Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 10588

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10588. As a result of hearing what they had to say I was struck by doubt as to whether their manner of breathing was similar to that of people on our planet. I was told that it was indeed similar, but that when it comes out in the form of sound it is not divided up on the way into individual yet interconnected parts as it is with us in the trachea and larynx, and also that the movement of their lips is attributable not only to the flow of ideas into the fibres composing the lips but also to the internal breathing of the lungs.


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