who place merit in works1 or    
want to merit heaven by the good deeds  
which they do1 in the other life want to
 be served1 and are never contented1 no4
 #fcic4 ,they despise their neighbour1  

and are angry with the ,lord ,himself if
 they do not receive reward1 no4 #iigf4 
,what their lot in the other life is1   
nos4 #idb1 #aggd1 #ahgg1 #bjbg4 ,they   
are of those who in the lower earth     
appear to cut wood1 nos4 #aaaj1 #didc4  
#ga4 ,it is common on that earth for    
spirits to speak with the inhabitants1  
and to instruct them1 and also to       
chastise them if they have done evil4   
,as many particulars on this subject    
have been related to me by their angels1
 ,i will recount them in their order4   
,the reason that spirits there speak    
with men is1 that they think much about 
heaven and the life after death1 and are
 comparatively little solicitous about  
the life of the world2 for they know    
that they shall live after their        
decease1 and in a happy state according 
to the state of their internal man that 
has been formed in the world4 ,speaking 
with spirits and angels was common on   
our ,earth also in ancient times1 and   
for the same reason1 namely1 that they  

thought much of heaven and little of the
 world4 ,but in course of time that     
living communication with heaven was    
closed1 in proportion as man1 from being
 internal1 became external1 or1 what is 
the same1 as he began to think much     
about the world and little about heaven1
 and especially when he ceased to       
believe in the existence of heaven and  
hell1 or in the existence in himself of 
a spirit-man that lives after death4    
,for at this day it is believed that the
 body lives from itself and not from its
 spirit2 wherefore unless man now       
cherished the belief that he is to rise 
again with his body1 he would have no   
belief in the resurrection4  #gb4 ,with 
reference specially to the presence of  
spirits with the inhabitants of the     
earth ,jupiter1 there are spirits who   
chastise1 spirits who instruct1 and     
spirits who govern them4 ,the spirits   
who chastise apply themselves to the    
left side1 and incline themselves       
towards the back2 and when there1 they  

draw out of the man's memory all the    
things that he has done or thought3 this
 is easy for spirits to do1 for when    
they come to a man they enter into all  
his memoryj4 ,if they find he has done  
evil1 or has thought evil1 they reprove 
him1 and also chastise him with pain in 
the joints of his feet or hands1 or with
 pain about the region of the belly2    
this1 too1 spirits can do skilfully when
 it is permitted4 ,when such spirits    
come to a man1 they inspire him with a  
horror accompanied by fear1 by which the
 man is made aware of their coming4     
,fear may be excited in any person by   
evil spirits on their approach1         
especially by those who1 during their   
life in the world1 had been robbers4 ,in
 order that ,i might know how these     
spirits act when they come to a man of  
their own earth1 it was permitted that  
such a spirit should approach me4 ,when 
he was near1 horror accompanied by fear 
manifestly seized hold of me2 yet it was
 not inwardly that ,i shuddered1 but    

outwardly1 because ,i knew it was a     
spirit of such a character4 ,he also    
came in sight1 and he appeared as a dark
 cloud1 in which were wandering stars2  
wandering stars signify falsities1 but  
fixed stars signify truths4 ,he applied 
himself to my left side towards the     
back2 and he also began to reprove me   
for deeds and thoughts which he drew out
 of my memory1 and on which he put a    
wrong construction2 but he was checked  
by the angels4 ,when he apperceived that
 he was with one who was not a man of   
his own earth1 he began to speak to me1 
saying1 that when he comes to a man1 he 
knows all things in general and         
particular that the man has done and    
thought1 and that he severely reproves  
him1 and also chastises him with various
 pains4 ,at yet another time such a     
chastising spirit came to me1 and       
applied himself to my left side below   
the middle of the body1 as the former   
spirit had done2 he also wanted to      
punish me2 but he1 too1 was restrained  

by the angels4 ,he showed me1 however1  
the kinds of punishments which they are 
permitted to inflict on the men of their
 earth1 if they do evil1 or harbour the 
intention of doing it4 ,these were1     
besides the pain of the joints1 a       
painful contraction about the middle of 
the belly1 which is felt like           
compression by a tight belt2 a          
deprivation of respiration at times even
 to suffocation2 also a prohibition to  
eat anything but bread for a time2 and1 
lastly1 the threat of death1 if they do 
not discontinue doing such things1 with 
the deprivation1 at the same time1 of   
conjugial1 parental1 and social joy2    
grief on this account is then also      
insinuated4  #gc4 ,the spirits who      
instruct also apply themselves to their 
left side1 but more in front4 ,they1    
too1 reprove1 but mildly1 and then teach
 them how they ought to live4 ,they also
 appear dark1 yet not1 like the former1 
as clouds1 but as if clothed with       
sackcloth4 ,these are called            

,instructors1 but the former1           
,chastisers ,when these spirits are     
present1 angelic spirits are also       
present1 sitting at the head1 which they
 fill in a peculiar manner3 their       
presence there is also perceived as a   
gentle breathing1 for they fear lest    
their approach and influx should cause  
man to perceive the least pain or       
anxiety4 ,they govern both the          
chastising and the instructing spirits2 
the chastisers1 lest they treat the man 
more hardly than is permitted by the    
,lord1 and the instructors1 that they   
may teach the truth4 ,while the         
chastising spirit was with me1 angelic  
spirits were also present1 and kept my  
face continually cheerful and smiling1  
the region about the lips prominent1 and
 my mouth slightly open4 ,this the      
angels easily effect by means of influx1
 when the ,lord permits4 ,they said that
 they induce such a countenance on the  
inhabitants of their earth1 when they   
are present with them4  #gd4 ,if a man1 

after chastisement and instruction1     
again does evil1 or thinks to do evil1  
and does not restrain himself in        
accordance with the precepts of truth1  
he is more severely punished when the   
chastising spirit returns2 but the      
angelic spirits moderate the punishment 
according to the intention in the deeds1
 and the will in the thoughts4 ,from    
these facts it may appear1 that their   
angels who sit at the head have a kind  
of judicial power over man1 since they  
permit1 moderate1 restrain1 and         
influence4 ,it was said1 however1 that  
it is not they who judge1 but that the  
,lord alone is ,judge1 and that all     
things which they enjoin on the         
chastising and instructing spirits      
inflow into them from ,him1 and that it 
appears as if it were from them4  #ge4  
,spirits there speak with man1 but man  
in his turn does not speak with the     
spirits1 except the words1 when         
instructed1 that he will do so no more4 
,nor is he allowed to tell any one that 

a spirit has spoken to him2 if he does  
so1 he is punished afterwards4 ,those   
spirits of ,jupiter1 when they were with
 me1 at first supposed that they were   
with a man of their own earth2 but when 
,i in my turn spoke with them1 and also 
when ,i thought of publishing what      
passed between us1 and so relating it to
 others1 then1 because they were not    
allowed to chastise or instruct me1 they
 discovered that they were with a       
stranger4  #gf4 ,there are two signs    
which appear to those spirits when they 
are with man 7homo74 ,they see an old   
man 7vir7 with a white face2 this is a  
sign to speak only what is true1 and to 
do only what is just4 ,they also see a  
face in a window2 this is a sign to them
 to depart4 ,this old man has also      
appeared to me2 and a face has also     
appeared in a window1 on seeing which   
those spirits immediately departed from 
me4  #gg4 ,besides the spirits who have 
already been mentioned1 there are       
spirits who urge contrary things4 ,they 

consist of those who1 during their life 
in the world1 had been banished from the
 society of others because they were    
evil4 ,when they approach there appears 
as it were a flying fire1 which descends
 near the face4 ,they place themselves  
beneath at the posterior parts of the   
man1 and from thence they speak towards 
the higher parts4 ,they say things that 
are contrary to what the                
instructor-spirit teaches from the      
angels1 namely1 that men should not live
 according to instruction1 but according
 to their own inclination1 and in       
licentiousness1 with other similar      
things4 ,they generally come after the  
other spirits have departed2 but the    
people there know who and what those    
spirits are1 and therefore pay no       
attention to them4 ,still1 they learn in
 this way what evil is1 and thereby what
 good is2 for by means of evil one      
learns what good is1 inasmuch as the    
quality of good is known from its       
opposite4 ,every perception of a thing  

is according to reflection relative to  
its differences from things that are    
contrary in various ways and degrees4   
#gh4 ,the chastising and instructing    
spirits do not come to those who call   
themselves saints and mediatory lords1  
and who have been treated of above 7at  
no4 #gj71 as they do to others on that  
earth1 because they do not suffer       
themselves to be instructed and are not 
amended by discipline2 they are         
inflexible1 because they act from the   
love of self4 ,spirits say they know    
such by their coldness1 and that when   
they apperceive the cold they depart    
from them4  #gi4 ,among the spirits of  
,jupiter there are also some whom they  
call chimney-sweepers1 because they     
appear in garments like those of        
chimney-sweepers1 and with the face     
smeared with soot2 who and of what      
character they are ,i am also permitted 
to describe4 ,one such spirit came to   
me1 and anxiously entreated me to       
intercede for him1 that he might come   

into heaven4 ,he said he did not know   
that he had done evil1 only that he had 
rebuked the inhabitants of the earth3 he
 added that1 after rebuking1 he had     
instructed them4 ,he applied himself to 
my left side under the elbow1 and spoke 
as if with a double voice2 he could also
 excite pity4 ,but ,i could only say in 
reply that ,i could not render him any  
assistance1 and that this was possible  
for the ,lord alone2 nor could ,i       
intercede for him1 because ,i did not   
know whether it would be of any use2 but
 that if he were worthy he might have   
hope4 ,he was then sent amongst some    
well-disposed spirits who were from his 
own earth2 but they said that he could  
not be in their company1 because he was 
not of the same character4 ,but as he   
still importuned with intense desire to 
be let into heaven1 he was sent into a  
society of well-disposed spirits of this
 ,earth2 but they1 too1 said that he    
could not be with them4 ,in the light of
 heaven he was also of a black colour1  

but he said that he was not of a black1 
but of a murrhine colour4 ,i was told   
that of such a character at first are   
the spirits who afterwards are received 
amongst those who constitute the        
province of the ,,seminal ,,vesicles in 
the ,grand ,man or ,heaven2 for in those
 vesicles the semen is collected1 and is
 enclosed in a covering of suitable     
matter fit to preserve the prolific     
quality of the seed from being          
dissipated but which may be put off in  
the neck of the uterus1 so that what is 
reserved within may be serviceable for  
conception1 or the impregnation of the  
ovulum4 ,hence1 also1 that seminal      
matter has an endeavour1 and as it were 
a burning desire1 to put itself off1 and
 leave the semen to perform its use4    
,something similar to this appeared with
 that spirit4 ,he again came to me in   
mean raiment1 and again said that he had
 an ardent desire to enter heaven1 and  
that he now apperceived that he was such
 that he could go there4 ,it was then   

given me to tell him that perhaps this  
was a sign that he would soon be        
received4 ,the angels then told him to  
cast off his raiment1 which1 from the   
ardency of his desire1 he did with a    
quickness that could scarcely be        
surpassed4 ,by this was represented the 
character of the desires of those who   
are in the province to which the seminal
 vesicles correspond4 ,it was said that 
such spirits1 when prepared for heaven1 
are stripped of their own garments1 and 
clothed with new shining garments1 and  
become angels4 ,they were likened to    
caterpillars1 which1 having passed      
through their vile state1 are changed   
into chrysalides and then into          
butterflies1 when they are given other  
clothing1 and also wings of a blue or   
yellow1 a silver or golden colour4      
,then1 too1 they are given the freedom  
to fly in the open air as in their      
heaven1 to celebrate their marriages1   
and lay their eggs1 and so provide for  
the propagation of their kind2 then also

 there are given to them sweet and      
pleasant food which they suck from the  
juices and odours of the various        
flowers4  #hj4 ,in what precedes nothing
 has been said as to the character of   
the angels who are from that earth2 for 
those already mentioned 7no4 #gc71 who  
come to the men of their earth1 and sit 
at the head1 are not angels in their    
interior heaven1 but are angelic spirits
 or angels in their exterior heaven4    
,and as it has been disclosed to me what
 the character of those interior angels 
is1 it is permitted me to relate what it
 has been given me to know concerning   
them4 ,a certain one of those spirits of
 ,jupiter1 who inspire fear1 approached 
my left side beneath the elbow1 and     
spoke to me from thence4 ,his speech was
 harsh1 and his expressions were not    
very distinct and separate from each    
other1 so that ,i had to consider a long
 time before ,i could gather the sense2 
and while he was speaking he inspired   
some degree of fear1 admonishing me in  

this way to receive the angels well when
 they came4 ,but it was given me to     
reply that this did not depend on me1   
but that with me all were received      
according to what they themselves were4 
,soon after this the angels of that     
earth came1 and it was given me to      
perceive from their speech with me that 
they differed entirely from the angels  
of our ,earth2 for their speech was not 
effected by means of words1 but by means
 of ideas which diffused themselves     
through my interiors from all sides3 and
 for this reason also they had an influx
 into the face1 so that the face        
accorded with each particular1 beginning
 at the lips1 and proceeding towards the
 circumference in every direction4 ,the 
ideas1 which were in place of verbal    
expressions were discrete from each     
other1 but in a very small degree4      
,afterwards they spoke with me by means 
of ideas still less discrete1 so that   
hardly any interval was perceived3 in my
 perception it was like the meaning of  

words with those who attend only to the 
sense abstractedly from the expressions4
 ,this speech was more intelligible to  
me than the former1 and it was also     
fuller4 ,like the other1 it inflowed    
into the face1 but the influx was more  
continuous according to the character of
 the speech2 it did not1 however1 like  
the former1 begin at the lips1 but at   
the eyes4 ,afterwards they spoke in a   
manner still more continuous and full2  
and now the face could not accord by a  
suitable motion2 but it was felt that   
the influx was into the brain1 and that 
this was acted upon in like manner4     
,lastly1 they spoke in such a manner    
that the speech fell only into the      
interior understanding2 its fluency was 
like that of rarefied air4 ,i was       
sensible of the influx itself1 but not  
distinctly of the particulars4 ,these   
several kinds of speech were            
circumstanced like different fluids--the
 first kind was like flowing water2 the 
second like water of less density2 the  

third like the atmosphere respectively2 
and the fourth like rarefied air4 ,the  
spirit already mentioned1 who was on the
 left side1 sometimes interposed1       
chiefly admonishing me to behave        
modestly towards his angels2 for there  
were spirits present from our ,earth who
 suggested such things as gave          
displeasure4 ,he said that he did not at
 first understand what the angels were  
speaking about1 but that he afterwards  
did1 when he had moved to my left ear4  
,then also his speech was not harsh as  
before1 but like that of other spirits4 
#ha4 ,i afterwards spoke with the angels
 respecting some of the remarkable      
things on our ,earth1 especially the art
 of printing1 the ,word1 and the various
 doctrinals of the church from the      
,word2 and ,i stated that the ,word and 
the doctrinals of the church were       
published1 and were thus learnt4 ,they  
wondered exceedingly that such things   
could be made public by writing and     
printing4  #hb4 ,it was given me to see 

how the spirits of that earth1 after    
having been prepared1 are taken up into 
heaven1 and become angels4 ,on such     
occasions there appear chariots and     
shining horses as of fire1 by which they
 are carried away like ,elijah4 ,the    
reason why chariots and shining horses  
as of fire appear1 is that in this way  
there is represented that they are      
instructed and prepared to enter heaven2
 for chariots signify the doctrinals of 
the church1 and shining horses1 an      
enlightened understandingee4  ,footnote 
ee3 ,chariots signify the doctrinals of 
the ,church1 nos4 #bgfj1 #ecba1 #hbae4  
,horses signify the ,intellectual1 nos4 
#bgfj1 #bgfa1 #bgfb1 #cbag1 #ecba1      
#fabe1 #fdjj1 #fecd1 #gjbd1 #hadf1      
#hadh1 #hcha4 ,the ,white ,horse in the 
,apocalypse signifies the understanding 
of the ,word1 no4 #bgfj4 ,by ,elijah in 
the representative sense is meant the   
,word1 nos4 #bgfb1 #ebdg4 ,and since all
 the doctrine of the church and the     
understanding thereof are from the      

,word1 ,elijah is called the chariots of
 ,israel and the horsemen thereof1 no4  
#bgfb4 ,on this account he was taken up 
by a chariot of fire1 and horses of     
fire1 nos4 #bgfb1 #hjbi4  #hc4 ,the     
heaven into which they are carried away 
appears on the right towards their      
earth1 consequently separated from the  
heaven of the angels of our ,earth4 ,the
 angels who are in that heaven appear   
clothed in resplendent blue1 spotted    
with little stars of gold1 and this     
because they were fond of that colour in
 the world1 and also believed it to be  
the most heavenly colour1 especially    
because they are in that variety of good
 of love to which this colour           
correspondsff4  ,footnote ff3 ,blue     
originating in red or flame corresponds 
to the good of celestial love2 and blue 
originating in white or light 7lucidum7 
corresponds to the good of spiritual    
love1 no4 #ihfh4  #hd4 ,there appeared  
to me a bald head1 but only the topmost 
part of it1 which was bony4 ,i was told 

that such a bald head is seen by those  
who are to die within a year1 and that  
they then prepare themselves4 ,they do  
not fear death there1 except on account 
of leaving their conjugial consorts1    
their children1 or their parents1 for   
they know that they shall live after    
death1 and that they do not quit life   
because they go to heaven2 wherefore1   
they do not call death dying1 but being 
heaven-made4 ,those on that earth who   
have lived in truly conjugial love1 and 
have taken such care of their children  
as becomes parents1 do not die of       
disease1 but tranquilly as in sleep1 and
 so pass from the world into heaven4    
,the age of man there is generally      
thirty years1 according to the years of 
our ,earth4 ,it is of the ,lord's       
,providence that they die within such a 
short space of time1 lest the number of 
men should increase beyond what that    
earth can support4 ,and as1 when they   
have completed those years1 they do not 
suffer themselves to be led by spirits  

and angels1 like those who have not yet 
completed them1 spirits and angels      
seldom attend those who have passed that
 age4 ,they also come to maturity sooner
 than on our ,earth4 ,they also contract
 marriages in the first flower of early 
manhood1 and then their delights consist
 in loving their conjugial partners and 
taking care of their children4 ,other   
delights they indeed call delights1 but 
relatively external ones4     ,,the     
,,earth ,,or ,,planet ,,mars1 ,,and     
,,its ,,spirits ,,and ,,inhabitants4    
#he4 ,of all the spirits who come from  
the earths of this solar system1 those  
of ,mars are the best1 being for the    
most part celestial men1 not unlike     
those who were of the ,most ,ancient    
,church on this ,earthgg4 ,when they are
 represented as to their quality1 they  
are represented with the face in heaven 
and the body in the world of spirits2   
and those of them who are angels are    
represented with the face towards the   
,lord and the body in heaven4  ,footnote

 gg3 ,the first and ,most ,ancient      
,church on this earth was a celestial   
church1 which was the chief of all1     
concerning which1 see nos4 #fjg1 #hie1  
#ibj1 #aaba1 #aabb1 #aabc1 #aabd1 #bhif1
 #ddic1 #hhia1 #iidb1 #ajede4 ,a church 
is called celestial wherein love to the 
,lord is the principal thing1 but       
spiritual wherein the principal thing is
 charity towards the neighbour1 and     
faith1 nos4 #cfia1 #fdce1 #idfh1 #ifhj1 
#ifhc1 #ighj4  #hf4 ,in the idea of     
spirits and angels1 the planet ,mars1   
like the planets elsewhere1 appears     
constantly in its own place1 which is to
 the left in front1 at some distance1 in
 the plane of the breast1 and thus      
outside of the sphere where the spirits 
of our ,earth are4 ,the spirits of one  
earth are separated from those of       
another1 because the spirits of each    
earth have relation to some particular  
province in the ,grand ,manf2 and are1  
therefore1 in other and different       
states2 and this diversity of state     

causes them to appear separate from each
 other1 either to the right or to the   
left1 at a greater or lesser distancehh4
  ,footnote hh3 ,distances in the other 
life are real appearances1 which are    
exhibited to the sight by the ,lord1    
according to the states of the interiors
 of angels and spirits1 nos4 #efjd1     
#iajd1 #iddj1 #ajadf4  #hg4 ,spirits    
from thence came to me1 and applied     
themselves to my left temple1 where they
 breathed their speech upon me1 but ,i  
did not understand it4 ,as to its flow  
it was very soft3 ,i had never before   
perceived any softer2 it was like a very
 gentle breeze4 ,it breathed first upon 
the left temple1 and upon the upper part
 of the left ear2 the breathing         
proceeded thence to the left eye1 and by
 degrees to the right1 and flowed down  
afterwards1 especially from the left    
eye1 to the lips2 and when at the lips  
it entered through the mouth1 and       
through a way within the mouth1 and1    
indeed1 through the ,eustachian tube1   

into the brain4 ,when the breathing     
arrived there1 ,i understood their      
speech1 and was enabled to speak with   
them4 ,when they spoke with me1 ,i      
observed that my lips were moved1 and my
 tongue also slightly1 which was owing  
to the correspondence of interior with  
exterior speech4 ,exterior speech is    
that of articulate sound which impinges 
upon the external membrane of the ear1  
and it is conveyed from thence1 by means
 of the small organs1 membranes1 and    
fibres1 which are within the ear1 to the
 brain4 ,from these facts it was given  
me to know that the speech of the       
inhabitants of ,mars was different from 
that of the inhabitants of our ,earth1  
in that it is not sonorous1 but almost  
tacit1 insinuating itself into the      
interior hearing and sight by a shorter 
way2 and that1 being such1 it was more  
perfect1 and fuller of the ideas of     
thought1 thus approaching nearer to the 
speech of spirits and angels4 ,among    
them the very affection of the speech is

