10710. Because spirits belonging to that planet think and communicate with one another in this manner they cannot mix with spirits belonging to our planet; for when the spirits belonging to our planet think and speak they refer to something directly and not in an indirect or remote way. Nor can they mix with spirits belonging to the planet Mercury, because these too do not go beyond the first degree of use. Consequently they put as much distance as possible between themselves and spirits belonging to our planet or to Mercury.