Download The Earths In The Universe And Their Inhabitants PDF

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ...then they are instantly united in friendship. They informed me further that their consociations are delightful, and that they discourse with each other about what passes in their societies, and especially about what passes in heaven, for several of them have manifest communication with the angels of heaven. Such amongst them as begin to think perversely in their kk That human faces on our earth in ancient times received influx from the cerebellum, and that then faces acted in unity with men's interior affections; but that afterwards they received influx from the cerebrum, when man began to pretend to affections which were not his own, and to fashion his countenance falsely according to such pretence: concerning the changes hereby occasioned in faces in process of time, see u. 4325--4328. societies, and thereby to incline to evil, are dissociated, and left to themselves alone, in consequence whereof they lead a most wretched life, out of all society, in dens or other places, being no longer regarded by the rest. Certain societies endeavour to compel such persons to repentance by various methods; but if they cannot succeed herein, they separate themselves from all connexion with them. Thus they are careful to provide against the contagion of the lust of dominion and the lust of gain, that is, against any persons under the influence of the lust of dominion, subjecting to themselves any society, and by degrees several societies; and against any, under the influence of the lust of gain, depriving others of their possessions. Every one on that earth lives content with his own property, and every one with his own share of honour, accounting it enough to be reputed upright and a lover of his neighbour. This delightful and tranquil state of mind...