 also represented in the face1 and its  
thought in the eyes2 for with them      
thought and speech1 and affection and   
the face1 act in unity4 ,they account it
 infamous to think one thing and speak  
another1 and to will one thing and show 
another in the face4 ,they know not what
 hypocrisy is1 nor fraudulent simulation
 and deceit4 ,the same kind of speech   
prevailed amongst the ,most ,ancient    
inhabitants of our ,earth1 as it has    
been given me to learn by conversation  
with some of them in the other life2 and
 to elucidate this subject ,i may relate
 what ,i have heard respecting it1 as   
follows3 ,it was shown me by an influx  
which ,i cannot describe1 what was the  
character of the speech which prevailed 
amongst those who were of the ,most     
,ancient ,churchgg4 ,it was not         
articulate1 like the vocal speech of our
 time1 but tacit1 being effected1 not by
 external1 but by internal respiration1 
consequently it was a cogitative speech4
 ,it was given me also to apperceive the

 character of their internal            
respiration4 ,it proceeded from the     
navel towards the heart1 and so through 
the lips without sound when they spoke4 
,it did not enter the ear of another by 
an external way1 and strike upon what is
 called the drum of the ear1 but by a   
certain internal way1 and indeed by what
 at this day is called the ,eustachian  
tube4 ,it was shown me1 that by such    
speech they could express the feelings  
of the mind 7animus71 and the ideas of  
thought1 much more fully than can       
possibly be done by articulate sounds or
 audible expressions1 which speech is   
likewise directed by respiration1 but   
external2 for there is not a vocal      
sound1 yea1 there is nothing in a vocal 
sound1 which is not directed by         
applications of the respiration4 ,but   
with them this was done much more       
perfectly1 because by the internal      
respiration1 which1 because more        
interior1 is also more perfect1 and more
 applicable and conformable to the very 

ideas of thought2 besides1 it is done   
also by slight motions of the lips1 and 
corresponding changes of the face2 for1 
as they were celestial men1 whatever    
they thought shone forth from their face
 and eyes1 which were conformably       
varied1 the face as to form according to
 the life of the affection1 and the eyes
 as to light4 ,it was quite impossible  
for them to present a countenance which 
was not in agreement with their         
thoughts4 ,as their speech was effected 
by internal respiration1 which is that  
of the human spirit itself1 they could  
have communion with angels1 and speak   
with them4 ,the respiration of the      
spirits of ,mars was also communicated  
to meii1 and it was perceived that it   
proceeded from the region of the chest  
towards the navel1 and thence flowed    
upwards through the breast1 with an     
imperceptible breathing 7halitus7       
towards the mouth4 ,from these facts1   
and also from other experiential proofs1
 it was made evident to me that they    

were of a celestial genius1             
consequently1 that they were not unlike 
those who belonged to the ,most ,ancient
 ,church on this earth4  ,footnote ii3  
,spirits and angels have respiration1   
nos4 #chhd1 #chhe1 #chia1 #chic4  #hh4  
,i was informed that the spirits of     
,mars in the ,grand ,man have relation  
to the medium between the ,intellectual 
and the ,voluntary1 consequently to     
,,thought ,,from ,,affection1 and the   
best of them to ,,the ,,affection ,,of  
,,thought2 hence it is that their face  
acts in unity with their thought1 and   
that they cannot simulate in the        
presence of anyone4 ,and as this is     
their relation in the ,grand ,man1 the  
middle province1 which is between the   
cerebrum and the cerebellum1 corresponds
 to them2 for with those in whom the    
cerebrum and the cerebellum are         
conjoined as to spiritual operations1   
the face acts in unity with the thought1
 so that the very affection of the      
thought shines forth from the face1 and 

the general character of the thought    
from the affection1 and also from       
certain signs that show themselves in   
the eyes4 ,wherefore1 while they were   
with me1 ,i sensibly apperceived a      
drawing back of the anterior part of the
 head towards the hinder part1 thus of  
the cerebrum towards the cerebellumkk4  
,footnote kk3 ,human faces on our ,earth
 in ancient times received influx from  
the cerebellum1 and then the face acted 
in unity with the interior affections of
 the man2 but afterwards they received  
influx from the cerebrum when man began 
to simulate and counterfeit by the face 
affections not his own4 ,concerning the 
changes thereby occasioned to the face  
in course of time1 see nos4 #dcbe-dcbh4 
#hi4 ,on one occasion when spirits of   
,mars were with me1 and occupied the    
sphere of my mind1 spirits from our     
,earth came and desired to intrude      
themselves also into that sphere2 but   
the spirits of our ,earth became as if  
insane3 this was caused by their being  

quite out of harmony2 for the spirits of
 our ,earth in the ,grand ,man have     
relation to the external sense1 and     
consequently these spirits were in idea 
turned towards the world and towards    
self1 while the spirits of ,mars were in
 idea turned from self to heaven and the
 neighbour2 hence the contrariety4 ,but 
some angelic spirits of ,mars then      
approached1 and on their coming the     
communication was taken away1 and so the
 spirits of our ,earth departed4  #ij4  
,the angelic spirits spoke with me      
concerning the life of the inhabitants  
on their earth2 saying that they are not
 under forms of government1 but are     
distinguished into greater and lesser   
societies1 in which they associate      
themselves with such as agree in        
disposition1 which they know at once by 
the face and speech1 and in this they   
are seldom mistaken2 they are then      
instantly friends4 ,they also said their
 consociations are delightful1 and that 
they converse with each other on what   

passes in their societies1 and          
especially in heaven1 for many of them  
have open communication with the angels 
of heaven4 ,those in their societies who
 begin to think wrongly1 and            
consequently to will what is evil1 are  
dissociated and left to themselves      
alone1 in consequence of which they drag
 on a most wretched life1 out of        
society1 among rocks or other places1   
for the rest no longer trouble about    
them4 ,some societies try by various    
methods to compel such persons to       
repent2 but when this is to no purpose  
they dissociate themselves from them4   
,thus they take precautions lest the    
lust of dominion and the lust of gain   
should creep in1 that is1 lest from the 
lust of dominion any should subject some
 society to themselves1 and afterwards  
many others2 and lest from the lust of  
gain any should deprive others of their 
goods4 ,every one there lives content   
with his own goods1 and every one with  
his own honour1 that of being reputed   

just and a lover of the neighbour4 ,this
 delightful and tranquil state of mind  
7animus7 would perish1 unless those who 
think and will evil were cast out1 and a
 prudent but severe check given to the  
first beginnings of the love of self and
 the love of the world4 ,for these are  
the loves which first led to the        
establishment of empires and kingdoms1  
within which there are few who do not   
desire to acquire dominion1 and to      
possess the goods of others1 for there  
are few who do what is just and fair    
from a love of justice and fairness1    
still less who do good from charity     
itself1 but most from fear of the law1  
the loss of life1 of gain1 of honour1   
and of reputation for the sake of these4
  #ia4 ,concerning the ,divine worship  
of those who dwell on that earth1 they  
said that they acknowledge and adore our
 ,lord1 saying that ,he is the only     
,god1 and that ,he governs both heaven  
and the universe2 that all good is from 
,him1 and that ,he leads them2 also that

 ,he very often appears on their earth  
amongst them4 ,it was then given me to  
tell them that on our ,earth ,christians
 also know that the ,lord governs heaven
 and earth1 according to ,his own words 
in ,matthew1 ,all power is given unto   
,me in heaven and on earth 7xxviii4     
#ah71 but that they do not believe it as
 those who belong to the earth ,mars do4
 ,they said also that there they believe
 that with themselves there is nothing  
but what is filthy and infernal1 and    
that all good is of the ,lord2 nay1 they
 added that of themselves they are      
devils1 and that the ,lord draws them   
out of hell1 and continually withholds  
them from it4 ,on one occasion1 when the
 ,lord was named1 ,i saw that those     
spirits humbled themselves more inwardly
 and profoundly than can be described3  
for in their humiliation there was the  
thought that of themselves they were in 
hell1 and that thus they were utterly   
unworthy to look to the ,lord1 who is   
the ,holy itself4 ,so profoundly were   

they in this thought from faith1 that   
they were1 as it were1 outside of       
themselves1 and in that thought they    
remained on their knees till the ,lord  
raised them1 and then drew them as it   
were out of hell4 ,when they thus emerge
 from humiliation1 they are filled with 
good and love1 and consequently with joy
 of heart4 ,when they humble themselves 
in this manner1 they do not turn their  
face to the ,lord1 for this they dare   
not do then1 but avert it4 ,the spirits 
who were about me said that never had   
they seen such humiliation4  #ib4 ,some 
spirits who were from that earth were   
surprised that so many spirits from hell
 were about me1 and that they also spoke
 to me2 but it was given me to reply    
that this was permitted them for the    
purpose of enabling me to know their    
characters1 and why they are in hell1   
and that this is according to their     
life4 ,it was also given me to state    
that there were several among them whom 
,i had known when they lived in the     

world1 and that some of them had then   
occupied stations of great dignity1 and 
that then they had nothing at heart but 
the world2 but that no evil spirit1 even
 the most infernal1 could possibly do me
 any injury1 because ,i was continually 
protected by the ,lord4  #ic4 ,an       
inhabitant of that earth was exhibited  
before me4 ,he was not indeed an        
inhabitant1 but was like one4 ,his face 
resembled the faces of the inhabitants  
of our ,earth1 but the lower part of the
 face was black1 not owing to a beard1  
which he had not1 but to blackness in   
its place4 ,this blackness extended to  
underneath the ears on both sides4 ,the 
upper part of the face was ruddy1 like  
the faces of the inhabitants of our     
,earth who are not quite fair4 ,they    
said further that on their earth they   
subsist on the fruits of trees1         
especially on a certain kind of round   
fruit which grows out of their earth2   
and likewise on pulse4 ,they are clothed
 with garments which they make of the   

fibres of the inner bark of certain     
trees1 which fibres have such a         
consistence that they can be woven1 and 
also cemented together by a kind of gum 
they have among them4 ,they related     
further that they know how to make fluid
 fires1 from which they have light      
during evening and night4  #id4 ,i saw a
 certain flaming object1 exceedingly    
beautiful2 it was of various colours1   
crimson1 and also a glowing ruby hue1   
and from the flame the colours also     
glowed beautifully4 ,i also saw a hand1 
to which this flaming object adhered1 at
 first on the back of it1 afterwards on 
the palm or hollow1 and from thence it  
played round about the hand4 ,this      
continued for some time4 ,afterwards    
this hand with the flaming object was   
removed to a distance and where it      
rested there was a bright light         
7lucidum74 ,in that bright light the    
hand disappeared2 and the flaming object
 was then changed into a bird1 whose    
colours were at first similar to those  

of the flaming object1 and gleamed in   
the same manner2 but these colours      
gradually changed1 and with them the    
vigour of life in the bird4 ,it flew    
about1 at first about my head1 then     
forwards into a kind of narrow chamber1 
which appeared like a sanctuary1 and as 
it flew onwards its life departed1 and  
at length it became stony2 it was then  
at first of a pearly1 afterwards of a   
dusky colour2 but although without life1
 it kept on flying4 ,while this bird was
 flying about my head1 and still in the 
vigour of life1 a spirit was seen rising
 up from below1 through the region of   
the loins to that of the breast1 and    
from there he wished to take that bird2 
but because it was so beautiful1 the    
spirits who were about me prevented his 
doing so1 for the eyes of all were fixed
 upon it4 ,but this spirit who had risen
 up from below used all his power to    
persuade them that the ,lord was with   
him1 and consequently that he was acting
 from the ,lord4 ,although the most of  

them did not believe this1 they         
nevertheless no longer hindered him from
 taking the bird2 but as at that moment 
heaven inflowed he was unable to retain 
it1 but immediately1 opening his hand1  
set it free4 ,when this had taken place1
 the spirits who were around me1 and who
 had intently watched the bird and its  
successive changes1 began talking with  
each other about it1 and they continued 
talking for a considerable time4 ,they  
perceived that such a sight could not   
but signify something heavenly2 they    
knew that what is flaming signifies     
celestial love and its affections2 that 
a hand1 to which the flaming object     
adhered1 signifies life and its power2  
that changes of the colours signify the 
varieties of life as to wisdom and      
intelligence2 that a bird has the same  
signification with this difference1     
however1 that what is flaming signifies 
celestial love and the things that      
belong to celestial love1 while a bird  
signifies spiritual love and the things 

that belong to that love2 7celestial    
love is love to the ,lord1 and spiritual
 love is charity towards the            
neighbour1note gg72 and that the changes
 of the colours and at the same time of 
the life in the bird1 till it became    
stony1 signify the successive changes of
 spiritual life as to intelligence4     
,they also knew that the spirits who    
ascend from below1 through the region of
 the loins to that of the breast1 are in
 a strong persuasion that they are in   
the ,lord1 and consequently believe that
 whatever they do1 even though it be    
evil1 they do of the ,lord's will4 ,but 
nevertheless this did not enable them to
 know who were meant by that sight4 ,at 
length they were instructed from heaven1
 that the inhabitants of ,mars were     
meant2 that their celestial love1 in    
which many of them still are1 was       
signified by the flaming object that    
adhered to the hand2 and that the bird  
in the beginning1 while it was in the   
beauty of its colours and the vigour of 

its life1 signified their spiritual     
love3 but that the bird when it had     
become as it were stony and devoid of   
life1 and at length of a dusky colour1  
signified those inhabitants who have    
removed themselves from the good of     
love1 and are in evil1 and still        
believe1 nevertheless1 that they are in 
the ,lord4 ,the same thing was signified
 by the spirit who rose up and wished to
 take away the bird4  #ie4 ,the bird of 
stone also represented inhabitants of   
that earth1 who by a strange method     
transmute the life of their thoughts and
 affections into almost no life1 on     
which subject ,i have learned the       
following particulars4 ,there was a     
certain spirit above my head who spoke  
with me1 and from the tone of his voice 
he was apperceived to be as it were in a
 state of sleep4 ,in this state he spoke
 many things1 and with a sagacity       
7prudentia7 that he could not have      
surpassed when awake4 ,it was given me  
to perceive that he was a subject       

through whom angels spoke1 and that in  
that state he apperceived their speech  
and produced itll2 for he spoke nothing 
but what was true2 if anything inflowed 
from any other source1 he indeed        
admitted it1 but did not produce it4 ,i 
questioned him respecting his state4 ,he
 said that to him that state was a      
peaceful one1 and was free from all     
solicitude respecting the future2 and   
that at the same time he was performing 
uses by which he had communication with 
heaven4 ,i was told that such1 in the   
,grand ,man1 have relation to the       
longitudinal sinus1 which lies in the   
brain between its two hemispheres1 and  
is there in a tranquil state1 no matter 
how disturbed the brain may be on either
 side4 ,while ,i was in conversation    
with this spirit1 some spirits          
introduced themselves towards the       
anterior part of the head where he was1 
and pressed upon him2 wherefore he      
retired to one side1 and gave place to  
them4 ,the spirit strangers spoke with  

each other2 but neither the spirits     
about me1 nor ,i myself1 understood what
 they said4 ,i was informed by the      
angels that they were spirits from the  
earth ,mars1 who have the skill to speak
 with each other in such a way that the 
spirits present could not understand or 
perceive anything4 ,i wondered that     
there could possibly be speech of this  
kind1 since for all spirits there is one
 speech1 which flows from thought1 and  
consists of ideas which are heard as    
vocal expressions in the spiritual      
world4 ,i was told that those spirits   
have a certain method of forming ideas1 
expressed by the lips and face1         
unintelligible to others1 and that they 
at the same instant skilfully withdraw  
their thoughts1 guarding particularly   
lest anything of the affection should   
manifest itself1 because if anything of 
the affection were perceived1 the       
thought would appear1 for the thought   
flows from the affection1 and as it were
 in it4 ,i was further informed that    

such speech was contrived by those      
inhabitants of ,mars1--though not by    
all1--who make heavenly life to consist 
in knowledges alone1 and not in the life
 of love2 and that when they become     
spirits they retain it4 ,these are they 
who were specially signified by the bird
 of stone2 for to produce a speech by   
alterations of the face and motions of  
the lips1 with a removal of the         
affections and a withdrawal of the      
thoughts from others1 is to deprive     
speech of life and make it like an      
image1 and by degrees to produce the    
same effect on themselves4 ,but although
 they imagine that what they speak among
 themselves is not understood by others1
 angelic spirits nevertheless perceive  
each and all of the things they say1 the
 reason being that no thought can be    
withdrawn from them4 ,this was also     
shown them by actual experience4 ,i was 
thinking of the fact that the evil      
spirits of our ,earth are not affected  
with shame when they infest others4     

,this thought inflowed with me from some
 angelic spirits who perceived their    
speech4 ,those spirits of ,mars then    
acknowledged that this was the subject  
they were speaking of among themselves1 
and they were astonished4 ,besides this1
 more things1 both of their conversation
 and thought1 were disclosed by an      
angelic spirit1 notwithstanding all     
their endeavours to hide away their     
thoughts from him4 ,afterwards those    
spirits inflowed from above into my     
face4 ,the influx was felt like fine    
striated rain1 which was a sign that    
they were not in the affection of truth 
and of good1 for this is represented by 
what is striated4 ,they then spoke      
plainly with me1 saying1 that the       
inhabitants of their earth speak in the 
same way among themselves4 ,they were   
then told that this is evil1 as by so   
doing they block up the internals1 and  
recede from them to the externals1 which
 also they deprive of their life2 and   
especially because it is not sincere to 

speak in this manner4 ,for they who are 
sincere do not wish to speak or even to 
think anything but what others1 yea1    
what all1 even the whole heaven1 might  
know4 ,but those who are unwilling that 
others should know what they say1 pass  
judgment on others1 and think ill of    
others and well of themselves1 and at   
length are led by habit so far as to    
think and speak ill of the church1 and  
of heaven1 yea1 of the ,lord ,himself4  
,i have been told that those who love   
knowledges1 and not so much a life      
according to them1 have relation1 in the
 ,grand ,man1 to the inner membrane of  
the skull2 but that those who accustom  
themselves to speak without affection1  
and to draw the thought to themselves   
and withdraw it from others1 have       
relation to that membrane1 when it has  
become ossified1 because1 from having   
some spiritual life1 they come at length
 to have none4  ,footnote ll3           
,communications are effected by means of
 spirits sent forth from societies of   

spirits and angels to other societies1  
and these emissary spirits are called   
,subjects1 nos4 #ddjc1 #ehef1 #eihc1    
#eihe-eihi4  #if4 ,as the bird of stone 
represented those also who are in       
knowledges alone1 and in no life of     
love1 and as these consequently have no 
spiritual life1 therefore1 by way of    
appendix1 ,i may here show that those   
only have spiritual life who are in     
heavenly love1 and thence in knowledges2
 and that a love contains in itself all 
the power of knowing 7cognitinum7 which 
belongs to that love4 ,take for example 
the animals of the earth1 and also the  
living creatures of the heaven1 that is1
 the birds4 ,these have the knowledge   
7scientia7 of all things that belong to 
their love4 ,their loves are1 to nourish
 themselves1 to dwell safely1 to        
propagate their kind1 to take care of   
their young1 and1 with some1 to provide 
for the winter4 ,they have1 therefore1  
all the requisite knowledge1 for this is
 inherent in those loves1 and inflows   

into them as into its own receptacles2  
and this knowledge in some animals is   
such that man cannot but be amazed at   
it4 ,their knowledge is connate and is  
called instinct2 but it belongs to the  
natural love in which they are4 ,if man 
were in his own love1 which is love to  
,god and towards the neighbour1 7this   
love is man's peculiar love1 by which he
 is distinguished from beasts1 and it is
 heavenly love17 he would not only be in
 all requisite knowledge1 but likewise  
in all intelligence and wisdom2 for     
these qualities would inflow into those 
loves from heaven1 that is1 from the    
,divine through heaven4 ,as1 however1   
man is not born into those loves1 but   
into their contraries1 that is to say1  
into the loves of self and of the world1
 therefore he cannot but be born in     
complete ignorance and want of knowledge
 ,but by ,divine means he is brought to 
something of intelligence and wisdom1   
yet not actually into any1 unless the   
loves of self and of the world are      

removed1 and a way is thus opened for   
love to ,god and towards the neighbour4 
,that love to ,god and love towards the 
neighbour have in them all intelligence 
and wisdom1 may appear from those who   
have been in those loves in the world4  
,these1 when1 after death1 they come    
into heaven1 know and are wise in things
 of which they previously knew nothing2 
yea1 they there think and speak1 like   
the rest of the angels1 such things as  
the ear has not heard1 nor the mind     
known1 which are ineffable4 ,the reason 
is1 that those loves have the faculty of
 receiving such things into themselves4 
,,the ,,earth ,,or ,,planet ,,saturn1   
,,and ,,its ,,spirits ,,and             
,,inhabitants4   #ig4 ,the spirits from 
that earth appear in front at a         
considerable distance1 below1 in the    
plane of the knees1 where that earth    
itself is2 and when the eye is opened   
thither1 a multitude of spirits come    
into view1 who are all from that earth4 
,they are seen on this side of that     

earth1 and to the right of it4 ,it has  
been given me to speak with them also1  
and thereby to know of what character   
they are relatively to others4 ,they are
 well-disposed1 and they are modest2 and
 as they esteem themselves little1      
therefore also in the other life they   
appear small4  #ih4 ,they are extremely 
humble in worship1 for in worship they  
esteem themselves as nothing4 ,they     
worship our ,lord1 and acknowledge ,him 
as the only ,god4 ,the ,lord also       
appears to them at times under an       
angelic form1 and thus as a ,man1 and at
 such times the ,divine shines forth    
from ,his face1 and affects the mind    
7animus74 ,the inhabitants also1 when   
they come of age1 speak with spirits1 by
 whom they are instructed concerning the
 ,lord1 and how ,he ought to be         
worshipped1 and also how they ought to  
live4 ,when any desire to lead astray   
the spirits who are from that earth1 and
 to draw them away from faith in the    
,lord1 or from humiliation towards ,him1

