DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CELESTIAL AND INFERIOR DIVINITIES.

Amidst the divinities, those who reside in the visible heaven, having

much leisure, ever contemplate the things existing in the superior

Heaven, but as it were from a distance, and "by raising their

head."[215] On the contrary, those in the superior Heaven, and who

dwell there, dwell there with their whole personality, because they

reside everywhere. Everything on high, namely, earth, sea, plants,

or animals, forms part of the heaven; now all that forms part of the

heaven is celestial. The divinities that dwell there do not scorn

men, nor any of the other essences up there, because all are divine,

and they traverse the whole celestial region without leaving their

rest.[216]

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