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Times of happiness, bliss, and sheer delight intensify as the higher levels of our minds are opened within us One our life on earth is over, these levels keep rising forever.

Emanuel Swedenborg

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Emanuel Swedenborg
Age: 84 †
Born: 1688
Born: January 29
Died: 1772
Died: March 29
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