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              ,heaven and its ,wonders  
and ,hell    ,from ,things ,heard and   
,seen    by ,emanuel ,swedenborg4       
,translated by ,john ,ager4      #a4    
,the ,lord1 speaking in the presence of 
,his disciples of the  consummation of  
the age1 which is the final period of   
the church1#a  says1 near the end of    
what ,he foretells about its successive 
states  in respect to love and faith3#b 
,immediately after the tribulation of   
those days the sun       shall be       
darkened1 and the moon shall not give   
her light1       and the stars shall    
fall from heaven1 and the powers of     
the heavens shall be shaken4 ,and then  
shall appear the       sign of the ,son 
of man in heaven2 and then shall all the
       tribes of the earth mourn2 and   
they shall see the ,son of       man    
coming in the clouds of heaven with     
power and great       glory4 ,and ,he   
shall send forth ,his angels with a     

trumpet       and a great sound2 and    
they shall gather together ,his         
elect from the four winds1 from the end 
to end of the       heavens 7,matt4     
#bd3bi-ca74    ,those who understood    
these words according to the sense of   
the letter  have no other belief than   
that during that latest period1 which is
  called the final judgment1 all these  
things are to come to pass just  as they
 are described in the literal sense1    
that is1 that the sun and  moon will be 
darkened and the stars will fall from   
the sky1 that the  sign of the ,lord    
will appear in the sky1 and ,he ,himself
 will be seen  in the clouds1 attended  
by angels with trumpets2 and            
furthermore1 as  is foretold else where1
 that the whole visible universe will be
  destroyed1 and afterwards a new heaven
 with a new earth will come  into being4
 ,such is the opinion of most men in the
 church at the  present day4 ,but those 
who so believe are ignorant of the      
arcana that  lie hid in every particular

 of the ,word4 ,for in every particular 
of  the ,word there is an internal sense
 which treats of things spiritual  and  
heavenly1 not of things natural and     
worldly1 such as are treated  of in the 
sense of the letter4 ,and this is true  
not only of the  meaning of groups of   
words1 it is true of each particular    
word4#c  ,for the ,word is written      
solely by correspondences1#d to the end 
that  there may be an internal sense in 
every least particular of it4 ,what     
that sense is can be seen from all that 
has been said and shown about  it in the
 ,arcana ,coelestia2 also from          
quotations gathered from that  work in  
the explanation of ,the ,white ,horse   
spoken of in the  ,apocalypse4 ,it is   
according to that sense that what the   
,lord says in  the passage quoted above 
respecting ,his coming in the clouds of 
heaven is to be understood4 ,the sun    
there that is to be darkened  signifies 
the ,lord in respect to love2#e the moon
 the ,lord in  respect to faith2#f stars

 knowledges of good and truth1 or of    
love  and faith2#g the sign of the ,son 
of man in heaven the  manifestation of  
,divine truth2 the tribes of the earth  
that shall  mourn1 all things relating  
to truth and good or to faith and       
love2#h  the coming of the ,lord in the 
clouds of heaven with power and glory   
,his presence in the ,word1 and         
revelation1#i clouds signifying the     
sense of the letter of the ,word1#aj and
 glory the internal sense  of the       
,word2#aa the angels with a trumpet and 
great voice signify  heaven as a source 
of ,divine truth4#ab ,all this makes    
clear that  these words of the ,lord    
mean that at the end of the church1 when
  there is no longer any love1 and      
consequently no faith1 the ,lord will   
open the internal meaning of the ,word  
and reveal arcana of heaven4  ,the      
arcana revealed in the following pages  
relate to heaven and hell1  and also to 
the life of man after death4 ,the man of
 the church at  this date knows scarcely

 anything about heaven and hell or about
 his  life after death1 although all    
these matters are set forth and         
described in the ,word2 and yet many of 
those born within the church  refuse to 
believe in them1 saying in their hearts1
 ,who has come from  that world and told
 us8 ,lest1 therefore1 such a spirit of 
denial1  which especially prevails with 
those who have much worldly wisdom1     
should also infect and corrupt the      
simple in heart and the simple in       
faith1 it has been granted me to        
associate with angels and to talk  with 
them as man with man1 also to see what  
is in the heavens and  what is in the   
hells1 and this for thirteen years2 so  
now from what ,i  have seen and heard it
 has been granted me to describe these1 
in the  hope that ignorance may thus be 
enlightened and unbelief dissipated4    
,such immediate revelation is granted at
 this day because this is what  is meant
 by the ,coming of the ,lord4           
,,references ,,to ,,the ,,author',s     

,,arcana ,,coelestia4      ,footnote #a 
,the consummation of the age is the     
final period of    the church 7n4 #dece1
 #ajfbb74      ,footnote #b ,the ,lord's
 predictions in ,matthew 7#bd and #be71 
respecting the consummation of the age  
and ,his coming1 and the    consequent  
successive vastation of the church and  
the final    judgment1 are explained in 
the prefaces to chapters #bf-dj of      
,genesis 7n4 #ccec-ccef1 #cdhf-cdhi1    
#cfej-cfee1 #cgea-cgeg1    #chig-cija1  
#djef-djfj1 #dbbi-dbca1 #dccb-dcce1     
#ddbb-ddbd1 #dfce-    #dfch1 #dffa-dffd1
 #dhjg-dhaj1 #died-diei1 #ejfc-ejga74   
,footnote #c ,both in the wholes and in 
the particulars of the    ,word there is
 an internal or spiritual sense 7n4     
#aadc1 #aihd1    #bace1 #bccc1 #bcie1   
#bdie1 #dddb1 #ijdh1 #ijfc1 #ijhf74     
,footnote #d ,the ,word is written      
solely by correspondences1 and    for   
this reason each thing and all things in
 it have a    spiritual meaning 7n4     
#adjd1 #adjh1 #adji1 #aedj1 #afai1      

#afei1 #agji1    #aghc1 #bijj1 #ijhf74  
,footnote #e ,in the ,word the sun      
signifies the ,lord in respect    to    
love1 and in consequence love to the    
,lord 7n4 #aebi1 #ahcg1    #bdda1 #bdie1
 #djfj1 #dfif1 #gjhc1 #ajhji74          
,footnote #f ,in the ,word the moon     
signifies the ,lord in    respect to    
faith1 and in consequence faith in the  
,lord 7n4    #aebi1 #aecj1 #bdie1 #djfj1
 #dfif1 #gjhc74      ,footnote #g ,in   
the ,word stars signify knowledges of   
good and    truth 7n4 #bdie1            
#bhdi1dfig74      ,footnote #h ,tribes  
signify all truths and goods in the     
complex1 thus all things of faith and   
love 7n4 #cheh1 #cibf1    #djfj1 #fcce74
      ,footnote #i ,the coming of the   
,lord signifies ,his presence in    the 
,word1 and revelation 7n #cijj1djfj74   
,footnote #aj ,in the ,word clouds      
signify the ,word in the letter    or   
the sense of its letter 7n4 #djfj1      
#dcia1 #eibb1 #fcdc1 #fgeb1    #hajf1   
#hgha1 #idcj1 #ajeea1 #ajegd74          

,footnote #aa ,in the ,word glory       
signifies ,divine truth as it    is in  
heaven and as it is in the internal     
sense of the ,word 7n4    #dhji1 #eibb1 
#hbfg1 #hdbg1 #idbi1 #ajegd74           
,footnote #ab ,a trumpet or horn        
signifies ,divine truth in    heaven1   
and revealed from heaven 7n4 #haeh1     
#hhbc1 #hiae72 and    voice has a like  
signification 7n4 #fgga1 #iibf74        
#b4 ,i4 ,,the ,,god ,,of ,,heaven ,,is  
,,the ,,lord    ,first of all it must be
 known who the ,god of heaven is1 since 
upon  that all the other things depend4 
,throughout all heaven no other than    
the ,lord alone is acknowledged as the  
,god of heaven4 ,there it is  said1 as  
,he ,himself taught1         ,that ,he  
is one with the ,father2 that the       
,father is in ,him1       and ,he in the
 ,father2 that he who sees ,him sees the
       ,father2 and that everything that
 is holy goes forth from       ,him     
7,john #aj3cj1 #ce2 #ad3i-aa2           
#af3ac-ae74    ,i have often talked with

 angels on this subject1 and they have  
invariably declared that in heaven they 
are unable to divide the  ,divine into  
three1 because they know and perceive   
that the ,divine is  ,one and this ,one 
is in the ,lord4 ,they also said that   
those of the  church who come from this 
world having an idea of three ,divine   
beings  cannot be admitted into heaven1 
since their thought wanders from one    
,divine being to another2 and it is not 
allowable there to think three  and say 
one4#a ,because in heaven everyone      
speaks from his thought1  since speech  
there is the immediate product of the   
thought1 or the  thought speaking4      
,consequently1 those in this world who  
have divided  the ,divine into three1   
and have adopted a different idea of    
each1 and  have not made that idea one  
and centered it in the ,lord1 cannot be 
received into heaven1 because in heaven 
there is a sharing of all  thoughts1 and
 therefore if any one came thinking     
three and saying  one1 he would be at   

once found out and rejected4 ,but let it
 be known  that all those who have not  
separated what is true from what is     
good1  or faith from love1 accept in the
 other life1 when they have been        
taught1 the heavenly idea of the ,lord1 
that ,he is the ,god of the  universe4  
,it is otherwise with those who have    
separated faith from  life1 that is1 who
 have not lived according to the        
precepts of true  faith4      ,footnote 
#a ,christians were examined in the     
other life in    regard to their idea of
 the one ,god and it was found that they
    held the idea of three ,gods 7n4    
#bcbi1 #ebef1 #ajgcf1 #ajgch1           
#ajhba74 ,a ,divine trinity in the ,lord
 is acknowledged in heaven    7n4 #ad1  
#ae1 #agbi1 #bjje1 #ebef1 #icjc74       
#c4 ,those within the church who have   
denied the ,lord and have  acknowledged 
the ,father only1 and have confirmed    
themselves in that  belief1 are not in  
heaven2 and as they are unable to       
receive any  influx from heaven1 where  

the ,lord alone is worshiped1 they      
gradually  lose the ability to think    
what is true about any subject whatever2
  and finally they become as if dumb1 or
 they talk stupidly1 and ramble  about  
with their arms dangling and swinging as
 if weak in the joints4  ,again1 those  
who1 like the ,socinians1 have denied   
the ,divinity of the  ,lord and have    
acknowledged ,his ,humanity only1 are   
likewise outside of  heaven2 they are   
brought forward a little towards the    
right and are  let down into the deep1  
and are thus wholly separated from the  
rest  that come from the ,christian     
world4 ,finally1 those who profess to   
believe in an invisible ,divine1 which  
they call the soul of the  universe ,ens
 universi1 from which all things        
originated1 and who  reject all belief  
in the ,lord1 find out that they believe
 in no ,god2  since this invisible      
,divine is to them a property of nature 
in her  first principles1 which cannot  
be an object of faith and love1  because

 it is not an object of thought4#a ,such
 have their lot among  those called     
,naturalists4 ,it is otherwise with     
those born outside the  church1 who are 
called the heathen2 these will be       
treated of  hereafter4      ,footnote #a
 ,a ,divine that cannot be perceived by 
any idea    cannot be received by faith 
7n4 #dgcc1 #eaaj1 #effc1 #fihb1 #fiif1  
#gjjd1 #gbaa1 #icef1 #icei1 #iigb1      
#ajjfg1 #ajbfg74      #d4 ,infants1 who 
form a third part of heaven1 are all    
initiated into  the acknowledgment and  
belief that the ,lord is their ,father1 
and  afterwards that ,he is the ,lord of
 all1 thus the ,god of heaven and       
earth4 ,that children grow up in heaven 
and are perfected by means of           
knowledges1 even to angelic intelligence
 and wisdom1 will be seen in  the       
following pages4      #e4 ,those who are
 of the church cannot doubt that the    
,lord is the ,god  of heaven1 for ,he   
,himself taught1         ,that all      
things of the ,father are ,his 7,matt4  

#aa3bg2 ,john       #af3ae2 #ag3b74     
,and that ,he hath all power in heaven  
and on earth 7,matt4       #bh3ah74     
,he says in heaven and on earth1 because
 ,he that rules heaven rules  the earth 
also1 for the one depends upon the      
other4#a ,ruling heaven  and earth means
 to receive from the ,lord every good   
pertaining to  love and every truth     
pertaining to faith1 thus all           
intelligence and  wisdom1 and in        
consequence all happiness1 in a word1   
eternal life4  ,this also the ,lord     
taught when ,he said3         ,he that  
believeth on the ,son hath eternal life2
 but he       that believeth not the    
,son shall not see life 7,john #c3cf74  
,again3         ,i am the resurrection  
and the life2 he that believeth on      
,me1 though he die yet shall he live2   
and whosoever liveth       and believeth
 on ,me shall never die 7,john #aa3bf1  
#bf74    ,and again3         ,i am the  
way1 the truth1 and the life 7,john     
#ad3f74      ,footnote #a ,the entire   

heaven is the ,lord's 7n4 #bgea1 #gjhf74
    ,he has all power in the heavens and
 on the earths 7n4 #afjg1    #ajjhi1    
#ajhbg74 ,as the ,lord rules heaven ,he 
rules also all    things that depend    
thereon1 thus all things in the world   
7n4    #bjbf1 #bjbg1 #debc1 #debd74 ,the
 ,lord alone has power to remove the    
hells1 to withhold from evil and hold in
 good1 and thus to save    7n4 #ajjai74 
#f4 ,there were certain spirits who     
while living in the world had  professed
 to believe in the ,father2 but of the  
,lord they had the same  idea as of any 
other man1 and therefore did not believe
 ,him to be the  ,god of heaven4 ,for   
this reason they were permitted to      
wander about  and inquire wherever they 
wished whether there were any other     
heaven  than the heaven of the ,lord4   
,they searched for several days1 but    
nowhere found any4 ,these were such as  
place the happiness of heaven  in glory 
and dominion2 and as they were unable to
 get what they  desired1 and were told  

that heaven does not consist in such    
things1  they became indignant1 and     
wished for a heaven where they could    
lord  it over others and be eminent in  
glory like that in the world4        #g4
 ,,ii4 ,,it ,,is ,,the ,,divine ,,of    
,,the ,,lord ,,that ,,makes ,,heaven4   
,the angels taken collectively are      
called heaven1 for they constitute      
heaven2 and yet that which makes heaven 
in general and in particular  is the    
,divine that goes forth from the ,lord  
and flows into the angels  and is       
received by them4 ,and as the ,divine   
that goes forth from the  ,lord is the  
good of love and the truth of faith1 the
 angels are  angels and are heaven in   
the measure in which they receive good  
and  truth from the ,lord4      #h4     
,everyone in the heavens knows and      
believes and even perceives that  he    
wills and does nothing of good from     
himself1 and that he thinks  and        
believes nothing of truth from himself1 
but only from the ,divine1  thus from   

the ,lord2 also that good from himself  
is not good1 and  truth from himself is 
not truth1 because these have in them no
 life  from the ,divine4 ,moreover1 the 
angels of the inmost heaven clearly     
perceive and feel the influx1 and the   
more of it they receive the  more they  
seem to themselves to be in heaven1     
because the more are  they in love and  
faith and in the light of intelligence  
and wisdom1  and in heavenly joy        
therefrom2 and since all these go forth 
from the  ,divine of the ,lord1 and in  
these the angels have their heaven1 it  
is  clear that it is the ,divine of the 
,lord1 and not the angels from  anything
 properly their own that makes heaven4#a
 ,this is why heaven  is called in the  
,word the dwelling-place of the ,lord   
and ,his  throne1 and those who are     
there are said to be in the ,lord4#b    
,but  in what manner the ,divine goes   
forth from the ,lord and fills heaven   
will be told in what follows4           
,footnote #a ,the angels of heaven      

acknowledge all good to be    from the  
,lord1 and nothing from themselves1 and 
the ,lord dwells    in them in ,his own 
and not in their own 7n4 #icch1 #ajabe1 
#ajaea1    #ajaeg74 ,therefore in the   
,word by angels something of the ,lord  
is meant 7n4 #aibe1 #bhba1 #cjci1 #djhe1
 #haib1 #ajebh74 ,furthermore1    angels
 are called gods from the reception of  
the ,divine from    the ,lord 7n4 #dbie1
 #ddjb1 #gbfh1 #ghgc1 #haib1 #hcja74    
,again1 all    good that is good1 and   
all truth that is truth1 consequently   
all peace1 love1 charity1 and faith1 are
 from the ,lord 7n4    #afad1 #bjaf1    
#bgea1 #bhhb1 #bhhc1 #bhia1 #bhib1      
#bijd74 ,also all    wisdom and         
intelligence 7n4 #aji1 #aab1 #aba1      
#abd74      ,footnote #b ,those who are 
in heaven are said to be in the ,lord   
7n4 #cfcg1 #cfch74      #i4 ,angels from
 their wisdom go still further4 ,they   
say that not only  everything good and  
true is from the ,lord1 but everything  
of life as  well4 ,they confirm it by   

this1 that nothing can spring from      
itself1  but only from something prior  
to itself2 therefore all things spring  
from a ,first1 which they call the very 
,being ,esse of the life of  all things4
 ,and in like manner all things continue
 to exist1 for  continuous existence is 
a ceaseless springing forth1 and        
whatever is  not continually held by    
means of intermediates in connection    
with the  ,first instantly disperses and
 is wholly dissipated4 ,they say also   
that there is but ,one ,fountain of     
life1 and that man's life is a  rivulet 
therefrom1 which if it did not          
unceasingly continue from its  fountain 
would immediately flow away4 #b ,again1 
they say that from  this ,one ,fountain 
of life1 which is the ,lord1 nothing    
goes forth  except ,divine good and     
,divine truth1 and that each one is     
affected by  these in accordance with   
his reception of them1 those who receive
  them in faith and life find heaven in 
them while those who reject  them or    

stifle them change them into hell2 for  
they change good into  evil and truth   
into falsity1 thus life into death4     
,again1 that  everything of life is from
 the ,lord they confirm by this3 that   
all  things in the universe have        
relation to good and truth1-the life of 
man's will1 which is the life of his    
love1 to good2 and the life of  his     
understanding1 which is the life of his 
faith1 to truth2 and  since everything  
good and true comes from above it       
follows that  everything of life must   
come from above4 #c ,this being the     
belief of  the angels they refuse all   
thanks for the good they do1 and are    
displeased and withdraw if any one      
attributes good to them4 ,they  wonder  
how any one can believe that he is wise 
from himself or does  anything good from
 himself4 ,doing good for one's own sake
 they do not  call good1 because it is  
done from self4 ,but doing good for the 
sake  of good they call good from the   
,divine2 and this they say is the good  

that makes heaven1 because this good is 
the ,lord4#a      ,footnote #a ,good    
from the ,lord has the ,lord inwardly in
 it1    but good from one's own has not 
7n4 #ahjb1 #ciea1 #hdhj74      #aj4     
,such spirits as have confirmed         
themselves during their life in  the    
world in the belief that the good they  
do and the truth they  believe is from  
themselves1 or is appropriated to them  
as their own  7which is the belief of   
all who place merit in good actions and 
claim  righteousness to themselves7 are 
not received into heaven4 ,angels  avoid
 them4 ,they look upon them as stupid   
and as thieves2 as stupid  because they 
continually have themselves in view and 
not the ,divine2  and as thieves because
 they steal from the ,lord what is ,his4
 ,these  are averse to the belief of    
heaven1 that it is the ,divine of the   
,lord  in the angels that makes heaven4 
#aa4 ,the ,lord teaches that those that 
are in heaven and in the church  are in 
the ,lord and the ,lord is in them1 when

 ,he says3         ,abide in ,me and ,i 
in you4 ,as the branch cannot bear fruit
       of itself except it abide in the 
vine1 so neither can ye1       except ye
 abide in ,me4 ,i am the ,vine1 ye are  
the branches4       ,he that abideth in 
,me and ,i in him1 the same beareth much
       fruit2 for apart from ,me ye can 
do nothing 7,john #ae3d1e74      #ab4   
,from all this it can now be seen that  
the ,lord dwells in the  angels of      
heaven in what is ,his own1 and thus    
that the ,lord is the  all in all things
 of heaven2 and this for the reason that
 good from  the ,lord is the ,lord in   
angels1 for what is from the ,lord is   
the  ,lord2 consequently heaven to the  
angels is good from the ,lord1 and  not 
anything of their own4        #ac4      
,,iii4 ,,in ,,heaven ,,the ,,divine ,,of
 ,,the ,,lord ,,is ,,love ,,to ,,him    
,,and ,,charity  ,,towards ,,the        
,,neighbor4    ,the ,divine that goes   
forth from the ,lord is called in heaven
 ,divine  truth1 for a reason that will 

presently appear4 ,this ,divine truth   
flows into heaven from the ,lord from   
,his ,divine love4 ,the ,divine love    
and the ,divine truth therefrom are     
related to each other as the fire  of   
the sun and the light therefrom in the  
world1 love resembling the  fire of the 
sun and truth therefrom light from the  
sun4 ,moreover1 by  correspondence fire 
signifies love1 and light truth going   
forth from  love4#a ,from this it is    
clear what the ,divine truth that goes  
forth  from the ,lord's ,divine love    
is-that in its essence it is ,divine    
good  joined to ,divine truth1 and being
 so conjoined it vivifies all things  of
 heaven2 just as in the world when the  
sun's heat is joined to  light it makes 
all things of the earth fruitful1 which 
takes place in  spring and summer4 ,it  
is otherwise when the heat is not joined
 with  the light1 that is1 when the     
light is cold2 then all things become   
torpid and lie dead4 ,with the angels   
this ,divine good1 which is  compared to

 heat1 is the good of love2 and ,divine 
truth1 which is  compared to light1 is  
that through which and out of which good
 of  love comes4      ,footnote #a ,in  
the ,word fire signifies heavenly love  
and    infernal love 7n4 #icd1 #dijf1   
#ebae74 ,holy and heavenly fire         
signifies ,divine love1 and every       
affection that belongs to that    love  
7n4 #icd1 #fcad1 #fhcb74 ,light from    
fire signifies truth    going forth from
 good of love2 and light in heaven      
signifies    ,divine truth 7n4 #caie1   
#cdhe1 #cfcf1 #cfdc1 #ciic1 #dcjb1      
#ddac1    #ddae1 #iedh1 #ifhd74         
#ad4 ,the ,divine in heaven which makes 
heaven is love1 because love is         
spiritual conjunction4 ,it conjoins     
angels to the ,lord and conjoins  them  
to one another1 so conjoining them that 
in the ,lord's sight they  are all as   
one4 ,moreover1 love is the very being  
esse of everyone's  life2 consequently  
from love both angels and men have life4
 ,everyone  who reflects can know that  

the inmost vitality of man is from love1
  since he grows warm from the presence 
of love and cold from its  absence1 and 
when deprived of it he dies4#a ,but it  
is to be  remembered that the quality of
 his love is what determines the        
quality of each one's life4             
,footnote #a ,love is the fire of life1 
and life itself is    actually therefrom
 7n4 #dijf1 #ejga1 #fjcb1 #fcad74       
#ae4 ,in heaven there are two distinct  
loves1 love to the ,lord and love       
towards the neighbor1 in the inmost or  
third heaven love to the ,lord1  in the 
second or middle heaven love towards the
 neighbor4 ,they both  go forth from the
 ,lord1 and they both make heaven4 ,how 
these two  loves are distinct and how   
they are conjoined is seen in heaven in 
clear light1 but in the world only      
obscurely4 ,in heaven loving the  ,lord 
does not mean loving ,him in respect to 
,his person1 but it means  loving the   
good that is from ,him2 and to love good
 is to will and do  good from love2 and 

to love the neighbor does not mean      
loving a  companion in respect to his   
person1 but loving the truth that is    
from  the ,word2 and to love truth is to
 will and do it4 ,this makes clear  that
 these two loves are distinct as good   
and truth are distinct1 and  that they  
are conjoined as good is conjoined with 
truth4#a ,but this  can scarcely be     
comprehended by men unless it is known  
what love is1  what good is1 and what   
the neighbor is4#b      ,footnote #a ,to
 love the ,lord and the neighbor is to  
live    according to the ,lord's        
commandments 7n4 #ajadc1 #ajaec1 #ajcaj1
    #ajegh1 #ajfdh74      ,footnote #b  
,to love the neighbor is not to love the
 person1    but to love that in him from
 which he is what he is1 that is1    his
 truth and good 7n4 #ejbh4 #ajccf74     
,those who love the person1    and not  
that in him from which he is what he is1
 love evil and    good alike 7n4 #chbj74
 ,charity is willing truths and being   
affected by truths for the sake of      

truths 7n4 #chgf1 #chgg74    ,charity   
towards the neighbor is doing what is   
good1 just1 and    right1 in every work 
and in every function 7n4 #habj-habb74  
#af4 ,i have repeatedly talked with     
angels about this matter4 ,they were    
astonished1 they said1 that men of the  
church do not know that to  love the    
,lord and to love the neighbor is to    
love what is good and  true1 and to do  
this from the will1 when they ought to  
know that one  evinces love by willing  
and doing what another wishes1 and it is
 this  that brings reciprocal love and  
conjunction1 and not loving another     
without doing what he wishes1 which in  
itself is not loving2 also  that men    
should know that the good that goes     
forth from the ,lord is a  likeness of  
,him1 since ,he is in it2 and that those
 who make good and  truth to belong to  
their life by willing them and doing    
them become  likenesses of the ,lord and
 are conjoined to ,him4 ,willing is     
loving to  do4 ,that this is so the     

