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Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he hath been taken;
Genesis 3:23
Arcana Coelestia # 232
232. The situation today is far worse than it was in the past, since people are now able to confirm their incredulity of the senses by means of facts that were unknown to the ancients. The thick darkness that results is so great that it defies description. If man knew how great that thick darkness really was he would be dumbfounded.