 and from uprightness of life1 they say 
they wish to die4 ,on these occasions   
there appear in their hands small       
knives1 with which they seem to desire  
to strike their breasts4 ,on being      
questioned why they do so1 they say that
 they would rather die than be drawn    
away from the ,lord4 ,the spirits of our
 ,earth sometimes mock at them on this  
account1 and assail them with reproaches
 for acting so2 but their reply is1 that
 they are well aware that they do not   
kill themselves1 but that this is only  
an appearance flowing forth from the    
will of their mind 7animus7 rather to   
die than be drawn away from the worship 
of the ,lord4  #ii4 ,they said that     
sometimes spirits from our ,earth come  
to them and ask them what ,god they     
worship1 their answer to whom is1 that  
they are insane1 and that there can be  
no greater insanity than to ask what    
,god any one worships1 when yet there is
 but one ,god for all in the universe2  
and that still more insane are they in  

not saying that the ,lord is that ,one  
only ,god1 and that ,he governs the     
whole heaven1 and consequently the whole
 world1 since ,he who governs heaven    
must also govern the world1 because the 
world is governed by means of heaven4   
#ajj4 ,they said that on their earth    
there are some who call the nocturnal   
light 7lumen71 which is great1 the      
,lord1 but that these are separated from
 the rest1 and are not tolerated by     
them4 ,that nocturnal light 7lumen7     
comes from the great ring which         
encircles that earth at a distance1 and 
from the moons which are called the     
satellites of ,saturn4  #aja4 ,they     
related that another kind of spirits1   
who go in troops1 frequently come to    
them1 desiring to learn how things are  
with them1 and that by various methods  
they elicit from them whatever they     
know4 ,they said of these spirits1 that 
they are not insane1 except in this     
particular1 that they desire to know so 
much for no other use than that simply  

of knowing4 ,they were afterwards       
instructed that these spirits are from  
the planet ,mercury1 that is1 from the  
earth nearest the sun1 and that they are
 delighted with knowledges alone1 and   
not so much with the uses from them4    
#ajb4 ,the inhabitants and spirits of   
the planet ,saturn have relation1 in the
 ,grand ,man1 to the ,,middle ,,sense   
,,between ,,the ,,spiritual ,,and ,,the 
,,natural ,,man1 but to that which      
recedes from the natural and accedes to 
the spiritual4 ,hence it is that those  
spirits appear to be carried away or    
caught up into heaven1 and soon         
afterwards let down again2 for whatever 
belongs to spiritual sense is in heaven1
 but whatever belongs to natural sense  
is beneath heaven4 ,inasmuch as the     
spirits of our ,earth1 in the ,grand    
,man1 have relation to natural and      
corporeal sense1 it has been given me to
 know from manifest experience how the  
spiritual and the natural man1 when the 
latter is not in faith and charity1     

fight and contend with each other4 ,some
 spirits of the earth ,saturn came into 
view from afar1 and then a living       
communication was opened between them   
and spirits of our ,earth who were of   
this character4 ,these latter1 on thus  
perceiving the spirits of ,saturn1      
became as if insane1 and began to infest
 them1 infusing unworthy ideas          
concerning faith1 and also concerning   
the ,lord4 ,while uttering invective and
 abuse1 they also cast themselves into  
the midst of them1 and1 from the        
insanity in which they were1 endeavoured
 to do them injury4 ,the spirits of     
,saturn1 however1 were not at all       
afraid1 because they were secure and in 
tranquillity2 but those spirits of our  
,earth1 when in the midst of them1 began
 to be tortured1 and to breathe with    
difficulty1 and so rushed out1 one in   
this direction1 another in that1 and    
disappeared4 ,those who were present    
apperceived from this what is the       
character of the natural man1 separate  

from the spiritual1 when he comes into a
 spiritual sphere1 namely1 that he is   
insane2 for the natural man separate    
from the spiritual is wise only from the
 world1 and not at all from heaven2 and 
he who is wise only from the world1     
believes nothing but what the senses    
apprehend1 and what he believes he      
believes from the fallacies of the      
senses1 which1 unless they are removed  
by the influx from the spiritual world1 
produce falsities4 ,hence it is that    
spiritual things are nothing to him1    
insomuch that he can hardly bear to hear
 the word spiritual mentioned2 wherefore
 such become insane when they are kept  
in a spiritual sphere4 ,it is different 
while they live in the world2 then they 
either think naturally about spiritual  
things1 or avert their ears1 that is1   
hear and do not attend4 ,it was also    
manifest from this experience1 that the 
natural man cannot introduce himself    
into the spiritual1 that is1 ascend2 but
 that1 when man is in faith1 and thus in

 spiritual life1 the spiritual man      
inflows into the natural1 and thinks    
therein2 for there is spiritual influx1 
that is1 influx from the spiritual world
 into the natural1 but not              
contrariwisemm4  ,footnote mm3 ,there is
 spiritual influx1 and not physical or  
natural influx1 consequently influx is  
from the spiritual world into the       
natural1 and not from the natural into  
the spiritual1 nos4 #cbai1 #eaai1 #ebei1
 #edbg1 #edbh1 #edgg1 #fcbb4 ,it appears
 as if influx were from externals into  
man's internals1 but this is a fallacy1 
no4 #cgba4  #ajc4 ,furthermore1 the     
spirits of that earth gave me           
information concerning the inhabitants1 
the nature of their consociations and   
other particulars4 ,they said that they 
live divided into families1 every family
 apart from the others2 thus1 a man     
7vir7 and wife with their children2 and 
that these1 when they unite in marriage1
 are separated from the house of the    
parents1 and have no further care about 

it2 wherefore the spirits from that     
earth appear in pairs4 ,that they are   
little solicitous about food and        
raiment2 that they live on the fruits   
and pulse which their earth produces2   
and that they are lightly clothed1 being
 girt with a coarse skin or coat1 which 
keeps out the cold4 ,further1 that all  
on that earth know that they shall live 
after death2 and that on this account   
they have no care for their body1 except
 so far as is necessary for the sake of 
the life which they say is to endure and
 to serve the ,lord2 that for this      
reason also they do not bury the bodies 
of the dead1 but cast them away1 and    
cover them with branches of trees from  
the forest4  #ajd4 ,being questioned    
concerning that great belt which appears
 from our ,earth to rise above the      
horizon of that planet1 and to vary its 
positions1 they said1 that it does not  
appear to them as a belt1 but only as a 
snowy something in the sky in various   
directions4     ,,the ,,earth ,,or      

,,planet ,,venus1 ,,and ,,its ,,spirits 
,,and ,,inhabitants4   #aje4 ,the planet
 ,venus1 in the idea of spirits and     
angels1 appears to the left a little    
behind1 at some distance from our       
,earth4 ,it is said1 in the idea of     
spirits1 because to no spirit does the  
sun of this system1 or any planet1      
appear2 but spirits have only an idea   
that they exist4 ,in consequence of this
 bare idea1 the sun of this system is   
exhibited behind as a very dark         
something1 and the planets not moving as
 in the system1 but remaining constantly
 in their places 7see above1 no4 #db74  
#ajf4 ,in the planet ,venus there are   
two kinds of men1 of contrary           
dispositions2 the first mild and humane1
 the second savage and almost brutal4   
,those who are mild and humane appear on
 the other side of the earth1 those who 
are savage and almost brutal appear on  
the side of it looking this way4 ,but it
 should be known that they appear thus  
according to the states of their life1  

for the state of life determines every  
appearance of space and of distance     
there4  #ajg4 ,some of those who appear 
on the other side of the planet1 and who
 are mild and humane1 came to me1 and   
were presented to my sight overhead1 and
 ,i spoke with them on various subjects4
 ,amongst other things1 they said that  
while they were in the world they       
acknowledged1 and now still more        
acknowledge1 our ,lord as their ,one    
only ,god4 ,they added that on their    
earth they had seen ,him1 and they also 
represented how they had seen ,him4     
,these spirits1 in the ,grand ,man1 have
 relation to the memory of material     
things1 agreeing with the memory of     
immaterial things1 to which the spirits 
of ,mercury have relation3 wherefore the
 spirits of ,mercury have the fullest   
agreement with these spirits of ,venus2 
therefore1 when they were together1 ,i  
was sensible from their influx of a     
remarkable change1 and a powerful       
operation in my brain 7see above1 no4   

#dc74  #ajh4 ,i did not1 however1 speak 
with those spirits who are on the side  
that looks this way1 and who are savage 
and almost brutal2 but the angels       
informed me of their character1 and the 
origin of their so brutal nature3 it is 
this2 they are greatly delighted with   
robbery1 and more especially with eating
 the prey4 ,the delight they have in    
thinking about eating the prey was      
communicated to me1 and was apperceived 
to be exceedingly great4 ,that there    
have also been inhabitants of a like    
brutal nature1 on our ,earth1 appears   
from the histories of various nations2  
also from the inhabitants of the land of
 ,canaan 7#a ,sam4 xxx4 #af72 and       
likewise from the ,jewish and           
,israelitish nation even in the time of 
,david1 in that they made yearly        
excursions1 and plundered the nations1  
and rejoiced in feasting on the booty4  
,i was informed1 further1 that the      
greater part of those inhabitants are   
giants1 and that the men of our ,earth  

reach only to their navel2 also1 that   
they are stupid1 not seeking to know    
anything about heaven or eternal life1  
their only care being about their land  
and their cattle4  #aji4 ,as they are of
 this character1 even when they come    
into the other life1 they are greatly   
infested there by evils and falsities4  
,their hells appear near the earth1 and 
do not communicate with the hells of the
 evil of our ,earth1 because they are of
 an entirely different genius and       
disposition2 hence also their evils and 
falsities are of an entirely different  
kind4  #aaj4 ,but those of them who are 
such that they can be saved1 are in     
places of vastation1 and are there      
reduced to the last degree of despair2  
for evils and falsities of this kind    
cannot otherwise be subdued and removed4
 ,when they are in the state of despair1
 they cry out that they are beasts1 that
 they are abominations1 that they are   
hatreds1 and thus that they are damned4 
,some of them1 when in such a state1    

even cry out against heaven2 but for    
this they are forgiven1 because it      
proceeds from despair4 ,the ,lord       
restrains them from indulging in        
vituperation beyond fixed limits4 ,when 
they have passed through extreme        
suffering1 the corporeal principles with
 them being then as it were dead1 they  
are finally saved4 ,it was also said of 
them that1 during their life on their   
earth1 they had believed in a certain   
supreme ,creator without a ,mediator2   
but when they are saved1 they are also  
instructed that the ,lord is the only   
,god1 ,saviour1 and ,mediator4 ,i have  
seen some of them1 after they had passed
 through extreme suffering1 taken up    
into heaven2 and when they were received
 there1 ,i have apperceived such a      
tenderness of joy from them as drew     
tears from my eyes4     ,,the ,,spirits 
,,and ,,inhabitants ,,of ,,the ,,moon4  
#aaa4 ,some spirits appeared overhead1  
and voices like thunders were heard     
thence2 for their voices thundered forth

 just as thunders do from the clouds    
after lightnings4 ,i supposed that there
 was an immense multitude of spirits1   
who had acquired the art of uttering    
their voices with such a sound4 ,the    
more simple spirits who were with me    
laughed at them1 at which ,i greatly    
marvelled4 ,the cause of their laughter 
was soon disclosed1 and it was1 that the
 spirits who thundered were not many1   
but few1 and were also small as         
children1 and that on former occasions  
they had terrified them by such sounds1 
and yet were quite unable to do them the
 least harm4 ,in order that ,i might    
know their character1 some of them let  
themselves down from on high1 where they
 were thundering2 and1 strange to say1  
one carried another on his back1 and the
 two thus approached me4 ,their faces   
appeared not unhandsome1 but longer than
 those of other spirits4 ,in stature    
they were like boys of seven years old1 
but of more robust frame2 so that they  
were dwarfs4 ,i was told by the angels  

that they were from the ,moon4 ,the one 
who had been carried by the other came  
to me1 applying himself to my left side 
under the elbow1 and from thence he     
spoke1 saying1 that when they utter     
their voice they thunder in this manner2
 and that by so doing they strike with  
terror the spirits who would do them    
harm1 and put some to flight1 so that   
they go safely wherever they please4 ,in
 order that ,i might know for certain   
that the sound they make was of this    
kind1 he retired from me to some others1
 but not quite out of sight1 and        
thundered in like manner4 ,they showed  
to me1 moreover1 that their voice1 being
 sent forth from the abdomen after the  
manner of an eructation1 thus resounded 
like thunder4 ,it was perceived that    
this arose from the circumstance1 that  
the inhabitants of the ,moon do not1    
like the inhabitants of other earths1   
speak from the lungs1 but from the      
abdomen1 and thus from some collection  
of air therein2 the reason of which is1 

that the ,moon is not surrounded with an
 atmosphere of the same kind as that of 
other earths4 ,i was informed that the  
spirits of the ,moon1 in the ,grand     
,man1 have relation to the ensiform or  
xiphoid cartilage to which the ribs are 
attached in front1 and from which       
descends the linea alba1 which is the   
point of attachment of the abdominal    
muscle4  #aab4 ,it is known to spirits  
and angels1 that there are inhabitants  
even in the ,moon1 and likewise in the  
moons or satellites which are about the 
earth ,jupiter and the earth ,saturn4   
,even those who have not seen spirits   
who are from them1 and spoken with them1
 entertain no doubt that there are human
 beings upon them1 for they1 too1 are   
earths1 and where there is an earth1    
there is man2 for man is the end for the
 sake of which an earth exists1 and     
nothing has been made by the ,supreme   
,creator without an end4 ,it may be     
evident to anyone who thinks from reason
 in any degree enlightened that the end 

of creation is the human race1 in order 
that there may exist a heaven from it4  
,,the ,,reasons ,,why ,,the ,,lord      
,,willed ,,to ,,be ,,born ,,on ,,our    
,,earth1 ,,and ,,not ,,on ,,any ,,other 
#aac4 ,there are several reasons1 about 
which ,i have received information from 
heaven1 why it pleased the ,lord to be  
born1 and to assume the ,human1 on our  
,earth1 and not on any other4 ,,the     
,,principal ,,reason was for the sake of
 the ,word1 that it might be written on 
our ,earth2 and when written might      
afterwards be published throughout the  
whole ,earth2 and that1 once published1 
it might be preserved for all posterity2
 and that thus it might be made         
manifest1 even to all in the other life1
 that ,god did become ,man4  #aad4 ,that
 the principal reason was for the sake  
of the ,word1 is because the ,word is   
the ,divine ,truth itself1 which teaches
 man that there is a ,god1 that there is
 a heaven and a hell1 that there is a   
life after death2 and which teaches1    

besides1 how man ought to live and      
believe in order that he may come into  
heaven1 and thus may be happy to        
eternity4 ,without revelation1 and thus1
 on this ,earth1 without the ,word1 all 
these things would have been entirely   
unknown2 and yet man has been so        
created1 that as to his interiors he    
cannot dienn4  ,footnote nn3 ,by natural
 light 7lumen7 alone1 nothing can be    
known concerning the ,lord1 heaven and  
hell1 the life of man after death1 and  
the ,divine truths1 by means of which   
man has spiritual and eternal life1 nos4
 #hidd1 #ajcah-ajcbj4 ,this may appear  
from the consideration that many1 and   
amongst them the learned1 do not believe
 these things1 although they are born   
where the ,word is1 and where there is  
instruction by means of the ,word       
concerning them1 no4 #ajcai4 ,therefore 
it was necessary that there should be a 
revelation from heaven1 because man was 
born for heaven1 no4 #agge4  #aae4 ,that
 the ,word might be written on our      

,earth1 is because the art of writing   
has existed here from the most ancient  
time1 first on tablets1 next on         
parchment1 afterwards on paper1 and     
lastly publication by printing4 ,this   
was provided by the ,lord for the sake  
of the ,word4  #aaf4 ,that the ,word    
might afterwards be published throughout
 the whole of this ,earth1 is because   
here there is an intercourse of all     
nations1 not only by journeys on land1  
but also by navigation to all parts of  
the entire globe2 hence the ,word1 after
 it had once been written1 could be     
conveyed from one nation to another1 and
 be taught everywhere4  #aag4 ,that the 
,word1 after it had once been written1  
might be preserved for all posterity1   
consequently for thousands and thousands
 of years1 and that it has also been so 
preserved1 is known4  #aah4 ,that thus  
it might he made manifest that ,god has 
become man2 for this is the first and   
most essential purpose for which the    
,word was given2 since no one can       

believe in a ,god1 and love a ,god1 whom
 he cannot comprehend under some form2  
wherefore1 they who acknowledge an      
invisible and thus incomprehensible     
principle1 sink in thought into nature1 
and consequently believe in no ,god4    
,wherefore1 it pleased the ,lord to be  
born on this ,earth1 and to make this   
manifest through the ,word1 so that it  
might not only be made known on this    
globe1 but might also by this means be  
made manifest to spirits and angels from
 other earths1 and likewise to the      
gentiles from our ownoo4  ,footnote oo3 
,the gentiles in the other life are     
instructed by angels1 and they who have 
lived well according to their           
religionism receive the truths of faith 
and acknowledge the ,lord1 nos4 #bjdi1  
#beie1 #beih1 #bfjj-bfjc1 #bhfa1 #bhfc1 
#cbfc4  #aai4 ,it should be known that  
the ,word on our ,earth1 which was given
 by the ,lord through heaven1 effects   
the union of heaven and the world1 for  
which end there is a correspondence of  

all things in the letter of the ,word   
with the ,divine things in heaven2 and  
that the ,word in its supreme and inmost
 sense treats of the ,lord1 of ,his     
kingdom in the heavens and on earth1 and
 of love and faith from ,him and towards
 ,him1 consequently of life from ,him   
and in ,him4 ,such things are exhibited 
to the angels in heaven when the ,word  
of our ,earth is read and preachedpp4   
,footnote pp3 ,the ,word is understood  
by the angels in the heavens in a       
different manner from what it is        
understood by men on ,earth1 and the    
internal or spiritual sense is for the  
angels1 but the external or natural     
sense for men1 nos4 #agfi-aggb1 #ahhg1  
#badc1 #bccc1 #bcie1 #bedj1 #beda1      
#bede1 #beea4 ,the ,word is what unites 
heaven and earth1 nos4 #bcaj1 #bdie1    
#ibab1 #ibaf1 #iceg1 #ajcge4 ,the ,word1
 therefore1 was written by strict       
correspondences1 nos4 #adjd1 #adjh1     
#adji1 #aedj1 #afai1 #afei1 #agji1      
#aghc1 #hfae1 #ajfhg4 ,in the inmost    

sense of the ,word the ,lord alone and  
,his kingdom are treated of1 nos4 #ahgc1
 #bbdi1 #bebc1 #gjad1 #iceg4  #abj4 ,in 
every other earth1 ,divine ,truth is    
manifested by word of mouth through     
spirits and angels1 as was stated in the
 foregoing pages1 in treating of the    
inhabitants of the earths in this solar 
system4 ,but this takes place within    
families2 for in most earths the human  
race dwell distinct according to        
families2 wherefore1 ,divine ,truth thus
 revealed through spirits and angels is 
not conveyed far beyond the families1   
and unless a new revelation constantly  
succeeds1 it is either perverted1 or    
perishes4 ,it is otherwise on our       
,earth1 where the ,divine ,truth1 which 
is the ,word1 remains in its integrity  
for ever4  #aba4 ,it should be known    
that the ,lord acknowledges and receives
 all1 from whatever earth they may be1  
who acknowledge and worship ,god under  
the ,human ,form1 since ,god under the  
,human ,form is the ,lord3 and as the   