,lord teaches in the ,word1 saying1     
,he that hath ,my commandments and doeth
 them1 he it is that       loveth ,me2  
and ,i will love him and will make ,my  
abode with       him 7,john #ad3ba1     
#bc74    ,and again3         ,if ye do  
,my commandments ye shall abide in ,my  
love 7,john       #ae3aj74      #ag4    
,all experience in heaven attests that  
the ,divine that goes forth  from the   
,lord and that affects angels and makes 
heaven is love2 for  all who are in     
heaven are forms of love and charity1   
and appear in  ineffable beauty1 with   
love shining forth from their faces1 and
 from  their speech and from every      
particular of their life4#a ,moreover1  
there are spiritual spheres of life     
emanating from and surrounding  every   
angel and every spirit1 by which their  
quality in respect to  the affections of
 their love is known1 sometimes at a    
great distance4  ,for with everyone     
these spheres flow forth from the life  
of his  affection and consequent        

thought1 or from the life of his love   
and  consequent faith4 ,the spheres that
 go forth from angels are so full  of   
love as to affect the inmosts of life of
 those who are with them4  ,they have   
repeatedly been perceived by me and have
 thus affected  me4#b ,that it is love  
from which angels have their life is    
further  evident from the fact that in  
the other life everyone turns himself   
in accordance with his love-those who   
are in love to the ,lord and in  love   
towards the neighbor turning themselves 
always to the ,lord1  while those who   
are in love of self turn themselves     
always away from  the ,lord4 ,this is   
so1 however their bodies may turn1 since
 with those  in the other life spaces   
conform to the states of their          
interiors1  likewise quarters1 which are
 not constant as they are in this world1
  but are determined in accordance with 
the direction of their faces4  ,and yet 
it is not the angels that turn          
themselves to the ,lord2 but  the ,lord 

turns to ,himself those that love to do 
the things that are  from ,him4#c ,but  
more on this subject hereafter1 where   
the quarters  in the other life are     
treated of4      ,footnote #a ,angels   
are forms of love and charity 7n4 #chjd1
    #dgce1 #dgig1 #dihe1 #eaii1 #eecj1  
#ihgi1 #ajagg74      ,footnote #b ,a    
spiritual sphere1 which is a sphere of  
the life1    overflows and pours forth  
from every man1 spirit1 and angel1      
and encompasses them 7n4 #ddfd1 #eagi1  
#gded1 #hfcj74 ,it flows from    the    
life of their affection and consequent  
thought 7n4 #bdhi1    #ddfd1 #fbjf74    
,footnote #c ,spirits and angels turn   
themselves constantly to    their loves1
 and those in the heavens turn          
themselves    constantly to the ,lord   
7n4 #ajacj1 #ajahi1 #ajdbj1 #ajgjb74    
,quarters in the other life are to each 
one in accordance with    the direction 
of his face1 and are thereby determined1
    otherwise than in the world 7n4     
#ajacj1 #ajahi1 #ajdbj1 #ajgjb74        

#ah4 ,the ,divine of the ,lord in heaven
 is love1 for the reason that  love is  
receptive of all things of heaven1 such 
as peace1  intelligence1 wisdom and     
happiness4 ,for love is receptive of    
each and  all things that are in harmony
 with it2 it longs for them1 seeks      
them1 and drinks them in as it were     
spontaneously1 for it desires           
unceasingly to be enriched and perfected
 by them4#a ,this1 too1 man  well knows1
 for with him love searches as it were  
the stores of his  memory and draws     
forth all things that are in accord with
 itself1  collecting and arranging them 
in and under itself-in itself that they 
may be its own1 and under itself that   
they may be its servants2 but  other    
things not in accord with it it discards
 and expels4 ,that there  is present in 
love every capacity for receiving truths
 in harmony  with itself1 and a longing 
to conjoin them to itself1 has been made
  clear also by the fact that some who  
were simple-minded in the world  were   

taken up into heaven1 and yet when they 
were with the angels  they came into    
angelic wisdom and heavenly blessedness1
 and for the  reason that they had loved
 what is good and true for its own sake1
  and had implanted it in their life1   
and had thereby become capacities  for  
receiving heaven with all that is       
ineffable there4 ,but those who  are in 
love of self and of the world have no   
capacity for receiving  what is good and
 true2 they loathe and reject it1 and at
 its first  touch and entrance they flee
 and associate themselves with those in 
hell who are in loves like their own4   
,there were spirits who had  doubts     
about there being such capacities in    
heavenly love1 and who  wished to know  
whether it were true2 whereupon they    
were let into a  state of heavenly love1
 whatever opposed being for the time    
removed1  and were brought forward some 
distance1 where there was an angelic    
heaven1 and from it they talked with me1
 saying that they perceived a  more     

interior happiness than they could      
possibly express in words1  and they    
lamented greatly that they must return  
into their former  state4 ,others also  
were taken up into heaven2 and the      
higher or more  interiorly they were    
exalted the more of intelligence and    
wisdom were  they admitted into1 such as
 enabled them to perceive what had      
before  been incomprehensible to them4  
,from this it is clear that the love    
that goes forth from the ,lord is       
receptive of heaven and all things      
therein4      ,footnote #a ,innumerable 
things are contained in love1 and love  
gathers to itself all things that are in
 harmony with it 7n4    #bejj1 #begb1   
#cjgh1 #cahi1 #fcbc1 #gdij1 #ggej74     
#ai4 ,that love to the ,lord and love   
towards the neighbor include in         
themselves all ,divine truths is made   
evident by what the ,lord ,himself  said
 of these two loves3         ,thou shalt
 love thy ,god with all thy heart and   
with all       thy soul4 ,this is the   

greatest and first commandment4 ,and    
the second1 like unto it1 is1 ,thou     
shalt love thy neighbor       as        
thyself4 ,on these two commandments hang
 the law and the       prophets 7,matt4 
#bb3cg-dj74    ,the law and the prophets
 are the whole ,word1 thus all ,divine  
truth4        #bj4 ,,iv4 ,,heaven ,,is  
,,divided ,,into ,,two ,,kingdoms4      
,as there are infinite varieties in     
heaven1 and no one society nor any  one 
angel is exactly like any other1#a there
 are in heaven general1  specific1 and  
particular divisions4 ,the general      
division is into two  kingdoms1 the     
specific into three heavens1 and the    
particular into  innumerable societies4 
,each of these will be treated of in    
what  follows4 ,the general division is 
said to be into kingdoms1 because       
heaven is called the kingdom of ,god4   
,footnote #a ,there is infinite variety1
 and nowhere any thing    the same as   
another 7n4 #gbcf1 #ijjb74 ,also in the 
heavens there    is infinite variety 7n4

 #fhd1 #fij1 #cgdd1 #eeih1 #gbcf74      
,varieties    in heaven are varieties of
 good 7n4 #cgdd1 #djje1 #gbcf1 #ghcc1   
#ghcf1 #ijjb74 ,all societies in the    
heavens1 and all angels in a    society1
 are thereby distinguished from each    
other 7n4 #fij1    #cbda1 #ceai1 #chjd1 
#cihf1 #djfg1 #dadi1 #dbfc1 #gbcf1      
#ghcc1 #ghcf74    ,nevertheless they are
 all made one by love from the ,lord 7n4
    #deg1 #cihf74      #ba4 ,there are  
angels that receive more interiorly the 
,divine that  goes forth from the ,lord1
 and others that receive it less        
interiorly2  the former are called      
celestial angels1 and the latter        
spiritual  angels4 ,because of this     
difference heaven is divided into two   
kingdoms1 one called the ,celestial     
,kingdom1 the other the ,spiritual      
,kingdom4#a      ,footnote #a ,heaven as
 a whole is divided into two kingdoms1 a
    celestial kingdom and a spiritual   
kingdom 7n4 #chhg1 #dach74 ,the         
angels of the celestial kingdom receive 

the ,divine of the lord    in their     
voluntary part1 thus more interiorly    
than the    spiritual angels1 who       
receive it in their intellectual part   
7n4    #eaac1 #fcfg1 #heba1 #iicf1      
#iiie1 #ajabd74      #bb4 ,as the angels
 that constitute the celestial kingdom  
receive the  ,divine of the ,lord more  
interiorly they are called interior and 
also  higher angels2 and for the same   
reason the heavens that they  constitute
 are called interior and higher         
heavens4#a ,they are called  higher and 
lower1 because these terms designate    
what is interior and  what is           
exterior4#b      ,footnote #a ,the      
heavens that constitute the celestial   
kingdom    are called higher while those
 that constitute the spiritual          
kingdom are called lower 7n4 #ajjfh74   
,footnote #b ,interior things are       
portrayed by higher things1    and      
higher things signify interior things   
7n4 #badh1 #cjhd1 #deii1    #eadf1      
#hcbe74      #bc4 ,the love in which    

those are1 who are in the celestial     
kingdom is  called celestial love1 and  
the love in which those are who are in  
the  spiritual kingdom is called        
spiritual love4 ,celestial love is love 
to  the ,lord1 and spiritual love is    
love towards the neighbor4 ,and as all  
good pertains to love 7for good to any  
one is what he loves7 the good  also of 
the other kingdom is called celestial1  
and the good of the  other spiritual4   
,evidently1 then1 the two kingdoms are  
distinguished  from each other in the   
same way as good of love to the ,lord is
  distinguished from good of love       
towards the neighbor4#a ,and as the     
good of love to the ,lord is an interior
 good1 and that love is  interior love1 
so the celestial angels are interior    
angels1 and are  called higher angels4  
,footnote #a ,the good of the celestial 
kingdom is good of love    to the ,lord1
 and the good of the spiritual kingdom  
is good of    charity towards the       
neighbor 7n4 #cfia1 #fdce1 #idfh1 #ifhj1

 #ifhc1    #ighj74      #bd4 ,the       
celestial kingdom is called also the    
,lord's priestly kingdom1  and in the   
,word ,his dwelling-place2 while the    
spiritual kingdom is  called ,his royal 
kingdom1 and in the ,word ,his throne4  
,and from the  celestial ,divine the    
,lord in the world was called ,jesus1   
while from  the spiritual ,divine ,he   
was called ,christ4      #be4 ,the      
angels in the ,lord's celestial kingdom1
 from their more  interior reception of 
the ,divine of the ,lord1 far excel in  
wisdom and  glory the angels that are in
 ,his spiritual kingdom2 for they are in
  love to the ,lord1 and consequently   
are nearer and more closely  conjoined  
to ,him4#a ,these angels are such       
because they have received  and continue
 to receive ,divine truths at once in   
their life1 and not  first in memory and
 thought1 as the spiritual angels do4   
,consequently  they have ,divine truths 
written in their hearts1 and they       
perceive  them1 and as it were see them1

 in themselves2 nor do they ever reason 
about them whether they are true or     
not4#b ,they are such as are  described 
in ,jeremiah3         ,i will put my law
 in their mind1 and will write it in    
their heart4 ,they shall teach no more  
everyone his friend       and everyone  
his brother1 saying1 ,know ye ,jehovah4 
,they       shall know ,me1 from the    
least of them even to the greatest      
of them 7#ca3cc1 #cd74    ,and they are 
called in ,isaiah3         ,taught of   
,jehovah 7#ed3ac74    ,that the taught  
of ,jehovah are those who are taught by 
the ,lord ,he  ,himself teaches in ,john
 7#f3de1 #df74      ,footnote #a ,the   
celestial angels immeasurably surpass in
    wisdom the spiritual angels 7n4     
#bgah1 #iiie74 ,the nature of the       
distinction between celestial angels and
 spiritual angels 7n4    #bjhh1 #bffi1  
#bgjh1 #bgae1 #cbce1 #cbdj1 #dghh1      
#gjfh1 #heba1 #ibgg1    #ajbie74        
,footnote #b ,the celestial angels do   
not reason about truths of    faith1    

because they perceive them in           
themselves2 but the    spiritual angels 
reason about them whether they are true 
or not    7n4 #bjb1 #ccg1 #eig1 #fjg1   
#ghd1 #aaba1 #achd1 #ahih1 #aiai1 #cbdf1
    #dddh1 #gfhj1 #ghgg1 #hghj1 #ibgg1  
#ajghf74      #bf4 ,it has been said    
that these angels have wisdom and glory 
above  others for the reason that they  
have received and continue to receive   
,divine truths at once in their life4   
,for as soon as they hear ,divine       
truths1 they will and do them1 instead  
of storing them up in the  memory and   
afterwards considering whether they are 
true4 ,they know at  once by influx from
 the ,lord whether the truth they hear  
is true2 for  the ,lord flows directly  
into man's willing1 but mediately       
through his  willing into his thinking4 
,or what is the same1 the ,lord flows   
directly into good1 but mediately       
through good into truth4#a ,that is     
called good which belongs to the will   
and action therefrom1 while  that is    

called truth that belongs to the memory 
and to the thought  therefrom4          
,moreover1 every truth is turned into   
good and implanted in  love as soon as  
it enters into the will2 but so long as 
truth remains  in the memory and in the 
thought therefrom it does not become    
good1  nor does it live1 nor is it      
appropriated to man1 since man is a man 
from his will and understanding         
therefrom1 and not from his             
understanding separated from his will4#b
      ,footnote #a ,the ,lord's influx  
is into good and through good    into   
truth1 and not the reverse2 thus into   
the will and through    that into the   
understanding1 and not the reverse 7n4  
#edhb1    #efdi1 #fjbg1 #hfhe1 #hgja1   
#ajaec74      ,footnote #b ,the will of 
man is the very being esse of his       
life1 and the receptacle of the good of 
love1 while his    understanding is the 
outgo existere of his life therefrom1   
and the receptacle of the truth and good
 of faith 7n4 #cfai1    #ejjb1 #ibhb74  

,thus the will's life is the chief life 
of man1 and    the life of the          
understanding goes forth therefrom 7n4  
#ehe1    #eij1 #cfai1 #gcdb1 #hhhe1     
#ibhb1 #ajjgf1 #ajaji1 #ajaaj74         
,whatever is    received by the will    
comes to be the life1 and is            
appropriated    to man 7n4 #cafa1 #ichf1
 #icic74 ,man is a man from his will and
    his understanding therefrom 7n4     
#hiaa1 #ijfi1 #ijga1 #ajjgf1 #ajaji1    
#ajaaj74 ,moreover1 everyone who wills  
and understands rightly is    loved and 
valued by others1 while he that         
understands rightly    and does not will
 rightly is rejected and despised 7n4   
#hiaa1    #ajjgf74 ,also1 after death   
man remains such as his will and his    
understanding therefrom have been1 while
 the things that    pertain to the      
understanding and not also to the will  
then    vanish1 because they are not in 
the man 7n4 #ijfi1 #ijga1 #ibhb1        
#ichf1 #ajaec74      #bg4 ,because of   
this difference between the angels of   

the celestial  kingdom and the angels of
 the spiritual kingdom they are not     
together1 and have no interaction with  
each other4 ,they are able to           
communicate only through intermediate   
angelic societies1 which are  called    
celestial-spiritual4 ,through these the 
celestial kingdom flows  into the       
spiritual2#a and from this it comes to  
pass that although  heaven is divided   
into two kingdoms it nevertheless makes 
one4 ,the  ,lord always provides such   
intermediate angels through whom there  
is  communication and conjunction4      
,footnote #a ,between the two kingdoms  
there is communication    and           
conjunction by mean's of angelic        
societies which are called              
celestial-spiritual 7n4 #djdg1 #fdce1   
#hgif1 #hhjb74 ,the influx of    the    
,lord through the celestial kingdom into
 the spiritual 7n4    #cifi1 #fcff74    
#bh4 ,as the angels of these two        
kingdoms will be fully treated of in    
what follows1 particulars are here      

omitted4        #bi4 ,v4 ,,there ,,are  
,,three ,,heavens4    ,there are three  
heavens1 entirely distinct from each    
other1 an inmost  or third1 a middle or 
second1 and an outmost or first4 ,these 
have a  like order and relation to each 
other as the highest part of man1 or    
his head1 the middle part1 or body1 and 
the lowest1 or feet2 or as  the upper1  
the middle1 and the lower stories of a  
house4 ,in the same  order is the       
,divine that goes forth and descends    
from the ,lord2  consequently heaven1   
from the necessity of order1 is         
threefold4      #cj4 ,the interiors of  
man1 which belong to his mind and       
disposition1  are also in like order4   
,he has an inmost1 a middle1 and an     
outmost  part2 for when man was created 
all things of ,divine order were        
brought together in him1 so that he     
became ,divine order in form1 and       
consequently a heaven in miniature4#a   
,for this reason also man1 as  regards  
his interiors1 has communication with   

the heavens and comes  after death among
 the angels1 either among those of the  
inmost1 or of  the middle1 or of the    
outmost heaven1 in accordance with his  
reception of ,divine good and truth from
 the ,lord during his life in  the      
world4      ,footnote #a ,all things of 
,divine order are brought together in   
man1 and by creation man is ,divine     
order in form 7n4 #cfbh1    #dbai1      
#dbbj1 #dbbc1 #debc1 #debd1 #eaad1      
#eafh1 #fjac1 #fjeg1 #ffje1    #ffbf1   
#igjf1 #ajaef1 #ajdgb74 ,in man the     
internal man was formed    after the    
image of heaven1 and the external after 
the image of    the world1 and this is  
why man was called by the ancients a    
microcosm 7n4 #cfbh1 #debc1 #eaae1      
#fjac1 #fjeg1 #ibgi1 #igjf1 #ajaef1     
#ajdgb74 ,thus man is respect to his    
interiors is by creation a    heaven in 
least form after the image of the       
greatest2 and such    also man becomes  
when he has been created anew or        
regenerated    by the ,lord 7n4 #iaa1   

#aijj1 #aibh1 #cfbd-cfca1 #cfcd1 #chhd1 
#djda1    #dbgi1 #debc1 #debd1 #dfbe1   
#fjac1 #fjeg1 #ibgi1 #ifcb74      #ca4  
,the ,divine that flows in from the     
,lord and is received in the  third or  
inmost heaven is called celestial1 and  
in consequence the  angels there are    
called celestial angels2 the ,divine    
that flows in  from the ,lord and is    
received in the second or middle heaven 
is  called spiritual1 and in consequence
 the angels there are called  spiritual 
angels2 while the ,divine that flows in 
from the ,lord and is  received in the  
outmost or first heaven is called       
natural2 but as the  natural of that    
heaven is not like the natural of the   
world1 but has  the spiritual and the   
celestial within it1 that heaven is     
called the  spiritual-natural and the   
celestial-natural1 and in consequence   
the  angels there are called            
spiritual-natural and                   
celestial-natural4#a  ,those who receive
 influx from the middle or second       

heaven1 which is  the spiritual heaven1 
are called spiritual-natural2 and those 
who  receive influx from the third or   
inmost heaven1 which is the  celestial  
heaven1 are called celestial-natural4   
,the spiritual-natural  angels and the  
celestial-natural angels are distinct   
from each other2  nevertheless they     
constitute one heaven1 because they are 
in one  degree4      ,footnote #a ,there
 are three heavens1 inmost1 middle1 and 
outmost1 or third1 second1 and first 7n4
 #fhd #ieid1 #ajbgj74    ,goods therein 
also follow in triple order 7n4 #dich1  
#dici1 #iiib1    #ajjje1 #ajjag74 ,the  
good of the inmost or third heaven is   
called    celestial1 the good of the    
middle or second is called    spiritual1
 and the good of the outmost or first1  
spiritual-natural 7n4 #dbgi1 #dbhf1     
#dich1 #dici1 #iiib1 #ajjje1    #ajjag1 
#ajjfh74      #cb4 ,in each heaven there
 is an internal and an external2 those  
in the  internal are called there       
internal angels1 while those in the     

external are called external angels4    
,the internal and the external in  the  
heavens1 or in each heaven1 hold the    
same relation as the  voluntary and     
intellectual in man-the internal        
corresponding to the  voluntary1 and the
 external to the intellectual4          
,everything voluntary  has its          
intellectual2 one cannot exist without  
the other4 ,the  voluntary may be       
compared to a flame and the intellectual
 to the  light therefrom4      #cc4 ,let
 it be clearly understood that with the 
angels it is the  interiors that cause  
them to be in one heaven or another2 for
 as  their interiors are more open to   
the ,lord they are in a more interior   
heaven4 ,there are three degrees of     
interiors in each angel and  spirit1 and
 also in man4 ,those in whom the third  
degree is opened are  in the inmost     
heaven4 ,those in whom the second degree
 is opened1 or  only the first1 are in  
the middle or in the outmost heaven4    
,the  interiors are opened by reception 

of ,divine good and ,divine truth4      
,those who are affected by ,divine      
truths and admit them at once into  the 
life1 thus into the will and into action
 therefrom1 are in the  inmost or third 
heaven1 and have their place there in   
accordance with  their reception of good
 from affection for truth4 ,those who do
 not  admit truths at once into the will
 but into the memory1 and thence  into  
the understanding1 and from the         
understanding will and do them1  are in 
the middle or second heaven4 ,but those 
who live morally and  who believe in a  
,divine1 and who care very little about 
being taught1  are in the outmost or    
first heaven4#a ,from this it is clear  
that the  states of the interiors are   
what make heaven1 and that heaven is    
within everyone1 and not outside of him2
 as the ,lord teaches when ,he  says3   
,the kingdom of ,god cometh not with    
observation1 neither       shall they   
say1 ,lo here1 or ,lo there2 for behold 
the       kingdom of ,god ye have within

 you 7,luke #ag3bj1 #ba74      ,footnote
 #a ,there are as many degrees of life  
in man as there    are heavens1 and     
these are opened after death in         
accordance    with his life 7n4 #cgdg1  
#ieid74 ,heaven is in man 7n4 #chhd74   
,therefore he that has received heaven  
into himself in the    world1 comes into
 heaven after death 7n4 #ajgag74        
#cd4 ,furthermore1 all perfection       
increases towards interiors and         
decreases towards exteriors1 since      
interiors are nearer to the  ,divine1   
and are in themselves pure1 while       
exteriors are more remote  from the     
,divine and are in themselves grosser4#a
 ,intelligence1  wisdom1 love1          
everything good and the resulting       
happiness1 are what  constitute angelic 
perfection2 but not happiness apart from
 these1  for such happiness is external 
and not internal4 ,because in the       
angels of the inmost heaven the         
interiors have been opened in the  third
 degree their perfection immeasurably   

surpasses the perfection  of angels in  
the middle heaven1 whose interiors have 
been opened in  the second degree4 ,so  
the perfection of these angels exceeds  
in like  measure the perfection of      
angels of the outmost heaven4           
,footnote #a ,interiors are more perfect
 because nearer to the    ,divine 7n4   
#cdje1 #eadf1 #eadg74 ,in the internal  
there are    thousands and thousands of 
things that appear in the external    as
 one general thing 7n4 #egjg74 ,as far  
as man is raised from    externals      
towards interiors1 so far he comes into 
light and    thus into intelligence and 
the elevation is like rising out of    a
 cloud into clearness 7n4 #deih1 #fahc1 
#fcac74      #ce4 ,because of this      
distinction an angel of one heaven      
cannot go  among the angels of another  
heaven1 that is1 no one can ascend from 
a  lower heaven and no one can descend  
from a higher heaven4 ,one  ascending   
from a lower heaven is seized with a    
distress even to  anguish1 and is unable

