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The life of any one can by no means be changed after death; an evil life can in no wise be converted into a good life, or an infernal into an angelic life: because every spirit, from head to foot, is of the character of his love, and therefore, of his life; and to convert this life into its opposite, would be to destroy the spirit utterly.

— Emanuel Swedenborg

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Angels never attack, as infernal spirits do. Angels only ward off and defend.

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Man knows that love is, but not what it is.

Man is an organ of life, and God alone is life.

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