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Doc. 302.] ADDITIONS TO UNIVERSAL THEOLOGY. 769
in the body, because the Lord removes them, for the sake of
consociation. External things also change these into perfumes,
and by them internal things are enclosed and shut in.
The following odours are not displeasing, viz., those from
lambs, sheep, calves ; cattle, horses, mules ; elephants, camels,
stags ; chickens, swans, doves, and other birds.
There is not a single object in the mineral kingdom which
does not give out an odour, and, indeed, in the form of an
impalpable powder, by which seeds are impregnated. In the
vegetable kingdom also there is not a single object which
does not emit an odour. This odour consists of particles of
a fatty and saline nature, which are given out at the same
time with the watery exhalations. In the animal kingdom also
there is not a single object, which does not breathe out an
odour. Concerning this see above.
Odour or scent is nothing else than a sort of smoke, con
sisting of minutest substances separated from the various
matters. This separation goes on continually, and the loss is
made up by the addition of new particles. The particles which
are thus cast off become the volatile aura [sphere] of their
subject. This appears clearly from the magnet, and from the
dogs used in hunting, which pursue hares, stags, and game of
different kinds by their smell. Of Jehovah we read that He
scented an odour of rest from sacrifices.
Those who [in the spiritual world] appear like satyrs scent
prostitutes, i. e. the smell of prostitutes ; those who appear
like foxes scent cunning and stratagems ; those who are like
leopards smell those who are crafty ; those who are like pan
thers scent murderers and assassins ; revenge is delightful to
them; and so forth.
Horses by their smell turn their heads towards those who
are rational in truths ; but their tails towards those who reason
from fallacies. Those who are like dogs, scent those who are
luxurious, &c.
All those who are in hell turn their backs towards heaven,
and cannot endure the least odour thence. If they feel the
conjugial [sphere], they become infuriated, and if they do not
turn themselves away, they fall into a swoon ; likewise when
they hear anything concerning the Lord. It is different with
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