 to see those who are there1 still less 
to talk  with them2 while one descending
 from a higher heaven is deprived of    
his wisdom1 stammers in his speech1 and 
is in despair4 ,there were  some from   
the outmost heaven who had not yet been 
taught that the  interiors of angels are
 what constitute heaven1 and who        
believed that  they might come into a   
higher heavenly happiness by simply     
gaining  access to a heaven where higher
 angels are4 ,these were permitted to   
enter among such angels4 ,but when they 
were there they could see no  one1      
however much they searched1 although    
there was a great multitude  present2   
for the interiors of the newcomers not  
having been opened in  the same degree  
as the interiors of the angels there1   
their sight was  not so opened4         
,presently they were seized with such   
anguish of heart  that they scarcely    
knew whether they were alive or not4    
,therefore  they hastily betook         
themselves to the heaven from which they

 came1  glad to get back among their    
like1 and pledging themselves that they 
would no longer covet higher things than
 were in agreement with their  life4    
,again1 ,i have seen some let down from 
a higher heaven2 and  these were        
deprived of their wisdom until they no  
longer knew what  their own heaven was4 
,it is otherwise when1 as is often done1
 angels  are raised up by the ,lord out 
of a lower heaven into a higher that    
they may behold its glory2 for then they
 are prepared beforehand1 and  are      
encompassed by intermediate angels1     
through whom they have  communication   
with those they come among4 ,from all   
this it is plain  that the three heavens
 are entirely distinct from each other4 
#cf4 ,those1 however1 who are in the    
same heaven can affiliate with any  who 
are there2 but the delights of such     
affiliation are measured by  the        
kinships of good they have come into2 of
 which more will be said  in the        
following chapters4      #cg4 ,but      

although the heavens are so distinct    
that there can be no  companionship     
between the angels of one heaven and the
 angels of  another1 still the ,lord    
joins all the heavens together by both  
direct  and mediate influx-direct from  
,himself into all the heavens1 and      
mediate from one heaven into another4#a 
,he thus makes the three  heavens to be 
one1 and all to be in such connection   
from the ,first to  the ,last that      
nothing unconnected is possible4        
,whatever is not  connected through     
intermediates with the ,first can have  
no permanent  existence1 but is         
dissipated and becomes nothing4#b       
,footnote #a ,influx from the ,lord is  
direct from ,himself and    also mediate
 through on heaven into another1 and in 
like manner    into man's interiors 7n4 
#fjfc1 #fcjg1 #fdgb1 #ifhb1 #ifhc74     
,direct    influx of the ,divine from   
the ,lord 7n4 #fjeh1 #fdgd-fdgh1 #hgag1 
#hgbh74 ,mediate influx through the     
spiritual world into the    natural     

world 7n4 #djfg1 #fihb1 #fihe1 #fiif74  
,footnote #b ,all things spring from    
things prior to themselves1    thus from
 a ,first1 and in like inner subsist1   
because    subsistence is unceasing     
springing forth2 therefore nothing      
unconnected is possible 7n4 #cfbf-cfbh1 
#cfdh1 #debc1 #debd1 #fjdj1    #fjef74  
#ch4 ,only he who knows how degrees are 
related to ,divine order can  comprehend
 how the heavens are distinct1 or even  
what is meant by the  internal and the  
external man4 ,most men in the world    
have no other  idea of what is interior 
and what is exterior1 or of what is     
higher  and what is lower1 than as      
something continuous1 or coherent by    
continuity1 from purer to grosser4 ,but 
the relation of what is  interior to    
what is exterior is discrete1 not       
continuous4 ,degrees are  of two kinds1 
those that are continuous and those that
 are not4  ,continuous degrees are      
related like the degrees of the waning  
of a  light from its bright blaze to    

darkness1 or like the degrees of the    
decrease of vision from objects in the  
light to those in the shade1  or like   
degrees of purity in the atmosphere from
 bottom to top4 ,these  degrees are     
determined by distance4 #b ,on the other
 hand1 degrees  that are not continuous1
 but discrete1 are distinguished like   
prior  and posterior1 like cause and    
effect1 and like what produces and what 
is produced4 ,whoever looks into the    
matter will see that in each  thing and 
all things in the whole world1 whatever 
they are1 there are  such degrees of    
producing and compounding1 that is1 from
 one a  second1 and from that a third1  
and so on4 #c ,until one has acquired   
for himself a perception of these       
degrees he cannot possibly  understand  
the differences between the heavens1 nor
 between the  interior and exterior     
faculties of man1 nor the differences   
between  the spiritual world and the    
natural world1 nor between the spirit of
  man and his body4 ,so neither can he  

understand the nature and source  of    
correspondences and representations1 or 
the nature of influx4  ,sensual men do  
not apprehend these differences1 for    
they make  increase and decrease1 even  
according to these degrees1 to be       
continuous1 and are therefore unable to 
conceive of what is spiritual  otherwise
 than as a purer natural4 ,and in       
consequence they remain  outside of and 
a great way off from intelligence4#a    
,footnote #a ,things interior and things
 exterior are not    continuous but     
distinct and discrete according to      
degrees1 and    each degree has its     
bounds 7n4 #cfia1 #eaad1 #eade1 #hfjc1  
#ajjii74    ,one thing is formed from   
another1 and the things so formed are   
not continuously purer and grosser 7n4  
#fcbf1 #fdfe74 ,until the    difference 
between what is interior and what is    
exterior    according to such degrees is
 perceived1 neither the internal    and 
external man nor the interior and       
exterior heavens can be    clearly      

understood 7n4 #eadf1 #fdfe1 #ajjii1    
#ajaha74      #ci4 ,finally1 a certain  
arcanum respecting the angels of the    
three  heavens1 which has not hitherto  
come into any one's mind1 because       
degrees have not been understood1 may be
 related4 ,in every angel and  also in  
every man there is an inmost or highest 
degree1 or an inmost  or highest        
something1 into which the ,divine of the
 ,lord primarily or  proximately flows1 
and from which it disposes the other    
interiors in  him that follow in        
accordance with the degrees of order4   
,this inmost  or highest degree may be  
called the entrance of the ,lord to the 
angel  or man1 and ,his veriest         
dwelling-place in them4 ,it is by virtue
 of  this inmost or highest that a man  
is a man1 and is distinguished from     
irrational animals1 for these do not    
have it4 ,from this it is that  man1    
unlike the animals1 is capable1 in      
respect to all his interiors  which     
pertain to his mind and disposition1 of 

being raised up by the  ,lord to        
,himself1 of believing in the ,lord1 of 
being moved by love to  the ,lord1 and  
thereby beholding ,him1 and of receiving
 intelligence  and wisdom1 and speaking 
from reason4 ,also1 it is by virtue of  
this  that he lives to eternity4 ,but   
what is arranged and provided by the    
,lord in this inmost does not distinctly
 flow into the perception of  any angel1
 because it is above his thought and    
transcends his wisdom4      #dj4 ,these 
now are the general truths respecting   
the three heavens2  but in what follows 
each heaven will be particularly treated
 of4        #da4 ,,vi4 ,,the ,,heavens  
,,consist ,,of ,,innumerable            
,,societies4    ,the angels of each     
heaven are not together in one place1   
but are  divided into larger and smaller
 societies in accordance with the       
differences of good of love and of faith
 in which they are1 those who  are in   
like good forming a single society4     
,goods in the heavens are  in infinite  

variety1 and each angel is as it were   
his own good4#a      ,footnote #a ,there
 is infinite variety1 and never any     
thing the    same with any other 7n4    
#gbcf1 #ijjb74 ,so in the heavens there 
is    infinite variety 7n4 #fhd1 #fij1  
#cgdd1 #eeih1 #gbcf74 ,varieties in     
the heavens1 which are infinite1 are    
varieties of good 7n4    #cgdd1 #djje1  
#gbcf1 #ghcc1 #ghcf1 #ijjb74 ,these     
varieties exist    through truths1 which
 are manifold from which is each one's  
good 7n4 #cdgj1 #chjd1 #dadi1 #fiag1    
#gbcf74 ,it is because of this    that  
all the societies in the heavens1 and   
all angels in a    society1 are distinct
 from each other 7n4 #fij1 #cbda1 #ceai1
    #chjd1 #cihf1 #djfg1 #dadi1 #dbfc1  
#gbcf1 #ghcc1 #hcf74 ,nevertheless      
they all make one through love from the 
,lord 7n4 #deg1 #cihf74      #db4       
,moreover1 the angelic societies in the 
heavens are at a distance  from each    
other as their goods differ in general  
and in particular4  ,for in the         

spiritual world the only ground of      
distance is difference  in the state of 
interiors1 thus in the heavens          
difference in the  states of love1 those
 who differ much being far apart1 and   
those who  differ but little being but  
little apart1 and likeness causing them 
to be together4#a      ,footnote #a ,all
 the societies of heaven have a constant
    position in accordance with the     
differences of their state of    life1  
thus in accordance with the differences 
of love and faith    7n4 #abgd1 #cfch1  
#cfci74 ,wonderful things in the other  
life1 that    is1 in the spiritual      
world1 respecting distance1 situation1  
place space and time 7n4 #abgc-abgg74   
#dc4 ,all who are in the same society   
are arranged in like manner in  respect 
to each other2 those who are more       
perfect1 that is1 who excel  in good1   
thus in love1 wisdom1 and intelligence1 
being in the middle2  those who are less
 pre-eminent being round about at a     
distance in  accordance with the        

decrease of their perfection4 ,the      
arrangement is  like light diminishing  
from the middle to the circumference1   
those  who are in the middle being in   
the greatest light1 and those towards   
the circumference in less and less4     
#dd4 ,like are drawn spontaneously as it
 were to their like2 for with  their    
like they are as if with their own and  
at home1 but with others  they are as if
 with strangers and abroad2 also when   
with their like  they are in their      
freedom1 and consequently in every      
delight of life4      #de4 ,all this    
makes clear that all in the heavens are 
affiliated by  good1 and are            
distinguished according to the quality  
of the good4  ,nevertheless it is not   
the angels who thus affiliate           
themselves1 but  the ,lord1 from whom   
the good is4 ,the ,lord leads them1     
conjoins and  separates them1 and       
preserves them in freedom proportionate 
to their  good4 ,thus ,he holds everyone
 in the life of his love and faith1 of  

his intelligence and wisdom1 and the    
resulting happiness4#a      ,footnote #a
 ,all freedom pertains to love and      
affection1 since    what a man loves1   
that he does freely 7n4 #bhgj1 #caeh1   
#hihg1    #hiij1 #ieee1 #ieia74 ,because
 freedom pertains to love everyone's    
life and delight is therefrom 7n4       
#bhgc74 ,nothing appears as    one's    
own1 except what is from his freedom 7n4
 #bhhj74 ,the    veriest freedom is to  
be led by the ,lord1 because one is thus
    led by the love of good and truth   
7n4 #hib1 #ije1 #bhgb1 #bhhf1           
#bhij-bhib1 #ijif1 #iehf-ieia74         
#df4 ,again1 all who are in like good1  
even though they have never seen  each  
other before1 know each other1 just as  
men in the world do their  kinsmen1 near
 relations1 and friends2 and for the    
reason that in the  other life there are
 none but spiritual kinships1           
relationships1 and  friendships1 thus   
such as spring from love and faith4#a   
,this it has  sometimes been granted me 

to see1 when ,i have been in the spirit1
 and  thus withdrawn from the body1 and 
in the society of angels4 ,some of      
those ,i then saw seemed as if ,i had   
known them from childhood1 but  others  
as if not known at all4 ,those whom ,i  
seemed to have known from  childhood    
were such as were in a state similar to 
that of my spirit2  but those who seemed
 unknown were in a dissimilar state4    
,footnote #a ,all nearness1             
relationship1 connections1 and as it    
were ties of blood1 in heaven are from  
good and in accordance    with its      
agreements and differences 7n4 #fhe1    
#iag1 #acid1 #bgci1    #cfab1 #chae1    
#daba74      #dg4 ,all who form the same
 angelic society resemble each other in 
countenance in a general way1 but not in
 particulars4 ,how these  general       
resemblances are related to differences 
in particulars can in  some measure be  
seen from like things in the world4 ,it 
is well known  that with every race     
there is a certain general resemblance  

of face  and eyes1 by which it is known 
and distinguished from all other  races4
 ,this is still more true of different  
families4 ,in the heavens  this is much 
more fully the case1 because there all  
the interior  affections appear in and  
shine forth from the face1 for there the
  face is the external and              
representative form of those affections4
 ,no  one there can have any other face 
than that of his own affection4 ,it  was
 also shown how this general likeness is
 varied in particulars  with individuals
 in the same society4 ,a face like an   
angel's appeared  to me1 and this was   
varied in accordance with such          
affections for  good and truth as are in
 those who belong to a single society4  
,these  changes went on for a long time1
 and ,i noticed that the same face in   
general continued as a ground work1 all 
besides being what was  derived and     
produced from that4 ,thus by means of   
this face the  affections of the whole  
society were exhibited1 whereby the     

faces of  those in it are varied4 ,for1 
as has been said above1 the faces of    
angels are the forms of their interiors1
 thus of the affections that  belong to 
their love and faith4      #dh4 ,from   
this it also comes to pass that an angel
 who excels in  wisdom instantly sees   
the quality of another from his face4   
,in heaven  no one can conceal his      
interiors by his expression1 or feign1  
or  really deceive and mislead by craft 
or hypocrisy4 ,there are  hypocrites who
 are experts in disguising their        
interiors and  fashioning their         
exteriors into the form of that good in 
which those  are who belong to a        
society1 and who thus make themselves   
appear  angels of light2 and these      
sometimes insinuate themselves into a   
society2 but they cannot stay there     
long1 for they begin to suffer  inward  
pain and torture1 to grow livid in the  
face1 and to become as  it were         
lifeless4 ,these changes arise from the 
contrariety of the  life that flows in  

and affects them4 ,therefore they       
quickly cast  themselves down into hell 
where their like are1 and no longer want
 to  ascend4 ,these are such as are     
meant by the man found among the        
invited guests at the feast not clothed 
with a wedding garment1 who  was cast   
out into outer darkness 7,matt4 #bb3aa1 
seq474      #di4 ,all the societies of  
heaven have communication with one      
another1  though not by open            
interaction2 for few go out of their own
 society  into another1 since going out 
of their own society is like going away 
from themselves or from their own life1 
and passing into another life  which is 
less congenial4 ,but all the societies  
communicate by an  extension of the     
sphere that goes forth from the life of 
each4 ,this  sphere of the life is the  
sphere of the affections of love and    
faith4  ,this sphere extends itself far 
and wide into the surrounding           
societies1 and farther and wider in     
proportion as the affections are  the   

more interior and perfect4#a ,in the    
measure of that extension do  the angels
 have intelligence and wisdom4 ,those   
that are in the inmost  heaven and in   
the middle of it have extension into the
 entire  heavens2 thus there is a       
sharing of all in heaven with each one1 
and  of each one with all4#b ,but this  
extension will be considered more  fully
 hereafter1 where the form of heaven in 
accord with which the  angelic societies
 are arranged1 and also the wisdom and  
intelligence  of angels1 will be treated
 of1 for in accordance with that form   
all  extension of affections and        
thoughts proceeds4      ,footnote #a ,a 
spiritual sphere1 which is the sphere of
 life    flows out from every man1      
spirit1 and angel1 and encompasses      
them 7n4 #ddfd1 #eagi1 #gded1 #efcj74   
,it flows forth from the life    of     
their affection and thought 7n4 #bdei1  
#ddfd1 #fbjf74 ,these    spheres extend 
themselves far into angelic societies in
    accordance with the quality and     

quantity of their good 7n4              
#feih-ffab1 #hjfc1 #egid1 #egig74       
,footnote #b ,in the heavens a sharing  
of all goods is possible    because     
heavenly love shares with another       
everything that is    its own 7n4 #edi1 
#eej1 #acij1 #acia1 #acii1 #ajacj1      
#ajgbc74      #ej4 ,it has been said    
above that in the heavens there are     
larger and  smaller societies4 ,the     
larger consist of myriads of angels1 the
  smaller of some thousands1 and the    
least of some hundreds4 ,there are  also
 some that dwell apart1 house by house  
as it were1 and family by  family4      
,although these live in this scattered  
way1 they are arranged  in order like   
those who live in societies1 the wiser  
in the middle  and the more simple in   
the borders4 ,such are more closely     
under the  ,divine auspices of the      
,lord1 and are the best of the angels4  
#ea4 ,,vii4 ,,each ,,society ,,is ,a    
,,heaven ,,in ,a ,,smaller ,,form1 ,,and
 ,,each ,,angel  ,,in ,,the ,,smallest  

,,form4    ,each society is a heaven in 
a smaller form1 and each angel in the   
smallest form1 because it is the good of
 love and of faith that makes  heaven1  
and this good is in each society of     
heaven and in each angel  of a society4 
,it does not matter that this good      
everywhere differs  and varies1 it is   
still the good of heaven2 and there is  
no  difference except that heaven has   
one quality here and another there4  ,so
 when any one is raised up into any     
society of heaven he is said to  come   
into heaven2 and those who are there are
 said to be in heaven1  and each one in 
his own4 ,this is known to all in the   
other life2  consequently those standing
 outside of or beneath heaven1 when they
  see at a distance companies of angels1
 say that heaven is in this or  that    
place4 ,it is comparatively like civil  
and military officers and  attendants in
 a royal palace or castle1 who1 although
 dwelling apart  in their own quarters  
or chambers above and below1 are yet in 

the  same palace or castle1 each in his 
own position in the royal service4      
,this makes evident the meaning of the  
,lord's words1 that3         ,in ,his   
,father's house are many abiding places 
7,john #ad3b72    also what is meant by 
the dwelling-places of heaven1 and the  
heavens  of heavens1 in the prophets4   
#eb4 ,that each society is a heaven in a
 smaller form can be seen from  this    
also1 that each society there has a     
heavenly form like that of  heaven as a 
whole4 ,in the whole heavens those who  
are superior to the  rest are in the    
middle1 with the less excellent round   
about in a  decreasing order even to the
 borders 7as stated in a preceding      
chapter1 n4 #dc74 ,it can be seen also  
from this1 that the ,lord directs  all  
in the whole heaven as if they were a   
single angel2 and the same  is true of  
all in each society2 and as a           
consequence an entire  angelic society  
sometimes appears in angelic form like a
 single  angel1 as ,i have been         

permitted by the ,lord to see4          
,moreover1 when  the ,lord appears in   
the midst of the angels ,he does not    
appear as one  surrounded by many1 but  
the appearance is as a one1 in an       
angelic  form4 ,this is why the ,lord is
 called an angel in the ,word1 and why  
an entire society is so called4         
,michael1 ,gabriel1 and ,raphael  are no
 other than angelic societies so named  
from their function4#a      ,footnote #a
 ,in the ,word the ,lord is called an   
angel 7n4 #fbhj1    #fhca1 #haib1       
#icjc74 ,a whole angelic society is     
called an angel1    and ,michael and    
,raphael are angelic societies1 so      
called from    their functions 7n4      
#haib74 ,the societies of heaven and the
    angels have no names1 but are       
distinguished by the quality of    their
 good1 and by the idea of it 7n4 #agje1 
#aged74      #ec4 ,as an entire society 
is a heaven in a smaller form1 so an    
angel  is a heaven in the smallest form4
 ,for heaven is not outside of the      

angel1 but is within him1 since the     
interior things which belong to  his    
mind are arranged into the form of      
heaven1 thus for the reception  of all  
things of heaven that are outside of    
him4 ,these also he  receives according 
to the quality of the good that is in   
him from the  ,lord4 ,it is from this   
that an angel is a heaven4      #ed4 ,it
 can in no sense be said that heaven is 
outside of any one2 it  is within him4  
,for it is in accordance with the heaven
 that is within  him that each angel    
receives the heaven that is outside of  
him4 ,this  makes clear how greatly     
misled is he who believes that to come  
into  heaven is simply to be taken up   
among angels1 without regard to what    
one's interior life may be1 thus that   
heaven is granted to each one  by mercy 
apart from means2#a when1 in fact1      
unless heaven is within  one1 nothing of
 the heaven that is outside can flow in 
and be  received4 ,there are many       
spirits who have this idea4 ,because of 

this  belief they have been taken up    
into heaven2 but when they came there1  
because their interior life was contrary
 to the angelic life1 their             
intellectual faculties began to be      
blinded until they became like  fools2  
and they began to be tortured in their  
voluntary faculties  until they became  
like madmen4 ,in a word1 if those that  
have lived  wickedly come into heaven   
they gasp for breath and writhe about1  
like  fishes out of water in the air1 or
 like animals in ether in an  airpump   
when the air has been exhausted4 ,from  
this it can be seen  that heaven is not 
outside of a man1 but within him4#b     
,footnote #a ,heaven is not granted from
 mercy apart from means1    but in      
accordance with the life2 yet everything
 of the life by    which man is led to  
heaven by the ,lord belongs to mercy2   
this    is what is meant by mercy 7n4   
#ejeg1 #ajfei74 ,if heaven were         
granted from mercy apart from means it  
would be granted to all    7n4 #bdja74  

,about some evil spirits cast down from 
heaven who    believed that heaven was  
granted to everyone from mercy apart    
from means 7n4 #dbbf74      ,footnote #b
 ,heaven is in man 7n4 #chhd74      #ee4
 ,as everyone receives the heaven that  
is outside of him in  accordance with   
the quality of the heaven that is within
 him1 so in  like manner does everyone  
receive the ,lord1 since it is the      
,divine of  the ,lord that makes heaven4
 ,and for this reason when the ,lord    
becomes  manifestly present in any      
society ,his appearance there is in     
accord  with the quality of the good in 
which the society is1 thus not the  same
 in one society as in another4 ,this    
diversity is not in the ,lord2  it is in
 the angels who behold ,him from their  
own good1 and thus in  accordance with  
their good4 ,and they are affected by   
,his appearance  in accordance with the 
quality of their love1 those who love   
,him  inmostly being inmostly affected1 
and those who love ,him less being  less

 affected2 while the evil who are       
outside of heaven are tortured  by ,his 
presence4 ,when the ,lord is seen in any
 society ,he is seen as  an angel1 but  
is distinguished from others by the     
,divine that shines  through4      #ef4 
,again1 heaven is where the ,lord is    
acknowledged1 believed in1 and  loved4  
,variety in worship of the ,lord from   
the variety of good in  different       
societies is not harmful1 but           
beneficial1 for the  perfection of      
heaven is therefrom4 ,this can scarcely 
be made clear to  the comprehension     
without employing terms that are in     
common use in  the learned world1 and   
showing by means of these how unity1    
that it  may be perfect1 must be formed 
from variety4 ,every whole exists from  
various parts1 since a whole without    
constituents is not anything2 it  has no
 form1 and therefore no quality4 ,but   
when a whole exists from  various parts1
 and the various parts are in a perfect 
form1 in which  each attaches itself    

like a congenial friend to another in   
series1  then the quality is perfect4   
,so heaven is a whole from various parts
  arranged in a most perfect form1 for  
the heavenly form is the most  perfect  
of all forms4 ,that this is the ground  
of all perfection is  evident from the  
nature of all beauty1 agreeableness and 
delight1 by  which the senses and the   
mind are affected2 for these qualities  
spring and flow from no other source    
than the concert and harmony of  many   
concordant and congenial parts1 either  
coexisting in order or  following in    
order1 and never from a whole without   
many parts4 ,from  this is the saying   
that variety gives delight2 and the     
nature of  variety1 as is known1 is what
 determines the delight4 ,from all this 
it can be seen as in a mirror how       
perfection comes from variety even  in  
heaven4 ,for from the things that exist 
in the natural world the  things of the 
spiritual world can be seen as in a     
mirror4#a      ,footnote #a ,every whole

 is from the harmony and concert of     
many parts4 ,otherwise it has no quality
 7n4 #deg74 ,from this the    entire    
heaven is a whole 7n4 #deg74 ,and for   
the reason that all    there have regard
 to one end1 which is the ,lord 7n4     
#ihbh74      #eg4 ,what has been said of
 heaven may be said also of the church1 
for  the church is the ,lord's heaven on
 earth4 ,there are also many  churches1 
each one of which is called a church1   
and so far as the  good of love and     
faith reigns therein is a church4 ,here1
 too1 the  ,lord out of various parts   
forms a unity1 that is1 one church out  
of  many churches4#a ,and the like may  
be said of the man of the church  in    
particular that is said of the church in
 general1 namely1 that the  church is   
within man and not outside of him2 and  
that every man is a  church in whom the 
,lord is present in the good of love and
 of  faith4#b ,again1 the same may be   
said of a man that has the church in    
him as of an angel that has heaven in   

him1 namely1 that he is a  church in the
 smallest form1 as an angel is a heaven 
in the smallest  form2 and furthermore  
that a man that has the church in him1  
equally  with an angel1 is a heaven4    
,for man was created that he might come 
into heaven and become an angel2        
consequently he that has good from  the 
,lord is a man-angel4#c ,what man has in
 common with an angel and  what he has  
in contrast with angels may be          
mentioned4 ,it is granted  to man1      
equally with the angel1 to have his     
interiors conformed to  the image of    
heaven1 and to become1 so far as he is  
in the good of  love and faith1 an image
 of heaven4 ,but it is granted to man   
and not  to angels to have his exteriors
 conform to the image of the world2  and
 so far as he is in good to have the    
world in him subordinated to  heaven and
 made to serve heaven4#d ,and then the  
,lord is present in  him both in the    
world and in heaven just as if he were  
in his heaven4  ,for the ,lord is in    

,his ,divine order in both worlds1 since
 ,god is  order4#e      ,footnote #a ,if
 good were the characteristic and       
essential of    the church1 and not     
truth apart from good1 the church would 
be    one 7n4 #abee1 #acaf1 #bieb1      
#cbfg1 #cdde1 #cdea4 #cdeb74 ,from good 
all churches make one church before the 
,lord 7n4 #gcif1 #ibgf74      ,footnote 
#b ,the church is in man1 and not       
outside of him1 and    the church in    
general is made up of men that have the 
church in    them 7n4 #chhd #ffcg74     
,footnote #c ,a man who is a church is a
 heaven in the smallest    form after   
the image of the greatest1 because his  
interiors1    which belong to his mind1 
are arranged after the form of          
heaven1 and consequently for reception  
of all things of heaven    7n4 #iaa1    
#aijj1 #aibh1 #cfbd-cfca1 #cfcd1 #chhd1 
#djda1 #dbgi1 #debc1    #debd1 #dfbe1   
#fjac1 #fjeg #ibgi1 #ifcb74             
,footnote #d ,man has an internal and an
 external2 hid internal    is formed by 

creation after the image of heaven1 and 
his    external after the image of the  
world2 and for this reason man    was   
called by the ancients a microcosm 7n4  
#cfbh1 #debc1 #debd1    #eaae1 #ecfh1   
#fjac1 #fjeg1 #ibgi1 #igjf1 #ajaef1     
#ajdgb74 ,therefore    man was created  
to have the world in him serve heaven1  
and this    takes place with the good2  
but it is the reverse with the evil1    
in whom heaven serves the world 7n4     
#ibgh1 #ibhc74      ,footnote #e ,the   
,lord is order1 since the ,divine good  
and truth    that go forth from the     
,lord make order 7n4 #agbh1 #aiai1      
#bjaa1    #bbeh1 #eaaj1 #egjc1 #hihh1   
#ajccf1 #ajfai74 ,divine truths are laws
    of order 7n4 #bddg1 #giie74 ,so far 
as a man lives according to    order1   
that is1 so far as he lives in good in  
accordance with    ,divine truths1 he is
 a man1 and the church and heaven are in
    him 7n4 #dhci1 #ffje1 #heac1 #hedg74
      #eh4 ,finally it should be said   
that he who has heaven in himself has   

it not only in the largest or most      
general things pertaining to him  but   
also in every least or particular thing1
 and that these least  things repeat in 
an image the greatest4 ,this comes from 
the fact that  everyone is his own love1
 and is such as his ruling love is4     
,that  which reigns flows into the      
particulars and arranges them1 and every
  where induces a likeness of itself4#a 
,in the heavens love to the  ,lord is   
the ruling love1 for there the ,lord is 
loved above all  things4 ,hence the     
,lord there is the ,all-in-all1 flowing 
into all and  each1 arranging them1     
clothing them with a likeness of        
,himself1 and  making it to be heaven   
wherever ,he is4 ,this is what makes an 
angel to  be a heaven in the smallest   
form1 a society to be a heaven in a     
larger form1 and all the societies taken
 together a heaven in the  largest form4
 ,that the ,divine of the ,lord is what 
makes heaven1 and  that ,he is the      
,all-in-all1 may be seen above 7n4      

#g-ab74      ,footnote #a ,the ruling or
 dominant love with everyone is in      
each thing and all things of his life1  
thus in each thing and    all things of 
his thought and will 7n4 #faei1 #gfdh1  
#hjfg1 #hhec74    ,man is such as is the
 ruling quality of his life 7n4 #ihg1   
#ajdj1    #aefh1 #cegj1 #fega1 #fice1   
#fich1 #hhec-hheh1 #ajjgf1 #ajaji1      
#ajaaj1    #ajbhd74 ,when love and faith
 rule they are in all the    particulars
 of man's life1 although he does not    
know it 7n4    #hhed1 #hhfd1 #hhfe74    
#ei4 ,,viii4 ,,all ,,heaven ,,in ,,the  
,,aggregate ,,reflects ,a ,,single      
,,man4    ,that heaven in its whole     
complex reflects a single man is an     
arcanum  hitherto unknown in the world1 
but fully recognized in the heavens4    
,to know this and the specific and      
particular things relating to it is  the
 chief thing in the intelligence of the 
angels there1 and on it  many things    
depend which without it as their general
 principle would  not enter distinctly  

and clearly into the ideas of their     
minds4  ,knowing that all the heavens   
with their societies reflect a single   
man they call heaven the ,greatest ,man 
and the ,divine ,man2#a--;,divine       
because it is the ,divine of the ,lord  
that makes heaven 7see above1  n4       
#g-ab74      ,footnote #a ,heaven in the
 whole complex appears in form like a   
man1 and for this reason heaven is      
called the ,greatest ,man 7n4    #biif1 
#biih1 #cfbd-cfdi1 #cgda-cgde1 #dfbe74  
#fj4 ,that into such a form and image   
celestial and spiritual things  are     
arranged and joined cannot be seen by   
those who have no right  idea of        
spiritual and heavenly things4 ,such    
think that the earthy and  material     
things of which man's outmost nature is 
composed are what  makes the man2 and   
that apart from these man is not a man4 
,but let  them know that it is not from 
these that man is a man1 but from his   
ability to understand what is true and  
to will what is good4 ,such             

understanding and willing are the       
spiritual and celestial things of  which
 man is made4 ,moreover1 it is known    
that everyone's quality is  determined  
by the quality of his understanding and 
will2 and it can  also be known that his
 earthly body is formed to serve the    
understanding and the will in the world1
 and to skillfully accomplish  their    
uses in the outmost sphere of nature4   
,for this reason the body  by itself can
 do nothing1 but is moved always in     
entire subservience  to the bidding of  
the understanding and will1 even to the 
extent that  whatever a man thinks he   
speaks with his tongue and lips1 and    
whatever he wills he does with his body 
and limbs1 and thus the  understanding  
and the will are what act1 while the    
body by itself  does nothing4           
,evidently1 then1 the things of the     
understanding and  will are what make   
man2 and as these act into the minutest 
particulars of the body1 as what is     
internal into what is external1  they   

must be in a like form1 and on this     
account man is called an  internal or   
spiritual man4 ,heaven is such a man in 
its greatest and  most perfect form4    
#fa4 ,such being the angelic idea of    
man1 the angels give no thought to  what
 a man does with his body1 but only to  
the will from which the  body acts4     
,this they call the man himself1 and the
 understanding they  call the man so far
 as it acts in unison with the will4#a  
,footnote #a ,the will of man is the    
very being esse of his    life1 and his 
understanding is the outgo existere of  
his life    therefrom 7n4 #cfai1 #ejjb1 
#ibhb74 ,the chief life of man is the   
life of his will1 and from that the life
 of the understanding    proceeds 7n4   
#ehe1 #eij1 #cfai1 #gcdb1 #hhhe1 #ibhb1 
#ajjgf1 #ajaji1    #ajaaj74 ,man is man 
by virtue of his will and his           
understanding    therefrom 7n4 #hiaa1   
#ijfi1 #ijga1 #ajjgf1 #ajaji1 #ajaaj74  
#fb4 ,the angels1 it is true1 do not see
 heaven in its whole complex in  the    

human form1 for heaven as a whole does  
not come within view of  any angel2 but 
remote societies1 consisting of many    
thousands of  angels1 they sometimes see
 as a one in the human form2 and from a 
society1 as from a part1 they draw their
 conclusion as to the  general1 which is
 heaven4 ,for in the most perfect form  
generals are  like the parts1 and parts 
are like the generals1 with simply such 
a  difference as there is between like  
things of greater or less  magnitude2   
consequently1 the angels say that since 
the ,divine from  what is inmost or     
highest sees all things1 so in the      
,lord's sight  heaven as a whole must be
 in the human form4      #fc4 ,heaven   
being such1 it is ruled by the ,lord as 
a single man is  ruled1 thus as a one4  
,for although man1 as we know1 consists 
of an  innumerable variety of parts1 not
 only as a whole but also in each       
part-as a whole1 of members1 organs1 and
 viscera2 and in each part1  of series  
of fibers1 nerves1 and blood-vessels1   

thus of members  within members1 and of 
parts within parts-nevertheless1 when he
 acts  he acts as a single man4 ,such   
likewise is heaven under the auspices   
and direction of the ,lord4      #fd4   
,so many different things in man act as 
a one1 because there is no  least thing 
in him that does not do something for   
the general welfare  and perform some   
use4 ,the general performs a use for its
 parts1 and  the parts for the general1 
for the general is composed of the parts
  and the parts constitute the general2 
therefore they provide for each  other1 
have regard for each other1 and are     
joined together in such a  form that    
each thing and all things have reference
 to the general and  its good2 thus it  
is that they act as one4 #b ,in the     
heavens there  are like affiliations4   
,those there are conjoined according to 
uses in  a like form2 and consequently  
those who do not perform uses for the   
common good are cast out of heaven as   
something heterogeneous4 ,to  perform   

use is to will well to others for the   
sake of the common  good2 but to will   
well to others not for the sake of the  
common good  but for the sake of self is
 not to perform use4 ,these latter are  
such  as love themselves supremely1     
while the former are such as love the   
,lord supremely4 ,thence it is that     
those who are in heaven act as a  one2  
and this they do from the ,lord1 not    
from themselves1 for they  look to ,him 
as the ,only ,one1 the source of all    
things1 and they  regard ,his kingdom as
 the general1 the good of which is to be
 sought4  ,this is what is meant by the 
,lord's words1         ,seek ye first   
the kingdom of ,god and ,his            
righteousness1       and all things     
shall be added unto you 7,matt4 #f3cc74 
,to seek ,his righteousness means to    
seek ,his good4#a #c ,those who  in the 
world love their country's good more    
than their own1 and their  neighbor's   
good as their own1 are they who in the  
other life love and  seek the ,lord's   

kingdom2 for there the ,lord's kingdom  
takes the place  of country2 and those  
who love doing good to others1 not with 
self as  an end but with good as an end1
 love the neighbor2 for in heaven good  
is the neighbor4#b ,all such are in the 
,greatest ,man1 that is1  heaven4       
,footnote #a ,in the ,wood righteousness
 is predicated of good1    and judgment 
of truth2 therefore to do righteousness 
and    judgment is to do what is good   
and true 7n4 #bbce1 #iheg74             
,footnote #b ,in the highest sense the  
,lord is the neighbor2    consequently  
to love the ,lord is to love that which 
is from    ,him1 that is to love good   
and truth because the ,lord is in       
everything that is from ,him 7n4 #bdbe1 
#cdai1 #fgjf1 #fgaa #fhai1    #fhbc1    
#habc74 ,therefore all good that is from
 the ,lord is the    neighbor1 and to   
will and do that good is to love the    
neighbor    7n4 #ejbh1 #ajccf74         
#fe4 ,as the whole heaven reflects a    
single man1 and is a ,divine  spiritual 

man in the largest form1 even in figure1
 so heaven like a  man is arranged into 
members and parts1 and these are        
similarly  named4 ,moreover1 angels know
 in what member this or that society is4
  ,this society1 they say1 is in a      
certain part or province of the head1   
that in a certain part or province of   
the breast1 that in a certain  part or  
province of the loins1 and so on4 ,in   
general1 the highest or  third heaven   
forms the head down to the neck2 the    
middle or second  heaven forms the      
breast down to the loins and knees2 the 
lowest or  first heaven forms the feet  
down to the soles1 and also the arms    
down  to the fingers4 ,for the arms and 
hands belong to the lowest parts of     
man1 although at the sides4 ,from this  
again it is plain why there are  three  
heavens4      #ff4 ,the spirits that are
 beneath heaven are greatly astonished  
when  they hear that heaven is not only 
above but below1 for they have a  like  
faith and opinion as men in the world1  

that heaven is nowhere  but above1 for  
they do not know that the arrangement of
 the heavens  is like the arrangement of
 the members1 organs1 and viscera in    
man1  some of which are above and some  
below2 or like the arrangement of  the  
parts in each of the members1 organs1   
and viscera1 some of which  are within  
and some without4 ,hence their confused 
notions about  heaven4      #fg4 ,these 
things about heaven as the ,greatest    
,man are set forth1  because what       
follows in regard to heaven cannot be at
 all  comprehended until these things   
are known1 neither can there be any     
clear idea of the form of heaven1 of the
 conjunction of the ,lord with  heaven1 
of the conjunction of heaven with man1  
of the influx of the  spiritual world   
into the natural1 or any idea at all of 
correspondence-subjects to be treated of
 in their proper order in  what now     
follows4 ,to throw some light on these  
subjects1 therefore1  the above has been
 premised4        #fh4 ,,ix4 ,,each     

,,society ,,in ,,heaven ,,reflects ,a   
,,single ,,man4    ,i have frequently   
been permitted to see that each society 
of heaven  reflects a single man1 and is
 in the likeness of a man4 ,there was a 
society into which several had          
insinuated themselves who knew how to   
counterfeit angels of light4 ,these were
 hypocrites4 ,when these were  being    
separated from the angels ,i saw that   
the entire society  appeared at first   
like a single indistinct body1 then by  
degrees in a  human form1 but still     
indistinctly1 and at last clearly as a  
man4  ,those that were in that man and  
made up the man were such as were in    
the good of that society2 the others who
 were not in the man and did  not make  
up the man were hypocrites2 these were  
cast out and the  former were retained2 
and thus a separation was effected4     
,hypocrites  are such as talk well and  
also do well1 but have regard to        
themselves  in everything4 ,they talk as
 angels do about the ,lord1 heaven1     

love1  and heavenly life1 and also act  
rightly1 so that they may appear to  be 
what they profess to be4 ,but their     
thinking is different2 they  believe    
nothing2 and they wish good to none but 
themselves4 ,their  doing good is for   
the sake of self1 or if for the sake of 
others it  is only for the appearance1  
and thus still for the sake of self4    
#fi4 ,i have also been permitted to see 
that an entire angelic society1  where  
the ,lord is visibly present1 appears as
 a one in the human  form4 ,there       
appeared on high towards the east       
something like a cloud1  from glowing   
white becoming red1 and with little     
stars round about1  which was           
descending2 and as it gradually         
descended it became  brighter1 and at   
last appeared in a perfect human form4  
,the little  stars round about the cloud
 were angels1 who so appeared by virtue 
of  light from the ,lord4      #gj4 ,it 
must be understood that although all in 
a heavenly society  when seen together  

as one appear in the likeness of a man2 
yet no one  society is just such a man  
as another4 ,societies differ from one  
another like the faces of different     
individuals of the same family1  for the
 reason given above 7n4 #dg71 that is1  
they differ in  accordance with the     
varieties of good in which they are and 
which  determines their form4 ,the      
societies of the inmost or highest      
heaven1  and in the center there1 are   
those that appear in the most perfect   
and beautiful human form4      #ga4 ,it 
is worthy of mention that the greater   
the number in any  society in heaven and
 the more these make a one1 the more    
perfect is  its human form1 for variety 
arranged in a heavenly form is what     
constitutes perfection1 as has been     
shown above 7n4 #ef71 and number  gives 
variety4 ,moreover1 every society of    
heaven increases in number  daily1 and  
as it increases it becomes more perfect4
 ,thus not only the  society becomes    
more perfect1 but also heaven in        

general1 because it  is made up of      
societies4 ,as heaven gains in          
perfection by increase of  numbers1 it  
is evident how mistaken those are who   
believe that heaven  may be closed by   
becoming full2 for the opposite is true1
 that it  will never be closed1 but is  
perfected by greater and greater        
fullness4 ,therefore1 the angels desire 
nothing so much as to have new  angel   
guests come to them4      #gb4 ,each    
society1 when it appears as one whole is
 in the form of a  man1 for the reason  
that heaven as a whole has that form 7as
 has been  shown in the preceding       
chapter72 moreover1 in the most perfect 
form1  such as the form of heaven is1   
there is a likeness of the parts to  the
 whole1 and of lesser forms to the      
greatest4 ,the lesser forms and  parts  
of heaven are the societies of which it 
consists1 which are  also heavens in    
lesser form 7see #ea-eh74 ,this likeness
 is perpetual  because in the heavens   
the goods of all are from a single love1

 that  is1 from a single origin4 ,the   
single love1 which is the origin of the 
good of all in heaven1 is love to the   
,lord from the ,lord4 ,it is from  this 
that the entire heaven in general1 each 
society less generally1  and each angel 
in particular1 is a likeness of the     
,lord1 as has been  shown above 7n4     
#eh74        #gc4 ,x4 ,,therefore       
,,every ,,angel ,,is ,,in ,a ,,complete 
,,human ,,form4    ,in the two preceding
 chapters it has been shown that heaven 
in its  whole complex1 and likewise each
 society in heaven1 reflects a single   
man4 ,from the sequence of reasons there
 set forth it follows that  this is     
equally true of each angel4 ,as heaven  
is a man in largest  form1 and a society
 of heaven in a less form1 so is an     
angel in  least4 ,for in the most       
perfect form1 such as the form of heaven
 is1  there is a likeness of the whole  
in the part and of the part in the      
whole4 ,this is so for the reason that  
heaven is a common sharing1 for  it     

shares all it has with each one1 and    
each one receives all he has  from that 
sharing4 ,because an angel is thus a    
recipient he is a  heaven in least form1
 as shown above in its chapter2 and a   
man also1  so far as he receives heaven1
 is a recipient1 a heaven1 and an angel 
7see above1 n4 #eg74 ,this is thus      
described in the ,apocalypse3           
,he measured the wall of the holy       
,jerusalem1 a hundred and       forty   
and four cubits1 the measure of a man1  
which is that       of an angel         
7#ba3ag74    ,jerusalem means here the  
,lord's church1 and in a more eminent   
sense1 heaven2#a the wall means truth1  
which is a defence against  the assault 
of falsities and evils2#b a hundred and 
forty and four  means all goods and     
truths in the complex2#c measure means  
what a  thing is1#d a man means one in  
whom are goods and truths in  general   
and in particular1 thus in whom is      
heaven4 ,and as it is from  this that an
 angel is a man1 it is said the measure 

of a man1 which  is that of an angel4   
,this is the spiritual meaning of these 
words4  ,without that meaning how could 
it be seen that the wall of the ,holy   
,jerusalem is the measure of a man1     
which is that of an angel8#e            
,footnote #a ,jerusalem means the church
 7n4 #djb1 #cfed1 #iaff74      ,footnote
 #b ,the wall means truth defending     
against the    assault of falsities and 
evils 7n4 #fdai74      ,footnote #c     
,twelve means all truths and goods in   
the complex    7n4 #egg1 #bjhi1 #babi1  
#bacj1 #cbgb1 #cheh1 #ciac74 ,likewise  
seventy-two1 and a hundred and          
forty-four1 since this comes    from    
twelve multiplied into itself 7n4       
#gigc74 ,all numbers in    the ,word    
signify things 7n4 #dhb1 #dhg1 #fdg1    
#fdh1 #gee1 #hac1 #aifc1    #aihh1      
#bjge1 #bbeb1 #cbeb1 #dbfd1 #ddie1      
#ebfe74 ,multiplied numbers    have a   
like signification as the simple numbers
 from which they    arise by            
multiplication 7n4 #ebia1 #ecce1 #egjh1 

#gigc74      ,footnote #d ,measure in   
the ,word signifies the quality of a    
thing in respect to truth and good 7n4  
#cajd1 #ifjc74      ,footnote #e ,in    
regard to the spiritual or internal     
sense of    the ,word see the           
explanation of ,the ,white ,horse in the
    ,apocalypse1 and the ,appendix to   
,the ,heavenly ,doctrine4      #gd4 ,let
 us now turn to experience4 ,that angels
 are human forms1 or  men1 has been seen
 by me a thousand times4 ,i have talked 
with them as  man with man1 sometimes   
with one1 sometimes with many together2 
and ,i  have seen nothing whatever in   
their form different from the human     
form2 and have occasionally been        
surprised to find them such4 ,and  that 
this might not be said to be a delusion 
or a vision of fancy1 ,i  have been     
permitted to see angels when fully awake
 or in possession  of all my bodily     
senses1 and in a state of clear         
perception4 ,and ,i  have often told    
them that men in the ,christian world   

are in such  blind ignorance in regard  
to angels and spirits as to believe them
 to  be minds without form1 even pure   
thoughts1 of which they have no idea    
except as something ethereal in which   
there is some vitality4 ,and as  they   
thus ascribe to angels nothing human    
except a thinking faculty1  they believe
 that having no eyes they do not see1   
having no ears they  do not hear1 and   
having no mouth or tongue they do not   
speak4 #b ,to  this the angels replied  
that they are aware that such a belief  
is  held by many in the world1 and is   
prevalent among the learned1 and to     
their surprise1 even among the clergy4  
,the reason1 they said1 is that  the    
learned1 who were the leaders and who   
first concocted such an  idea of angels 
and spirits1 conceived of them from the 
sense-conceptions of the external man2  
and those who think from  these1 and not
 from interior light and from the       
general idea  implanted in everyone1    
must needs fabricate such notions1 since

 the  sense-conceptions of the external 
man take in only what belongs to        
nature1 and nothing above nature1 thus  
nothing whatever of the  spiritual      
world4#a ,from these leaders as guides  
this falsity of  thought about angels   
extended to others who did not think    
from  themselves but adopted the        
thoughts of their leaders2 and those who
  first take their thoughts from others 
and make that thought their  belief1 and
 then view it with their own            
understanding1 cannot easily  recede    
from it1 and are therefore in most cases
 satisfied with  confirming it4 #c ,the 
angels said1 furthermore1 that the      
simple in  faith and heart have no such 
idea about angels1 but think of them as 
the men of heaven1 and for the reason   
that they have not extinguished  by     
learning what is implanted in them from 
heaven1 and have no  conception of      
anything apart from form4 ,this is why  
angels in  churches1 whether sculptured 
or painted1 are always depicted as men4 

