Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 6506

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6506. 'For thus are completed the days of embalming' means that they are states of preservation. This is clear from the meaning of 'days' as states, dealt with immediately above in 6505; and from the meaning of 'being embalmed' as a means of preservation, also dealt with above, in 6503.


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