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 though they are in the society of angels; for they are destitute of that intelligence and wisdom by which the angels are characterized. Or, they are rudimental angels, as the ovary or seed-bud is the rudiment of the yet immature fruit, or as little children here on earth are initial or rudimental men. They have the same infantile form and infantile mind which they had before their decease; for the death of the body works no immediate change in the spiritual organism, or in the mental characteristics. So long, therefore, as infants in the other world are destitute of heavenly wisdom, they are not angels, although associated with angels. Accordingly Swedenborg says:

The state of infants in the spiritual world is far more perfect than that of infants in this world; for