,in respect to this insight from heaven 
they said that it is the  ,divine       
flowing into such as are in the good of 
faith and life4      ,footnote #a       
,unless man is raised above the         
sense-conceptions    of the external man
 he has very little wisdom 7n4 #ejhi74  
,the    wise man thinks above these     
sense-conceptions 7n4 #ejhi1 #ejid74    
,when man is raised above these1 he     
comes into clearer light1    and finally
 into heavenly light 7n4 #fahc1 #fcac1  
#fcae1 #idjg1    #igcj1 #iibb74         
,elevation and withdrawal from these was
 known to    the ancients 7n4 #fcac74   
#ge4 ,from all my experience1 which is  
now of many years1 ,i am able to  say   
and affirm that angels are wholly men in
 form1 having faces1  eyes1 ears1       
bodies1 arms1 hands1 and feet2 that they
 see and hear one  another1 and talk    
together1 and in a word lack nothing    
whatever that  belongs to men except    
that they are not clothed in material   
bodies4 ,i  have seen them in their own 

light1 which exceeds by many degrees the
  noonday light of the world1 and in    
that light all their features  could be 
seen more distinctly and clearly than   
the faces of men are  seen on the earth4
 ,it has also been granted me to see an 
angel of the  inmost heaven4 ,he had a  
more radiant and resplendent face than  
the  angels of the lower heavens4 ,i    
observed him attentively1 and he had a  
human form in all completeness4         
#gf4 ,but it must be remembered that a  
man cannot see angels with his  bodily  
eyes1 but only with the eyes of the     
spirit within him1#a  because his spirit
 is in the spiritual world1 and all     
things of the  body are in the natural  
world4 ,like sees like from being like4 
,moreover1 as the bodily organ of sight1
 which is the eye1 is too  gross1 as    
everyone knows1 to see even the smaller 
things of nature  except through        
magnifying glasses1 still less can it   
see what is  above the sphere of nature1
 as all things in the spiritual world   

are4  ,nevertheless these things can be 
seen by man when he has been  withdrawn 
from the sight of the body1 and the     
sight of his spirit has  been opened2   
and this can be effected instantly      
whenever it is the  pleasure of the     
,lord that man should see these things2 
and in that  case man does not know but 
what he is seeing them with his bodily  
eyes4 ,thus were angels seen by         
,abraham1 ,lot1 ,manoah1 and the        
prophets2 and thus1 too1 the ,lord was  
seen by the disciples after the         
resurrection2 and in the same way angels
 have been seen by me4  ,because the    
prophets saw in this way they were      
called seers1 and  were said to have    
their eyes opened 7#a ,sam4 #i3h2 ,num4 
#bd3c72 and  enabling them to see thus  
was called opening their eyes1 as with  
,elisha's servant1 of whom we read3     
,elisha prayed and said1 ,jehovah1 ,i   
pray ,thee open his eyes       that he  
may see2 and ,jehovah opened the eyes of
 the young       man and he saw1 and    

behold the mountain was full of horses  
and chariots of fire round about ,elisha
 7#b ,kings #f3ag74      ,footnote #a   
,in respect to his interiors man is a   
spirit 7n4    #aeid74 ,and that spirit  
is the man himself1 and it is from that 
spirit that the body lived 7n4 #ddg1    
#dfbb1 #fjed74      #gg4 ,good spirits1 
with whom ,i have spoken about this     
matter1 have  been deeply grieved at    
such ignorance in the church about the  
condition of heaven and of spirits and  
angels2 and in their  displeasure they  
charged me to declare positively that   
they are not  formless minds nor        
ethereal breaths1 but are men in very   
form1 and  see1 hear1 and feel equally  
with those who are in this world4#a     
,footnote #a ,inasmuch as each angel is 
a recipient of ,divine    order from the
 ,lord1 he is in a human form1 perfect  
and    beautiful in the measure of his  
reception 7n4 #cbb1 #ahhj1 #ahha1       
#cfcc1 #chjd1 #dfbb1 #dgce1 #dgig1      
#dihe1 #eaii1 #eecj1 #fjed1 #ihgi1      

#ajagg1 #ajeid74 ,it is by means of     
,divine truth that order    exists2 and 
,divine good is the essential of order  
7n4 #bdea1    #caff1 #dcij1 #ddji1      
#ebcb1 #gbef1 #ajabb1 #ajeee74          
#gh4 ,,xi4 ,,it ,,is ,,from ,,the       
,,lord',s ,,divine ,,human ,,that       
,,heaven ,,as ,a ,,whole ,,and  ,,in    
,,part ,,reflects ,,man4    ,that it is 
from the ,lord's ,divine ,human that    
heaven as a whole and in  part reflects 
man1 follows as a conclusion from all   
that has been  stated and shown in the  
preceding chapters1 namely3 7i7 ,that   
the ,god  of heaven is the ,lord4 7ii7  
,it is the ,divine of the ,lord that    
makes  heaven4 7iii7 ,heaven consists of
 innumerable societies2 and each        
society is a heaven in a smaller form1  
and each angel in the smallest  form4   
7iv7 ,all heaven in the aggregate       
reflects a single man4 7v7  ,each       
society in the heavens reflects a single
 man4 7vi7 ,therefore  every angel is in
 a complete human form4 ,all this leads 

to the  conclusion that as it is the    
,divine that makes heaven1 heaven must  
be  human in form4 ,that this ,divine is
 the ,lord's ,divine ,human can be  seen
 still more clearly1 because in a       
compendium1 in what has been  collected1
 brought together and collated from the 
,arcana ,coelestia  and placed as a     
supplement at the end of this chapter4  
,that the  ,lord's ,human is ,divine1   
and that it is not true that ,his ,human
 is not  ,divine1 as those with in the  
church believe1 may also be seen in the 
same extracts1 also in the chapter on   
,the ,lord1 in ,the ,new ,jerusalem  and
 its ,heavenly ,doctrine1 at the end4   
#gi4 ,that this is true has been proved 
to me by much experience1 about  which  
something shall now be said4 ,no angel  
in the heavens ever  perceives the      
,divine as being in any other than a    
human form2 and  what is remarkable1    
those in the higher heavens are unable  
to think  of the ,divine in any other   
way4 ,the necessity of thinking in this 

way  comes from the ,divine itself that 
flows in1 and also from the form of     
heaven in harmony with which their      
thoughts spread forth4 ,for every       
thought of an angel spreads forth into  
heaven2 and the angels have             
intelligence and wisdom in the measure  
of that extension4 ,it is in            
consequence of this that all in heaven  
acknowledge the ,lord1 because  only in 
,him does the ,divine ,human exist4 ,not
 only have ,i been told  all this by    
angels1 but when elevated into the inner
 sphere of heaven  ,i have been able to 
perceive it4 ,from this it is evident   
that the  wiser the angels are the more 
clearly they perceive this truth2 and   
it is from this that the ,lord is seen  
by them2 for the ,lord is seen  in a    
,divine angelic form1 which is the human
 form1 by those who  acknowledge and    
believe in a visible ,divine ,being1 but
 not by those  who believe in an        
invisible ,divine4 ,for the former can  
see their  ,divine ,being1 but the      

latter cannot4      #hj4 ,because the   
angels have no perception of an         
invisible ,divine1  which they call a   
,divine devoid of form1 but perceive    
only a visible  ,divine in human form1  
they are accustomed to say that the     
,lord alone  is man1 and that it is from
 ,him that they are men1 and that each  
one  is a man in the measure of his     
reception of the ,lord4 ,by receiving   
the ,lord they understand receiving good
 and truth which are from ,him1  since  
the ,lord is in ,his good and in ,his   
truth1 and this they call  wisdom and   
intelligence4 ,everyone knows1 they say1
 that intelligence  and wisdom make man1
 and not a face without these4 ,the     
truth of this  is made evident from the 
appearance of the angels of the interior
  heavens1 for these1 being in good and 
truth from the ,lord and in  consequent 
wisdom and intelligence1 are in a most  
beautiful and most  perfect human form2 
while the angels of the lower heavens   
are in  human form of less perfection   

and beauty4 ,on the other hand1 those   
who are in hell appear in the light of  
heaven hardly as men1 but  rather as    
monsters1 since they are not in good and
 truth but in evil  and falsity1 and    
consequently in the opposites of wisdom 
and  intelligence4 ,for this reason     
their life is not called life1 but      
spiritual death4      #ha4 ,because     
heaven as a whole and in part1 from the 
,lord's ,divine  ,human1 reflects a man1
 the angels say that they are in the    
,lord2 and  some say that they are in   
,his body1 meaning that they are in the 
good  of ,his love4 ,and this the ,lord 
,himself teaches1 saying1         ,abide
 in ,me and ,i in you4 ,as the branch   
cannot bear fruit       of itself except
 it abide in the vine1 so neither can   
ye1       except ye abide in ,me4 ,for  
apart from ,me ye can do       nothing4 
,abide in ,my love4 ,if ye keep ,my     
commandments ye       shall abide in ,my
 love 7,john #ae3d-aj74      #hb4       
,because such a perception of the       

,divine exists in the heavens1 to  think
 of ,god as in a human form is implanted
 in every man who  receives any influx  
from heaven4 ,thus did the ancients     
think of ,him2  and thus do the moderns 
think of ,him both outside of the church
 and  within it4 ,the simple see ,him in
 thought as the ,ancient ,one in        
shining light4 ,but this insight has    
been extinguished in all those  that by 
self-intelligence and by a life of evil 
have rejected influx  from heaven4      
,those that have extinguished it by     
self-intelligence  prefer an invisible  
,god2 while those that have extinguished
 it by a  life of evil prefer no ,god4  
,neither of these are aware that such an
  insight exists1 because they do not   
have it2 and yet it is the ,divine      
heavenly itself that primarily flows    
into man out of heaven1 because  man is 
born for heaven1 and no one without a   
conception of a ,divine  can enter      
heaven4      #hc4 ,for this reason he   
that has no conception of heaven1 that  

is1 no  conception of the ,divine from  
which heaven is1 cannot be raised up to 
the first threshold of heaven4 ,as soon 
as such a one draws near to  heaven a   
resistance and a strong repulsion are   
perceived2 and for the  reason that his 
interiors1 which should be receptive of 
heaven1 are  closed up from their not   
being in the form of heaven1 and the    
nearer  he comes to heaven the more     
tightly are they closed up4 ,such is the
  lot of those within the church who    
deny the ,lord1 and of those who1  like 
the ,socinians1 deny ,his ,divinity4    
,but the lot of those who are  born out 
of the church1 and who are ignorant of  
the ,lord because they  do not have the 
,word1 will be described hereafter4     
#hd4 ,that the men of old time had an   
idea of the ,divine as human is  evident
 from the manifestation of the ,divine  
to ,abraham1 ,lot1 ,joshua1  ,gideon1   
,manoah and his wife1 and others4 ,these
 saw ,god as a man1 but  nevertheless   
adored ,him as the ,god of the universe1

 calling ,him the  ,god of heaven and   
earth1 and ,jehovah4 ,that it was the   
,lord who was  seen by ,abraham ,he     
,himself teaches in ,john 7#h3ef72 and  
that it was ,he  who was seen by the    
rest is evident from ,his words3        
,no one hath seen the ,father1 nor heard
 ,his voice1 nor seen       ,his form   
7,john #a3ah2 #e3cg74      #he4 ,but    
that ,god is man can scarcely be        
comprehended by those who  judge all    
things from the sense-conceptions of the
 external man1 for  the sensual man must
 needs think of the ,divine from the    
world and  what is therein1 and thus of 
a ,divine and spiritual man in the same 
way as of a corporeal and natural man4  
,from this he concludes that if  ,god   
were a man ,he would be as large as the 
universe2 and if ,he ruled  heaven and  
earth it would be done through many     
others1 after the  manner of kings in   
the world4 ,if told that in heaven there
 is no  extension of space as in the    
world1 he would not in the least        

comprehend it4 ,for he that thinks only 
from nature and its light must  needs   
think in accord with such extension as  
appears before his eyes4  ,but it is the
 greatest mistake to think in this way  
about heaven4  ,extension there is not  
like extension in the world4 ,in the    
world  extension is determinate1 and    
thus measurable2 but in heaven it is    
not determinate1 and thus not           
measurable4 ,but extension in heaven    
will be further treated of hereafter in 
connection with space and  time in the  
spiritual world4 ,furthermore1 everyone 
knows how far the  sight of the eye     
extends1 namely1 to the sun and to the  
stars1 which  are so remote2 and whoever
 thinks deeply knows that the internal  
sight1 which is of thought1 has a still 
wider extension1 and that a  yet more   
interior sight must extend more widely  
still4 ,what then must  be said of      
,divine sight1 which is the inmost and  
highest of all8  ,because thoughts have 
such extension1 all things of heaven are

 shared  with everyone there1 so1 too1  
are all things of the ,divine which     
makes heaven and fills it1 as has been  
shown in the preceding  chapters4       
#hf4 ,those in heaven wonder that men   
can believe themselves to be            
intelligent who1 in thinking of ,god1   
think about something invisible1  that  
is1 inconceivable under any form2 and   
that they can call those  who think     
differently unintelligent and simple1   
when the reverse is  the truth4 ,they   
add1 ,let those who thus believe        
themselves to be  intelligent examine   
themselves1 whether they do not look    
upon nature  as ,god1 some the nature   
that is before their eyes1 others the   
invisible side of nature2 and whether   
they are not so blind as not to  know   
what ,god is1 what an angel is1 what a  
spirit is1 what their soul  is which is 
to live after death1 what the life of   
heaven in man is1  and many other things
 that constitute intelligence2 when yet 
those  whom they call simple know all   

these things in their way1 having an    
idea of their ,god that ,he is the      
,divine in a human form1 of an angel    
that he is a heavenly man1 of their soul
 that is to live after death  that it is
 like an angel1 and of the life of      
heaven in man that it is  living in     
accord with the ,divine commandments4   
,such the angels call  intelligent and  
fitted for heaven2 but the others1 on   
the other hand1  they call not          
intelligent4    ,,extracts ,,from ,,the 
,,arcana ,,coelestia ,,relating ,,to    
,,the ,,lord ,,and ,,his  ,,divine      
,,human4         #b ,the ,divine was in 
the ,lord from very conception 7n4      
#dfda1 #difc1 #ejda1 #eaeg1 #fgaf1      
#ajabe74         ,the ,lord alone had a 
,divine seed 7n4 #adch74         ,his   
soul was ,jehovah 7n4 #aiii1 #bjjd1     
#bjje1 #bjah1 #bjbe74         ,thus the 
,lord's inmost was the ,divine ,itself1 
while the       clothing was from the   
mother 7n4 #ejda74         ,the ,divine 
,itself was the ,being ,esse of the     

,lord's life1       and from this the   
,human afterwards went forth and became 
the outgo existere from that ,being     
,esse 7n4 #caid1       #cbaj1 #ajbfi1   
#ajgch74         #c ,within the church  
where the ,word is and by it the ,lord  
is known1 the ,lord's ,divine ought not 
to be denied1 nor       the ,holy that  
goes forth from ,him 7n4 #bcei74        
,those within the church who do not     
acknowledge the ,lord       have no     
conjunction with the ,divine2 but it is 
otherwise       with those outside of   
the church 7n4 #ajbje74         ,the    
essential of the church is to           
acknowledge the ,lord's       ,divine   
and ,his union with the ,father 7n4     
#ajjhc1 #ajaab1       #ajcgj1 #ajgcj1   
#ajgch1 #ajhaf-ajhbj74         #d ,the  
glorification of the ,lord is treated of
 in the       ,word in many passages 7n4
 #ajhbh74         ,and in the internal  
sense of the ,word everywhere 7n4 #bbdi1
       #bebc1 #cbde74         ,the ,lord
 glorified ,his ,human1 but not the     

,divine1 since       this was glorified 
in itself 7n4 #ajjeg74         ,the     
,lord came into the world to glorify    
,his ,human 7n4       #cfcg1 #dbhg1     
#icae74         ,the ,lord glorified    
,his ,human by means of the ,divine love
       that was in ,him from conception 
7n4 #dgbg74         ,the ,lord's life in
 the world was ,his love towards the    
whole human race 7n4 #bbec74            
,the ,lord's love transcends all human  
understanding 7n4       #bjgg74         
,the ,lord saved the human race by      
glorifying ,his ,human 7n4       #dahj1 
#ajjai2 #ajaeb1 #ajfee1 #ajfei #ajhbh74 
,otherwise the whole human race would   
have perished in       eternal death 7n4
 #afgf74         ,the state of the      
,lord's glorification and humiliation   
7n4       #aghe1 #aiii1 #baei1 #fhff74  
,glorification in respect to the ,lord  
is the uniting of ,his       ,human with
 the ,divine2 and to glorify is to make 
,divine       7n4 #afjc1 #ajjec1        
#ajhbh74         ,when the ,lord        

glorified ,his ,human ,he put off       
everything       human that was from the
 mother1 until at last ,he was not      
her son 7n4 #baei1 #begd1 #bfdi1 #cjcf1 
#ajhcj74         #e ,the ,son of ,god   
from eternity was the ,divine truth in  
heaven 7n4 #bfbh1 #bgih1 #bhjc1 #caie1  
#cgjd74         ,when the ,lord was in  
the world ,he made ,his ,human ,divine  
truth from the ,divine good that was in 
,him 7n4 #bhjc1 #caid1       #caie1     
#cbaj1 #fgaf1 #fhfd1 #gjad1 #gdii1      
#habg1 #hgbd1 #iaii74         ,the ,lord
 then arranged all things in ,himself   
into a       heavenly form1 which is in 
accord with ,divine truth 7n4           
#aibh1 #cfcc74         ,for this reason 
the ,lord was called the ,word1 which is
       ,divine truth 7n4 #becc1 #bhac1  
#bhei1 #bhid1 #ccic1 #cgab74            
,the ,lord alone had perception and     
thought from ,himself1       and this   
was above all angelic perception and    
thought 7n4       #aijd1 #aiad1 #aiai74 
,the ,divine truth which was ,himself1  

the ,lord united with       ,divine good
 which was in ,himself 7n4 #ajjdg1      
#ajjeb1 #ajjgf74       ,the union was   
reciprocal 7n4 #bjjd1 #ajjfg74          
#f ,in passing out of the world the     
,lord also made ,his       ,human       
,divine good 7n4 #caid1 #cbaj1 #fhfd1   
#gdii1 #hgbd1 #iaii1       #ajjgf74     
,this is what is meant by ,his coming   
forth from the ,father       and        
returning to the ,father 7n4 #caid1     
#cbaj74 ,thus ,he       became one with 
the ,father 7n4 #bgea1 #cgjd1 #dgff74   
,since that union ,divine truth goes    
forth from the ,lord 7n4       #cgjd1   
#cgab1 #cifi1 #degg1 #egjd1 #gdii1      
#habg1 #hbda1 #iaii1       #icih74 ,how 
,divine truth goes forth1 illustrated   
7n4 #gbgj1       #idjg74         ,it was
 from ,his own power that the ,lord     
united the ,human       with the ,divine
 7n4 #afaf1 #agdi1 #ageb1 #ahac1 #aiba1 
#bjbe1       #bjbf1 #bebc1 #cada1 #ejje1
 #ejde1 #fgaf74         ,from this it is
 clear that the ,lord's ,human was not  

like       the human of any other man1  
in that it was conceived from       the 
,divine ,itself 7n4 #ajabe1 #ajhbe1     
#ajhbf74         ,his union with the    
,father1 from whom was ,his soul1 was   
not       as between two persons1 but as
 between soul and body 7n4       #cgcg1 
#ajhbd74         #g ,the most ancient   
people could not worship the ,divine    
being esse1 but could worship only the  
,divine ,outgo       existere1 which is 
the ,divine ,human2 therefore the ,lord 
came into the world in order to become  
the ,divine ,existere       from the    
,divine ,esse 7n4 #dfhg1 #ecba74        
,the ancients acknowledged the ,divine  
because ,he appeared       to them in a 
human form1 and this was the ,divine    
,human 7n4       #eaaj1 #effc1 #fhde1   
#ajgcg74         ,the ,infinite ,being  
,esse could flow into heaven with the   
angels and with men only by means of the
 ,divine ,human 7n4       #afgf1 #aiij1 
#bjaf1 #bjcd74         ,in heaven no    
other ,divine than the ,divine ,human is

       perceived 7n4 #fdge1 #icjc1      
#ajjfg1 #ajbfg74         ,the ,divine   
,human from eternity was the ,divine    
truth in       heaven and the ,divine   
passing through heaven2 thus it was     
the ,divine ,outgo existere which       
afterwards in the ,lord       became the
 ,divine ,being ,esse per se1 from which
 is the       ,divine ,existere in      
heaven 7n4 #cjfa1 #fbhj1 #fhhj1 #ajegi74
         ,what the state of heaven was  
before the ,lord's coming 7n4           
#fcga-fcgc74         ,the ,divine was   
not perceptible except when it passed   
through heaven 7n4 #fihb1 #fiif1 #gjjd74
         #h ,the inhabitants of all the 
earth worship the ,divine       under a 
human form1 that is1 the ,lord 7n4      
#fgjj1 #heda-hedg1       #ajgcf-ajgch74 
,they rejoice when they hear that ,god  
actually became ,man       7n4 #icfa74  
,all who are in good and who worship the
 ,divine under the       human form1 are
 received by the ,lord 7n4 #icei74      
,god cannot be thought of except in     

human form2 and what is                 
incomprehensible does not fall into any 
idea1 so neither       into belief 7n4  
#icei1 #iigb74         ,man is able to  
worship that of which he has some idea1 
but       not that of which he has no   
idea 7n4 #dgcc1 #eaaj1 #effc1           
#gbaa1 #icef1 #ajjfg1 #ajbfg74          
,therefore the ,divine is worshiped     
under a human form by       most of the 
inhabitants of the entire globe1 and    
this is       the effect of influx from 
heaven 7n4 #ajaei74         ,all who are
 in good in regard to their life1 when  
they       think of the ,lord1 think of 
the ,divine ,human1 and not of       the
 ,human separate from the ,divine2 it is
 otherwise with       those who are not 
in good in regard to their life 7n4     
#bcbf1 #dgbd1 #dgca1 #dgff1 #hhgh1      
#iaic1 #iaih74         ,in the church at
 this day those that are in evil in     
regard       to their life1 and those   
that are in faith separate from         
charity1 think of the ,human of the     

,lord apart from the       ,divine1 and 
do not even comprehend what the ,divine 
,human       is1-why they do not 7n4    
#cbab1 #cbda1 #dfhi1 #dfib1 #dgbd1      
#dgca1       #ecba1 #fhgb1 #hhgh1 #iaic1
 #iaih74         ,the ,lord's ,human is 
,divine because it is from the ,being   
,esse of the ,father1 and this was ,his 
soul1--illustrated       by a father's  
likeness in children 7n4 #ajbfi1 #ajcgb1
       #ajhbc74         ,also because it
 was from the ,divine love1 which was   
the       very ,being ,esse of ,his life
 from conception 7n4 #fhgb74            
,every man is such as his love is1 and  
is his love 7n4       #fhgb1 #ajagg1    
#ajbhd74 ,the ,lord made all ,his       
,human1 both       internal and         
external1 ,divine 7n4 #afjc1 #ahae1     
#aijb1 #aibf1       #bjhc1 #bjic74      
,therefore1 differently from any man1   
,he rose again as to       ,his whole   
body 7n4 #agbi1 #bjhc1 #ejgh1 #ajhbe74  
#i ,that the ,lord's ,human is ,divine  
is acknowledged from       ,his         

omnipresence in the ,holy ,supper 7n4   
#bcdc1 #bcei74         ,also from ,his  
transfiguration before ,his three       
disciples       7n4 #cbab74             
,also from the ,word of the ,old        
,testament1 in that ,he is       called 
,god 7n4 #ajaed72 and is called ,jehovah
 7n4 #afjc1       #agcf1 #ahae1 #aijb1  
#biba1 #cjce1 #eaaj1 #fbha1 #fcjc1      
#hhfd1       #iaid1 #icae74         ,in 
the sense of the letter a distinction is
 made between       the ,father and the 
,son1 that is1 between ,jehovah and the 
,lord1 but not in the internal sense of 
the ,word1 in which       the angels of 
heaven are 7n4 #cjce74         ,in the  
,christian world the ,lord's ,human has 
been declared       not to be ,divine2  
this was done in a council for the      
pope's sake1 that he might be           
acknowledged as the ,lord's       vicar 
7n4 #dgch74         #aj ,christians were
 examined in the other life in regard   
to their idea of one ,god1 and it was   
found they held an       idea of three  

gods 7n4 #bcbi1 #ebef1 #ajgcf-ajgch1    
#ajhba74         ,a ,divine trinity or  
trine in one person1 constituting one   
,god1 is conceivable1 but not in three  
persons 7n4 #ajgch1       #ajhba1       
#ajhbd74         ,a ,divine trine in the
 ,lord is acknowledged in heaven 7n4    
#ad1 #ae1 #agbi1 #bjjd1 #ebef1 #icjc74  
,the trine in the ,lord is the ,divine  
,itself1 called the       ,father1 the  
,divine ,human1 called the ,son1 and the
 ,divine       going forth1 called the  
,holy ,spirit and this ,divine trine    
is a ,one 7n4 #badi1 #baef1 #bbhh1      
#bcai1 #bcbi1 #bddg1 #cgjd1       #fiic1
 #gahb1 #ajgch1 #ajhbb1 #ajhbc74        
,the ,lord ,himself teaches that the    
,father and ,he are ,one       7n4      
#agbi1 #bjjd1 #bjje1 #bjah1 #bjbe1      
#bgea1 #cgjd1 #cgcf1 #dgff72       also 
that the ,holy ,divine goes forth from  
,him and is ,his       7n4 #cifi1 #dfgc1
 #fghh1 #fiic1 #gdii1 #habg1 #hcjb1     
#iaii1 #ibbh1       #ibbi1 #ibfd1 #idjg1
 #ihah1 #ihbj1 #ajccj74         #aa ,the

