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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
69
If
this
be
so,
replied
the
Empress,
then
surely
those
Cabbalists
are
much
out
of
their
story,
who
believe
the
Paradise
to
be
a
world
of
Life
onely,
without
Matter,
for
this
world,
though
it
be
most
pleasant
and
fruitful,
yet
it
is
not
a
world
of
meer
Immaterial
life,
but
a
world
of
living,
Material
Creatures.
Without
question,
they
are,
answered
the
Spirits;
for
not
all
Cabbala's
are
true.
Then
the
Empress
asked,
That
since
it
is
mentioned
in
the
story
of
the
Creation
of
the
World,
that
Eve
was
tempted
by
the
Serpent,
Whether
the
Devil
was
within
the
Serpent,
or,
Whether
the
Serpent
tempted
her
without
the
Devil?
They
answered,
That
the
Devil
was
within
the
Serpent.
But
how
came
it
then,
replied
she,
that
the
Serpent
was
cursed?
They
answered,
because
the
Devil
was
in
him;
for
are
not
those
men
in
danger
of
damnation
which
have
the
Devil
within
them,
who
perswades
them
to
believe
and
act
wickedly?
The
Empress
asked
further,
Whether
Light
and
the
Heavens
were
all
one?
They
answered,
That
that
Region
which
contains
the
Lucid
natural
Orbs,
was
by
Mortals
named
Heaven;
but
the
Beatifical
Heaven,
which
is
the
Habitation
of
the
Blessed
Angels
and
Souls,
was
so
far
beyond
it,
that
it
could
not
be
compared
to
any
Natural
Creature.
Then
the
Empress
asked
them,
Whether
all
Matter
was
fluid
at
first?
They
answered,
That
Matter
was
always
as
it
is,
and
that
some
parts
of
Matter
were
rare,
some
dense,
some
fluid,
some
solid,
&c.
Neither
was
God
bound
to
make
all
Matter
fluid
at
first.
she
asked
further,
Whether
Matter
was
immovable
in
it
self?
We
have
answered
you
before,
said
they,
That
there
is
no
motion
but
in
Matter;
and
were
it
not
for
the
motion
of
Matter,
we
Spirits,
could
not
move,
nor
give
you
any
answer
to
your
several
questions.
After
this,
the
Empress
asked
the
Spirits,
Whether
the
Universe
was
made
within
the
space
of
six
days,
or,
Whether
by
those
six
days,
were
meant
so
many
Decrees
or
Commands
of
God?
They
answered
her,
That
the
World
was
made
by
the
All-powerful
Decree
and
Command
of
God;
but
whether
there
were
six
Decrees
or
Commands,
or
fewer,
or
more,
no
Creature
was
able
to
tell.
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