,lord appears to the inhabitants in the 
earths in an angelic form1 which is the 
,human ,form1 therefore1 when the       
spirits and angels from these earths    
hear from the spirits and angels of our 
,earth that ,god is actually ,man1 they 
receive that ,word1 acknowledge it1 and 
rejoice that it is so4  #abb4 ,to the   
reasons that have been adduced above1   
may be added1 that the inhabitants and  
spirits of our ,earth1 in the ,grand    
,man1 have relation to natural and      
external sense2 and natural and external
 sense is the ultimate in which the     
interiors of life close1 and on which   
they rest1 as on their common basis4    
,the case is the same with the ,divine  
,truth in the letter1 which is called   
the ,word1 and which for this reason    
also was given on this ,earth1 and not  
on any otherqq4 ,and as the ,lord is the
 ,word1 and the ,first and ,last of it1 
therefore1 in order that all things     
might exist according to order4 ,he also
 willed to be born on this ,earth1 and  

to become the ,word1 according to these 
words in ,john1 ,in the beginning was   
the ,word1 and the ,word was with ,god1 
and ,god was the ,word4 ,the same was in
 the beginning with ,god4 ,all things   
were made through ,it1 and without ,it  
was not anything made that was made4444 
,and the ,word was made flesh1 and dwelt
 among us1 and we saw ,its glory the    
glory as of the ,only-begotten of the   
,father4444 ,no one hath seen ,god at   
any time2 the ,only-begotten ,son1 ,who 
is in the bosom of the ,father1 ,himself
 hath manifested ,him 7i4 #a-c1 #ad1    
#ah74 ,the ,word denotes the ,lord as to
 the ,divine ,truth1 consequently the   
,divine ,truth from the ,lordrr4 ,but   
this is an arcanum which enters into the
 understanding of only a few4  ,footnote
 qq3 ,the ,word in the sense of the     
letter is natural1 no4 #hghc2 by reason 
that what is natural is the ultimate1 in
 which spiritual and celestial things   
close1 and on which they subsist as on  
their foundation1 and that otherwise the

 internal or spiritual sense of the     
,word without an external or natural    
sense would be as a house without a     
foundation1 nos4 #idcj1 #idcc1 #ihbd1   
#ajjdd1 #ajdcf4  ,footnote rr3 ,the     
,word is the ,lord as to the ,divine    
,truth1 consequently the ,divine ,truth 
from the ,lord1 nos4 #bhei1 #dfib1      
#ejge1 #iihg4 ,through the ,divine      
,truth all things were created and made1
 nos4 #bhjc1 #bhid1 #ebgb1 #ghce4       
,,earths ,,in ,,the ,,starry ,,heaven4  
#abc4 ,those who are in heaven are able 
to speak and converse not only with     
those angels and spirits who are from   
the earths in our solar system1 but also
 with those who are from other earths in
 the universe beyond this system2 and   
not only with the spirits and angels    
there1 but also with the inhabitants    
themselves1 only1 however1 with those   
whose interiors have been opened1 so    
that they are able to hear those who    
speak from heaven4 ,the same thing is   
possible for a man to whom it has been  

given by the ,lord to speak with spirits
 and angels1 during his life in the     
world2 for a man as to his interiors is 
a spirit1 the body which he carries     
about in the world being serviceable to 
him only for performing functions in    
this natural or terrestrial sphere1     
which is the ultimate or last sphere4   
,but to no one is it given to speak as a
 spirit with angels and spirits1 unless 
he be of such a character that he can be
 consociated with angels as to faith and
 love4 ,neither can he be consociated   
with them1 unless his faith and love are
 directed to the ,lord2 for man is      
conjoined to the ,lord by means of faith
 in ,him and love to ,him1 that is1 by  
means of truths of doctrine and goods of
 life from ,him2 and when he has been   
conjoined with the ,lord1 he is secure  
from the assaults of evil spirits from  
hell4 ,with others the interiors cannot 
be opened to such an extent1 since they 
are not in the ,lord4 ,this is the      
reason why there are few at this day to 

whom it is given to speak and converse  
with angels2 a manifest proof of which  
is1 that at the present day it is       
scarcely believed that spirits and      
angels exist1 and still less that they  
are present with every man1 and that    
through them man has connection with    
heaven1 and1 through heaven1 with the   
,lord2 and that it is still less        
believed that a man1 when he dies as to 
the body1 lives a spirit1 and in the    
human form as before4  #abd4 ,since1    
with many in the church at the present  
day1 there is no faith in a life after  
death1 and scarcely any faith concerning
 heaven1 nor concerning the ,lord as    
being the ,god of heaven and earth1     
therefore the interiors that are of my  
spirit have been opened by the ,lord1 so
 that1 while ,i am in the body1 ,i might
 at the same time be with angels in     
heaven1 and not only speak with them1   
but see the stupendous things there1 and
 describe the same1 lest possibly it    
might hereafter be said1 ,who has come  

to us from heaven1 and told us of its   
existence1 and of the things that are   
there8 ,but ,i know that those who      
hitherto have at heart denied heaven and
 hell1 and the life after death1 will   
still persist in confirming themselves  
against them1 and in denying them2 for  
it is easier to make a raven white than 
to make those believe who have once at  
heart rejected faith2 the reason is1    
that they always think about such       
matters from a negative1 and not from an
 affirmative1 standpoint4 ,nevertheless1
 let those facts that have already been 
stated1 and that yet remain to be       
stated1 concerning angels and spirits1  
be for those few who are in faith4 ,in  
order that others also may be led to    
some degree of acknowledgment1 it has   
been granted me to relate such things as
 delight and allure the man who is      
desirous of acquiring knowledge3 of this
 character are the things that shall now
 be related concerning the earths in the
 starry heaven4  #abe4 ,he who is not   

acquainted with the arcana of heaven1   
cannot believe that a man can see earths
 that are so far distant1 and give any  
account of them from sensuous           
experience4 ,but let him know that the  
spaces and distances1 and therefore the 
progressions1 which exist in the natural
 world1 in their origin and first cause 
are changes of the state of the         
interiors1 and that with angels and     
spirits they appear according to these  
changesss2 and that through changes of  
state they may be apparently translated 
from one place to another1 and from one 
earth to another1 even to earths which  
are at the end of the universe3 so      
likewise may man as to his spirit1 his  
body still remaining in its own place4  
,this has been the case with me1 since1 
by the ,lord's ,divine mercy1 it has    
been given to me to speak with spirits  
as a spirit1 and at the same time with  
men as a man4 ,that a man1 as to his    
spirit1 can be translated in this       
manner1 is inconceivable to the sensual 

man1 since he is in space and in time1  
and measures his progressions according 
to them4  ,footnote ss3 ,motions1       
progressions1 and changes of place1 in  
the other life1 are changes of the state
 of the interiors of life1 and          
nevertheless it really appears to       
spirits and angels as if they actually  
existed1 nos4 #abgc-abgg1 #acgg1 #ccef1 
#efjf1 #ajgcd4  #abf4 ,that there are   
many systems1 may appear to every one   
from the fact that so many stars appear 
in the universe2 and it is known in the 
learned world that every star is like a 
sun in its own place1 for it remains    
fixed as the sun of our ,earth does in  
its place2 and that it is the distance  
that makes it appear in so small a form 
as a star2 consequently1 that1 like the 
sun of our system1 each star has planets
 around it1 which are earths2 and that  
the reason why these do not appear      
before our eyes is on account of their  
immense distance1 and because only the  
light from their own star reaches us1   

which light cannot be again reflected   
from the planets so far as to reach us4 
,to what other purpose could so great a 
heaven with so many constellations be   
intended8 ,for the end of the creation  
of the universe is man1 that from man   
there may be an angelic heaven2 but what
 would a human race1 and from it an     
angelic heaven1 from one single earth1  
be for an ,infinite ,creator1 for whom a
 thousand1 yea tens of thousands of     
earths1 would not suffice8 ,it has been 
calculated that1 supposing there were in
 the universe a million earths1 and on  
every earth three hundred million men1  
and two hundred generations within six  
thousand years1 and that to every man or
 spirit there were to be allotted a     
space of three cubic ells1 the sum of   
that great number of men or spirits     
would not occupy a space equal to a     
thousandth part of this ,earth1         
consequently hardly the space occupied  
by one of the satellites of the planet  
,jupiter or ,saturn3 which would be a   

space in the universe so small as to be 
scarcely discernible2 for a satellite of
 ,jupiter or ,saturn is scarcely visible
 to the naked eye4 ,what would this be  
for the ,creator of the universe1 for   
whom the whole universe1 even if it were
 completely filled1 would not be enough1
 for ,he is ,infinite4 ,in conversing   
with the angels on this subject1 they   
have told me that they have a similar   
idea of the fewness of the human race   
relatively to the infinity of the       
,creator2 but that1 nevertheless1 they  
do not think from spaces1 but from      
states1 and that according to their     
idea1 earths numbering as many myriads  
as could ever be conceived in thought   
would still be as absolutely nothing to 
the ,lord4 ,the earths in the starry    
heaven1 however1 shall now be treated of
 in what follows from real experience2  
from which it will likewise be made     
manifest how the translations to these  
earths were effected as to my spirit1   
whilst my body remained in its own      

place4     ,,the ,,first ,,earth ,,in   
,,the ,,starry ,,heaven1 ,,and ,,its    
,,spirits ,,and ,,inhabitants3 ,,from   
,,things ,,heard ,,and ,,seen4   #abg4  
,i was led by the ,lord by means of     
angels to a certain earth in the starry 
heaven1 where it was given me to gaze   
upon the earth itself1 yet not to speak 
with the inhabitants of it1 but with    
spirits who had come from it4 ,all the  
inhabitants or men of every earth1 on   
the termination of their life in the    
world1 become spirits1 and remain near  
their own earth4 ,from them1 however1   
information is obtained concerning their
 earth and the state of its inhabitants2
 for men1 when they quit the body1 carry
 with them all their former life and all
 their memorytt4 ,being led to earths in
 the universe does not mean being led   
and translated thither as to the body1  
but as to the spirit2 and the spirit is 
led through variations of the state of  
the inner life1 which appear to it as   
progressions through spacesss4          

,approaches1 also1 are effected         
according to the agreements or          
likenesses of the states of life2 for   
agreement or likeness of life conjoins1 
and disagreement and unlikeness disjoin4
 ,from this it may appear how           
translation as to the spirit is         
effected1 and how it is made to approach
 distant regions1 while the man1        
nevertheless1 remains in his own place4 
,but to lead a spirit outside of his own
 globe through variations of the state  
of his interiors1 and to cause the      
variations to proceed successively until
 a state is reached which agrees or     
coincides with the state of those to    
whom he is being led1 is in the power of
 the ,lord alone2 for there is needed a 
continual direction and foresight from  
first to last1 both on the journey      
thither1 and on the return journey1     
especially when this is to be effected  
with a man who is still as to the body  
in the world of nature1 and thereby in  
space4 ,that this has actually been     

effected1 those who are in corporeal    
sensual things1 and who think from them1
 cannot be induced to believe4 ,the     
reason is that the corporeal sensual    
faculties cannot conceive of            
progressions apart from spaces4 ,but1   
nevertheless1 those who think from the  
,sensual of their spirit1 that has in   
some degree been removed or withdrawn   
from the ,sensual of the body1 thus1 who
 think interiorly in themselves1 may be 
induced to believe and comprehend it1   
since in the idea of interior thought   
there is neither space nor time1 but    
instead of them there are those things  
from which spaces and times proceed4    
,those things1 therefore1 that follow1  
concerning the earths in the starry     
heaven1 are for the use of the latter1  
and not for the former1 unless they are 
of such a character as to suffer        
themselves to be instructed4  ,footnote 
tt3 ,man after death has with him the   
memory of all his concerns in the world1
 nos4 #bdgf-bdhf4  #abh4 ,in a state of 

wakefulness1 ,i was led as to the spirit
 by the ,lord through angels to a       
certain earth in the universe1          
accompanied by some spirits from this   
globe4 ,the progression took place      
towards the right1 and lasted for two   
hours4 ,near the boundary of our solar  
system1 there appeared first a whitish  
but dense cloud1 and after it a fiery   
smoke ascending from a great gulf3 this 
was an immense chasm1 separating our    
solar system on that side from certain  
systems of the starry heaven4 ,the fiery
 smoke appeared over a considerable     
distance4 ,i was conveyed across the    
midst of it1 and then there appeared    
beneath in that gulf or chasm very many 
men1 who were spirits 7for all spirits  
appear in the human form1 and are       
actually men74 ,i also heard them       
talking with each other2 but whence they
 were1 or of what character1 it was not 
given me to know4 ,one of them1 however1
 told me that they were guards to       
prevent spirits passing without         

permission from this into any other     
system in the universe4 ,that this was  
the case1 was also confirmed2 for when  
some spirits who were in the company1   
and who had not received permission to  
pass1 came to that great interstice1    
they began to cry out wildly that they  
were perishing1 for they were like      
persons struggling in the agony of      
death2 wherefore they stopped on this   
side of the chasm1 and could not be     
conveyed any further2 for the fiery     
smoke which exhaled from the chasm      
attacked them1 and tortured them in this
 manner4  #abi4 ,after ,i had been      
translated across that great chasm1 ,i  
at length reached a place where ,i      
stopped2 and then some spirits appeared 
to me above1 and it was given me to     
speak with them4 ,from their speech1 and
 from their peculiar manner of          
apperceiving things and explaining them1
 ,i discerned clearly that they were    
from another earth2 for they differed   
altogether from the spirits of our solar

 system4 ,they also apperceived from my 
speech that ,i had come from a great    
distance4  #acj4 ,after we had conversed
 for awhile on various subjects1 ,i     
asked them what ,god they worshipped4   
,they said they worshipped some angel1  
who appears to them as a ,divine man1   
for he is resplendent with light2 and   
that he instructs them and enables them 
to apperceive what they ought to do4    
,they said further that they knew that  
the ,most ,high ,god is in the sun of   
the angelic heaven1 and that ,he appears
 to their angel and not to themselves2  
and that ,he is too great for them to   
dare to adore ,him4 ,the angel whom they
 worshipped was an angelic society1 to  
which it has been given by the ,lord to 
preside over them1 and to teach them the
 way of what is just and right2         
therefore they have light from a certain
 flame1 which appears like a little     
torch1 somewhat fiery and yellow4 ,the  
reason of this originates in their not  
adoring the ,lord2 therefore they do not

 receive light from the sun of the      
angelic heaven1 but from the angelic    
society2 for an angelic society1 when   
permitted by the ,lord1 can exhibit such
 a light to spirits who are in a lower  
region4 ,i also saw that angelic        
society1 which was high above them2 and 
,i also saw the flame there whence they 
had light4  #aca4 ,in other respects    
they were modest1 rather simple1 but    
still they thought well enough4 ,the    
quality of their ,intellectual could be 
inferred from the light which prevailed 
among them2 for the intellect is        
according to the reception of the light 
which is in the heavens2 since it is the
 ,divine ,truth proceeding from the     
,lord as a sun1 that shines there1 and  
enables the angels not only to see but  
also to understanduu4  ,footnote uu3    
,there is much light in the heavens1    
nos4 #aaag1 #aeba1 #aebb1 #aecc1        
#afai-afcb1 #debg1 #edjj1 #hfdd4 ,all   
light in the heavens is from the ,lord  
as the ,sun there1 nos4 #ajec1 #aeba1   

#caie1 #ccda1 #cfcf1 #ddae1 #iedh1      
#ifhd1 #ajhji4 ,the ,divine ,truth      
proceeding from the ,lord appears in the
 heavens as light1 nos4 #caie1 #cbbb1   
#edjj1 #hfdd1 #icii1 #iedh1 #ifhd4 ,that
 light illuminates both the sight and   
the understanding of angels and spirits1
 nos4 #bggf1 #cach4 ,the light of heaven
 also illuminates the understanding of  
man1 nos4 #aebd1 #cach1 #cafg1 #ddjh1   
#ffjh1 #hgjg1 #iabh1 #icii1 #ajefi4     
#acb4 ,i was informed that the          
inhabitants and spirits of that earth1  
in the ,grand ,man1 have relation to    
something in the ,,spleen3 and in this  
,i was confirmed by an influx into the  
spleen while they were speaking with me4
  #acc4 ,when asked about the sun of    
their system1 which illuminates their   
earth1 they said that it appeared       
flaming4 ,when ,i represented the size  
of the sun of our ,earth1 they said that
 their sun was smaller2 for before our  
eyes their sun appears as a star2 and ,i
 was told by the angels that it was one 

of the lesser stars4 ,they also said    
that the starry heaven is also seen from
 their earth2 and that a star larger    
than the rest appears to them towards   
the west2 it was said from heaven that  
this is our sun4  #acd4 ,my sight was   
afterwards opened1 so that ,i could in  
some measure gaze upon that earth       
itself2 and there appeared many meadows 
and forests with trees covered with     
leaves2 likewise fleecy sheep4          
,afterwards ,i saw some of the          
inhabitants1 who belonged to the lower  
class1 clothed nearly like the country  
folk in ,europe4 ,i also saw a man 7vir7
 with his wife 7mulier74 ,she appeared  
of handsome stature and of graceful     
mien2 so did the man2 but1 what         
surprised me1 he walked about pompously1
 with as it were a haughty gait1 while  
the woman's gait1 on the contrary1 was  
humble4 ,the angels told me that such is
 the custom on that earth1 and that     
notwithstanding this peculiarity1 the   
men are loved1 because they are good4 ,i

 was further told that they are not     
allowed to have more than one wife1     
because it is contrary to the laws4 ,the
 woman ,i saw had an ample garment      
before her breast1 behind which she     
could conceal herself1 and which was so 
made that she could put her arms in it1 
and wrap herself in it1 and in this wise
 go away3 the lower portion of it could 
be gathered up1 and1 when gathered up   
and folded about the body1 it looked    
like a stomacher1 such as is worn by the
 women of our ,earth4 ,the same garment1
 however1 also served the man for an    
article of clothing4 ,he was seen to    
take it from the woman and throw it over
 his own back1 and loosening the lower  
part1 which thus flowed down to his feet
 like a robe1 he walked about clad in   
this manner4 ,what ,i saw on that earth 
was not seen with the eyes of my body1  
but with the eyes of my spirit1 and a   
spirit can see the objects that are on  
an earth1 when it is permitted by the   
,lord4  #ace4 ,as ,i know that many will

 doubt the possibility of a man's being 
able1 with the eyes of his spirit1 to   
see anything on an earth so distant1 ,i 
may state how the matter is4 ,distances 
in the other life are not as distances  
on the ,earth4 ,in the other life       
distances are altogether according to   
the states of the interiors of each one4
 ,they who are in a similar state are   
together in one society and in one      
place4 ,all presence there results from 
likeness of state1 and all distance     
results from unlikeness of state4 ,hence
 it was that ,i was near to that earth  
when ,i was brought by the ,lord into a 
state similar to that of its spirits and
 inhabitants1 and that being then       
present ,i conversed with them4 ,hence  
it is evident that earths in the        
spiritual world are not distant as in   
the natural world1 but only apparently  
so according to the states of life of   
their inhabitants and spirits4 ,the     
state of life is the state of the       
affections as to love and faith4 ,in    

regard to a spirit1 or1 what is the     
same1 a man as to his spirit1 being able
 to see the things that are on an earth1
 ,i may also explain how the case       
therein is4 ,neither spirits nor angels 
are able1 by their own sight1 to see    
anything that is in the world2 for to   
them the light of the world1 that is1   
solar light1 is as thick darkness3 just 
as man by his bodily sight cannot see   
anything that is in the other life2 for 
to him the light of heaven is as thick  
darkness4 ,but nevertheless spirits and 
angels1 when it pleases the ,lord1 can  
see the things in the natural world     
through the eyes of a man2 but this is  
not granted by the ,lord with any except
 those whom ,he permits to speak with   
spirits and angels1 and to be together  
with them4 ,it has been permitted them  
to see through my eyes the things in    
this world1 and as plainly as ,i myself 
did2 and even to hear men speaking with 
me4 ,it has sometimes happened that     
through me some have seen their friends1

 with whom they had been intimate in the
 life of the body1 altogether present as
 before1 and they have been amazed      
thereat4 ,wives also have seen in this  
manner their husbands and children1 and 
have wanted me to tell them that they   
were present and saw them1 and to inform
 them of their state in the other life4 
,but it was forbidden me to say and     
reveal to them that they had been seen  
in this way1 for the further reason that
 they would have called me insane1 or   
have thought my information ravings of  
the mind 7animus71 for ,i was well aware
 that1 although they affirmed with their
 mouth1 they yet did not at heart       
believe in the existence of spirits1 the
 resurrection of the dead and their     
living among spirits1 and these being   
able to see and hear by means of a man4 
,when my interior sight was first       
opened1 and when those who are in the   
other life saw through my eyes the world
 and the things therein1 they were so   
amazed that they called it the miracle  

of miracles1 and were affected with new 
joy that there was thus granted a       
communication of the ,earth with heaven1
 and of heaven with the ,earth4 ,this   
joy continued for months2 but afterwards
 it became familiar1 and now the wonder 
has ceased4 ,i have been informed that  
the spirits and angels with other men do
 not in the least see the things in the 
world1 but only perceive the thoughts   
and affections of those with whom they  
are4 ,from all this it may appear1 that 
man was so created that1 while living   
amongst men in the world1 he might at   
the same time live in heaven amongst    
angels1 and contrariwise1 so that heaven
 and the world might be together with   
man1 and act as a one1 and that men     
might know what passes in heaven1 and   
angels what passes in the world2 and    
that when men depart this life1 they    
might pass thus from the ,lord's kingdom
 on earth into ,his kingdom in the      
heavens1 not as into another1 but as    
into the same kingdom1 in which they had

 been during their life in the body4    
,but as man has become so corporeal1 he 
has closed heaven against himself4      
#acf4 ,lastly1 ,i conversed with spirits
 who were from that earth concerning    
various things on our ,earth1 especially
 concerning the fact that sciences are  
cultivated here1 which are not          
cultivated elsewhere1 such as astronomy1
 geometry1 mechanics1 physics1          
chemistry1 medicine1 optics1 and natural
 philosophy2 and likewise arts1 which   
are unknown elsewhere1 as the arts of   
ship-building1 of smelting metals1 of   
writing on paper1 and likewise of       
publishing by printing1 and thus of     
communicating with others on the ,earth1
 and thus also of preserving what is    
communicated for the use of posterity   
for thousands of years2 and that this   
has been done also with the ,word which 
is from the ,lord1 and that on this     
account revelation is for ever permanent
 on our ,earth4  #acg4 ,at last ,i was  
shown the hell of those who are from    

that earth4 ,those who appeared from    
there inspired great terror4 ,i dare not
 describe their monstrous faces4        
,sorceresses also appeared there1 who   
practise nefarious arts4 ,they appeared 
clad in green1 and struck me with       
horror4     ,,the ,,second ,,earth ,,in 
,,the ,,starry ,,heaven1 ,,and ,,its    
,,spirits ,,and ,,inhabitants4   #ach4  
,i was afterwards led by the ,lord to an
 earth in the universe which was at a   
much greater distance from our ,earth   
than the first one that has just been   
treated of4 ,that it was at a much      
greater distance1 was plain from this   
circumstance1 that ,i was two days in   
being led thither as to my spirit4 ,this
 earth was to the left1 whereas the     
former was to the right4 ,as remoteness 
in the spiritual world does not1 as     
already observed1 arise from distance of
 place1 but from difference of state1   
the long-continuance of my progression  
thither1 which lasted two days1 enabled 
me to conclude that the state of the    

interiors which prevailed with them1    
which is the state of the affections and
 of the consequent thoughts1 differed   
proportionately from the state of the   
interiors which prevails with the       
spirits from our ,earth4 ,as ,i was     
conveyed thither as to the spirit by    
means of changes of the state of the    
interiors1 ,i was enabled to observe the
 successive changes themselves before ,i
 arrived there4 ,this took place while  
,i was awake4  #aci4 ,when ,i arrived   
there1 ,i did not see the earth1 but    
only the spirits who were from that     
earth2 for1 as has already been stated1 
the spirits of every earth appear about 
their own earth1 because they are of a  
similar genius with the inhabitants1 for
 they are of them1 and are serviceable  
to them4 ,those spirits appeared at a   
considerable height over my head1 and   
from thence they saw me coming4 ,it must
 be borne in mind that they who stand on
 high in the other life can behold those
 who are below them1 and the higher they

 stand the wider is the extent of their 
vision2 and that not only can they      
behold them1 but also speak with them4  
,they observed from there that ,i was   
not from their earth1 but from some     
other at a distance2 wherefore1         
addressing me from thence1 they         
questioned me on various subjects1 and  
to these questions it was also permitted
 me to reply4 ,among other things1 ,i   
told them from what earth ,i came1 and  
what kind of earth it was2 and          
afterwards ,i told them about the earths
 in our solar system2 and then also     
about the spirits of the earth or planet
 ,mercury1 that they wander about to    
many earths for the purpose of procuring
 for themselves knowledges about various
 things4 ,on hearing this1 they said    
that they had also seen those spirits   
among themselves4  #adj4 ,i was told by 
the angels from our ,earth that the     
inhabitants and spirits of that earth1  
in the ,grand ,man1 have relation to    
,,keenness ,,of ,,vision1 and that      

therefore they appear on high2 and that 
they have a most penetrating keenness of
 sight4 ,in consequence of their having 
this relation1 and of their seeing      
clearly the things that were below1 in  
the course of our conversation ,i       
compared them to eagles1 which fly      
aloft1 and enjoy a piercing and         
extensive view of surrounding things4   
,at this they became indignant1         
supposing that ,i considered them like  
eagles as to their rapacity1 and        
consequently that ,i thought them evil2 
but ,i replied1 that ,i did not liken   
them to eagles as to rapacity1 but as to
 keenness of vision4  #ada4 ,being      
questioned concerning the ,god whom they
 worshipped1 they replied that they     
worshipped a ,god visible and invisible2
 a ,god visible under the ,human ,form1 
and an invisible ,god1 under no form at 
all2 and ,i learned from their          
discourse1 and likewise from the ideas  
of their thoughts which were            
communicated to me1 that the visible    