 ,divine ,human flows into heaven and   
makes heaven       7n4 #cjch74 ,the     
,lord is the all in heaven and is the   
life       of heaven 7n4 #gbaa1 #iabh74 
,in the angels the ,lord dwells       in
 what is ,his own 7n4 #icch1 #ajabe1    
#ajaea1 #ajaeg74         ,consequently  
those who are in heaven are in the ,lord
 7n4       #cfcg1 #cfch74         ,the  
,lord's conjunction with angels is      
measured by their       reception of the
 good of love and charity from ,him 7n4 
#ijd1 #daih1 #dbje1 #dbaa1 #dbbj1 #fbhj1
 #fhcb1 #gjdb1 #hhai1 #ifhj1            
#ifhb1 #ifhc1 #ajajf1 #ajhaj74          
,the entire heaven has reference to the 
,lord 7n4 #eea1 #eeb74       ,the ,lord 
is the common center of heaven 7n4      
#cfcc1 #cfda74         ,all in heaven   
turn themselves to the ,lord1 who is    
above       the heavens 7n4 #ihbh1      
#ajacj1 #ajahi74         ,nevertheless  
angels do not turn themselves to the    
,lord1       but the ,lord turns them to
 ,himself 7n4 #ajahi74         ,it is   

not a presence of angels with the ,lord1
 but the       ,lord's presence with    
angels 7n4 #idae74         ,in heaven   
there is no conjunction with the ,divine
 ,itself1       but conjunction with the
 ,divine ,human 7n4 #dbaa1 #dgbd1       
#effc74         #ab ,heaven corresponds 
to the ,divine ,human of the ,lord2     
consequently heaven in general is as a  
single man1 and for       this reason   
heaven is called the ,greatest ,man 7n4 
#biif1       #biih1 #cfbd-cfdi1         
#cgda-cgde1 #dfbe74         ,the ,lord  
is the ,only ,man1 and those only are   
men who       receive the ,divine from  
,him 7n4 #ahid74         ,so far as they
 receive are they men and images of ,him
 7n4       #hedg74         ,therefore   
angels are forms of love and charity in 
human       form1 and this from the     
,lord 7n4 #chjd1 #dgce1 #dgig1 #dihe1   
#eaii1 #eecj1 #ihgi1 #ajagg74           
#ac ,the whole heaven is the ,lord's 7n4
 #bgea1 #gjhf74         ,he has all     
power in the heavens and on earth 7n4   

#afjg1       #ajjhi1 #ajhbg74           
,as the ,lord rules the whole heaven ,he
 also rules all       things depending  
thereon1 thus all things in the world   
7n4       #bjbe1 #bjbf1 #debc1 #debd74  
,the ,lord alone has the power to remove
 the hells1 to       withhold from      
evils1 and to hold in good1 thus to save
 7n4       #ajjai74        #hg4 ,,xii4  
,,there ,,is ,a ,,correspondence ,,of   
,,all ,,things ,,of ,,heaven ,,with     
,,all  ,,things ,,of ,,man4    ,what    
correspondence is is not known at the   
present day1 for several  reasons1 the  
chief of which is that man has withdrawn
 himself from  heaven by the love of    
self and love of the world4 ,for he that
 loves  self and the world above all    
things gives heed only to worldly       
things1 since these appeal to the       
external senses and gratify the  natural
 longings2 and he does not give heed to 
spiritual things1  since these appeal to
 the internal senses and gratify the    
mind1  therefore he casts them aside1   

saying that they are too high for his   
comprehension4 ,this was not so with the
 ancient people4 ,to them the  knowledge
 of correspondences was the chief of    
knowledges4 ,by means of  it they       
acquired intelligence and wisdom2 and by
 means of it those  who were of the     
church had communication with heaven2   
for the  knowledge of correspondences is
 angelic knowledge4 ,the most ancient   
people1 who were celestial men1 thought 
from correspondence itself1  as the     
angels do4 ,and therefore they talked   
with angels1 and the ,lord  frequently  
appeared to them1 and they were taught  
by ,him4 ,but at this  day that         
knowledge has been so completely lost   
that no one knows what  correspondence  
is4#a      ,footnote #a ,how far the    
knowledge of correspondences excels     
other knowledges 7n4 #dbhj74 ,the       
knowledge of correspondences    was the 
chief knowledge of the ancient people2  
but at the    present day it is wholly  
forgotten 7n4 #cjba1 #cdai1 #dbhj1      

#dgdi1    #dhdd1 #difd1 #diff1 #fjjd1   
#ggbi1 #ajbeb74 ,the knowledge of       
correspondences flourished among the    
,eastern nations and in    ,egypt       
7#egjb1 #ffib1 #gjig1 #gggi1 #icia1     
#ajdjg74      #hh4 ,since1 then1 without
 a perception of what correspondence is 
there  can be no clear knowledge of the 
spiritual world or of its inflow  into  
the natural world1 neither of what the  
spiritual is in its  relation to the    
natural1 nor any clear knowledge of the 
spirit of  man1 which is called the     
soul1 and its operation into the body1  
neither of man's state after death1 it  
is necessary to explain what            
correspondence is and the nature of it4 
,this will prepare the way for  what is 
to follow4      #hi4 ,first1 what       
correspondence is4 ,the whole natural   
world  corresponds to the spiritual     
world1 and not merely the natural world 
in general1 but also every particular of
 it2 and as a consequence  everything in
 the natural world that springs from the

 spiritual world  is called a           
correspondent4 ,it must be understood   
that the natural  world springs from and
 has permanent existence from the       
spiritual  world1 precisely like an     
effect from its effecting cause4 ,all   
that is  spread out under the sun and   
that receives heat and light from the   
sun is what is called the natural world2
 and all things that derive  their      
subsistence therefrom belong to that    
world4 ,but the spiritual  world is     
heaven2 and all things in the heavens   
belong to that world4      #ij4 ,since  
man is both a heaven and a world in     
least form after the  image of the      
greatest 7see above1 n4 #eg71 there is  
in him both a  spiritual and a natural  
world4 ,the interior things that belong 
to his  mind1 and that have relation to 
understanding and will1 constitute  his 
spiritual world2 while the exterior     
things that belong to his  body1 and    
that have relation to its senses and    
activities1 constitute  his natural     

world4 ,consequently1 everything in his 
natural world  7that is1 in his body and
 its senses and activities71 that has   
its  existence from his spiritual world 
7that is1 from his mind and its         
understanding and will7 is called a     
correspondent4      #ia4 ,from the human
 face it can be seen what correspondence
 is4 ,in a  face that has not been      
taught to dissemble1 all the affections 
of the  mind present themselves to view 
in a natural form1 as in their type4    
,this is why the face is called the     
index of the mind2 that is1 it is  man's
 spiritual world presented in his       
natural world4 ,so1 too1 what  pertains 
to the understanding is presented in    
speech1 and what  pertains to the will  
is presented in the movements of the    
body4 ,so  whatever effects are produced
 in the body1 whether in the face1 in   
speech1 or in bodily movements1 are     
called correspondences4      #ib4 ,all  
this shows also what the internal man is
 and what the  external1 namely1 that   

the internal is what is called the      
spiritual  man1 and the external what is
 called the natural man2 also that the  
one is distinct from the other as heaven
 is from the world2 also that  all      
things that take place and come forth in
 the external or natural  man take place
 and come forth from the internal or    
spiritual man4      #ic4 ,this much has 
been said about the correspondence of   
man's  internal or spiritual with his   
external or natural2 now the            
correspondence of the whole heaven with 
everything pertaining to man  shall be  
treated of4      #id4 ,it has been shown
 that the entire heaven reflects a      
single man1  and that it is in image a  
man and is therefore called the         
,greatest  ,man4 ,it has also been shown
 that the angelic societies1 of which   
heaven consists1 are therefore arranged 
as the members1 organs1 and  viscera are
 in man1 that is1 some are in the head1 
some in the  breast1 some in the arms1  
and some in each of their particulars   

7see  above1 n4 #ei-gb72 consequently   
the societies in any member there       
correspond to the like member in man2   
those in the head corresponding  to the 
head in man1 those in the breast to the 
breast in man1 those  in the arms to the
 arms in man2 and so with all the rest4 
,it is from  this correspondence that   
man has permanent existence1 for from   
heaven  alone does man have permanent   
existence4      #ie4 ,that heaven is    
divided into two kingdoms1 one called   
the  celestial kingdom and the other the
 spiritual kingdom1 may be seen  above  
in its own chapter4 ,the celestial      
kingdom corresponds in  general to the  
heart and all things of the heart in the
 whole body1  and the spiritual kingdom 
to the lungs and to all things of the   
lungs  in the whole body4 ,likewise in  
man heart and lungs form two kingdoms1  
the heart ruling there through the      
arteries and veins1 and the lungs       
through the tendinous and motor fibers1 
both together in every  exertion and    

movement4 ,so in every man1 in his      
spiritual world1 which  is called his   
spiritual man1 there are two kingdoms1  
one of the will  and the other of the   
understanding1 the will ruling through  
affections for good1 and the            
understanding through affections for    
truth2 and these kingdoms correspond to 
the kingdoms of the heart and  of the   
lungs in the body4 ,it is the same in   
the heavens2 the  celestial kingdom is  
the voluntary part of heaven1 and in it 
good of  love reigns2 the spiritual     
kingdom is the intellectual part of     
heaven1 and in it truth reigns4 ,these  
are what correspond to the  functions of
 the heart and lungs in man4 ,it is on  
account of this  correspondence that in 
the ,word the heart signifies the will  
and  also good of love1 and the breath  
of the lungs signifies the              
understanding and the truth of faith4   
,for the same reason affections  are    
ascribed to the heart1 although they are
 neither in it nor from  it4#a          

,footnote #a ,the correspondence of the 
heart and lungs with the    ,greatest   
,man1 which is heaven1 from experience  
7n4 #chhc-chif71    ,the heart          
corresponds to those in the celestial   
kingdom1 and    the lungs to those in   
the spiritual kingdom 7n4 #chhe-chhg74  
,there is in heaven a pulse like that of
 the heart1 and a    respiration like   
that of the lungs but interior 7n4      
#chhd1 #chhe1    #chhg74 ,there the     
pulse of the heart varies in conformity 
to    states of love1 and the           
respiration in conformity to states of  
charity and faith 7n4 #chhf1 #chhg1     
#chhi74 ,in the ,word the    heart means
 the will1 and from the heart means from
 the    will 7n4 #bicj1 #gedb1 #hiaj1   
#iaac1 #ajccf74 ,in the ,word the       
heart also signifies love1 and from the 
heart means from    love 7#gedb1 #ijej1 
#ajccf74      #if4 ,the correspondence  
of the two kingdoms of heaven with the  
heart  and lungs is the general         
correspondence of heaven with man4      

,there is  a less general correspondence
 with each one of his members1 organs1  
and viscera2 and what this is shall also
 be explained4 ,in the  ,greatest ,man1 
which is heaven1 those that are in the  
head excel all  others in every good1   
being in love1 peace1 innocence1 wisdom1
  intelligence1 and consequent joy and  
happiness4 ,these flow into the  head of
 man and the things belonging to the    
head and corresponding  thereto4 ,in the
 ,greatest ,man1 or heaven1 those that  
are in the breast  are in the good of   
charity and of faith1 and these flow    
into the  breast of man and correspond  
to it4 ,in the ,greatest ,man1 or       
heaven1  those that are in the loins and
 the organs devoted to generation are   
in marriage love4 ,those in the feet are
 in the lowest good of heaven1  which is
 called spiritual natural good4 ,those  
in the arms and hands  are in the power 
of truth from good4 ,those that are in  
the eyes are  in understanding2 those in
 the ears are in attention and          

obedience2  those in the nostrils are in
 perception2 those in the mouth and     
tongue are in the ability to converse   
from understanding and  perception2     
those in the kidneys are in truths      
searching1 separating1  and correcting2 
those in the liver1 pancreas1 and spleen
 are in  various purifications of good  
and truth2 and so with the rest4 ,all   
these flow into the like things of man  
and correspond to them4 ,this  inflow of
 heaven is into the functions and uses  
of the bodily  members2 and the uses1   
since they are from the spiritual world1
 take  on a form by means of such things
 as are in the natural world1 and  thus 
present themselves in effect4 ,from this
 is the correspondence4      #ig4 ,for  
the same reason these same members1     
organs1 and viscera have  a like        
significance in the ,word2 for          
everything there has a meaning  in      
accordance with correspondence4 ,thus   
the head signifies  intelligence and    
wisdom2 the breast charity2 the loins   

marriage  love2 the arms and hands power
 of truth2 the feet what is  natural2   
the eyes understanding2 the nostrils    
perception2 the  ears obedience1 the    
kidneys the scrutiny of truth1 and so   
on4#a  ,so1 too1 in the common speech of
 man it is said of one who is           
intelligent and wise that he has a good 
head2 of one who is  charitable that he 
is a bosom friend2 of one who has clear 
perception  that he is keen scented2 of 
one who is intelligent that he is sharp 
sighted2 of one who is powerful that he 
is long handed2 of one who  exercises   
his will from love that it is done from 
the heart4 ,these  and many other       
expressions in the speech of men are    
from  correspondence1 for they are from 
the spiritual world1 although man  is   
ignorant of it4      ,footnote #a ,in   
the ,word the breast signifies charity  
7n4    #cicd1 #ajjha1 #ajjhg74 ,the     
loins and organs of generation          
signify marriage love 7n4 #cjba1 #dbhj1 
#ddfb1 #ejej-ejeb74 ,the    arms and    

hands signify the power of truth 7n4    
#hgh1 #cjia1    #dica-dicg1 #fidg1      
#gbje1 #ajjai74 ,the feet signify the   
natural    7n4 #bafb1 #cadg1 #cgfa1     
#cihf1 #dbhj1 #dich-dieb74 ,the eye     
signifies understanding 7n4 #bgja1      
#ddjc-ddba1 #debc-decd1 #fibc1    #ijea1
 #ajefi74 ,the nostrils signify         
perception 7n4 #cegg1 #dfbd1    #dfbe1  
#dgdh1 #efba1 #hbhf1 #ajjed1 #ajbib74   
,the ears signify    obedience 7n4      
#bedb1 #chfi1 #debc1 #dfec1 #ejag1      
#gbaf1 #hcfa1 #hiij1    #icaa1 #icig1   
#ajjfa74 ,the kidneys signify the       
scrutiny and    correction of truth 7n4 
#echj-echf1 #ajjcb74      #ih4 ,that    
there is such a correspondence of all   
things of heaven with  all things of man
 has been made clear to me by much      
experience1 by so  much that ,i am as   
convinced of it as of any evident fact  
that admits  of no doubt4 ,but it is not
 necessary to describe all this         
experience  here2 nor would it be       
permissible on account of its abundance4

 ,it may  be seen set forth in the      
,arcana ,coelestia1 where               
correspondences1  representations1 the  
influx of the spiritual world into the  
natural  world1 and the interaction     
between soul and body1 are treated of4#a
      ,footnote #a ,the correspondence  
of all the members of the body    with  
the ,greatest ,man1 or heaven1 in       
general and in particular1    from      
experience 7n4 #cjba1 #cfbd-cfdi1       
#cgda-cgej1 #chhc-chie1    #djci-djed1  
#dbah-dbbh1 #dcah-dcca1 #ddjc-ddba1     
#debc-decc1    #dfbb-dfcc1 #dfeb-dffj1  
#dgia-dhje1 #dica-diec1 #ejej-ejfa1     
#eaga-eahi1 #ecgg-ecif1 #eeeb-eegc1     
#egaa-egbg1 #ajjcj74 ,the influx    of  
the spiritual world into the natural    
world or of heaven into    the world1   
and the influx of the soul into all     
things of the    body1 from experience  
7n4 #fjec-fjeh1 #fahi-fbae1 #fcjg-fcbf1 
#fdff-fdie1 #feih-ffbf74 ,the           
interaction between soul and body1      
from experience 7n4 #fjec-fjeh1         

#fahi-fbae1 #fcjg-fcbg1 #fdff-fdie1     
#feih-ffbf74      #ii4 ,but             
notwithstanding that all things of man's
 body correspond to  all things of      
heaven1 it is not in respect to his     
external form that  man is an image of  
heaven1 but in respect to his internal  
form2 for  man's interiors are what     
receive heaven1 while his exteriors     
receive  the world4 ,so far1 therefore1 
as his interiors receive heaven man is  
in respect to them a heaven in least    
form1 after the image of the  greatest4 
,but so far as his interiors do not     
receive heaven he is not  a heaven and  
an image of the greatest1 although his  
exteriors1 which  receive the world1 may
 be in a form in accordance with the    
order of  the world1 and thus variously 
beautiful4 ,for the source of outward   
beauty which pertains to the body is in 
parents and formation in the  womb1 and 
it is preserved afterwards by general   
influx from the  world4 ,for this reason
 the form of one's natural man differs  

greatly  from the form of his spiritual 
man4 ,what the form of a man's spirit   
is ,i have been shown occasionally2 and 
in some who were beautiful and  charming
 in appearance the spirit was seen to be
 so deformed1 black  and monstrous that 
it might be called an image of hell1 not
 of  heaven2 while in others not        
beautiful there was a spirit beautifully
  formed1 pure1 and angelic4 ,moreover1 
the spirit of man appears after  death  
such as it has been in the body while it
 lived therein in the  world4      #ajj4
 ,but correspondence applies far more   
widely than to man2 for  there is a     
correspondence of the heavens with one  
another4 ,to the  third or inmost heaven
 the second or middle heaven            
corresponds1 and  to the second or      
middle heaven the first or outmost      
heaven  corresponds1 and this           
corresponds to the bodily forms in man  
called  his members1 organs1 and        
viscera4 ,thus it is the bodily part of 
man  in which heaven finally terminates1

 and upon which it stands as upon  its  
base4 ,but this arcanum will be more    
fully unfolded elsewhere4      #aja4    
,especially it must be understood that  
all correspondence with  heaven is with 
the ,lord's ,divine ,human1 because     
heaven is from ,him1  and ,he is heaven1
 as has been shown in previous chapters4
 ,for if the  ,divine ,human did not    
flow into all things of heaven1 and in  
accordance with correspondences into all
 things of the world1 no  angel or man  
could exist4 ,from this again it is     
evident why the ,lord  became ,man and  
clothed ,his ,divine from first to last 
with a ,human4 ,it  was because the     
,divine ,human1 from which heaven       
existed before the  ,lord's coming1 was 
no longer sufficient to sustain all     
things1 for  the reason that man1 who is
 the foundation of the heavens1 had     
subverted and destroyed order4 ,what the
 ,divine ,human was before the  ,lord's 
coming1 and what the condition of heaven
 was at that time may  be seen in the   

extracts appended to the preceding      
chapter4      #ajb4 ,angels are amazed  
when they hear that there are men who   
attribute all things to nature and      
nothing to the ,divine1 and who  also   
believe that their body1 into which so  
many wonders of heaven  are gathered1 is
 a product of nature4 ,still more are   
they amazed that  the rational part of  
man is believed to be from nature1 when1
 if men  will but lift their minds a    
little1 they can see that such effects  
are not from nature but from the        
,divine2 and that nature has been       
created simply for clothing the         
spiritual and for presenting it in a    
correspondent form in the outmost of    
order4 ,such men they liken to  owls1   
which see in darkness1 but in light see 
nothing4        #ajc4 ,,xiii4 ,,there   
,,is ,a ,,correspondence ,,of ,,heaven  
,,with ,,all ,,things ,,of ,,the        
,,earth4    ,what correspondence is has 
been told in the preceding chapter1 and 
it  has there been shown that each thing

 and all things of the animal  body are 
correspondences4 ,the next step is to   
show that all things of  the earth1 and 
in general all things of the universe1  
are  correspondences4      #ajd4 ,all   
things of the earth are distinguished   
into three kinds1  called kingdoms1     
namely1 the animal kingdom1 the         
vegetable kingdom1  and the mineral     
kingdom4 ,the things of the animal      
kingdom are  correspondences in the     
first degree1 because they live2 the    
things of  the vegetable kingdom are    
correspondences in the second degree1   
because they merely grow2 the things of 
the mineral kingdom are  correspondences
 in the third degree1 because they      
neither live nor  grow4 ,correspondences
 in the animal kingdom are living       
creatures of  various kinds1 both those 
that walk and creep on the ground and   
those  that fly in the air2 these need  
not be specially named1 as they are     
well known4 ,correspondences in the     
vegetable kingdom are all things  that  

grow and abound in gardens1 forests1    
fields1 and meadows2 these1  too1 need  
not be named1 because they are well     
known4 ,correspondences  in the mineral 
kingdom are metals more and less noble1 
stones  precious and not precious1      
earths of various kinds1 and also the   
waters4 ,besides these the things       
prepared from them by human activity    
for use are correspondences1 as foods of
 every kind1 clothing1  dwellings and   
other buildings1 with many other things4
      #aje4 ,also the things above the  
earth1 as the sun1 moon1 and stars1  and
 those in the atmosphere1 as clouds1    
mists1 rain1 lightning and  thunder1 are
 likewise correspondences4 ,things      
resulting from the  presence and absence
 of the sun1 as light and shade1 heat   
and cold1  are also correspondences1 as 
well as those that follow in succession 
therefrom1 as the seasons of the year1  
spring1 summer1 autumn1 and  winter2 and
 the times of day1 morning1 noon1       
evening1 and night4      #ajf4 ,in a    

word1 all things that have existence in 
nature1 from the  least to the greatest 
thereof1 are correspondences4#a ,they   
are  correspondences because the natural
 world with all things in it  springs   
forth and subsists from the spiritual   
world1 and both worlds  from the        
,divine4 ,they are said to subsist also1
 because everything  subsists from that 
from which it springs forth1 subsistence
 being a  permanent springing forth2    
also because nothing can subsist from   
itself1 but only from that which is     
prior to itself1 thus from a  ,first1   
and if separated from that it would     
utterly perish and vanish4              
,footnote #a ,all things that are in the
 world and its three    kingdoms        
correspond to the heavenly things that  
are in heaven1    that is1 the things in
 the natural world correspond to the    
things in the spiritual world 7n4 #afcb1
 #ahha1 #bgeh1 #bgfj-bgfc1              
#bihg-cjjc1 #cbac-cbbg1 #cdhc1          
#cfbd-cfdi1 #djdd1 #djec1 #daaf1 #dcff1 

#dici1 #eaaf1 #ecgg1 #edbh1 #edgg1      
#ibhj74 ,by correspondences the         
natural world is conjoined to the       
spiritual world 7n4 #hfae74    ,for this
 reason all nature is a theatre         
representative of the    ,lord's kingdom
 7n4 #bgeh1 #biii1 #cjjj1 #cdhc1 #dich1 
#dici1 #hhdh1    #ibhj74      #ajg4     
,everything in nature that springs forth
 and subsists in  accordance with       
,divine order is a correspondence4      
,divine order is  caused by the ,divine 
good that flows forth from the ,lord4   
,it begins  in ,him1 goes forth from    
,him through the heavens in succession  
into  the world1 and is terminated there
 in outmosts2 and everything there  that
 is in accordance with order is a       
correspondence4 ,everything  there is in
 accordance with order that is good and 
perfect for use1  because everything    
good is good in the measure of its use2 
while its  form has relation to truth1  
truth being the form of good4 ,and for  
this reason everything in the whole     

world and of the nature thereof  that is
 in ,divine order has reference to good 
and truth4#a      ,footnote #a          
,everything in the universe1 both in    
heaven and in    the world1 that is in  
accordance with order1 has reference to 
good and truth 7n4 #bdea1 #caff1 #dcij1 
#ddji1 #ebcb1 #gbef1 #ajabb72    and to 
the conjunction of these1 in order to be
 anything 7n4    #ajeee74      #ajh4    
,that all things in the world spring    
from the ,divine1 and are  clothed with 
such things in nature as enable them to 
exist there and  perform use1 and thus  
to correspond1 is clearly evident from  
the  various things seen in both the    
animal and vegetable kingdoms4 ,in  both
 there are things that any one who      
thinks interiorly can see to  be from   
heaven4 ,for illustration a few things  
out of a countless  number may be       
mentioned2 and first some things from   
the animal  kingdom4 ,many are aware    
what knowledge there is engrafted as it 
were  in every animal4 ,bees know how to

 gather honey from flowers1 to build    
cells out of wax in which to store their
 honey1 and thus provide food  for      
themselves and their families1 even for 
a coming winter4 ,that a  new generation
 may be born their queen lays eggs1 and 
the rest take  care of them and cover   
them4 ,they live under a sort of        
government  which all know by instinct4 
,they preserve the working bees and cast
  out the drones1 depriving them of     
their wings2 besides other  wonderful   
things implanted in them from heaven for
 the sake of their  use1 their wax      
everywhere serving the human race for   
candles1 their  honey for adding        
sweetness to food4 #b ,again1 what      
wonders do we see  in worms1 the meanest
 creatures in the animal kingdom6 ,they 
know how  to get food from the juice of 
the leaves suited to them1 and          
afterward at the appointed time to      
invest themselves with a covering  and  
enter as it were into a womb1 and thus  
hatch offspring of their  own kind4     

