Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-11
Tile INHABITANTS 0E MhRg
Swedennorg Gave Them an Excel
lent Reputation Long AGO.

SWedenDorg Gave Them ain Excel
lent Reputation Long Ago.
The Famous spiritualist's Description %
the Spirit and Mortal Residents Of the
Fiery Planet, Their Habits and Manner
of Living, as He Claimed 10 HAYS Seen il.
In connection with tho existing public
interest in the planet Mars, stirred III By
newspaper SpGculati9ns ON the disability
of interchangng signals With ;Ia jewellers
on that planet, " ,s interesting to recall
that Emanuel Swrdenburp, upon whose
revelations The New Jerusalem Church
MAS founded, gives some ar.1sunt of the
inhabitants Of that planet ~ III Earth
Of the Universe, 4 work Wrtttla lb@lt l25
years ago. The space which 10 l!Uyors to
Mars would ill several columns Of The
GAZETTE, but the following c;t-a"fs there
from cover most that wp,!it interest the
general reader
The spirits { Mars" says Eswc..6nborg
are amongst Tie best Of Ill spirits WHO
come from the earths Of ;t'is solar system
being, for the most part celestial inGn not
Unlike those who were pf tie most All.
cient church oil this earth"
spirits came thence e. me" he SAYS,
further ON, 'anl applied Themselves to
my left temple, who's They hreatlieu upon
me with Their discourse but did MOI IN,
derstand it. ASH liz iiow X vaq SIT, be.
= u,
being like tho sct,G,t breeze. Ii biritthcI
first upon the lcti compile and Upon The
upper part uf the ict. car, and the breath.
ing proceeded thence to the left eve. and
by degrees to the wight, and flowed down
afterwards, especially from the left eye. to
the lips, aad when its was 1T tho lbs Il
entered through the mouth and BY q way
down the mouth and thence through the
eLlstachian tube into the brain i
Hence II was granted to me to know that
the speech Of Me inhabitants Of Mars WAS
different from that Of the Inhabitants Of
the earth, in mat " was not s0tnfpls but
almost tacit, insiuuat;ug itself into the in
terror hearing and sight by d shorter way,
and, consequently, that il was more per-
feet, fuller of ideals, and thereby APP
preached nearer the speech OF spirits aud
| angels, The essential affection also Of the
| speech is represented amongst them i'll the
| lace and the thought thereof in the eyes;
Iur the thought and The speech, and like
wise the affection and the face with them
20 in unity. They account ii wicked to
think one thing and speak another, and to
VIII or desire one thing whilst the features
Of the face express The contrary. They prc
altogether nnacguaintcd With Hypocrisy
| and iikGwSc Sith fraudulent preLence and
deceit
As is natural beings of this degree Of cN.
celleilCr are differently governed from the
inferior inhabitants Of this earth THE
angelic spirits" saws SWcdpnborg. ',is-
COllrScd with me concerning the life Of IN
habtants Of their earth, informing me
that they are not under forms Of govern
inent, but that they live arranged into
greater and lesser societies, and that they
are associated with each other according to
their agreement in mind, which agreement
they discover instantly by the face and
| speech, being seldom deceived ia their
md
| instantly united in friendship, They ill
| formed me further that their CONSIDERATIONS
| are delightful and that thuN discourse with
each other about what passes in their
| societies, and especially about what plsscs
| ~ heaven, for several of them have mani
| Test communication with the angels Of
| heaven. such amongst Them as begin to
think peryerscly in their societies and
| thereby to incline to evil are dissociated
and left to themselves alone, III conse
| quence whereof they lead Il most wretGllcd
| life, out OF all society, in lens and other
places, being no Ongcrregardct By the rest.
Every one OF that earth lives
content with his own property and every
| one With his own share Of honor, account
ing il enough to he reputcd upright and Il
lover of his neighbour. = J; in regard
| TO Divine worship as practised by the in
| habitans of that earth, they informed me
| that they acknowledge and adored our
| LORD, saying that He is only God and that
| lie governs both heaven and the universe,
and that every good thing is from Him
and that He leads and directs them: also
that He often appears amongst them on
| their earth"
| Here is Swedenborgs description of /,
specimen inhabltant Of Mars "Thcre was
presented to me an inhabitant of that
| earth. lie was not, indeed, an inhabitant,
but like one His face rescmbled the face.
of inhabitants of Our earth, but the lower
region of the face was black, not owing to
his beard for he had mono, but a black
ness instead Of beard, This blackness
extended itself underneath his cars on
both sides. The upper part Of his face was
yellowlsh, like the faces of inhabitants Of
our earth who are not perfectly fair. They
said, moreover, that on that earth they
feed on the fruits ot trees especially on Il
Kind Of round fruit when buds forth
from the ground, and likewise on pulse,
and that they are clothed with garments
wrought from the tibruus bark Of certain
trees which is of such cousistcnce thar II
may be woven and also stiifened BY Il Kind
Of gum which they have amongst them.
They relate further that they are lc-
qiaintcd with the art Of making tlud fires
whereby they have light during evcnin.
and night" AS to whether they have
made any progress in the arts aud sciences
| rs understood on this earth, the Swedish
seer Is entirely silent.