566. Continuation about the inhabitants of Jupiter

The inhabitants dwelling below the equator, like the inhabitants of this earth in Africa and in the warm zones, go about naked, as said [521, 558], as we read also about the children of the most ancient Church under the name "Adam," namely, that they were naked [Gen. 2:25]. In a state of innocence, nakedness is not shameful. The shame of nakedness arises from sin, and in fact, from the wiping out of heavenly love. Then follow loves which cause nakedness to be shameful, for which reason Adam also knew at once that he was naked, and also Eve, and they hid themselves.

So it is with those who live on this planet in the equatorial regions. Nakedness is no great thing to them, for they desire nothing else than to have children, for the sake of heaven.

521. As for the planet's inhabitants, the one who spoke with me told, as mentioned, that they creep, and that they sit; and that they are not divided up into cities, and thus communal societies, as we are here, but into nations and families, as we were on our earth in ancient times. Asked whether one nation waged war with another, he answered calmly that they have no need for it, since they have all the necessities of life. (They are naked, # #