Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 10379

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10379. Spirits belonging to that planet are seen above, at head-level and over towards the right; for all spirits are identified by their position in relation to the human body. This is so because the whole of heaven corresponds to all the parts of the human being. These spirits keep themselves at a distance because their correspondence is not with the outward but the inner parts of the human being. The parts they act on are those just above and below the left knee with a sort of clearly perceptible rippling. This is a sign that they correspond to the linking together of things on the natural level and those on the celestial level; for the feet correspond to things on the natural level, and the thighs to those on the celestial level, so that the knee corresponds to the linking together of these.


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