Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 9792

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9792. The woman I saw had in front of her breast a broad garment behind which she could conceal herself. It had been made in such a way that she could insert her arms into it, wrap it around herself, and then move off. The lower part of it could be drawn up; and when drawn up and fitted to the body it looked like a kind of upper garment that women on our planet wear. Yet the same piece of clothing also served as a garment for the man. I saw him take it from the woman, fit it to his back, undo the lower part, which then flowed down to his feet like a robe, and so attired begin to walk.


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