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That supercelestial place none of our poets on earth has ever yet sung of, nor will ever sing, worthily.

From Plato and Platonism by Pater, Walter

You may imagine, then, that the souls, once unfettered from the body, may, together with their torments, be capable of great comforts and divine favors, and break forth into resolute, heroical, and even supercelestial acts.

From Purgatory by Sadlier, Mrs. James

Let them praise Thy Name, let them praise Thee, the supercelestial people, Thine angels, who have no need to gaze up at this firmament, or by reading to know of Thy Word.

From The Confessions of St. Augustine by Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie)

"Reaching the summit, they proceed outside, and, standing on the back of heaven, its revolution carries them round, and they behold that supercelestial region which no poet here can ever sing of as it deserves."

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

"The first sphere is the natural; the second, the spiritual; the third, the celestial; the fourth, the supernatural; the fifth, the superspiritual; the sixth, the supercelestial; the seventh, the Infinite Vortex of Love and Wisdom."

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville