Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 9104

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9104. SPIRITS AND INHABITANTS OF THE PLANET SATURN - continued

Certain spirits from our planet travelled over to spirits belonging to the planet Saturn, who, as stated above, are positioned a considerable distance away, since they appear at the extremity of our solar system. Such a journey is completed in an instant, because distances in the next life are appearances, produced by the differences that lie between one state of life and another, 2625, 2837, 3356, 3387, 3404, 4321, 4882, 5605, 7381, and because a state in which there is a desire to talk to another brings people together. So it is that those who have had some connection with one another in the world, either through love, friendship, or respect, come together in the next life when they desire it But afterwards they are separated to the extent that their states of life are dissimilar.


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