Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 8022

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8022. Then angels belonging to that planet arrived, and from the way they communicated with me I was made to realize that they were completely different from angels belonging to our planet. They did not use spoken words to communicate with me but ideas which entered my interiors, spread through them in every direction, and from there also passed on into my face, exerting so strong an influence on it that my face moved in accord with each particular idea. They began at the lips and then moved out in every direction towards the circumference of my face. These ideas taking the place of words were distinct from one another, though only slightly. The angels said that this was a way in which they could communicate with their people on their planet, and that there the method of communication was likewise one that employed the face, beginning at the lips.


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