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COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD. 87My Sjyirit Father s Communication *400. My son, in conimunionting with you respecting tlie destiny ofman, I sluill cntlcavour, accortling to the extent of my capacity andhighest perception of truth, to give you a view, as correct and definite aspossible, of the all-important subject in question.410. The spirit world lies between sixty and one hundred and twentymiles from the terrestrial surface; the whole intermediate space, includingthat immediately over the earth, the habitation of mortals, isdivided intoseven concentric regions called spheres. The region next the earth, theprimary scene of man's existence, is known as the first or rudimentalsphere.411. The remaining six may be distinguished as the spiritual spheres.412. The six spiritual spheres are concentric zones, or circles, of exceedinglyrefined matter, encompassing the earth like belts or girdles.The distance of each from the other is regulated by fixed laws.413. You will understand, then, they are not shapeless chimeras, ormere projections of the mind, but absolute entities, as much so indeed asthe planets of the solar system or the globe on which you now reside.They have latitudes, longitudes, and atmospheres of peculiar vital air,whose soft and balmy undulating currents produce a most pleasurable andinvigorating effect.Their surfaces are diversified with an immense varietyof the most picturesque landscapes; with lofty mountain ranges, valleys,rivers, lakes, forests, and the internal correspondence of all the higherphenomena of earth.The trees and shrubbery, crowned with exquisitelybeautiful foliage and flowers of every colour and variety, send forth theirgrateful emanations.414. The physical economy and arrangements of each sphere diiFersfrom the other; new and striking scenes of grandeur being presented tous in each, increasing in beauty and sublimity as they ascend.415. Although the spheres revolve with the earth on a common axis,forming the same angle with the plane of the ecliptic, and move with itabout the ponderable sun, they are not dependent on that body for eitherlight or heat, receiving not a perceptible ray from that ponderable source;but receive those dispensations wholly from his internal or spiritual correspondence,(a spiritual sun concentric with the sun of your world,)—from that great central luminary whose native brightness and uninterruptedsplendour baffledescription.*•My father was a member of the convention by which the original constitution of theState of Pennsylvania was made. Subsequently, ho served in the legislature, and heldthe office of Speaker of the Senate. His name must be associated with many of the lawsofhis time.During leisure he used to amuse himself with the Latin poets and historians,,as well as with those of Great Britain and of France. The Historical Society of Pennsylvaniahave lately published a journal which ho wrote of a tour, made in 1775, through.!New York to Canada and Niagara Falls.