Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 8955

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8955. All on that planet, unlike on ours, know that they will be alive after death. For this reason also their bodies are unimportant to them, except insofar as they need them for their life, which - they say - is to last and be of service to the Lord. Therefore also they do not bury the bodies of those who have died, but cast them away and cover them with branches of trees from the forest.


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