Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 2298

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2298. By a method of communication that is familiar in the next life I have been shown the nature of young children's ideas when they see any objects. Their ideas were such that every single thing was living, so that each idea comprising their thought had life within it. I also perceived that the ideas present in young children on earth when playing games were almost the same, for they do not as yet have the ability like adults to reflect on that which is inanimate.


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