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Again, when any one goes from one place to another, whether it be in his own city, or in courts or in gardens, or to others out of his own society, he arrives more quickly when he eagerly desires it,
and less quickly when he does not, the way itself being lengthened and shortened in accordance with the desire, although it remains the same. This I have often seen to my surprise. All this again makes
clear how distances, and consequently spaces, are wholly in accord with states of the interiors of the angels;# and this being so, no notion or idea of space can enter their thought, although there
are spaces with them equally as in the world. # Places and spaces are presented to the sight in accordance with the states of the interiors of angels and spirits (n. 5605, 9440, 10146).