1974. As for the meaning of "evening and morning," in all phases of regeneration, both general and particular, the progression starts from evening, and tends toward morning. In general, the evening of those who are being regenerated is misery, temptations, despair, but they arrive at the morning. So also in detail, in all phases of regeneration one begins from evils, which are turned into good. And it is worth remembering that evil spirits begin, out of their own fantasies and passions, to arouse the person, but that these evils are turned into good in various ways. This has been revealed to me by experience lasting 3 years. So that is "evening and morning," and it applies to every least phase. Therefore it is the process not only of regeneration, but also of the perception of goodness. 1748, 16 May.

9358. On every other planet God's truth is made plain by spirits and angels who speak to its inhabitants face to face, as has been stated in previous sections in which the inhabitants of planets in our solar system were the subject. But this takes place within families, for the human race on the majority of planets lives divided up according to families. For this reason Divine Truth revealed in this way by means of spirits and angels is not disseminated very far beyond the families; and unless repeatedly there are new, superseding revelations it is either perverted or else perishes. It is different on our planet, where God's truth, which is the Word, remains forever unimpaired.