,some are first turned into nymphs and  
chrysalides1 spinning  threads about    
themselves2 and this travail being over 
they come forth  clad with a different  
body1 furnished with wings with which   
they fly  in the air as in their heaven1
 and celebrate marriages and lay eggs   
and provide posterity for themselves4 #c
 ,besides these special  instances all  
creatures in general that fly in the air
 know the  proper food for their        
nourishment1 not only what it is but    
where to  find it2 they know how to     
build nests for themselves1 one kind in 
one  way and another kind in another    
way2 how to lay their eggs in the       
nests1 how to sit upon them1 how to     
hatch their young and feed them1  and to
 turn them out of their home when they  
are able to shift for  themselves4 ,they
 know1 too1 their enemies that they must
 avoid and  their friends with whom they
 may associate1 and this from early     
infancy2 not to mention the wonders in  
the eggs themselves1 in which  all      

things lie ready in their order for the 
formation and nourishment  of the       
chicks2 besides numberless other things4
 #d ,who that thinks  from any wisdom of
 reason will ever say that these        
instincts are from  any other source    
than the spiritual world1 which the     
natural serves  in clothing what is from
 it with a body1 or in presenting in    
effect  what is spiritual in the cause8 
,the beasts of the earth and the birds  
of the air are born into all this       
knowledge1 while man1 who is far        
superior to them1 is not2 for the reason
 that animals are in the  order of their
 life1 and have not been able to destroy
 what is in  them from the spiritual    
world1 because they have no rational    
faculty4  ,man1 on the other hand1 whose
 thought is from the spiritual world1   
having perverted what is in him from    
that world by a life contrary to  order1
 which his rational faculty has favored1
 must needs be born  into mere ignorance
 and afterwards be led back by ,divine  

means into  the order of heaven4        
#aji4 ,how the things in the vegetable  
kingdom correspond can be seen  from    
many instances1 as that little seeds    
grow into trees1 put forth  leaves1     
produce flowers1 and then fruit1 in     
which again they deposit  seed1 these   
things taking place in succession and   
existing together  in an order so       
wonderful as to be indescribable in a   
few words4  ,volumes might be filled1   
and yet there would be still deeper     
arcana1  relating more closely to their 
uses1 which science would be unable to  
exhaust4 ,since these things1 too1 are  
from the spiritual world1 that  is1 from
 heaven1 which is in the human form 7as 
has been shown above  in its own        
chapter71 so all the particulars in this
 kingdom have a  certain relation to    
such things as are in man1 as some in   
the learned  world know4 ,that all      
things in this kingdom also are         
correspondences  has been made clear to 
me by much experience4 ,often when ,i   

have been  in gardens and have been     
looking at the trees1 fruits1 flowers1  
and  plants there1 ,i have recognized   
their correspondences in heaven1 and    
have spoken with those with whom these  
were1 and have been taught  whence and  
what they were4      #aaj4 ,but at the  
present day no one can know the         
spiritual things in  heaven to which the
 natural things in the world correspond 
except  from heaven1 since the knowledge
 of correspondences is now wholly  lost4
 ,but the nature of the correspondence  
of spiritual things with  natural ,i    
shall be glad to illustrate by some     
examples4 ,the animals  of the earth    
correspond in general to affection1 mild
 and useful  animals to good affections1
 fierce and useless ones to evil        
affections4 ,in particular1 cattle and  
their young correspond to the           
affections of the natural mind1 sheep   
and lambs to the affections of  the     
spiritual mind2 while birds correspond1 
according to their  species1 to the     

intellectual things of the natural or   
the spiritual  mind4#a ,for this reason 
various animals1 as cattle and their    
young1  rams1 sheep1 he-goats1 and      
she-goats1 he-lambs and she-lambs1 also 
pigeons and turtledoves1 were devoted to
 a sacred use in the  ,israelitish      
,church1 which was a representative     
church1 and sacrifices  and burnt       
offerings were made of them4 ,for they  
correspond in that  use to spiritual    
things1 and in heaven these were        
understood in  accordance with the      
correspondences4 ,moreover1 animals     
according to  their kinds and species1  
because they have life1 are affections2 
and  the life of each one is solely from
 affection and in accordance with       
affection2 consequently every animal has
 an innate knowledge that is  in accord 
with its life's affection4 ,man is like 
an animal so far as  his natural man is 
concerned1 and is therefore likened to  
animals in  common speech2 for example1 
if he is gentle he is called a sheep or 

lamb1 if fierce a bear or wolf1 if      
cunning a fox or serpent1 and so  on4   
,footnote #a ,from correspondence       
animals signify affections2    mild and 
useful animals good affections1 fierce  
and useless    ones evil affections 7n4 
#da1 #de1 #df1 #adb1 #adc1 #bdf1 #gad1  
#gaf1    #gai1 #bagi1 #bahj1 #ceai1     
#ibhj72 illustrated by experience from  
the spiritual world 7n4 #cbah1 #eaih1   
#ijij74 ,influx of the    spiritual     
world into the lives of animals 7n4     
#afcc1 #cfdf74    ,cattle and their     
young from correspondence signify       
affections    of the natural mind 7n4   
#bahj1 #beff1 #icia1 #ajacb1 #ajdjg74   
,what    sheep signify 7n4 #dafi1       
#dhji72 and lambs 7n4 #ciid1 #ajacb74   
,flying creatures signify intellectual  
things 7n4 #dj1 #gde1 #ggf1    #ggh1    
#hff1 #ihh1 #iia1 #eadi1 #gdda72 with a 
difference according to    their genera 
and species1 from experience in the     
spiritual    world 7n4 #cbai74          
#aaa4 ,there is a like correspondence   

with things in the vegetable  kingdom4  
,in general1 a garden corresponds to the
 intelligence and  wisdom of heaven2 and
 for this reason heaven is called the   
,garden of  ,god1 and ,paradise2#a and  
men call it the heavenly paradise4      
,trees1  according to their species1    
correspond to the perceptions and       
knowledges of good and truth which are  
the source of intelligence and  wisdom4 
,for this reason the ancient people1 who
 were acquainted with  correspondences1 
held their sacred worship in groves2#b  
and for the  same reason trees are so   
often mentioned in the ,word1 and       
heaven1 the  church1 and man are        
compared to them2 as the vine1 the      
olive1 the  cedar1 and others1 and the  
good works done by men are compared to  
fruits4 ,also the food derived from     
trees1 and more especially from  the    
grain harvests of the field1 corresponds
 to affections for good  and truth1     
because these affections feed the       
spiritual life1 as the  food of the     

earth does the natural life2#c and bread
 from grain1 in  a general sense1       
because it is the food that specially   
sustains life1  and because it stands   
for all food1 corresponds to an         
affection for  all good4 ,it is on      
account of this correspondence that the 
,lord calls  ,himself the bread of life2
 and that loaves of bread had a holy use
 in  the ,israelitish ,church1 being    
placed on the table in the tabernacle   
and called the bread of faces2 also the 
,divine worship that was  performed by  
sacrifices and burnt offerings was      
called bread4  ,moreover1 because of    
this correspondence the most holy act of
 worship  in the ,christian ,church is  
the ,holy ,supper1 in which bread is    
given1  and wine4#d ,from these few     
examples the nature of correspondence   
can  be seen4      ,footnote #a ,from   
correspondence a garden and a paradise  
signify intelligence and wisdom 7n4     
#ajj1 #ajh72 from experience    7n4     
#cbbj74 ,all things that have a         

correspondence have in the    ,word the 
same significance 7n4 #bhif1 #bihg1     
#bihi1 #biij1 #biia1    #cjjb1 #cbbe74  
,footnote #b ,trees signify perceptions 
and knowledges 7n4 #ajc1    #bafc1      
#bfhb1 #bgbb1 #bigb1 #gfib74 ,for this  
reason the ancient    people held       
,divine worship in groves under trees   
according to    their correspondence 7n4
 #bgbb1 #deeb74 ,influx of heaven into  
subjects of the vegetable kingdom1 as   
into trees and plants 7n4    #cfdh74    
,footnote #c ,from correspondence foods 
signify such things as    nourish the   
spiritual life 7n4 #caad1 #ddei1 #dgib1 
#digf1 #eadg1    #ebic1 #ecdj1 #ecdb1   
#edaj1 #edbf1 #eegf1 #eehb1 #eehh1      
#efee1 #eiae1    #fbgg1 #hefb1 #ijjc74  
,footnote #d ,bread signifies every good
 that nourishes the    spiritual life of
 man 7n4 #bafe1 #bagg1 #cdgh1 #cgce1    
#chac1 #dbaa1    #dbag1 #dgce1 #digf1   
#icbc1 #iede1 #ajfhf74 ,such was the    
signification of the loaves that were on
 the table in the    tabernacle 7n4     

#cdgh1 #iede74 ,sacrifices in general   
were called    bread 7n4 #bafe74 ,bread 
includes all food 7n4 #bafe74 ,thus it  
signifies all heavenly and spiritual    
food 7n4 #bgf1 #fhj1 #bafe1    #bagg1   
#cdgh1 #faah1 #hdaj74      #aab4 ,how   
conjunction of heaven with the world is 
effected by means of  correspondences   
shall also be told in a few words4 ,the 
,lord's kingdom  is a kingdom of ends1  
which are uses2 or what is the same     
thing1 a  kingdom of uses which are     
ends4 ,for this reason the universe has 
been  so created and formed by the      
,divine that uses may be every where    
clothed in such a way as to be presented
 in act1 or in effect1 first  in heaven 
and afterwards in the world1 thus by    
degrees and  successively1 down to the  
outmost things of nature4 ,evidently1   
then1  the correspondence of natural    
things with spiritual things1 or of the 
world with heaven1 is through uses1 and 
uses are what conjoin2 and  the form in 
which uses are clothed are              

correspondences and are  conjunctions   
just to the extent that they are forms  
of uses4 ,in the  nature of the world in
 its threefold kingdom1 all things that 
exist  in accordance with order are     
forms of uses1 or effects formed from   
use for use1 and this is why the things 
in nature are  correspondences4 ,but in 
the case of man1 so far as he is in     
accordance with ,divine order1 that is1 
so far as he is in love to the  ,lord   
and in charity towards the neighbor1 are
 his acts uses in form1  and            
correspondences1 and through these he is
 conjoined to heaven4 ,to  love the     
,lord and the neighbor means in general 
to perform uses4#a  ,furthermore1 it    
must be understood that man is the means
 by which the  natural world and the    
spiritual world are conjoined1 that is1 
man is  the medium of conjunction1      
because in him there is a natural world 
and there is a spiritual world 7see     
above1 n4 #eg72 consequently to  the    
extent that man is spiritual he is the  

medium of conjunction2 but  to the      
extent that a man is natural1 and not   
spiritual1 he is not a  medium of       
conjunction4 ,nevertheless1 apart from  
this mediumship of  man1 a ,divine      
influx into the world and into the      
things pertaining to  man that are of   
the world goes on1 but not into man's   
rational  faculty4      ,footnote #a    
,every good has its delight as well as  
its quality    from use and in          
accordance with use2 therefore such as  
the use    is1 such is the good 7n4     
#cjdi1 #dihd1 #gjch74 ,angelic life     
consists in the goods of love and       
charity1 that is1 in    performing uses 
7n4 #ded74 ,the ,lord1 and consequently 
the    angels1 look only1 in regard to  
man1 to ends1 which are uses    7n4     
#acag1 #afde1 #ehed74 ,the ,lord's      
kingdom is a kingdom of uses    that is1
 of ends 7n4 #ded1 #fif1 #aajc1 #cfde1  
#djed1 #gjch74 ,serving    the ,lord is 
performing uses 7n4 #gjch74 ,each thing 
and all    things in man have been      

formed for use 7n4 #cfbf1 #dajd1 #eahi  
#ibig2 also from use1 that is1 the use  
is prior to the organic    forms in man 
through which the use is performed1     
because use is    from the inflowing of 
the ,lord through heaven 7n4 #dbbc1     
#dibf74    ,moreover man's interiors1   
which constitute his mind1 when he      
grows to maturity are formed from use   
and for use 7n4 #aifd1    #fhae1 #ibig74
 ,consequently man is such as are the   
uses with him    7n4 #aefh1 #cegj1      
#djed1 #fega1 #fice1 #fich1 #ajbhd74    
,uses are the    ends for the sake of   
which 7n4 #cefe1 #djed1 #dajd1 #fhae74  
,use is    the first and the last1 thus 
the all of man 7n4 #aifd74      #aac4   
,as all things that are in accord with  
,divine order correspond to  heaven1 so 
all things contrary to ,divine order    
correspond to hell4  ,all things that   
correspond to heaven have relation to   
good and truth2  but those that         
correspond to hell have relation to evil
 and falsity4      #aad4 ,something     

shall now be said about the knowledge of
  correspondences and its use4 ,it has  
been said above that the  spiritual     
world1 which is heaven1 is conjoined    
with the natural world  by means of     
correspondences2 therefore by means of  
correspondences  communication with     
heaven is granted to man4 ,for the      
angels of heaven  do not think from     
natural things1 as man does2 but when   
man has  acquired a knowledge of        
correspondences he is able1 in respect  
to the  thoughts of his mind1 to be     
associated with the angels1 and thus in 
respect to his spiritual or internal man
 to be conjoined with them4  ,that there
 might be such a conjunction of heaven  
with man the ,word  was written wholly  
by correspondences1 each thing and all  
things in  it being correspondent4#a ,if
 man1 therefore1 had a knowledge of     
correspondences he would understand the 
spiritual sense of the ,word1  and from 
that it would be given him to know      
arcana of which he sees  nothing in the 

sense of the letter4 ,for there is a    
literal sense and  there is a spiritual 
sense in the ,word1 the literal sense   
made up of  such things as are in the   
world1 and the spiritual sense of such  
things as are in heaven4 ,and such a    
,word1 in which everything down to  the 
least jot is a correspondence1 was given
 to men because the  conjunction of     
heaven with the world is effected by    
means of  correspondences4#b            
,footnote #a ,the ,word was written     
wholly by correspondences 7n4    #hfae74
 ,by means1 of the ,word man has        
conjunction with heaven    7n4 #bhii1   
#fidc1 #icif1 #idjj1 #idja1 #ajcge1     
#ajdeb74      ,footnote #b ,concerning  
the spiritual sense of the ,word see the
    little work on ,the ,white ,horse   
referred to in the ,apocalypse4         
#aae4 ,i have been taught from heaven   
that the most ancient men on our  earth1
 who were celestial men1 thought from   
correspondences  themselves1 the natural
 things of the world before their eyes  

serving  them as means of thinking in   
this way2 and that they could be in     
fellowship with angels and talk with    
them because they so thought1  and that 
thus through them heaven was conjoined  
to the world4 ,for  this reason that    
period was called the ,golden ,age1 of  
which it is  said by ancient writers    
that the inhabitants of heaven dwelt    
with men  and associated with them as   
friends with friends4 ,but after this   
there followed a period when men        
thought1 not from correspondences       
themselves1 but from a knowledge of     
correspondences1 and there was  then    
also a conjunction of heaven with man1  
but less intimate4 ,this  period was    
called the ,silver ,age4 ,after this    
there followed men who  had a knowledge 
of correspondences but did not think    
from that  knowledge1 because they were 
in natural good1 and not1 like those    
before them in spiritual good4 ,this    
period was called the ,copper ,age4     
,after this man gradually became        

external1 and finally corporeal1 and    
then the knowledge of correspondences   
was wholly lost1 and with it a          
knowledge of heaven and of the many     
things pertaining to heaven4 ,it  was   
from correspondence that these ages were
 named from gold1 silver1  and copper1#a
 and for the reason that from           
correspondence gold  signifies celestial
 good in which were the most ancient    
people1  silver spiritual good in which 
were the ancient people that followed1  
and copper natural good in which were   
the next posterity2 while iron1  from   
which the last age takes its name1      
signifies hard truth apart  from good4  
,footnote #a ,gold from correspondence  
signifies celestial good    7n4 #aac1   
#aeea1 #aeeb1 #efeh1 #fiad1 #fiag1      
#ieaj1 #ihgd1 #ihha74    ,silver        
signifies spiritual good1 that is1 truth
 from a    celestial origin 7n4 #aeea1  
#aeeb1 #bied1 #efeh74 ,copper signifies 
natural good 7n4 #dbe1 #aeea74 ,iron    
signifies truth in the    outmost of    

order 7n4 #dbe1 #dbf74        #aaf4     
,,xiv4 ,,the ,,sun ,,in ,,heaven4    ,in
 heaven neither the sun of the world1   
nor anything from that sun1  is seen1   
because it is wholly natural4 ,for      
nature has its beginning  from that sun1
 and whatever is produced by means of it
 is called  natural4 ,but the spiritual1
 to which heaven belongs1 is above      
nature  and wholly distinct from what is
 natural2 and there is no  communication
 between the two except by              
correspondences4 ,what the  distinction 
between them is may be understood from  
what has been  already said about       
degrees 7n4 #ch71 and what the          
communication is  from what has been    
said in the two preceding chapters about
  correspondences4      #aag4 ,although 
the sun of the world is not seen in     
heaven1 nor  anything from that sun1    
there is nevertheless a sun there1 and  
light  and heat1 and all things that are
 in the world1 with innumerable  others1
 but not from a like origin2 since the  

things in heaven are  spiritual1 and    
those in the world are natural4 ,the sun
 of heaven is  the ,lord2 the light     
there is the ,divine truth and the heat 
the ,divine  good that go forth from the
 ,lord as a sun4 ,from this origin are  
all  things that spring forth and are   
seen in the heavens4 ,this light and    
heat and things existing therefrom in   
heaven will be treated of in  the       
following chapters2 in this chapter we  
will speak only of the sun  there4 ,in  
heaven the ,lord is seen as a sun1 for  
the reason that ,he is  ,divine love1   
from which all spiritual things1 and by 
means of the sun  of the world all      
natural things1 have their existence4   
,that love is  what shines as a sun4    
#aah4 ,that the ,lord is actually seen  
in heaven as a sun ,i have not  only    
been told by angels1 but it has         
occasionally been granted me to  see it2
 and therefore what ,i have heard and   
seen respecting the ,lord  as a sun ,i  
shall be glad to tell in a few words4   

,the ,lord is seen as  a sun1 not in    
heaven1 but high above the heavens2 and 
not directly  overhead or in the zenith1
 but before the faces of the angels at a
  middle height4 ,he is seen at a       
considerable distance1 in two places1   
one before the right eye and the other  
before the left eye4 ,before  the right 
eye ,he is seen exactly like a sun1 as  
it were1 with a glow  and size like that
 of the sun of the world4 ,but before   
the left eye  ,he is not seen as a sun1 
but as a moon1 glowing white like the   
moon  of our earth1 and of like size1   
but more brilliant1 and surrounded  with
 many little moons1 as it were1 each of 
them of similar whiteness  and splendor4
 ,the ,lord is seen so differently in   
two places because  every person sees   
the ,lord in accordance with the quality
 of his  reception of the ,lord1 thus   
,he is seen in one way by those that    
receive ,him with the good of love1 and 
in another by those that  receive ,him  
with the good of faith4 ,those that     

receive ,him with the  good of love see 
,him as a sun1 fiery and flaming1 in    
accordance with  their reception of     
,him2 these are in ,his celestial       
kingdom2 while  those that receive ,him 
with the good of faith see ,him as a    
moon1  white and brilliant in accordance
 with their reception of ,him1 and      
these are in ,his spiritual kingdom4#a  
,this is so because good of  love       
corresponds to fire2 therefore in the   
spiritual sense fire is  love2 and the  
good of faith corresponds to light1 and 
in the  spiritual sense light is        
faith4#b ,and the ,lord appears before  
the  eyes because the interiors1 which  
belong to the mind1 see through the     
eyes1 from good of love through the     
right eye1 and from good of faith       
through the left eye2#c since with      
angels and also with men all  things at 
the right correspond to good from which 
truth is derived1  and all at the left  
to truth that is from good4#d ,good of  
faith is  in its essence truth from     

good4      ,footnote #a ,the ,lord is   
seen in heaven as a sun1 and is the     
sun of heaven 7n4 #ajec1 #cfcf1 #cfdc1  
#djfj74 ,the ,lord is seen as    a sun  
by those who are in ,his celestial      
kingdom1 where love to    ,him reigns1  
and as a moon by those who are in ,his  
spiritual    kingdom1 where charity to  
the neighbor and faith reign 7n4        
#aeba1 #aebi-aeca1 #ahcg1 #dfif74 ,the  
,lord is seen as a sun at a    middle   
height before the right eye1 and an a   
moon before the    left eye 7n4 #ajec1  
#aeba1 #aebi-aeca1 #cfcf1 #cfdc1 #dcba1 
#ejig1    #gjgh1 #gjhc1 #gagc1 #gbgj1   
#hhab1 #ajhji74 ,the ,lord is seen as a 
sun    and as a moon 7n4 #aeca1 #gagc74 
,the ,lord's ,divine ,itself is far     
above ,his ,divine in heaven 7n4 #gbgj1 
#hgfj74      ,footnote #b ,fire in the  
,word signifies love1 both in a good    
sense and in a bad sense 7n4 #icd1      
#dijf1 #ebae74 ,holy or heavenly    fire
 signifies the ,divine ,love 7n4 #icd1  
#fcad1 #fhcb74 ,infernal    fire        

signifies love of self and of the world 
and every lust of    those loves 7n4    
#ahfa1 #ejga1 #fcad1 #fhcb1 #gege1      
#ajgdg74 ,love is    the fire of life   
and life itself is really from it 7n4   
#dijf1    #ejga1 #fjcb1 #fcad74 ,light  
signifies the truth of faith 7n4        
#caie1 #cdhe1 #cfcf1 #cfdc1 #ciic1      
#dcjb1 #ddac1 #ddae1 #iedh1 #ifhd74     
,footnote #c ,the sight of the left eye 
corresponds to truths of    faith1 and  
the sight of the right eye to their     
goods 7n4 #ddaj1    #fibc74             
,footnote #d ,the things on man's right 
have relation to good    from which is  
truth1 and those on his left to truth   
from good    7n4 #idie1 #ifjd74         
#aai4 ,this is why in the ,word the     
,lord in respect to love is likened  to 
the sun1 and in respect to faith to the 
moon2 also that the sun  signifies love 
from the ,lord to the ,lord1 and the    
moon signifies  faith from the ,lord in 
the ,lord1 as in the following passages3
         ,the light of the moon shall be

 as the light of the sun1       and the 
light of the sun shall be sevenfold1 as 
the light       of seven days 7,isa4    
#cj3bf74         ,and when ,i shall     
extinguish thee ,i will cover the       
heavens       and make the stars thereof
 dark2 ,i will cover the sun with       
a cloud1 and the moon shall not make her
 light to shine4       ,all luminaries  
of light in the heavens will ,i make    
dark       over thee1 and ,i will set   
darkness upon thy land 7,ezek4          
#cb3g1 #h74         ,i will darken the  
sun in his going forth1 and the moon    
shall not make her light to shine 7,isa4
 #ac3aj7         ,the sun and the moon  
shall be darkened1 and the stars        
shall withdraw their shining4 ,the sun  
shall be turned into       darkness and 
the moon into blood 7,joel #b3b1 #aj1   
#ca2 #c3af74         ,the sun became    
black as sackcloth and hair1 and the    
moon       became as blood1 and the     
stars fell unto the earth 7,apoc4       
#f3ab1 #ac74         ,immediately after 

the affliction of those days the sun    
shall be darkened1 and the moon shall   
not give her light1       and the stars 
shall fall from heaven 7,matt4 #bd3bi74 
,and elsewhere4 ,in these passages the  
sun signifies love1 and the  moon faith1
 and the stars knowledges of good and   
truth4#a ,these  are said to be         
darkened1 to lose their light1 and to   
fall from  heaven1 when they are no     
more4 ,that the ,lord is seen as a sun  
in  heaven is evident also from ,his    
appearance when transfigured before     
,peter1 ,james1 and ,john1         ,that
 ,his face did shine as the sun 7,matt4 
#ag3b74    ,these disciples thus saw the
 ,lord when they were withdrawn from the
  body1 and were in the light of heaven4
 ,it was because of this  correspondence
 that the ancient people1 with whom was 
a  representative church1 turned the    
face to the sun in the east when  they  
were in ,divine worship2 and for the    
same reason they gave to  their temples 
an eastern aspect4      ,footnote #a    

