What are the conditions of the spirit?

Understanding that you and others of our friends occupy what we call the Sixth sphere—a condition, as we have been told, of happiness, light, and love—will you favour us with some account of the character and pursuits of the dwellers in the Third, Fourth, and Fifth spheres, taking them up one by one?

Yes—I have already said that when we were successful in leading a spirit past or beyond the Second sphere, we were sure of him getting into the Third state or sphere, he was in comparative safety—he had got outside the line of evil. In the Third sphere, there is a certain amount of real happiness, varying according to the state of the individual, morally and intellectually, and this is also characteristic of the higher spheres. It is in this Third sphere that a change begins to be seen and gradually the spiritual vision is opened—then come now and again, glimpses of the as yet far off land of the Sixth sphere and its gloriously beautiful Temple—all things in Nature begin to look grander, more worthy of admiration, and to afford pleasure never before experienced—and as the spirit thus develops in strength, there is a corresponding development in his appreciation of everything which surrounds him. With his spiritual vision ever increasing in strength, the spirit at length begins to enjoy the society of visitors from the other and higher spheres—the brighter and better regions of the spirit world. He meets with such, and through the happy intercourse, he is led to press on and on, from one degree of goodness to another—ever onward until he reaches the Great Centre—beyond this sphere, out far into the Great Ocean of which Ruisdal and Steen have already spoken.

—Hafed, Prince of Persia