Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 8021

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8021. SPIRITS AND INHABITANTS OF THE PLANET JUPITER - continued

One of those spirits belonging to Jupiter already spoken about who produce the feeling of fear in people as they move towards them came close to my left side beneath my forearm and spoke from there. But his speech was grating; his words were so very indistinct, without any separations between them, that I had to concentrate a long time before I could gather the meaning of them. And as he spoke he also introduced some amount of fear. He said that what he had just done was what they do on his planet; that before their angels go to someone spirits like him are sent on ahead to prepare that person in that way. At the same time he warned me to receive them well when they arrived. But I was led to reply, It does not depend on me; I welcome all people just as they are.


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