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Nine Spheres
(The). Milton, in his Arcades, speaks of the
“celestial syrens' harmony that sit upon the nine enfolded spheres.” The nine spheres are those of the Moon, of Mercury, of Venus, of the
Sun, of Mars, of Jupiter, of Saturn, of the Firmament, and of the
Crystalline. Above these nine heavens or spheres come the Primum
Mobile, and then the Heaven of the heavens, or abode of Deity and His
angels.
The earth was supposed to be in the centre of this system.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Nine Spheres from Infoplease:
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