Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1425

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1425. Then when I portrayed to them the planets, because they had been unable to say from which earth they were, they said they know there are many earths, and know other matters pertaining to the planets' inhabitants, because they take pleasure in higher knowledge. When I portrayed by a spiritual method the planets called Mercury and Venus, they directed my sight to the planet Venus, but I could sense that they were trying to conceal the fact that they were from the planet closest to the sun, where the likes of them are, who so enjoy higher knowledge. This I was given to realize from the proximity to the sun, namely, that they are the kind who make up together the inner sensations, together with the objects of the inner sensations, which are deeper knowledge.


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