,god was our ,lord ,himself1 and they   
also called ,him ,lord4 ,to this it was 
given me to reply1 that on our ,earth   
also1 an invisible and a visible ,god is
 worshipped2 and that the invisible ,god
 is called the ,father1 and the visible1
 the ,lord2 but that both are ,one1 as  
,he ,himself taught1 saying1 that no one
 had ever seen the form of the ,father1 
that the ,father and ,he are ,one1 that 
whoso seeth ,him seeth the ,father1 and 
that the ,father is in ,him and ,he in  
the ,father2 consequently1 that both    
,divine ,essences are in ,one ,person4  
,that these are the words of the ,lord  
,himself1 see ,john v4 #cg2 x4 #cj2 xiv4
 #g1 #i-aa4  #adb4 ,afterwards ,i saw   
other spirits from the same earth1 who  
appeared in a place beneath the former3 
with these also ,i conversed2 but they  
were idolaters1 for they worshipped an  
idol of stone1 like a man1 but an       
unhandsome one4 ,it is to be observed1  
that all who come into the other life1  
in the beginning have a worship which is

 like their worship in the world1 but   
that by degrees they are removed from   
it4 ,the reason why this takes place is1
 that all worship remains implanted in  
man's interior life1 from which it      
cannot be removed and eradicated except 
by degrees4 ,on seeing this1 it was     
given me to tell them that they ought   
not to worship what is dead1 but what is
 living2 to which they replied1 that    
they knew that ,god lives1 and that a   
stone does not1 but that they thought of
 the living ,god while looking on a     
stone resembling a man1 and that        
otherwise the ideas of their thought    
could not be fixed upon and determined  
to the invisible ,god4 ,it was then     
given me to tell them that the ideas of 
thought can be fixed upon and determined
 to the invisible ,god1 when they are   
fixed upon and determined to the ,lord1 
who is ,god visible in thought under the
 ,human ,form2 and thus that man can be 
conjoined with the invisible ,god in    
thought and affection1 consequently in  

faith and love1 when he is conjoined    
with the ,lord1 but not otherwise4      
#adc4 ,the spirits who were seen on high
 were questioned whether on their earth 
they live under the rule of princes or  
kings4 ,to this they replied1 that they 
do not know what governments are1 and   
that they live under themselves1        
distinguished into clans1 families1 and 
households4 ,they were questioned       
whether they were thus in security4     
,they said they were secure1 since one  
family never envies another1 nor desires
 to deprive another of anything4 ,they  
were indignant at being asked such      
questions1 as if they had been charged  
with being at enmity1 or with needing   
protection against robbers4 ,what1 said 
they1 does anyone need but food and     
raiment1 and thus to live content and   
quiet under one's own management8  #add4
 ,being further questioned concerning   
their earth1 they said that they have   
meadows1 flower-gardens1 orchards full  
of fruit-trees1 and also lakes          

containing fish2 and that they have     
birds of a blue colour1 with golden     
feathers2 and large and small animals4  
,amongst the smaller1 they mentioned one
 sort which had the back raised like the
 camels on our ,earth2 nevertheless1    
they do not feed on their flesh1 but    
only on the flesh of fishes1 and besides
 on the fruits of trees1 and on the     
leguminous plants of the earth4 ,they   
said1 moreover1 that they do not live in
 artificial houses1 but in groves1      
amongst the leafy boughs of which they  
make roofs to shelter them from rain and
 the heat of the sun4  #ade4 ,being     
questioned respecting their sun1 which  
appears as a star from our ,earth1 they 
said that it has a fiery appearance1 and
 that it is not larger to the sight than
 a man's head4 ,i was told by the angels
 that the star which is their sun is one
 of the smaller stars1 not far distant  
from the equator4  #adf4 ,there were    
seen some spirits who were like what    
they had been during their abode as men 

on their earth4 ,they had faces not     
unlike the faces of the men of our      
,earth1 except that their eyes and nose 
were small4 ,as this appeared to me     
something of a deformity1 they said that
 with them small eyes and a small nose  
are considered a beauty4 ,a female was  
seen1 clothed in a gown ornamented with 
roses of various colours4 ,i asked      
whence they procured for themselves     
materials for clothing on that earth4   
,they answered that they gather from    
certain plants substances which they    
spin into thread2 and that they then at 
once lay the threads in double and      
triple rows1 moistening them with a     
glutinous water to give them            
consistence4 ,afterwards they colour the
 cloth1 thus prepared1 with the juices  
of herbaceous plants4 ,it was also shown
 me how they prepare the thread4 ,the   
women sit down on a seat1 with their    
backs bent1 and twist the threads with  
their toes2 and when twisted they draw  
the threads towards them1 and work them 

with their hands4  #adg4 ,they said     
also1 that on that earth a husband has  
only one wife1 and no more2 and that    
they beget from ten to fifteen children4
 ,they added1 that there are likewise   
found harlots on that earth2 but that   
these1 after the life of the body1 when 
they become spirits1 are sorceresses1   
and are cast into hell4     ,,the       
,,third ,,earth ,,in ,,the ,,starry     
,,heaven1 ,,and ,,its ,,spirits ,,and   
,,inhabitants4   #adh4 ,there appeared  
some spirits at a distance1 who were    
unwilling to approach4 ,the reason was1 
that they could not be together with the
 spirits of our ,earth who were then    
about me4 ,from this ,i apperceived that
 they were from another earth2 and ,i   
was told afterwards that they were from 
a certain earth in the universe2 but    
where that earth is1 was not made known 
to me4 ,these spirits1 unlike the       
spirits from our ,earth1 were absolutely
 unwilling to think about their body1 or
 even about anything corporeal and      

material2 hence it was that they were   
unwilling to approach2 yet1 after the   
removal of some of the spirits of our   
,earth1 they drew nearer1 and spoke with
 me4 ,but then there was a sense of     
anxiety arising from the collision of   
the spheres2 for spiritual spheres      
surround all spirits and societies of   
spiritscc2 and since they emanate from  
the life of the affections and the      
consequent thoughts1 therefore where the
 affections are contrary collision takes
 place1 and hence arises anxiety4 ,the  
spirits of our ,earth related1 that they
 dare not even approach them2 since1 on 
their approach1 they are not only seized
 with anxiety1 but also appear to       
themselves as if they were bound hand   
and foot with serpents1 from which they 
cannot be freed till they have departed4
 ,this appearance takes its origin from 
correspondence2 for the spirits of our  
,earth1 in the ,grand ,man1 have        
relation to external sense1 consequently
 to the corporeal ,sensual1 and this    

,sensual is represented in the other    
life by serpentsxx4  ,footnote xx3 ,the 
external ,sensual of man in the         
spiritual world is represented by       
serpents1 because it is in the lowest   
parts1 and relatively to the more       
interior things in man1 lies on the     
ground1 and as it were creeps2 and on   
this ground they were called serpents   
who reasoned from that ,sensual1 nos4   
#aie-aig1 #fcih1 #fidi4  #adi4 ,as the  
spirits of that earth are such1 they    
appear in the eyes of other spirits1 not
 in a distinct human form1 as others do1
 but as clouds1 in most cases like a    
dusky cloud1 with the fair human colour 
interspersed2 but they said1 that within
 they are fair1 and that when they      
become angels1 this duskiness is changed
 into a beautiful blue2 which was also  
shown me4 ,i asked whether1 during their
 life as men in the world1 they had     
entertained such an idea respecting     
their bodies4 ,they replied that the men
 of their earth make no account of their

 bodies1 but only of the spirit in the  
body1 because they know that the spirit 
will live for ever1 but that the body   
must perish4 ,they said also1 that many 
on their earth believe that the spirit  
of the body has existed from eternity1  
and that it was infused into the body   
when they were conceived2 but they      
added1 that now they know that it is not
 so1 and that they repent of having ever
 been in so false an opinion4  #aej4    
,when ,i asked them whether they would  
like to see any objects on our ,earth1  
informing them that it was possible to  
do so through my eyes 7see above1 no4   
#ace71 they answered first1 that they   
could not1 and afterwards1 that they    
would not1 because the things that they 
would see would be only earthly and     
material things1 from which they remove 
their thoughts as much as possible4 ,but
 nevertheless1 there were represented   
before them magnificent palaces1        
resembling those on our ,earth possessed
 by kings and princes2 for such things  

can be represented before spirits1 and1 
when they are represented1 they appear  
exactly as if they existed4 ,but the    
spirits from that earth esteemed them as
 nothing1 calling them marble images2   
and then they related that they have    
more magnificent things belonging to    
them1 which are their sacred temples1   
built not of stone but of wood4 ,when it
 was objected that these were still     
earthly objects1 they replied that they 
were not earthly1 but heavenly1 because 
when they gaze upon them they have not  
an earthly but a heavenly idea2         
believing that after death they should  
also see like objects in heaven4  #aea4 
,they then represented their sacred     
temples before the spirits of our       
,earth1 who declared that they had not  
seen anything more magnificent2 and as  
they were also seen by me1 ,i can       
therefore describe them4 ,they are      
constructed of trees not cut down1 but  
growing in the place where they first   
took root4 ,they said that on that earth

 there are trees of a wonderful size and
 height2 these they set in rows from the
 first1 so that they may form porticos  
and colonnades2 and by cutting and      
pruning1 they fit and prepare the tender
 shoots1 so that as they grow they may  
interlace and join together so as to    
form the groundwork and floor of the    
temple to be constructed1 and to rise at
 the sides to form the walls1 and above 
to bend into arches to form the roof4   
,in this manner they construct the      
temple with admirable art1 raised high  
above the ground4 ,they also prepare an 
ascent into it by successive branches of
 the trees1 extended from the trunk and 
firmly connected together4 ,moreover1   
they adorn the temple without and within
 in various ways1 by disposing the      
foliage into forms3 thus they build     
entire groves4 ,but it was not permitted
 me to see the character of these       
temples within3 ,i was only told that   
the light of their sun is let in by     
apertures amongst the branches1 and is  

transmitted here and there through      
crystals1 by which means the light      
falling upon the walls is varied in     
colours like those of the rainbow1      
especially blue and orange1 of which    
they are fondest4 ,such are their       
architectural works1 which they prefer  
to the most magnificent palaces of our  
,earth4  #aeb4 ,they said further1 that 
the inhabitants do not dwell in high    
places1 but on the earth in lowly       
cottages1 for the reason that high      
places are for the ,lord who is in      
heaven1 and lowly places for men who are
 on earth4 ,their cottages were also    
shown me4 ,they were oblong1 having     
within along the walls a continuous     
couch1 on which they lie one behind     
another4 ,on the side opposite to the   
door is a rounded alcove1 before which  
is a table1 and behind the table a      
fire-place1 by which the whole chamber  
is lighted4 ,in this fire-place1 there  
is not a burning fire1 but a luminous   
wood1 which gives out as much light as  

the flame of a common fire does4 ,they  
said that in the evening these logs of  
wood appeared as if they had in them the
 fire of live coals4  #aec4 ,they said  
that they do not live as societies1 but 
as households by themselves2 and that   
they are societies when they meet for   
worship2 that on these occasions those  
who teach walk within the temple1 and   
the rest in the porches at the sides2   
and that at their meetings they         
experience interior joys1 arising from  
the sight of the temple1 and from the   
worship celebrated therein4  #aed4 ,in  
respect to ,divine worship1 they said   
that they acknowledge a ,god under the  
,human ,form1 consequently our ,lord2   
for all who acknowledge the ,god of the 
universe under the ,human ,form are     
accepted and led by our ,lord3 the rest 
cannot be led1 because they think apart 
from a form4 ,they added1 that the      
inhabitants of their earth are          
instructed about the things of heaven by
 a certain immediate intercourse with   

angels and spirits1 into which they may 
be brought by the ,lord more easily than
 others1 because they reject corporeal  
things from their thought and affection4
 ,i asked what becomes of those amongst 
them who are evil4 ,they told me that on
 their earth no wicked person is allowed
 to exist2 but if any one thinks and    
does evil1 he is reprimanded by a       
certain spirit1 who threatens him with  
death if he persists in doing so2 and if
 he persists1 he dies by a swoon2 and   
that by this means the men of that earth
 are preserved from the contagion of    
evils4 ,a certain spirit of this        
character was also sent to me3 he spoke 
with me as if with those evil ones3 he  
moreover inflicted something of pain in 
the region of my abdomen1 saying that   
this is what he does to those who think 
and do evil1 and that he threatens them 
with death if they persist4 ,i was also 
told that they who profane holy things  
are grievously punished2 and that before
 the punishing spirit comes1 there      

appears to them in vision the gaping    
mouth of a lion1 of a livid colour1     
which seems as if it would swallow their
 head1 and tear it asunder from the     
body1 whence they are seized with       
horror4 ,they call the punishing spirit 
the devil4  #aee4 ,as they were desirous
 to know how the case is on our ,earth  
in regard to revelation1 ,i told them   
that it is effected by means of writing 
and preaching from the ,word1 and not by
 immediate intercourse with spirits and 
angels2 and that what is written can be 
published by printing1 and thus be read 
and comprehended by whole societies1 and
 that thus the life can be amended4     
,they were exceedingly surprised that   
such an art1 utterly unknown elsewhere1 
could exist on our ,earth2 but they     
comprehended that on this ,earth1 where 
corporeal and terrestrial things are so 
much loved1 ,divine things could not    
otherwise inflow from heaven and be     
received2 and that it would be dangerous
 for such beings to converse with       

angels4  #aef4 ,the spirits of that     
earth appear above1 in the plane of the 
head1 towards the right4 ,all spirits   
are distinguished by their situation    
relatively to the human body2 and this  
is a consequence of the universal heaven
 corresponding with all things of manf4 
,these spirits keep themselves in that  
plane1 and at that distance1 because    
their correspondence is not with the    
externals1 but with the interiors1      
belonging to man4 ,their action is upon 
the left knee1 above and a little below1
 with a certain vibration very sensibly 
felt4 ,this is a sign that they         
correspond with the conjunction of      
natural things and heavenly things4     
,,the ,,fourth ,,earth ,,in ,,the       
,,starry ,,heaven1 ,,and ,,its ,,spirits
 ,,and ,,inhabitants4   #aeg4 ,i was    
conducted to yet another earth which is 
in the universe beyond our solar system1
 which was effected by changes of the   
state of my mind1 consequently as to the
 spirit2 for1 as has already been       

repeatedly observed1 a spirit is        
conducted from place to place no        
otherwise than by changes of the state  
of his interiors1 which changes appear  
to him in all respects as advancements  
from place to place1 or as journeyings4 
,these changes lasted continuously for  
about ten hours before ,i came from the 
state of my life to the state of their  
life1 thus before ,i arrived there as to
 my spirit4 ,i was conveyed towards the 
east1 to the left1 and seemed to be     
gradually elevated from a horizontal    
plane4 ,i was also permitted to observe 
clearly the progression and advance from
 my former place1 till at length those  
from whom ,i had departed no longer     
appeared2 and in the meantime ,i spoke  
on various subjects with the spirits who
 were with me4 ,a certain spirit was    
also with us who1 during his life in the
 world1 had been a prelate and a        
preacher1 as well as a very pathetic    
writer4 ,from my idea concerning him1 my
 spirit-companions supposed he was more 

a ,christian at heart than the rest2 for
 in the world an idea is conceived and a
 judgment formed from the preaching and 
writing1 and not from the life1 if this 
is not manifest2 and if anything        
inconsistent appears in the life1 it is 
nevertheless excused2 for the idea or   
thought and perception concerning any   
one draws everything to its side4  #aeh4
 ,after this ,i observed that ,i was1 as
 to my spirit1 in the starry heaven1 far
 beyond our solar system2 for this can  
be observed from the changes of state   
and the consequent apparent continued   
progression1 which had lasted nearly ten
 hours4 ,at length ,i heard spirits     
conversing near some earth1 which also  
,i afterwards saw4 ,when ,i had come    
near them1 after some conversation they 
said that strangers sometimes come to   
them from other places1 who converse    
with them concerning ,god1 and confuse  
the ideas of their thought4 ,they also  
pointed out the way by which they came1 
from which it was perceived that they   

were of the spirits of our ,earth4 ,on  
being questioned then as to the         
confusion caused in their ideas1 they   
said it arose from those spirits saying 
that they ought to believe in a ,divine 
,being distinguished into three persons1
 whom they nevertheless call one ,god2  
and on examining the idea of their      
thoughts1 it is exhibited as a trine1   
not continuous hut discrete1 with some  
as three persons conversing with each   
other1 and with some as two seated      
together1 one near the other1 and a     
third listening to them and going from  
them2 and although they call each person
 ,god1 and have a different idea        
concerning each1 they still say there is
 but one ,god4 ,they complained         
exceedingly1 that they had thrown them  
into a confusion of ideas1 by thinking  
of three and speaking of one1 when      
nevertheless one ought to think as one  
speaks1 and speak as one thinks4 ,the   
spirit who in the world had been a      
prelate and a preacher1 and who was also

 with me1 was then examined as to the   
character of the idea he entertained    
respecting one ,god and three persons3  
and it was found that he represented to 
himself three gods1 which1 however1 made
 one by continuity4 ,he1 however1       
exhibited this ,three in ,one as        
invisible because it was ,divine2 and   
while he was exhibiting this1 it was    
perceived that he was then thinking only
 of the ,father1 and not of the ,lord1  
and that his idea concerning the        
invisible ,god was no other but as of   
nature in its first principles1 from    
which idea it resulted that the inmost  
of nature was his ,divine1 so that he   
might easily be led from this to        
acknowledge nature as ,god4 ,it is to be
 borne in mind1 that the idea which any 
person entertains on any subject is1 in 
the other life1 exhibited to the life1  
and through it every one is examined as 
to the character of his thought and     
perception on matters of faith2 and that
 the idea of the thought concerning ,god

 is the chief of all1 for through it1 if
 genuine1 conjunction is effected with  
the ,divine1 and consequently with      
heaven4 ,they were afterwards questioned
 concerning the nature of their idea    
respecting ,god4 ,they replied that they
 did not conceive of an invisible ,god1 
but of a ,god visible under the ,human  
,form2 and that they knew this not only 
from an interior perception1 but also   
from the fact1 that ,he has appeared to 
them as a ,man4 ,they added that if1    
according to the idea of some strangers1
 they were to conceive of ,god as       
invisible1 consequently without form and
 quality1 they would not be able to     
think about ,god at all1 inasmuch as    
such an invisible being does not fall   
into any idea of thought4 ,on hearing   
this1 it was given me to tell them that 
they do well to think of ,god under the 
,human ,form1 and that many on our      
,earth think in like manner1 especially 
when they think of the ,lord2 and that  
the ancients thought in no other way4 ,i

 then told them about ,abraham1 ,lot1   
,gideon1 ,manoah and his wife1 and what 
is related of them in our ,word1 namely1
 that they saw ,god under the ,human    
,form1 and acknowledged ,him1 thus seen1
 to be the ,creator of the universe1 and
 called ,him ,jehovah1 and this also    
from an interior perception2 but that at
 the present day that interior          
perception is lost in the ,christian    
world1 and only remains with the simple 
who are in faith4  #aei4 ,previous to   
this conversation1 they had believed    
that our company also consisted of those
 who want to confuse them by the idea of
 three in relation to ,god2 wherefore1  
on hearing what was said1 they were     
affected with joy1 and said that ,god1  
whom they then called the ,lord1 had    
also sent some to teach them concerning 
,him2 and that they are unwilling to    
admit strangers who disturb them1       
especially with the idea of three       
persons in the ,divinity1 knowing as    
they do that ,god is ,one1 consequently 

that the ,divine is ,one1 and does not  
consist of three in unanimity1 unless   
they are disposed to think of ,god as of
 an angel1 in whom there is an ,inmost  
of life which is invisible1 and from    
which he thinks and is wise2 an         
,external of life1 which is visible     
under a human form1 from which he sees  
and acts2 and a ,proceeding of life1    
which is the sphere of love and of faith
 from him2 for from every spirit and    
angel there proceeds a sphere of life by
 which he is known at a distancecc2 and 
as to the ,lord1 that that ,proceeding  
of life from ,him is the ,divine itself 
which fills and constitutes the heavens1
 because it proceeds from the very ,esse
 of the life of love and of faith4 ,they
 said that in this and in no other      
manner can they perceive a trinity and  
unity together4 ,on hearing this1 it was
 given me to say that such an idea of a 
trinity and unity together agrees with  
the angelic idea concerning the ,lord1  
and that it is from the ,lord's own     

doctrine concerning ,himself4 ,for ,he  
teaches that the ,father and ,himself   
are ,one2 that the ,father is in ,him   
and ,he in the ,father2 that he who     
seeth ,him seeth the ,father2 and he who
 believeth in ,him believeth in the     
,father and knoweth the ,father2 also   
that the ,comforter1 whom ,he calls the 
,spirit of ,truth1 and likewise the     
,holy ,spirit1 proceeds from ,him1 and  
does not speak from ,himself but from   
,him1 by which ,comforter is meant the  
,divine proceeding4 ,i was further      
permitted to tell them that their idea  
concerning a trinity and unity together 
agrees with the ,esse and ,existere of  
the ,lord's life when ,he was in the    
world4 ,the ,esse of ,his life was the  
,divine ,itself1 for ,he was conceived  
of ,jehovah1 and the ,esse of every     
one's life is that of which he is       
conceived2 the ,existere of life from   
that ,esse is the ,human in a form4 ,the
 esse of the life of every man1 which he
 has from his father1 is called the     

soul1 and the existere of life thence   
derived is called the body4 ,soul and   
body constitute one man4 ,the likeness  
between them resembles the likeness     
between that which is in endeavour and  
that which is in the resulting act1 for 
an act is endeavour acting1 and thus the
 two are one4 ,endeavour in man is      
called the will1 and endeavour acting is
 called action2 the body is the         
instrumental1 by means of which the     
will1 which is the principal1 acts1 and 
in acting the instrumental and principal
 are a one4 ,such is the case with soul 
and body4 ,and such is the idea which   
the angels in heaven have concerning    
soul and body3 hence they know that the 
,lord made ,his ,human ,divine from the 
,divine in ,himself1 which to ,him was  
the ,soul from the ,father4 ,neither is 
the faith which is received throughout  
the ,christian world in opposition to   
this idea1 for it teaches1 that         
,although ,christ is ,god and ,man1 yet 
,he is not two1 but one ,christ2444 yea1

