Earths In Our Solar System Which Are Called Planets, and Earths In The Starry Heaven Their Inhabita

Earths In Our Solar System
Which Are Called Planets, and
Earths In The Starry Heaven
Their Inhabitants, And The
Spirits And Angels There

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Title: Earths In Our Solar System Which Are Called Planets, and
Earths In The Starry Heaven Their Inhabitants, And The Spirits And
Angels There
Author: Emanuel Swedenborg
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EARTHS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
WHICH ARE CALLED PLANETS
AND
EARTHS IN THE STARRY HEAVEN
THEIR INHABITANTS, AND THE SPIRITS AND ANGELS THERE
FROM THINGS HEARD AND SEEN

FROM THE LATIN OF
EMANUEL SWEDENBORG
SWEDENBORG SOCIETY (Incorporated) 20-21 BLOOMSBURY
WAY, LONDON, W.C.1 1962
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_The issues of this volume in a demy 8vo edition by the Swedenborg
Society have been:--_
First Edition 1860 Second Edition 1875 Third Edition 1894 Reprinted
1909 " 1931 " 1940 " 1962
_For other editions, see "A Bibliography of the Works of Emanuel
Swedenborg"_ (JAMES HYDE).

_Printed in Great Britain by Morrison & Gibb Ltd., London and
Edinburgh_
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
NOS.
EARTHS IN THE UNIVERSE, 1-8
THE PLANET MERCURY, 9-45
THE PLANET JUPITER, 46-84

THE PLANET MARS, 85-96
THE PLANET SATURN, 97-104
THE PLANET VENUS, 105-110
THE MOON, 111, 112
REASONS WHY THE LORD WILLED TO BE BORN ON OUR
EARTH, AND NOT ON ANY OTHER, 113-122
EARTHS IN THE STARRY HEAVEN, 123-126
THE FIRST EARTH IN THE STARRY HEAVEN, 127-137
THE SECOND EARTH IN THE STARRY HEAVEN, 138-147
THE THIRD EARTH IN THE STARRY HEAVEN, 148-156
THE FOURTH EARTH IN THE STARRY HEAVEN, 157-167
THE FIFTH EARTH IN THE STARRY HEAVEN, 168-178
PAGE
INDEX OF SUBJECTS, 101
INDEX OF SCRIPTURE REFERENCES, 106
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EARTHS IN THE UNIVERSE.
1. Inasmuch as, by the Divine mercy of the Lord, the interiors which
are of my spirit have been opened in me, and it has thereby been given
me to speak with spirits and angels, not only with those who are near
our Earth, but also with those who are near other earths; and since I had
an ardent desire to know whether there were other earths, and to know
their character and the character of their inhabitants; it has been granted
me by the Lord to speak and have intercourse with spirits and angels
who are from other earths, with some for a day, with some for a week,
with some for months; and to be instructed by them respecting the
earths from and near which they were, and concerning the life, customs,
and worship of their inhabitants, besides various other things there that
are worthy of note. And since it has been given me to become
acquainted with these matters in this way, it is permitted me to describe
them from the things which I have heard and seen. It is necessary that it
be known that all spirits and angels are from the human race[a], and
that they are near their own earths[b], and are acquainted with what is
upon them; and that a man may be instructed by them, if his interiors
are so far opened as to enable him to speak and be in company with
them: for man in his essence is a spirit[c], and is in company with

spirits as to his interiors[d]; wherefore he whose interiors are opened by
the Lord, is able to speak with them, as man with man[e]. It has now
been granted me to enjoy this privilege daily for twelve years.
[Footnote: From the ARCANA COELESTIA: _in which work these
and subsequent articles, which are inserted below the line, are
explained and shown._]
[Footnote a: There are no spirits and angels who are not from the
human race, no. 1880.]
[Footnote b: The spirits of every earth are near their own earth, because
they are of its inhabitants, and of a similar genius; and they are meant
to be of service to them, no. 9968.]
[Footnote c: The soul, which lives after death, is the spirit of man,
which in a man is the man himself, and also appears in the other life in
a perfect human form, nos. 322, 1880, 1881,