 ,he is altogether ,one by unity of     
,person2 for as body and soul are one   
man1 so also ,god and man are one       
,christyy4 ,as there was such a union or
 such a oneness in the ,lord1 therefore 
,he rose again1 not only as to the      
,soul1 but also as to the ,body1 which  
,he glorified in the world1 which is not
 the case with any man2 on which subject
 ,he also instructed ,his disciples1    
saying1 ,feel ,me and see1 for a spirit 
hath not flesh and bones1 as ye see ,me 
have 7,luke xxiv4 #ci7zz4 ,this was     
clearly understood by those spirits1 for
 such truths fall into the understanding
 of angelic spirits4 ,they then added1  
that the ,lord alone has power in the   
heavens1 and that the heavens are ,his2 
to which it was given me to answer1 that
 this also is known to the ,church on   
our ,earth from the mouth of the ,lord  
,himself before ,he ascended into       
heaven2 for ,he then said1 ,all power is
 given unto ,me in heaven and on earth  
7,matt1 xxviii4 #ah74  ,footnote yy3    

,from the ,creed of ,athanasius4        
,footnote zz3 ,immediately after death1 
man rises again as to his spirit2 and he
 is in the human form1 and he is a man  
as to all things in general and         
particular1 nos4 #debg1 #ejjf1 #ejgh1   
#hici1 #hiia1 #ajeid1 #ajeig1 #ajgeh4   
,man rises again only as to the spirit1 
and not as to the body1 nos4 #ajeic1    
#ajeid4 ,the ,lord alone rose again as  
to the body also1 nos4 #agbi1 #bjhc1    
#ejgh1 #ajhbe4  #afj4 ,i afterwards     
conversed with those spirits concerning 
their earth2 for all spirits can do this
 when their natural or external memory  
is opened by the ,lord2 for this they   
carry with them from the world1 but it  
is not opened except at the ,lord's good
 pleasure4 ,respecting their earth1 from
 which they had come1 the spirits then  
said that when leave is given them1 they
 appear to the inhabitants1 and converse
 with them1 as men2 and that this is    
effected by their being let into their  
natural or external memory1 and         

consequently into such a thought as they
 had been in when they lived in the     
world2 and that on such occasions the   
inhabitants have their interior sight or
 the sight of their spirit opened1 by   
which they see the spirits4 ,they added1
 that the inhabitants know no otherwise 
than that they are men of their earth1  
and only apperceive they are not when   
they are suddenly removed from their    
sight1 ,i told them that the same thing 
also happened on our ,earth in ancient  
times1 as1 for instance1 to ,abraham1   
,sarah1 ,lot1 the inhabitants of ,sodom1
 ,manoah and his wife1 ,joshua1 ,mary1  
,elizabeth1 and the prophets generally2 
and that the ,lord appeared in like     
manner1 and they who saw ,him knew no   
otherwise than that ,he was a man of the
 earth1 till ,he revealed ,himself4 ,but
 that at the present day this rarely    
happens2 the reason is1 lest men by such
 things should be compelled to believe2 
for compelled faith1 such as is the     
faith which enters by means of miracles1

 does not inhere1 and would also be     
hurtful to those with whom faith may be 
implanted by means of the ,word in a    
state without compulsion4  #afa4 ,the   
spirit1 who had been a prelate and a    
preacher in the world1 entirely         
disbelieved that any other earths       
existed besides our own1 because he had 
thought in the world that the ,lord was 
born on this ,earth alone1 and that     
without the ,lord none could be saved2  
wherefore he was reduced into a state   
similar to that into which spirits are  
reduced when they appear on their own   
earth as men 7which state has been      
treated of just above72 and thus he was 
let into that earth1 so that he not only
 saw it1 but also conversed with the    
inhabitants there4 ,this done1 a        
communication was by this means granted 
me also1 so that ,i likewise saw the    
inhabitants1 and also some objects on   
that earth 7see above1 no4 #ace74 ,there
 appeared then four kinds of men1 but   
one after the other in succession2 the  

first ,i saw were clothed2 the second   
were naked1 of a human flesh colour2 the
 next were naked1 but with              
flame-coloured bodies2 and the last were
 black4  #afb4 ,while the spirit who had
 been a prelate and a preacher was with 
those who were clothed1 a woman with a  
very pretty face appeared4 ,she was     
simply attired2 her robe hung gracefully
 behind her1 and was also drawn over her
 arms1 and she wore a beautiful         
head-dress1 in the form of a chaplet of 
flowers4 ,that spirit was greatly       
delighted at the sight of this virgin2  
he spoke to her1 and also took her by   
the hand2 but1 apperceiving that he was 
a spirit1 and not of that earth1 she    
hurried hastily away from him4          
,afterwards there appeared to him on the
 right several other women1 who had the 
care of sheep and lambs1 which they were
 then leading to a watering-trough1 into
 which water was led by means of a      
trench from some lake4 ,they were       
similarly clothed1 and had shepherds'   

crooks in their hands1 by which they led
 the sheep and lambs to drink2 they said
 the sheep went whichever way they      
pointed with their crooks3 the sheep    
which we saw were large1 with woolly    
tails1 broad and long4 ,the faces of the
 women1 when seen nearer1 were full and 
beautiful4 ,some men were also seen2    
their faces were of a human flesh       
colour1 like that of the men of our     
,earth1 but with this difference1 that  
the lower part of the face1 instead of  
being bearded1 was black1 and the nose  
more of a snowy-white than of a flesh   
colour4 ,afterwards the spirit who1 as  
already mentioned1 had been a preacher  
in the world1 was led further on1 but   
reluctantly1 because he was still       
thinking about that woman with whom he  
had been delighted1 as was evident from 
the circumstance that there still       
appeared something of his shadow in the 
former place4 ,he then came to those who
 were naked4 ,they were seen walking    
together by twos1 husband and wife1 girt

 with a girdle about the loins1 and some
 sort of covering around the head4 ,that
 spirit1 when he was with them1 was led 
into the state in which he had been in  
the world when he was disposed to       
preach1 and then he said he would preach
 before them the ,lord crucified2 but   
they said they would not hear such a    
thing1 because they did not know what it
 was1 but that they knew that the ,lord 
lives4 ,he then said he would preach the
 ,lord living2 but this too they        
refused1 saying that they apperceived in
 his speech something not heavenly1     
because it had much respect to himself1 
and his own fame and honour2 and that   
they could hear from the tone of voice  
whether what was said came from the     
heart or not2 and that1 as he was of    
such a character1 he was unable to teach
 them2 wherefore he was silent4 ,during 
his life in the world he had been       
extremely pathetic1 so that he could    
deeply move his hearers to holiness2 but
 this pathetic manner had been acquired 

by art1 thus from self and the world1   
and not from heaven4  #afc4 ,they said1 
moreover1 that they have a perception   
whether the ,conjugial is with those of 
their clan who are naked2 and it was    
shown that they perceive this by virtue 
of a spiritual idea concerning marriage1
 which idea being communicated to me was
 to the effect1 that a likeness of the  
interiors was formed by the conjunction 
of good and truth1 consequently of love 
and faith1 and that from that           
conjunction descending by influx into   
the body conjugial love comes into      
existence4 ,for all things which belong 
to the mind 7animus7 are exhibited in   
some natural form in the body1          
consequently in the form of conjugial   
love1 when the interiors of two mutually
 love each other1 and from that love    
also desire to will and to think the one
 as the other1 and thus to be together  
and be conjoined as to the interiors    
which are of the mind 7mens74 ,hence the
 spiritual affection1 which is of the   

minds1 becomes natural affection in the 
body1 and clothes itself with the sense 
of conjugial love4 ,the spiritual       
affection which is of the minds is the  
affection of good and truth1 and of     
their conjunction2 for all things of the
 mind1 or of the thought and will1 have 
relation to truth and good4 ,they also  
said that it is quite impossible for the
 ,conjugial to exist between one man and
 several wives1 since the marriage of   
good and truth1 which pertains to the   
minds1 can exist only between two4      
#afd4 ,after this1 the spirit already   
spoken of came to those who were naked1 
but whose bodies were flame-coloured2   
and lastly1 to those who were black1    
some of whom were naked and some        
clothed2 but the latter and the former  
dwelt in a different part of the same   
earth2 for a spirit may be led in an    
instant to places far asunder on an     
earth1 since he does not proceed and    
advance like man through spaces1 but    
through changes of state 7see above1    

nos4 #abe1 #abg7ss4  #afe4 ,i lastly    
conversed with the spirits of that earth
 concerning the belief of the           
inhabitants of our ,earth on the subject
 of the resurrection1 in that they      
cannot conceive that men come into the  
other life immediately after death1 and 
then appear as men as to the face1 the  
body1 the arms1 the feet1 and all the   
external and internal senses2 still less
 that they are then clothed in garments1
 and have mansions and dwelling-places2 
and that the sole reason of this is that
 most persons here think from the       
sensuals which belong to the body1 and  
therefore believe in the existence of   
nothing but what they see and touch2 and
 that few of them can be withdrawn from 
external sensual things to interior     
things1 and thus be elevated into the   
light of heaven1 in which such things   
are perceived4 ,hence it is1 that they  
can have no idea of their soul or spirit
 as of a man1 but as of wind1 or air1 or
 a breath without form1 in which there  

is yet something vital4 ,this is the    
reason why they do not believe they     
shall rise again till the end of the    
world1 which they call the ,last        
,judgment1 when the body1 though        
mouldered into dust1 and scattered by   
every wind1 will be brought together    
again and conjoined to its soul or      
spirit4 ,i added1 that it is permitted  
them to believe this1 since those who1  
as was said1 think from external sensual
 things1 can conceive no otherwise than 
that the soul or spirit cannot live as a
 man in a human form1 unless it receive 
again that body which it carried about  
in the world2 wherefore1 unless it were 
asserted that the body will rise again1 
they would reject from their heart as   
incomprehensible the doctrine of the    
resurrection and of eternal life4 ,but  
nevertheless this thought concerning the
 resurrection has this advantage with   
it1 that it leads them to believe in a  
life after death1 a consequence of which
 belief is1 that when they lie on a sick

 bed1 and do not1 as theretofore1 think 
from worldly and corporeal things1 thus 
not from sensual things1 they then      
believe that they shall live immediately
 after their decease2 they then also    
speak of heaven1 and of the hope of a   
life there immediately after death1     
quite apart from their doctrinal        
concerning the ,last ,judgment4 ,i      
related further1 that sometimes it had  
been matter of surprise to me1 that when
 those who are in faith speak of a life 
after death1 and of their friends and   
relatives who are dying or dead1 and do 
not at the same time think about the    
,last ,judgment1 they believe that they 
will live or are living as men          
immediately on their decease4 ,but as   
soon as thought concerning the ,last    
,judgment flows in1 this idea is changed
 into the material idea concerning their
 earthly body1 that it is again to be   
conjoined to their soul2 for they do not
 know that every man is a spirit as to  
his interiors1 and that this it is which

 lives in the body and in each of its   
parts1 and not the body which lives of  
itself2 and that it is the spirit of    
every one from which his body has its   
human form1 and which1 consequently1 is 
principally the man1 and in a similar   
form1 but invisible to the eyes of the  
body1 yet visible to the eyes of        
spirits4 ,hence also1 when the sight of 
a man's spirit is opened1 which is      
effected by the removal of the bodily   
sight1 angels appear as men3 in this    
manner angels appeared to the ancients1 
as recorded in the ,word4 ,i have also  
sometimes spoken with spirits1 with whom
 ,i had been acquainted when they lived 
as men in the world1 and ,i have asked  
them whether they had any inclination to
 be clothed again with their earthly    
bodies1 as they used to think would be  
the case4 ,but they fled far away at the
 very idea of such a conjunction1 being 
smitten with amazement that1 while in   
the world1 they should have thought in  
this manner under the influence of so   

blind a belief1 devoid of all           
understanding4  #aff4 ,moreover1 on that
 earth ,i saw the dwellings of the      
inhabitants3 they were lowly houses1    
extended in length1 with windows at the 
sides1 according to the number of the   
rooms or chambers into which they were  
divided4 ,the roof was arched1 and there
 was a door on each side at the end4    
,they told me that they were built of   
earth1 and covered with turf2 and that  
the windows were formed of filaments of 
grass woven together in such a manner   
that the light shone through4 ,i also   
saw little children2 and the inhabitants
 told me that their neighbours come to  
them1 especially for the sake of the    
little children1 that they may be in    
company with other children in the      
presence and under the direction of     
their parents4 ,there also appeared     
fields becoming white with standing     
crops that were at that time nearly ripe
 for harvest4 ,the seeds or grains of   
that corn were shown me1 and they were  

like grains of ,chinese wheat3 ,i was   
also shown some bread made from it1     
which was in small square loaves4 ,there
 also appeared plains of grass adorned  
with flowers2 also trees laden with     
fruit like pomegranates2 also shrubs1   
which were not vines1 but still produced
 berries from which they prepare wine4  
#afg4 ,the sun of that earth1 which is  
to us a star1 appears there flaming1 in 
size almost a fourth part of our sun4   
,their year is about two hundred days1  
and each day fifteen hours1 relatively  
to the length of days on our ,earth4    
,the earth itself is one of the least in
 the starry heaven1 being scarcely five 
hundred ,german miles in circumference4 
,the angels stated these particulars    
from a comparison made with things of   
the like kind on our ,earth1 which they 
saw in me1 or in my memory4 ,their      
conclusions were formed by angelic      
ideas1 whereby are instantly known the  
measures of spaces and times1 in a just 
proportion relatively to spaces and     

times elsewhere4 ,angelic ideas1 which  
are spiritual1 in such calculations     
immensely surpass human ideas1 which are
 natural4     ,,the ,,fifth ,,earth ,,in
 ,,the ,,starry ,,heaven1 ,,and ,,its   
,,spirits ,,and ,,inhabitants4   #afh4  
,i was led to yet another earth in the  
universe beyond our solar system1 and on
 this occasion also by changes of state 
continued for nearly twelve hours4 ,in  
company with me were several spirits and
 angels from our ,earth1 with whom ,i   
conversed during this voyage or         
progression4 ,i was carried at times    
obliquely upwards and obliquely         
downwards1 continually towards the      
right1 which in the other life is       
towards the south4 ,in two places only  
did ,i see spirits1 and in one ,i spoke 
with them4 ,during this journey or      
progression ,i was permitted to observe 
how immense was the ,lord's heaven1     
which is designed for angels and        
spirits2 for from the parts uninhabited 
,i was enabled to conclude that it was  

so immense that1 supposing there were   
many myriads of earths1 and on each     
earth as great a multitude of human     
beings as on our own1 there would still 
be a place of abode for them to         
eternity1 and it would never be filled4 
,this ,i was enabled to conclude from a 
comparison made with the inhabited      
extent of the heaven which is about our 
,earth and designed for it1 which extent
 was so small relatively1 as not to     
equal one ten-thousand-thousandth part  
of the extent uninhabited4  #afi4 ,when 
the angelic spirits who were from that  
earth came into view1 they accosted us1 
asking who we were1 and what we wanted4 
,we told them that we were travelling1  
that we had been transported thither1   
and that they had nothing to fear from  
us4 ,for they were afraid that we were  
of those who disturb them concerning    
,god1 faith1 and kindred subjects1 on   
account of whom they had betaken        
themselves to that quarter of their     
earth1 shunning them as much as         

possible4 ,we asked them by what they   
were disturbed4 ,they replied1 by the   
idea of ,three1 and by the idea of the  
,divine without the ,human in ,god1 when
 they yet know and perceive that ,god is
 one1 and that ,he is man4 ,it was then 
perceived that those who disturbed them1
 and whom they shunned1 were from our   
,earth3 this was manifest also from this
 consideration1 that there are spirits  
from our ,earth who thus wander about in
 the other life1 in consequence of their
 fondness for and delight in travelling1
 which they have contracted in the      
world2 for on other earths there is no  
such custom of travelling as on ours4   
,it was afterwards discovered that they 
were monks1 who had travelled on our    
globe from a desire to convert the      
gentiles4 ,we therefore told them that  
they did well to shun them1 because     
their intention was1 not to teach1 but  
to secure gain and dominion2 and that   
they strive by various means first to   
captivate men's minds 7animi71 and      

afterwards to subject them to themselves
 as slaves3 moreover1 that they did well
 in not suffering their idea concerning 
,god to be disturbed by such spirits4   
,they said further1 that these spirits  
also confuse them by asserting that they
 ought to have faith1 and to believe    
what they say2 but that their reply to  
them is1 that they do not know what     
faith or believing means1 since they    
perceive in themselves whether a thing  
be so or not4 ,they were of the ,lord's 
celestial kingdom1 where all know by    
interior perception the truths which    
with us are called the truths of faith1 
for they are in enlightenment from the  
,lord2 but it is otherwise with those   
who are in the spiritual kingdom4 ,that 
the angelic spirits of that earth were  
of the ,lord's celestial kingdom1 ,i    
could also see from the flame whence    
their ideas flowed2 for in the celestial
 kingdom the light is flaming1 and in   
the spiritual kingdom it is bright      
white4 ,they who are of the celestial   

kingdom1 when the discourse is about    
truths1 say no more than ,yea1 yea1 or  
,nay1 nay1 and never reason about them  
whether they be so or not4 ,these are   
they of whom the ,lord says1 ,let your  
discourse be ,yea1 yea1 ,nay1 nay2 what 
is beyond this is of evil 7,matt4 v4    
#cg74 ,hence it was that those spirits  
said that they did not know what it is  
to have faith or to believe4 ,they      
consider this to be like one saying to  
his companion1 who with his own eyes    
sees houses or trees1 that he ought to  
have faith or to believe that they are  
houses and trees1 when he sees clearly  
that they are so4 ,such are they who are
 of the ,lord's celestial kingdom1 and  
such were these angelic spiritsaaa4 ,we 
told them that few on our ,earth have   
interior perception1 because in their   
youth they learn truths1 and do not     
practise them4 ,for man has two         
faculties1 which are called the         
understanding and the will2 they who    
admit truths no further than into the   

memory1 and thence in some degree into  
the understanding1 but not into the     
life1 that is1 into the will1 these1    
inasmuch as they cannot be in any       
enlightenment or interior sight from the
 ,lord1 say that those truths ought to  
be believed1 or that man ought to have  
faith in them2 and they also reason     
about them whether they be truths or    
not2 nay1 they are not willing that they
 should be perceived by any interior    
sight1 or by any enlightenment by the   
understanding4 ,they say this1 because  
truths with them are without light from 
heaven1 and to those who see without    
light from heaven1 falsities may appear 
as truths1 and truths as falsities4     
,hence so great blindness has fallen on 
many on our ,earth1 that although a man 
does not practise truths or live        
according to them1 they say nevertheless
 that he may be saved by faith alone1 as
 if a man were not man from the life and
 according to it1 but from the knowledge
 of such things as belong to faith1     

apart from the life4 ,we afterwards     
conversed with them concerning the      
,lord1 concerning love to ,him1 love    
towards the neighbour1 and regeneration2
 saying1 that loving the ,lord consists 
in loving the precepts which are from   
,him1 that is1 in living according to   
them from lovebbb2 that love towards the
 neighbour consists in willing good and 
thence doing good to a fellow-citizen1  
to one's country1 to the church1 to the 
,lord's kingdom1 not for the selfish end
 of being seen or acquiring merit1 but  
from the affection of goodccc4          
,concerning regeneration1 we observed   
that they who are being regenerated by  
the ,lord1 and who commit truths        
immediately to the life1 come into an   
interior perception concerning them2 but
 that those who receive truths first in 
the memory1 and afterwards will them and
 do them1 are those who are in faith2   
for they act from faith1 which is then  
called conscience4 ,these things1 they  
said1 they perceived to be so1 and      

therefore perceived also what faith is4 
,i conversed with them by means of      
spiritual ideas1 by which such subjects 
may be exhibited and comprehended in    
light4  ,footnote aaa3 ,heaven is       
distinguished into two kingdoms1 one of 
which is called the celestial kingdom1  
the other the spiritual kingdom1 nos4   
#chhg1 #dach4 ,the angels in the        
celestial kingdom have vastly more      
knowledge and wisdom than the angels in 
the spiritual kingdom1 no4 #bgah4 ,the  
celestial angels do not think and speak 
from faith1 like the spiritual angels1  
but from an internal perception that a  
thing is so1 nos4 #bjb1 #eig1 #fjg1     
#ghd1 #aaba1 #achg1 #acih1 #addb1 #aiai1
 #gfhj1 #ghgg1 #hghj4 ,the celestial    
angels say only concerning the truths of
 faith1 ,yea1 yea1 or ,nay1 nay1 but the
 spiritual angels reason whether a thing
 be so or not so1 nos4 #bjb1 #ccg1      
#bgae1 #cbdf1 #dddh1 #iaff4  ,footnote  
bbb3 ,loving the ,lord means living     
according to ,his commandments1 nos4    

#ajadc1 #ajaec1 #ajcaj1 #ajegh1 #ajfde4 
,footnote ccc3 ,loving the neighbour    
consists in doing what is good1 just1   
and right1 in every work and in every   
function1 from the affection of what is 
good1 just1 and right1 nos4 #habj1      
#haba1 #habc1 #ajcaj1 #ajccf4 ,a life of
 love towards the neighbour is a life   
according to the ,lord's precepts1 no4  
#cbdi4  #agj4 ,the spirits with whom ,i 
had now spoken were from the northern   
part of their earth4 ,i was afterwards  
led to others who were on the western   
part4 ,these also1 wishing to examine   
who and what ,i was2 immediately said   
that there was nothing in me but evil1  
thinking that thus ,i might be deterred 
from approaching nearer4 ,i apperceived 
that this was their manner of accosting 
all who come to them4 ,but it was given 
me to reply that ,i well knew it to be  
so1 and that in them likewise there was 
nothing but evil1 by reason that every  
one is born into evil1 and therefore    
whatever comes from man1 spirit1 or     

angel1 as from what is his own1 or from 
his proprium1 is nothing but evil2      
inasmuch as all the good that is in     
every one1 is from the ,lord4 ,hence    
they apperceived that ,i was in the     
truth1 and ,i was admitted to converse  
with them4 ,they then showed me their   
idea concerning evil in man1 and        
concerning good from the ,lord1 how they
 are separated from each other4 ,they   
placed one near the other1 almost       
contiguous1 but still distinct1 yet as  
if bound in an inexpressible manner1 so 
that the good led the evil1 and         
restrained it1 insomuch that it was not 
allowed to act at pleasure2 and that    
thus the good bent the evil in whatever 
direction it desired1 without the evil  
knowing anything of it4 ,in this manner 
they exhibited the dominion of good over
 evil1 and at the same time a state of  
freedom4 ,they then asked how the ,lord 
appeared amongst the angels from our    
,earth4 ,i said that ,he appeared in the
 sun as a ,man1 encompassed therein with

 a fiery solar sphere1 from which the   
angels in the heavens derive all light2 
and that the heat which proceeds thence 
is the ,divine ,good1 and that the light
 which proceeds thence is the ,divine   
,truth1 both from the ,divine ,love1    
which is the fiery sphere appearing     
around the ,lord in that sun2 but that  
that sun only appears to the angels in  
heaven1 and not to the spirits who are  
beneath1 since the latter are more      
remote from the reception of the good of
 love and of the truth of faith1 than   
the angels who are in the heavens 7see  
above1 no4 #dj74 ,it was given them thus
 to inquire concerning the ,lord1 and   
concerning ,his appearance before the   
angels from our ,earth1 because it      
pleased the ,lord then to become present
 among them1 and to reduce into order   
the things which had been disturbed     
there by the evil spirits of whom they  
complained4 ,the reason also why ,i was 
led thither1 was in order that ,i might 
be an eye-witness of these things4      

#aga4 ,there was then seen a dark cloud 
towards the east descending from on     
high1 which in its descent appeared by  
degrees full of light and in the human  
form4 ,at length this human form        
appeared in a flaming radiance1         
encompassed with small stars of the same
 colour4 ,thus the ,lord presented      
,himself before the spirits with whom ,i
 was conversing4 ,at ,his presence all  
the spirits who were there were         
instantly gathered together from every  
side2 and when they were come1 they were
 separated1 the good from the evil1 the 
good to the right and the evil to the   
left1 and this in an instant as of their
 own accord4 ,those on the right were   
arranged in order according to the      
quality of the good1 and those on the   
left according to the quality of the    
evil1 with them3 they who were good     
remained to form among themselves a     
heavenly society2 but the evil were cast
 into the hells4 ,afterwards ,i saw that
 that flaming radiance descended to the 

lower parts of the earth there to a     
considerable depth1 and then it appeared
 at one time in a flaming lustre verging
 to luminosity1 at another time in a    
luminosity verging into obscurity1 and  
at another in obscurity3 and ,i was told
 by the angels that that appearance is  
according to the reception of truth from
 good1 and of falsity from evil1 with   
those who inhabit the lower parts of    
that earth1 and that the flaming        
radiance itself was subject to no such  
variations4 ,they also said1 that the   
lower parts of that earth were inhabited
 both by the good and by the evil2 but  
that they were thoroughly separated1 to 
the end that the evil might be ruled by 
the ,lord through the good4 ,they added1
 that the good are by turns elevated    
thence into heaven by the ,lord1 and    
that others succeed in their place1 and 
so on perpetually4 ,in that descent1 the
 good were separated from the evil in   
like manner1 and all things were reduced
 to order2 for the evil1 by various arts

 and cunning contrivances1 had intruded 
themselves into the dwellings of the    
good there1 and had infested them2 and  
this was the cause of the present       
visitation4 ,that cloud1 which in       
descending appeared by degrees full of  
light and in the human form1 and        
afterwards as a flaming radiance1 was an
 angelic society1 in whose midst the    
,lord was4 ,from this it was given me to
 know what is meant by the ,lord's words
 in the ,gospels1 where1 speaking of the
 ,last ,judgment1 ,he says1 ,that ,he   
would come with the angels in the clouds
 of heaven1 with glory and power 7,matt4
 xxiv4 #cj2 ,mark xiii4 #bf2 ,luke xxi4 
#bg74  #agb4 ,after this were seen some 
monkish spirits1 those1 namely1 who have
 already been spoken of as having been  
travelling monks or missionaries in the 
world2 and there was also seen a crowd  
of spirits who were from that earth1    
most of them evil1 whom they had drawn  
over to their side1 and led astray4     
,these were seen on the eastern quarter 

of that earth1 from whence they had     
driven away the good1 who betook        
themselves to the northern side of the  
earth1 and of whom we have spoken above4
 ,that crowd1 together with their       
seducers1 were collected together to the
 number of some thousands1 and were     
separated2 the evil of that crowd were  
cast into the hells4 ,it was also given 
me to speak with one spirit who was a   
monk1 and to ask him what he did there4 
,he replied that he taught them         
concerning the ,lord4 ,i asked1 what    
besides4 ,he said1 concerning heaven and
 hell4 ,i asked1 what further4 ,he said1
 concerning faith in all that he should 
say4 ,i asked again1 if he taught       
anything else4 ,he said1 concerning the 
power of remitting sins1 and of opening 
and shutting heaven4 ,he was then       
examined as to what he knew concerning  
the ,lord1 the truths of faith1 the     
remission of sins1 man's salvation1 and 
heaven and hell2 and it was discovered  
that he knew scarcely anything1 that he 

was in obscurity and falsity concerning 
all and each of these subjects1 and that
 he was possessed solely by the lust of 
acquiring gain and dominion1 which he   
had contracted in the world and brought 
with him from thence4 ,he was therefore 
told that as he had1 prompted by that   
lust1 travelled thus far1 and as he was 
such in regard to doctrine1 he could not
 but deprive the spirits of that earth  
of heavenly light1 and inflict on them  
the darkness of hell1 and thus cause    
hell1 and not the ,lord1 to have        
dominion with them4 ,moreover1 he was   
cunning in seducing1 but stupid as to   
the things relating to heaven4 ,as he   
was of such a character1 he was         
afterwards cast into hell4 ,thus the    
spirits of that earth were freed of     
them4  #agc4 ,the spirits of that earth1
 amongst other things1 also said that   
those strangers1 who1 as has been said1 
were monkish spirits1 used all their    
endeavours to persuade them to live     
together in society1 and not separate   

and solitary4 ,for spirits and angels   
dwell and live together just as they had
 done in the world4 ,those who have     
dwelt together collectively in the      
world1 also dwell collectively together 
in the other life2 and those who have   
dwelt separated into households and     
families1 also dwell separated there4   
,these spirits1 whilst they had lived as
 men on their earth1 had dwelt          
separated1 every household and family1  
and thus every clan1 apart1 and         
therefore knew not what it was to dwell 
together in society4 ,wherefore1 when it
 was told them that those strangers     
wanted to persuade them to this1 in     
order that they might reign and rule    
over them1 and that they could not      
otherwise subject them to themselves and
 make them slaves1 they replied that    
they were totally ignorant what was     
meant by reigning and ruling4 ,that they
 flee away at the bare idea of rule and 
domination1 was manifest to me from this
 circumstance1 that one of them1 who    

accompanied us on the return journey1   
when ,i showed him the city in which ,i 
dwelt1 at the first sight of it fled    
away1 and was seen no more4  #agd4 ,i   
then conversed with the angels who were 
with me1 concerning dominion1 that there
 are two kinds of dominion1 one1 of love
 towards the neighbour1 and the other1  
of the love of self2 and that the       
dominion of love towards the neighbour  
exists among those who dwell separated  
into households1 families1 and clans3   
but the dominion of the love of self    
among those who dwell together in       
society4 ,among those who live separated
 into households1 families1 and clans1  
he who is the father of the clan bears  
rule1 and under him the fathers of      
families1 and under these the fathers of
 each household4 ,he is called the      
father of the clan1 from whom the       
families are derived1 and the households
 of which the families are composed4    
,but all these exercise dominion from   
love1 like the love of a father towards 

his children1 who teaches them how they 
ought to live1 provides for their good1 
and as far as possible gives to them of 
what is his own4 ,it never enters into  
his mind to subject them to himself1 as 
subjects or as servants1 but he loves   
that they should obey him as sons obey  
their father4 ,and since this love1 as  
is known1 increases in descending1      
therefore the father of a clan acts from
 a more inward love than the father     
himself from whom the children are      
immediately descended4 ,such also is the
 dominion in the heavens1 because such  
is the ,lord's dominion2 for ,his       
dominion is from ,divine ,love towards  
the whole human race4 ,but the dominion 
of the love of self1 which is opposite  
to the dominion of love towards the     
neighbour1 began when man alienated     
himself from the ,lord2 for in          
proportion as a man does not love and   
worship the ,lord1 in that proportion he
 loves and worships himself1 and in that
 proportion also he loves the world4    

,then it was that1 from the necessity   
for self-preservation1 clans consisting 
of families and households gathered     
themselves into one body1 and           
established governments under various   
forms4 ,for in proportion as that love  
increased1 in the same proportion evils 
of every kind1 as1 enmity1 envy1 hatred1
 revenge1 cruelty and deceit1 increased 
with it1 being directed against all who 
opposed that love2 for from the         
proprium1 in which those are who are in 
the love of self1 nothing but evil      
springs1 inasmuch as man's proprium is  
nothing but evil1 and1 as the proprium  
is evil1 it is not receptive of good    
from heaven3 therefore the love of self1
 when it is the reigning love1 is the   
father of all such evilsddd2 and that   
love is also of such a nature1 that in  
proportion as it is left without        
restraint1 it rushes on until at length 
each one who is of such a character     
wants to have dominion over all others  
in the whole globe1 and wishes to       

possess all the goods of the others2    
nay1 it is not even content with this1  
but would have dominion over the whole  
heaven2 as may appear from the case of  
modern ,babylon4 ,such then is the      
dominion of the love of self1 from which
 the dominion of love towards the       
neighbour differs as much as heaven does
 from hell4 ,but notwithstanding that   
the dominion of the love of self is such
 in societies1 or in kingdoms and       
empires1 there nevertheless exists even 
in these a dominion of love towards the 
neighbour among those who are wise from 
faith in and love to ,god1 for these    
love the neighbour4 ,that in the heavens
 also these dwell distinguished into    
clans1 families1 and households1        
although in societies together1 but     
according to spiritual affinities which 
have relation to the good of love and   
the truth of faith1 will1 by the ,lord's
 ,divine mercy1 be stated elsewhere4    
,footnote ddd3 ,man's proprium1 which he
 derives from his parents1 is nothing   

but dense evil1 nos4 #baj1 #bae1 #gca1  
#hgd1 #hgf1 #ihg1 #ajdg1 #bcjg1 #bcjh1  
#ceah1 #cgja1 #chab1 #hdhj1 #heej1      
#ajbhc1 #ajbhd1 #ajbhf1 #ajgca4 ,man's  
proprium consists in loving himself more
 than ,god1 and the world more than     
heaven1 and in holding his neighbour of 
no account in respect to himself1 except
 it be for the sake of himself1         
consequently in making much of himself2 
thus it consists of the love of self and
 of the world1 nos4 #fid1 #gca1 #dcag1  
#effj4 ,all evils flow from the love of 
self and of the world1 when these       
predominate1 nos4 #acjg1 #acjh1 #acba1  
#aeid1 #afia1 #cdac1 #gbee1 #gcgf1      
#gdhh1 #hcah1 #icce1 #icdh1 #ajjch1     
#ajgdb4 ,these evils are contempt of    
others1 enmity1 hatred1 revenge1        
cruelty1 deceit1 nos4 #fffg1 #gcgb-gcgd1
 #icdh1 #ajjch1 #ajgdb4 ,and from these 
evils all falsity flows1 nos4 #ajdg1    
#ajbhc1 #ajbhd1 #ajbhf4  #age4 ,i       
afterwards questioned those spirits     
concerning various things in the earth  

from which they were2 and first1        
concerning their ,divine worship1 and   
concerning revelation4 ,concerning the  
,divine worship1 they said that clans1  
with their families1 meet together every
 thirtieth day1 in one place1 and hear  
preaching2 and that on these occasions  
the preacher1 from a pulpit raised a    
little from the ground1 teaches them the
 ,divine truths which lead to the good  
of life4 ,concerning revelation1 they   
said that it is made early in the       
morning in a state midway between       
sleeping and wakefulness1 when they are 
in an interior light not as yet         
interfered with by the bodily senses and
 worldly things2 that on such occasions 
they hear the angels of heaven speaking 
concerning ,divine truths1 and a life   
according to them2 and that when they   
are quite awake1 an angel in a white    
garment appears to them by the bed1 and 
then suddenly disappears from their     
sight2 and that by this they know that  
what they have heard is from heaven4    

,thus a ,divine vision is distinguished 
from a vision which is not ,divine2 for 
in a vision which is not ,divine no     
angel appears4 ,they added1 that in such
 a manner revelations are made with     
their preachers1 and sometimes also with
 others4  #agf4 ,on questioning them    
concerning their houses1 they said that 
they are lowly1 built of wood1 with a   
flat roof1 having a cornice sloping     
downwards2 and that in front dwell the  
husband and wife1 in the next chamber   
the children1 and the maid-servants and 
men-servants at the back4 ,with regard  
to food1 they said that they drink milk 
with water2 and that they get the milk  
from cows1 which are woolly like sheep4 
,concerning their mode of life1 they    
said that they go naked1 and that to    
them nakedness is not a matter of shame2
 also that their habitual association is
 with those who are within their own    
families4  #agg4 ,concerning the sun of 
that earth1 they related that it appears
 to the inhabitants of a flame-colour2  

that the time of their year is two      
hundred days1 and that a day equals nine
 hours of our time1 which they could    
conclude from the length of the days of 
our ,earth perceived in me2 and further1
 that they have a perpetual spring and  
summer1 and consequently that the fields
 are ever blooming1 and the trees are   
ever bearing fruit3 the reason why the  
case is thus is1 that their year is so  
short1 being equal to the time of only  
seventy-five days of our year2 and when 
the years are so short1 the cold does   
not continue long in winter nor the heat
 in summer1 and the ground in           
consequence is in a continual state of  
verdancy4  #agh4 ,concerning betrothals 
and marriages on that earth1 they       
related that a daughter1 when she       
approaches a marriageable age1 is kept  
at home1 nor is she allowed to go out   
till the day she is to be married2 and  
that she is then conducted to a certain 
connubial house1 where several other    
marriageable young women are also       

brought2 that they are there placed     
behind a screen1 which reaches as high  
as the middle of the body1 so that they 
appear naked as to the breast and face2 
that on such occasions the young men    
come there to choose for themselves a   
wife2 and that when a young man sees a  
young woman suitable for him1 and to    
whom his mind 7animus7 draws him1 he    
takes her by the hand4 ,if she then     
follows him1 he leads her to a house    
that has been prepared1 and she becomes 
his wife4 ,for they see from the faces  
whether they agree in disposition       
7animus71 since on that earth every     
one's face is an index of the           
disposition 7animus71 and disguises and 
counterfeits nothing4 ,in order that    
everything may be done with decency and 
without lasciviousness1 an old man is   
seated behind the young virgins1 and an 
elderly woman at their side1 to watch4  
,there are many such places to which the
 young women are conducted2 and there   
are also stated times for the young men 

to make their choice2 for if they do not
 find a girl to suit them at one place1 
they go to another2 and if not at one   
time1 they return again at another4     
,they said further1 that a husband has  
only one wife1 and never more than one1 
because this is contrary to ,divine     
order4     ,,index ,,of ,,subjects4     
,the numbers refer to the paragraph1 not
 to the pages4 ,the footnotes are       
referred to as part of the text4        
,,act4 ,see ,,endeavour4    ,,adoration4
 ,see under ,,worship4    ,,affections1 
angels enter into man's1 #aa2           
manifested by the countenance1 #ed2     
how spiritual affection becomes natural 
affection1 #afc2     affection of       
thought1 #hh4    ,,agreement of life    
conjoins1 #abgb4    ,,analytical        
,,science1 #chd4    ,,angel4 ,see under 
,,spirits4     ,difference between      
celestial and spiritual angels1 #afib4  
,,animals1 instinct of1 #if2     how man
 becomes like a brute animal1 #ehb4     
,,animus4 ,see ,,mind4    ,,anxiety     

arises from collision of spheres1 #adh4 
,,apparition of a flame1 #ba2     of a  
face1 #gf2     of an old man1 #gf2      
of a bald head1 #hd4    ,,appearance of 
spirits and angels on our ,earth1 #afj2 
why it no longer takes place1 #afj4     
,,architecture1 #aea4    ,,aristotle1   
#chc4    ,,athanasian ,,creed quoted1   
#aeic4    ,,atmosphere of the ,moon1    
#aaa4     ,,babylon1 modern1 #agdb4     
,,bald ,,head1 apparition of1 #hd4      
,,betrothals1 #agh4    ,,birds1         
signification of1 #cc1 #idc2            
instinct of1 #if2     bird of stone1    
#id-if4    ,,blue1 correspondence of1   
#hc4    ,,body 7,the7 is only of use in 
this world1 #abc2     soul and body1    
#aeic4    ,,brute ,,animal1 how man     
becomes like1 #ehb4    ,,butterflies1   
#gic4     ,,caterpillars1 #gic4         
,,celestial and spiritual kingdom and   
angels1 #afib4    ,,cerebrum and        
cerebellum1 #hh4    ,,changes of        
colours1 #idc2     of state1 #abe1 #aeg1
 #afd4    ,,chariots1 signification of1 

#hb4    ,,chasms1 #abh1 #abi4           
,,chastising ,,spirits1 #gb-gh4         
,,chimney-,,sweepers1 #gi4    ,,choirs1 
#fac4    ,,church1 difference between   
celestial and spiritual1 #he4           
,,clouds1 #adi1 #aga4    ,,cold1 #fc1   
#gh4    ,,colours1 signification of1    
#idc4    ,,comforter1 #aeib4            
,,communication1 mutual1 of all things  
in heaven1 #ae1 #be1 #cf2     of men    
with spirits1 #ga2     with heaven1 how 
and when closed1 #ga2     with heaven1  
on ,mars1 #ij2     communications are   
effected by ,subjects1 #ieb4            
,,conceit1 of spirits of ,mercury1 #af1 
#cg2     impairs perception1 #fbb4      
,,conjugial 7,the71 #afc4               
,,conjunction with the ,lord1 how       
effected1 #abc1 #adb2     of natural    
things and heavenly things1 #aef4       
,,consociations are effected according  
to spheres1 #fd2     with angels1       
conditions of1 #abc4    ,,correspondence
 of heaven and the ,lord1 and of man and
 heaven1 #e1           #aef4            

,,counterfeiting1 its effect on the     
face1 #ec4    ,,creation1 the end of1 is
 man1 #aab1 #abf4    ,,crystals1 #ai4   
,,dancer1 #chd4    ,,danger of          
intercourse with spirits1 #a4           
,,devil1 #aed4    ,,disagreement of life
 disjoins1 #abgb4    ,,dissociations are
 effected according to spheres1 #fd4    
,,distances in their origin are changes 
of state1 #abe2     in the other life   
are real appearances1 #hf2     how      
circumstanced1 #ace1 #ach2     distance 
results from unlikeness of state1 #ace4 
,,divine ,,truth appears in heaven as   
light1 #da1 #aca2     all things were   
created through the ,divine ,truth1     
#abb4    ,,divine ,,truth proceeding    
from the ,lord is the ,word1 #abb4      
,,divine ,worship4 ,see under ,,worship4
    ,,doctrine1 all1 from the ,word1    
#hb4    ,,dominion of good over evil1   
#agj4     ,the two kinds of dominion1   
#agd4    ,,dress1 its use and abuse1    
#fbd4    ,,dwarfs1 #aaab4     ,,eagles1 
#adj4    ,,earth 7,our71 ignorance on1  

#bg1 #afic2     character of spirits of1
 #ci1 #fa1 #fb1 #ff1 #ih1 #ii1 #aeh1    
#afi2     the spirits of1 in the ,grand 
,man1 relate to the various             
functions of the exterior parts of the  
body1 #fd2     to the external sense1   
#hi2     to natural and corporeal sense1
 #ajbb2     to natural and external     
sense1 #abb2     to external sense1 thus
 to the corporeal ,sensual1 #adh2       
corporeal things loved on1 #aee4        
,,earths in the universe1 #b1 #c1 #f1   
#bf2     not visible in the other life1 
#dg2     spirits are near their own     
earth1 #a1 #db1 #dg1 #aci2     where    
there is an earth1 there is man1 #aab2  
earths are only apparently distant in   
the other world1 #ace4     ,see also    
,,planets4    ,,elijah1 #hb4            
,,emissary spirits1 #ieb4    ,,empires1 
origin of1 #dib1 #ijb1 #agdc4           
,,endeavour and act1 #aeic4             
,,ensiform cartilage1 #aaad4    ,,esse  
and existere1 #aeic4    ,,european      
spirits1 #fab4    ,,eustachian tube1    

#hg4    ,,evil shows up good1 #gg2      
every man born into evil1 #agj2         
evils all flow from the love of self1   
#agdb4    ,,externals 7,the7 of life are
 kept closed after death1 and the       
internals of life are opened1 #hj4      
,,eye1 its correspondence1 #bb4         
,,faces1 on ,jupiter1 #eb2     effect of
 counterfeiting on the face1 #ec2       
how changed in course of time1 #edc1    
#hh2     apparition of a face1 #gf2     
when it acts in unity with the thought1 
#hh2     in ancient times the face      
received influx from the cerebellum1    
#hh4    ,,faith1 no1 with mere          
professors1 #ci2     compelled faith    
does not inhere1 #afj4    ,,falsity1    
all1 flows from evil1 #agdb4     ,see   
also ,,truths4    ,,fear can be excited 
in anyone by evil spirits1 #gb4         
,,fire1 its signification in the ,word1 
#ebd2     infernal fire1 #ebd2     the  
fiery sphere around the ,lord in the    
spiritual ,sun1 #agjb4    ,,flame1      
apparition of a1 #ba2     signification 

of1 #idc2     flaming object1 #id2      
flaming radiance1 #aga4    ,,food should
 be prepared with a view to use1 #eh4   
,,genius of men1 how known1 #hj4        
,,gentiles in the other life1 #aah4     
,,giants on ,venus1 #ajh4               
,,glorification by choirs1 #fac4        
,,god cannot be comprehended except     
under the ,human ,form1 #g2             
uncomprehended1 cannot be believed in1  
#aah2     under the ,human ,form is the 
,lord1 #aba4    ,,golden ,age1 #di4     
,,good is known from evil1 #gg4         
,,goodness of disposition1 how          
manifested1 #ej4    ,,governing spirits 
of ,jupiter1 #gb1 #gc4    ,,governments 
unknown on other earths1 #adc2          
origin of1 #did1 #ijb1 #agdb4    ,,grand
 ,,man1 constitution of1 #i4            
,,guards1 #abh4    ,,gulfs1 #abh4       
,,hand1 signification of1 #idc4         
,,happiness of the angels is from mutual
 communication of their           goods1
 #ae4    ,,harlots on other earths1     
#adg4    ,,heat signifies love1 #da2    

does not arise from nearness to the sun1
 #de4     ,the heat and light from the  
spiritual sun1 #agjb4    ,,heaven       
corresponds to the ,lord1 #e2     before
 the ,lord it is a ,man in a large      
effigy1 called the ,grand               
,man1 #e2     its immensity1 #e1 #afh2  
resembles one ,man1 #i2     how it      
became removed from man1 #did2     is   
the end of creation1 #aab1 #abf2     is 
distinguished into two kingdoms1 #afib4 
,,horses1 signification of1 #fj1 #hb4   
,the ,white ,horse1 #fj1 #hb4           
,,human4 ,how the ,lord made ,his ,human
 ,divine1 #aeic4    ,,human ,,form      
7,the7 is the form of the ,divine1 #aba1
 #aei2     of heaven1 #e2     of every  
angel and spirit1 #a1 #abc4             
,adoration of ,god under the ,human     
,form1 #g4    ,,human ,,race 7,the7 is  
from numberless earths1 #b2     is the  
seminary of heaven1 #c1 #cj4            
,,humiliation of spirits of ,mercury1   
#cg2     of spirits of ,mars1 #iac4     
,,hypocrisy is not allowed in the other 

life1 #edc4     ,,ideas1 material1 #ch2 
angelic1 #afg2     spiritual1 #afid2    
are open in the other life1 #aehb2      
importance of the idea concerning ,god1 
#aehb4    ,,idolaters1 #adb4            
,,imaginative part or faculty of        
thought1 #fd4    ,,immensity of heaven1 
#e1 #afh4    ,,infestation by spirits1  
#fab4    ,,influx manifests quality1    
#ej2     is spiritual1 #ajbe4           
,,instinct1 #if4    ,,instructing       
spirits of ,jupiter1 #gb-gh4            
,,instrumental and principal1 #aeic4    
,,intellect 7,the7 is according to the  
reception of light1 #aca4               
,,internals4 ,see under ,,externals4    
,,jesuits1 #fab4    ,,jupiter 7,the     
planet71 #df-hd4     ,population and    
fertility1 #dh4     ,goodness and wisdom
 of the inhabitants1 #di1 #fb2     their
 care of their faces1 #ec1 #ed2         
their manner of walking1 #ee2     their 
nakedness1 #ef2     their position in   
bed1 #eg2     their repasts1 #eh2       
their ,divine ,worship1 #fe-fi2         

representation of spirits and angels in 
the ,grand ,man1 #fd2     their         
perception1 #fg2     intercourse between
 inhabitants and spirits1 #gj-gh2       
chastising and instructing spirits1     
#gb-gh2     angels of their interior    
heaven1 and their different kinds of    
speech1 #hj2     how their spirits      
become angels1 #hb1 #hh2     how they   
die1 #hd2     their age1 #hdb4          
,,keenness of vision1 #adj4             
,,kingdoms1 origin of1 #did1 #ijb1      
#agdb2     celestial and spiritual1     
#afib4    ,,knee1 #aef4    ,,knowledges 
have respect to uses1 #ah2     are only 
instrumental means1 #ah2     their      
communication among spirits of ,mercury1
 #be4     ,,lambs1 signification of1    
#cc1 #cd4    ,,lamps1 signification of1 
#cc4    ,,last ,,judgment1 #afe1 #agac4 
,,learned in the other life1 #chb1 #fg1 
#aad4    ,,life1 the1 follows every one 
after death1 #cj1 #ea2     man can be   
let into former state of life1 #chc2    
life itself is actually derived from    

love1 #ebd2     those only have         
spiritual life who are in heavenly love1
 #if2     state of life1 #ace4          
,,light signifies wisdom1 #da2     in   
heaven1 #da1 #aca2     the light of this
 world is darkness to spirits1 #aceb2   
the light of heaven enlightens the      
understanding of angels1 #da1     but is
 darkness to man1 #aceb2     light in   
the celestial and spiritual kingdoms1   
#afib2     the light from the spiritual 
sun is the ,divine ,truth1 #agj4        
,,likeness of life conjoins1 #abgb4     
,,lips1 speech by the1 #ec1 #ed4        
,,logicians1 #chb4    ,,longitudinal    
,,sinus1 #ieb4    ,,lord 7,the7 is the  
sun of heaven1 #dj1 #agj2     is the    
only ,god1 #ih1 #ii2     seen in the    
midst of the sun by spirits of ,mercury1
 of our           ,earth1 and of        
,jupiter1 #dj1 #agj2     by spirits of  
,mars1 #ia2     seen under an angelic   
form by spirits of ,saturn1 #ih4        
,,love is the fire of life1 #ebd2     a 
love contains in itself all power of    

knowing1 #if2     parental love grows in
 descending1 #agd2     celestial and    
spiritual love1 #idc2     conjugial     
love1 #afc2     love to ,god and towards
 the neighbour is man's peculiar love1  
#ifb2     what these loves consist in1  
#afid2     love of self1 its nature1    
#agdb2     love of self and love of the 
world necessitated the formation of     
governments1 #ij4     ,,man as to his   
essence is a spirit1 #ab1 #abc4     ,a  
man whose interiors are opened by the   
,lord1 can speak with           spirits1
 #ab2     man as to his interiors is in 
the midst of spirits and angels1 #a2    
cannot see anything in the other life1  
#aceb2     corresponds to ,heaven1 #e1  
#i2     does not rise as to his body1   
#aeic2     man after death becomes a    
spirit1 #dg1 #abc1 #afj2     after death
 is in the human form as before1 #abc2  
after death has the memory of all his   
concerns in the world1 #abg2     how    
distinguished from beasts1 #ifb2     is 
not born into his peculiar loves1 #ifb2 

is the end of creation1 #aab1 #abf2     
was born for heaven1 #aad2     was      
created to live in both worlds1 #aced2  
the natural and spiritual man1 #ajb4    
,,marriages1 #agh4    ,,mars 7,the      
planet74 ,the spirits are the best of   
all1 #he2     speech and character1 #hg2
     representation in the ,grand ,man1 
#hh2     life1 #ij2     ,divine         
,worship1 #ia2     humiliation1 #ia2    
body1 clothing1 and nourishment1 #ic4   
,,material things drag the mind         
downwards1 #ac4    ,,medium between the 
,intellectual and the ,voluntary1 #hh4  
,,membrane1 inner1 of the skull1 #ief4  
,,memory1 of spirits of ,mercury1 #aj1  
#ag1 #bd1 #ca2     of spirits of ,venus1
 #ajg2     spirits enter into man's1    
#aa1 #ac2     of spirits1 #ad1 #bi2     
is permanent after death1 #abg1 #afj4   
,,mercury 7,the planet74 ,representation
 in the ,grand ,man1 #aa2     desire for
 knowledges1 #ac2     conceit1 #af1 #cg2
     deficiency in judgment1 #ag2       
knowledges alone loved1 apart from uses1

 #f1 #ah1 #aja1 #aci2     instantaneous 
judgment #bb2     rapid speech1 #bb1    
#bc2     permitted to wander through the
 universe #f1 #bd1 #be1 #aja1 #aci2     
perfection of memory1 #ce2              
instruction of inhabitants by spirits1  
#ce2     perception1 #ci2     body and  
clothing1 #dd2     apparent size of the 
sun1 #de2     temperature of the earth1 
#de4    ,,merit belongs to the ,lord    
alone1 #gje4    ,,metaphysicians1 #chb4 
,,middle ,,sense between the spiritual  
and the natural man1 #ajb4    ,,mind    
7animus74 ,all things belonging to the  
mind are exhibited           under some 
natural form in the body1 #afc4         
,,mind 7,the7 7mens7 comports itself    
according to the interior               
state of the body1 #ehb4    ,,miracle of
 miracles1 #acec4    ,,monks1 #afi1     
#agb1 #agc4    ,,moons1 #cb1 #db1 #aab1 
#abf4    ,,most ,,ancient ,,church was a
 celestial church1 #he4    ,,most       
,,ancient ,,people1 #di2     spoke by   
the face and lips1 #edb1 #hgc4    ,,most

 ,,ancient ,,times1 #edb4    ,,motions  
in the other life1 #abe4     ,,nakedness
 is no shame to those who are chaste1   
#ef1 #agf4    ,,natural ,,light gives no
 information on spiritual subjects1     
#aad4    ,,natural ,,man1 his character1
 #ajbd1e4    ,,natural ,,and ,,external 
,,sense is the ultimate1 #abb4          
,,navigation1 #aaf4     ,,old ,,man1    
apparition of1 #gf4    ,,opposites1     
their use1 #ce4     ,,pallas1 #chf4     
,,papers1 printed1 #bh4    ,,perception1
 of spirits of ,mercury1 #hi2     is    
impaired by conceit1 #fbb2              
perception of good from evil1 #gg2      
is lost in the ,christian world1 #aehc2 
is rare on our ,earth1 #afic4           
,,philosophy1 #chc4    ,,planets are    
inhabited1 #c2     their situation in   
the other life1 #db1 #hf2     do not    
appear to any spirit1 #aje4             
,,plurality of worlds1 #b4              
,,preacher1 #aeg1 #aeh1 #afa1 #afb4     
,,presence in the other life results    
from likeness of state1 #ace4    ,,prey1

 delight of eating1 #ajh4    ,,principal
 and instrumental1 #aeic4    ,,printing1
 art of1 #ha2     was for the sake of   
the ,word1 #aac-abb1 #acf1 #aee2        
unknown on other earths1 #aee2          
printed papers seen1 #bh4               
,,proceeding 7,divine71 #aei4           
,,progressions in the other life1 #abe1 
#abgb4    ,,proprium is nothing but     
evil1 #agj1 #agdb4    ,,punishing       
,,spirit1 #aed4    ,,punishments        
inflicted by spirits1 #gb1 #aed4        
,,quality of spirits manifested by      
influx1 #ej4     ,,regeneration1 #afid4 
,,representation of objects in the other
 life1 #cb4    ,,respiration1 spirits   
and angels have1 #hgd2     of spirits of
 ,mars1 #hgd4    ,,resurrection of man1 
#aeic2     of the ,lord1 #aeic2         
belief concerning1 #afe4    ,,revelation
 on ,jupiter1 #fe2     on this ,earth   
and on others1 #aac-abb1 #acf1 #aee1    
#age4    ,,riches1 use and abuse of1    
#fbd4    ,,right 7,the7 in the other    
life is towards the south1 #afh4        

,,righteousness belongs to the ,lord    
alone1 #gje4    ,,ring of ,saturn1 #cb1 
#ajj1 #ajd4     ,,saints on ,jupiter1   
#gj4    ,,satellites1 #cb1 #db1 #aab1   
#abf4    ,,saturn 7,the planet74        
,character of the spirits1 #ig2         
worship1 #ih2     representation in the 
,grand ,man1 #ajb2     manners and      
customs1 #ajc2     ring or belt1 #cb1   
#ajj1 #ajd4    ,,sciences are not known 
on ,jupiter1 #fb2     are cultivated on 
our ,earth only1 #acf2     on our ,earth
 are means of opening the intellectual  
sight1 #fbc1       and also of closing  
it1 #fh2     are spiritual riches1 #fbd2
     analytical science1 #chd4          
,,schoolmen1 #chc1 #fb4    ,,seminal    
,,vesicles1 #gi4    ,,sense1 natural and
 external1 #abb2     the internal sense 
without an external would be like a     
house           without a foundation1   
#abb4    ,,sensual1 #abgd1 #adh2        
represented by serpents1 #adh4          
,,separate4 ,see under ,,society4       
,,serpents1 #adh4    ,,sight1 opening of

 spiritual1 is effected by removal of   
bodily1           #afed2     keenness of
 sight1 #adj4    ,,sincerity prevailed  
in the ,most ,ancient times1 #edb4      
,,sinus1 ,longitudinal1 #ie4            
,,society1 living in1 and living        
separate1 #di1 #ajc1 #agc1 #agd2     an 
angelic society1 #agac4                 
,,sorceresses1 #acg1 #adg4    ,,soul is 
the spirit of man1 and is the man       
himself1 and in the           human     
form1 #a2     soul and body1 #aeic4     
,,spaces and distances1 origin of1 #abe2
     space and time1 #abgd4    ,,speech1
 verbal1 is material1 #ag1 #ed2     of  
spirits1 #bb2     by the lips1 #ec1 #ed2
     angelic1 #edb2     of ,most        
,ancient people1 #ed1 #hg2     of angels
 of ,jupiter1 #hj2     of spirits of    
,mars1 #hg1 #iec4    ,,spheres1 #fd1    
#adh2     collision of spheres produces 
anxiety1 #adh4    ,,spirit 7,the7 of man
 is the man himself1 and in the human   
form1 #a4    ,,spirits and angels are   
all from the human race1 #a1 #cj2       

the spirits with man possess all things 
of his memory1 #ac2     spirits are near
 their own earth1 #a1 #db1 #dg1 #aci2   
spirits of one earth are separated from 
those of another1 #hf2     their        
character determined by their previous  
life1 #cj2     are distinguished by     
their situation relatively to the human 
body1 #aef2     spirits and angels do   
not see the things in this world1 #ebf1 
#aceb1 but can see them through a man   
specially prepared1           #aceb2    
are all in the human form1 #abh2        
intercourse with1 in ancient times1     
#aehc1 #afj2     danger of intercourse  
with spirits at the present day1 #a2    
spirits of our ,earth1 see under        
,,earth4    ,,spiritual ,,man inflows in
 to the natural1 #ajbe4    ,,spiritual  
,,sense1 #cc4    ,,spleen1 #acb4        
,,spring1 perpetual1 #agg4    ,,stars   
are suns1 #d1 #abf2     signification   
of1 #ej1 #gbb4    ,,state1 diversity of1
 causes separation1 #hf2     the state  
of life1 what1 #ace4    ,,striated1     

#iee4    ,,subjects1 #ieb4    ,,sun     
7,the7 in the ,word signifies the ,lord 
as to the ,divine ,love1 #dj4    ,,sun  
,,of ,,heaven 7,the7 is the ,lord1 #dj2 
only appears to the angels1 #agjb4      
,,sun ,,of ,,this ,,world 7,the7 is not 
seen in the other life1 #dj1 #db1 #aje4 
,,swedenborg's peculiar state1 #a1 #abd1
 #abe1 #abfc1 #ace1 #afe4    ,,systems1 
#d1 #abf4     ,,taste 7,the74           
,consequence of its ruling in the body1 
#ehb4    ,,temples1 #aej1 #aea4         
,,thought is made manifest after death1 
#cj2     how manifested in the face1    
#ed2     the thought flows from the     
affection1 and as it were in it1 #ie2   
thought and speech ought to be one1     
#aeh2     effects of thinking from the  
sensuals of the body1 #afe4             
,,thunder1 #aaa4    ,,time and space1   
#abgd4    ,,translation as to the spirit
 to distant places1 #abe1 #abgb1 #ach1  
#aeg1 #afh4    ,,travelling1 #afi4      
,,trees1 ,temples of1 #aea4             
,,trinity1 #aeh1 #aei4    ,,truth4 ,see 

,,divine ,,truth4    ,,truths and       
falsities represented by stars1 #ej1    
#gbb4    ,,types4 ,see ,,printing4      
,,unbelief1 modern1 #abd4               
,,understanding 7,the7 is the internal  
sight1 #bb4    ,,understanding ,,and    
,,will1 #afic4    ,,universe1 ,earths   
in1 #b1 #c1 #f1 #bf4    ,,unlikeness of 
life disjoins1 #abgb4    ,,uses ought to
 be the ends of knowledges1 #ah4        
,,venus 7,the planet74 ,two kinds of    
men1 #dc1 #ajf-aji2     representation  
of1 in the ,grand ,man1 #dc1 #ajg4      
,,vesicles1 ,seminal1 #gi4    ,,visions1
 #age4     ,,wisdom of the angels is    
from the mutual communication of their  
goods1 #ae2     is always growing with  
angels1 #bi2     the first step towards 
wisdom1 #cg2     wisdom on ,jupiter1    
#fb4    ,,wolf1 #ch4    ,,word on our   
,earth1 why printed1 #ha1 #aac-abb1     
#acf4    ,,worship1 not possible without
 an idea1 #g2     remains implanted in  
man's interior life1 #adb2     ,divine  
worship on other earths1 #g1 #acj1 #ada2

     on ,jupiter1 #fe-fi2     on ,mars1 
#ia2     on ,saturn1 #ih2     on ,venus1
 #ajg2     on the ,first earth1 #acj2   
on our ,earth1 #ada1 #adb2     on the   
,third earth1 #aec1 #aed2     on the    
,fourth earth1 #aeh2     on the ,fifth  
earth1 #age2     adoration of ,god under
 the ,human ,form1 #g4    ,,writing has 
existed on our ,earth from the most     
ancient times1 #aae4     ,,xiphoid      
,,cartilage1 #aaad4     ,,index ,,of    
,,scripture ,,references4     #a ,samuel
                    ,nos4     xxx4 #af1 
#ajh    ,matthew     v4 #cg1            
#afib     xxiv4 #cj1                    
#agac     xxviii4 #ah1           #ia1   
#aeic    ,mark     xiii4 #bf1           
#agac    ,luke     xxi4 #bg1            
#agac     xxiv4 #ci1                    
#aeic    ,john     i4 #a-c1 #ad1 #ah1   
#abb     v4 #cg1                    #ada
     x4 #cj1                    #ada    
xiv4 #g1 #i-aa1             #ada