,stars and constellations in the ,word  
signify    knowledges of good and truth 
7n4 #bdie1 #bhdi1 #dfig74      #abj4    
,how great the ,divine love is and what 
it is can be seen by  comparison with   
the sun of the world1 that it is most   
ardent1 if you  will believe it1 much   
more ardent than that sun4 ,for this    
reason the  ,lord as a sun does not flow
 without mediums into the heavens1 but  
the  ardor of ,his love is gradually    
tempered on the way4 ,these temperings  
appear as radiant belts about the sun2  
furthermore1 the angels are  veiled with
 a thin adapting cloud to prevent their 
being harmed by  the influx4#a ,for this
 reason the heavens are more or less    
near in  accordance with reception4 ,as 
the higher heavens are in good of love  
they are nearest to the ,lord as the    
sun2 and as the lower heavens are  in   
good of faith they are farther away from
 ,him4 ,but those that are  in no good1 
like those in hell1 are farthest away1  
at different  distances in accordance   

with their opposition to good4#b        
,footnote #a ,what the ,lord's ,divine  
love is1 and how great it    is1        
illustrated by comparison with the fire 
of this world's sun    7n4 #fhcd1 #fhdi1
 #hfdd74 ,the ,lord's ,divine love is   
love toward    the whole human race to  
save it 7n4 #ahbj1 #ahfe1 #bbec1 #fhgb74
    ,the love that first goes forth from
 the fire of the ,lord's love    does   
not enter heaven1 but is seen as radiant
 belts about the    sun 7n4 #gbgj74 ,the
 angels are veiled with a corresponding 
thin    cloud1 to prevent their being   
harmed by the glow of burning    love   
7n4 #fhdi74      ,footnote #b ,the      
,lord's presence with the angels is in  
proportion to their reception of good of
 love and faith from    ,him 7n4 #ijd1  
#daih1 #dcbj1 #fbhj1 #fhcb1 #gjdb1      
#hhai1 #ifhj1 #ifhb1    #ifhc1 #ajajf1  
#ajhaa74 ,the ,lord appears to each one 
in accordance    with what he is 7n4    
#ahfa1 #cbce1 #daih1 #dbjf74 ,the hells 
are at a    distance from the heavens   

because they cannot bear the presence   
of ,divine love from the ,lord 7n4      
#dbii1 #geai1 #ggch1 #gihi1 #hacg1      
#hbfe1 #icbg74 ,for this reason the     
hells are very far away from    the     
heavens1 and this is the great gulf 7n4 
#icdf1 #ajahg74      #aba4 ,when1       
however1 the ,lord appears in heaven1   
which often occurs1  ,he does not appear
 encompassed with a sun1 but in the form
 of an  angel1 yet distinguished from   
angels by the ,divine shining through   
from ,his face1 since ,he is not there  
in person1 for in person the  ,lord is  
constantly encompassed by the sun1 but  
,he is present by look4  ,for it is a   
common occurrence in heaven for persons 
to appear to be  present in a place     
where their look is fixed or is         
terminated1 even  when this place is far
 away from where they really are4 ,this 
presence  is called the presence of     
internal sight1 which will be treated of
  further on4 ,i have also seen the     
,lord out of the sun in an angelic      

form1 at a height a little below the    
sun2 also near by in a like  form1 with 
shining face1 and once in the midst of  
angels as a  flame-like radiance4       
#abb4 ,to the angels the sun of the     
world appears like a dense darkness     
opposite to the sun of heaven1 and the  
moon like a darkness opposite  to the   
moon of heaven1 and this constantly2 and
 for the reason that  the world's       
fieriness corresponds to the love of    
self1 and the light  from it corresponds
 to what is false from that love2 and   
the love of  self is the direct opposite
 of the ,divine love2 and what is false 
from that love is the direct opposite of
 the ,divine truth2 and the  opposite of
 the ,divine love and the ,divine truth 
is to the angels  thick darkness4       
,therefore1 in the ,word1 to worship the
 sun and moon  of this world and bow    
down to them1 signifies to love self and
 the  falsities that spring from the    
love of self1 and it is said that such  
would be cut off4 7,deut4 #d3ai2        

#af3c-e2 ,jer4 #h3a1 #b2 ,ezek4 #h3ae1  
#af1  #ah2 ,apoc4 #af3h2 ,matt4 #ac3f74a
      ,footnote #a ,the sun of the world
 is not seen by the angels1    but in   
its place something dark behind1        
opposite to the sun of    heaven or the 
,lord 7n4 #gjgh1 #igee74 ,in the        
opposite sense the    sun signifies the 
love of self 7n4 #bdda72 and in this    
sense to    worship the sun signifies to
 worship what is contrary to    heavenly
 love or to the ,lord 7n4 #bdda1        
#ajehd74 ,to those in the    hells the  
sun of heaven is thick darkness 7n4     
#bdda74      #abc4 ,as it is from the   
,divine love that is in and from ,him   
that the  ,lord appears in heaven like a
 sun1 so all in the heavens are turned  
constantly to ,him those in the         
celestial kingdom to ,him as a sun and  
those in the spiritual kingdom to ,him  
as a moon4 ,but those that are  in hell 
turn themselves to an opposite darkness 
and dense darkness1  that is1 they turn 
backwards1 away from the ,lord2 and for 

the reason  that all in the hells are in
 love of self and the world1 thus       
antagonistic to the ,lord4 ,those who   
turn themselves to the dense  darkness  
that is in the place where this world's 
sun is are in the  hells behind1 and are
 called genii2 while those that turn    
themselves  to the darkness that is in  
the place of the moon are in the hells  
more in front1 and are called spirits4  
,this is why those in the hells  are    
said to be in darkness1 and those in the
 heavens in light1  darkness signifying 
falsity from evil1 and light truth from 
good4  ,they so turn themselves because 
all in the other life look towards  what
 rules in their interiors1 thus to their
 loves2 and with angels  and spirits the
 interiors determine the face2 and in   
the spiritual  world quarters are not   
fixed1 as in the natural world1 but are 
determined by the face4 ,in respect to  
his spirit man turns himself in  like   
manner as a spirit does1 backwards from 
the ,lord if he is in  love of self and 

the world1 and towards the ,lord if he  
is in love to  the ,lord and the        
neighbor4 ,but of this man is ignorant1 
because he is  in the natural world     
where quarters are determined by the    
rising and  setting of the sun4 ,but as 
this cannot be easily comprehended by   
men  it will be elucidated hereafter    
when ,quarters1 ,space1 and ,time in    
,heaven are treated of4      #abd4      
,because the ,lord is the sun of heaven 
and everything that is  from ,him looks 
to ,him1 ,he is also the common center1 
the source of  all direction and        
determination4#a ,so1 too1 all things   
beneath are  in ,his presence and under 
,his auspices1 both in the heavens and  
on  the earths4      ,footnote #a ,the  
,lord is the common center to which all 
things    of heaven turn 7n4 #cfcc1     
#cfda74      #abe4 ,from all this what  
has been said and shown in previous     
chapters  about the ,lord may now be    
seen in clearer light1 namely3          
,that ,he is the ,god of heaven 7n4     

#b-f74         ,that it is ,his ,divine 
that makes heaven 7n4 #g-ab74           
,that the ,lord's ,divine in heaven is  
love to ,him and       charity towards  
the neighbor 7n4 #ac-ai74         ,that 
there is a correspondence of all things 
of the world       with heaven1 and     
through heaven with the ,lord 7n4       
#hg-aae74         ,also that the sun and
 moon of the world are                  
correspondences 7n4 #aje74        #abf4 
,,xv4 ,,light ,,and ,,heat ,,in         
,,heaven4    ,that there is light in the
 heavens those who think from nature    
alone  cannot comprehend2 and yet such  
is the light in the heavens that it     
exceeds by many degrees the noon-day    
light of the world4 ,that light ,i  have
 often seen1 even during the evening and
 night4 ,at first ,i  wondered when ,i  
heard the angels say that the light of  
this world is  little more than a shadow
 in comparison with the light of heaven2
 but  having seen it ,i can testify that
 it is so4 ,the brightness and  splendor

 of the light of heaven are such as     
cannot be described4 ,all  things that  
,i have seen in the heavens have been   
seen in that light1  thus more clearly  
and distinctly than things in this      
world4      #abg4 ,the light of heaven  
is not a natural light1 like the light  
of  the world1 but a spiritual light1   
because it is from the ,lord as a  sun1 
and that sun is the ,divine love 7as has
 been shown in the  foregoing chapter74 
,that which goes forth from the ,lord as
 a sun is  called in the heavens ,divine
 truth1 but in its essence it is ,divine
  good united to ,divine truth4 ,from   
this the angels have light and  heat1   
light from ,divine truth1 and heat from 
,divine good4 ,as the  light of heaven1 
and the heat also1 are from such a      
source1 it is  evident that they are    
spiritual and not natural4#a            
,footnote #a ,all light in the heavens  
is from the ,lord as a sun    7n4 #ajec1
 #aeba1 #caie1 #ccda1 #cfcf1 #cfdc1     
#ddae1 #iedh1 #ifhd1    #ajhji74 ,the   

,divine truth that goes forth from the  
,lord appears    in heaven as light1 and
 furnishes all the light of heaven 7n4  
#caie1 #cbbb1 #cbbc1 #edjj1 #hfdd1      
#icii1 #iedh1 #ifhd74      #abh4 ,the   
,divine truth is light to the angels    
because the angels are  spiritual and   
not natural4 ,spiritual beings see from 
their sun1 and  natural beings from     
theirs4 ,it is from ,divine truth that  
angels have  understanding1 and their   
understanding is their inner sight1     
which  flows into and produces their    
outer sight2 therefore in heaven        
whatever is seen from the ,lord as the  
sun is seen in light4#a ,this  being the
 source of light in heaven the light is 
varied there in  accordance with the    
reception of ,divine truth from the     
,lord2 or what  is the same1 in         
accordance with the intelligence and    
wisdom in which  the angels are1 thus   
differently in the celestial kingdom and
 in the  spiritual kingdom1 and         
differently in each society4 ,in the    

celestial  kingdom the light appears    
flaming because the angels there receive
  light from the ,lord as a sun2 but in 
the spiritual kingdom the light  is     
shining white1 because the angels there 
receive light from the  ,lord as a moon 
7see above1 n4 #aah74 ,so1 too1 the     
light differs in  different societies1  
and again in each society1 those that   
are at the  center being in greater     
light and those in the circumference in 
less  light 7see n4 #dc74 ,in a word1   
the angels have light in the same       
degree in which they are recipients of  
,divine truth1 that is1 are in          
intelligence and wisdom from the        
,lord2#b and this is why the angels  of 
heaven are called angels of light4      
,footnote #a ,the light of heaven       
illumines both the sight and    the     
understanding of angels and spirits 7n4 
#bggf1 #cach74      ,footnote #b ,the   
light in heaven is in harmony with the  
intelligence and wisdom of the angels   
7n4 #aebd1 #aebi1 #aecj1    #ccci74     

,differences of light in the heavens are
 as many as there    are angelic        
societies2 and as there are in the      
heavens endless    varieties of good and
 truth1 so are there of wisdom and      
intelligence 7n4 #fhd1 #fij1 #cbda1     
#cgdd1 #cgde1 #ddad1 #eeih1 #gbcf1      
#ghcc1 #ghcf74      #abi4 ,as the ,lord 
in the heavens is ,divine truth1 and the
 ,divine truth  there is light1 so in   
the ,word ,he is called ,light1 likewise
 all truth  is from ,him1 as in the     
following passages3         ,jesus said1
 ,i am the light of the world2 he that  
followeth       ,me shall not walk in   
darkness1 but shall have the light of   
life 7,john #h3ab74         ,as long as 
,i am in the world ,i am the light of   
the world       7,john #i3e74           
,jesus said1 ,yet a little while is the 
light with you4 ,walk       while ye    
have the light1 lest darkness overtake  
you4 ,while       ye have the light     
believe in the light1 that ye may be    
sons of light4 ,i have come a light into

 the world1 that       whosoever        
believeth in ,me may not abide in       
darkness 7,john       #ab3ce1 #cf1 #df74
         ,light has come into the world1
 but men have loved the       darkness  
rather than the light 7,john #c3ai74    
,john says of the ,lord3         ,this  
is the true light which lighteneth every
 man 7,john       #a3i74         ,the   
people that sit in darkness have seen a 
great light1       and to them that were
 sitting in the shadow of death light   
is sprung up 7,matt4 #d3af74         ,i 
will give thee for a covenant of the    
people1 for a light       of the        
,gentiles 7,isa4 #ac3f74         ,i have
 established ,thee for a light of the   
,gentiles that       ,thou mayest be ,my
 salvation unto the end of the earth    
7,isa4 #ai3f74         ,the nations of  
them that are saved shall walk in ,his  
light       7,apoc4 #ba3bd74            
,send out ,thy light and ,thy truth2 let
 them lead me 7,psalm       #dc3c74     
,in these and other passages the ,lord  

is called light from ,divine  truth1    
which is from ,him2 and the truth itself
 is likewise called  light4 ,as light in
 the heavens is from the ,lord as a sun1
 so when ,he  was transfigured before   
,peter1 ,james1 and ,john3         ,his 
face did shine as the sun1 and ,his     
raiment was white       as the light    
7,matt4 #ag3b74         ,and ,his       
garments became shining1 exceeding white
 as snow1       so as no fuller on earth
 can whiten them 7,mark #i3c2 ,matt4    
#ag3b74    ,the ,lord's garments had    
this appearance because they represented
  ,divine truth which is from ,him in   
the heavens1 garments also in the  ,word
 signifying truths1#a consequently it is
 said in ,david3         ,o ,jehovah1   
,thou coverest ,thyself with light as   
with a       garment 7,psalm #ajd3b74   
,footnote #a ,in the ,word garments     
signify truths1 because    truths clothe
 good 7n4 #ajgc1 #begf1 #ebdh1 #ecai1   
#eied1 #ibaf1    #iieb1 #ajecf74 ,the   
,lord's garments when ,he was           

transfigured    signified ,divine truth 
going forth from ,his ,divine love 7n4  
#ibab1 #ibaf74      #acj4 ,that light in
 the heavens is spiritual and that this 
light is  ,divine truth may be inferred 
also from the fact that men as well as  
angels have spiritual light1 and have   
enlightenment from that light  so far as
 they are in intelligence and wisdom    
from ,divine truth4  ,man's spiritual   
light is the light of his understanding1
 and the  objects of that light are     
truths1 which he arranges analytically  
into  groups1 forms into reason1 and    
from them draws conclusions in          
series4#a ,the natural man does not know
 that the light from which  the         
understanding sees such things is a real
 light1 for he neither  sees it with his
 eyes nor perceives it by thought4 ,and 
yet there are  many who recognize this  
light1 and distinguish it from the      
natural  light in which those are who   
think naturally and not spiritually4    
,those think naturally who take account 

of the world only1 and  attribute all   
things to nature2 while those think     
spiritually who  take account of heaven 
and attribute all things to the ,divine4
 ,it has  often been granted me to      
perceive and also to see that there is a
  true light that enlightens the mind1  
wholly distinct from the light  that is 
called natural light lumen4 ,i have been
 raised up  interiorly into that light  
by degrees2 and as ,i was raised up my  
understanding became so enlightened as  
to enable me to perceive what  ,i did   
not perceive before1 and finally such   
things as ,i could not  even comprehend 
by thought from natural light4          
,sometimes ,i felt  indignant that ,i   
could not comprehend these things when  
they were so  clearly and plainly       
perceived in the light of heaven4#b     
,because  there is a light that belongs 
to the understanding1 the same things   
are said of it as of the eye1 as that it
 sees and is in light when it           
perceives1 and is in obscurity and shade

 when it does not perceive1  and so on4 
,footnote #a ,man is rational because   
his understanding is    illumined by the
 light of heaven 7n4 #aebd1 #cach1      
#cafg1 #ddjh1    #ffjh1 #hgjg1 #iabh1   
#icii1 #ajefi74 ,the understanding is   
enlightened because it is a recipient of
 truth 7n4 #fbbb1 #ffjh1    #ajfei74    
,the understanding is enlightened to the
 extent that man    receives truth in   
good from the lord 7n4 #cfai74 ,the     
understanding is such as are the truths 
from good by which it    is formed 7n4  
#ajjfd74 ,the understanding has light   
from heaven1    as the sight has light  
from the world 7n4 #aebd1 #eaad1 #ffjh1 
#iabh74 ,the light of heaven from the   
,lord is always present with    man1 but
 it flows in only in the degree that man
 is in truth    from good 7n4 #djfj1    
#dbad74      ,footnote #b ,when man is  
raised up from the sensual he comes     
into a milder light1 and at length into 
heavenly light 7n4    #fcac1 #fcae1     
#idjg74 ,when man is raised up into     

intelligence    there is an actual      
elevation into the light of heaven 7n4  
#caij74 ,how great a light was perceived
 when ,i was withdrawn    from worldly  
ideas 7n4 #aebf1 #ffjh74      #aca4 ,as 
the light of heaven is ,divine truth1   
that light is also  ,divine wisdom and  
intelligence2 therefore to be raised up 
into the  light of heaven means the same
 as to be raised up into intelligence   
and wisdom and enlightened4 ,for this   
reason the angels have light in  just   
the same degree as they have            
intelligence and wisdom4 ,because  the  
light of heaven is ,divine wisdom1 in   
that light the character of  everyone is
 recognized4 ,the interiors of everyone 
lie open to view in  his face just as   
they are1 with not the least thing      
hidden4 ,and  interior angels love to   
have all things that pertain to them    
lying  open1 since they will nothing but
 good4 ,it is otherwise with those      
beneath heaven1 who do not will what is 
good1 and for that reason  fear greatly 

to be seen in the light of heaven4 ,and 
wonderful to  tell1 while those in hell 
appear to one another as men1 in the    
light  of heaven they appear as         
monsters1 with a horrid face and body1  
the  exact form of their own evil4#a ,in
 respect to his spirit man  appears1    
when seen by angels1 in a like way2 if  
good as a man1  beautiful in accord with
 his good2 if evil as a monster1 ugly in
  accord with his evil4 ,from this it is
 clear that in the light of  heaven all 
things are made manifest1 and for the   
reason that the  light of heaven is     
,divine truth4      ,footnote #a ,those 
in the hells1 in their own light1 which 
is    like the light from burning coals1
 appear to themselves as men    but in  
the light of heaven they appear as      
monsters 7n4 #deca1    #decc1 #dfgd1    
#ejeg1 #ejeh1 #ffje1 #ffbf74      #acb4 
,as ,divine truth is light in the       
heavens1 so all truths wherever  they   
are1 whether within an angel or outside 
of him1 or whether  within the heavens  

or outside of them1 emit light4         
,nevertheless1  truths outside of the   
heavens do not shine as truths within   
the  heavens do4 ,truths outside of the 
heavens shine coldly1 like  something   
snowy1 without heat1 because they do not
 draw their essence  from good1 as      
truths within the heavens do2 therefore 
that cold light  vanishes as soon as the
 light of heaven falls on it1 and if    
there is  evil underneath it it is      
turned into darkness4 ,this ,i have     
occasionally seen1 with many other      
noteworthy things about the  shining of 
truth1 which must be omitted here4      
#acc4 ,something shall now be said about
 the heat of heaven4 ,that heat  in its 
essence is love4 ,it goes forth from the
 ,lord as a sun1 which  is ,divine love 
in the ,lord and from the ,lord1 as has 
been shown in  the preceding chapter4   
,it is evident1 therefore1 that the heat
 of  heaven1 like the light of heaven1  
is spiritual1 because from the same     
source4#a ,there are two things that go 

forth from the ,lord as a sun1  ,divine 
truth and ,divine good2 ,divine truth is
 manifested in the  heavens as light1   
and ,divine good as heat2 and yet       
,divine truth and  ,divine good are so  
united that they are not two1 but one4  
,nevertheless1 with angels they are     
separate1 for there are angels  that    
receive more of ,divine good than of    
,divine truth1 and there are  those that
 receive more of ,divine truth than of  
,divine good4 ,those  who receive more  
of ,divine good are in the ,lord's      
celestial kingdom1  and those who       
receive more of ,divine truth are in    
,his spiritual  kingdom4 ,those that    
receive both in a like degree are the   
most  perfect angels4      ,footnote #a 
,there are two sources of heat and also 
two sources    of light1 the sun of the 
world and the sun of heaven 7n4 #ccch1  
#ebae1 #gcbd74 ,heat from the ,lord as a
 sun is affection of love    7n4 #cfcf1 
#cfdc74 ,therefore spiritual heat in its
 essence is    love 7n4 #badf1 #ccch1   

#ccci1 #fcad74      #acd4 ,the heat of  
heaven1 like the light of heaven1 is    
everywhere  different4 ,it is different 
in the celestial kingdom from what it is
  in the spiritual kingdom1 and it is   
different in each society  therein4 ,it 
differs both in degree and in quality4  
,it is more intense  and more pure in   
the ,lord's celestial kingdom1 because  
the angels  there receive more of       
,divine good2 and it is less intense and
 pure in  ,his spiritual kingdom1       
because the angels there receive more of
  ,divine truth4 ,also in each society  
the heat differs in accordance  with    
reception4 ,there is heat in the hells1 
but it is unclean  heat4#a ,the heat in 
heaven is what is meant by holy and     
heavenly  fire1 and the heat of hell by 
profane and infernal fire4 ,both mean   
love--heavenly fire meaning love to the 
,lord and love to the  neighbor and     
every affection of those loves1 and     
infernal fire  meaning love of self and 
love of the world and every lust of     

those  loves4 ,that love is heat from a 
spiritual source is shown from one's    
growing warm with love2 for in          
accordance with the strength and  nature
 of his love a man is inflamed and grows
 warm2 and the heat of  his love is made
 manifest when it is opposed4 ,from this
 also it is  customary to speak of being
 inflamed1 growing hot1 burning1        
boiling1  being on fire1 both in regard 
to the affections of the love of good   
and the lusts of the love of evil4      
,footnote #a ,there is heat in the      
hells1 but it is unclean 7n4    #aggc1  
#bgeg1 #ccdj74 ,the odor from it is like
 the odor from dung    and excrement in 
the world and in the worst hells like   
the odor    of dead bodies 7n4 #had1    
#hae1 #hag1 #hai1 #hbj1 #idc1 #idd1     
#ecid74      #ace4 ,love going forth    
from the ,lord as a sun is felt in      
heaven as  heat1 because the interiors  
of the angels are in a state of love    
from  the ,divine good that is from the 
,lord2 and in consequence their         

exteriors which grow warm therefrom are 
in a state of heat4 ,for this  reason   
heat and love so correspond to each     
other in heaven that  everyone there is 
in heat such as his love is1 according  
to what has  been said just above4 ,this
 world's heat does not enter heaven at  
all1  because it is too gross1 and is   
natural1 and not spiritual2 but with    
men it is otherwise1 because they are in
 both the spiritual world and  the      
natural world4 ,as to their spirits they
 grow warm in exact  accordance with    
their loves2 but as to the body they    
grow warm both  from the heat of their  
spirit and from the heat of the world4  
,the  former flows into the latter1     
because they correspond4 ,the nature of 
the correspondence of the two kinds of  
heat can be seen from animal  life1 in  
that the love of animals-the chief of   
which is the love of  propagating       
offspring of their kind-bursts forth and
 becomes active  in accordance with the 
presence and influence of heat from the 

sun of  the world1 which is the heat of 
the spring and the summer seasons4      
,those who believe that the world's heat
 flows in and excites these  loves are  
greatly mistaken1 for there can be no   
influx from the  natural into the       
spiritual1 but only from the spiritual  
into the  natural4 ,this influx is of   
,divine order1 but the other would be   
contrary to ,divine order4#a            
,footnote #a ,there is spiritual influx1
 but not physical1 that    is1 there is 
influx from the spiritual world into the
 natural1    but not from the natural   
world into the spiritual 7n4 #cbai1     
#eaai1 #ebei1 #edbg1 #edbh1 #edgg1      
#fcbb1 #iaji1 #iaaj1 #iaaa74      #acf4 
,angels1 like men1 have understanding   
and will4 ,the light of  heaven         
constitutes the life of their           
understanding1 because that  light is   
,divine truth and ,divine wisdom        
therefrom2 and the heat of  heaven      
constitutes the life of their will1     
because that heat is  ,divine good and  

,divine love therefrom4 ,the veriest    
life of the angels  is from heat1 and   
from light only so far as heat is in it4
 ,that life  is from heat is shown by   
the fact that when heat is taken away   
life  perishes4 ,the same is true of    
faith without love or of truth without  
good2 since the truth that is called    
truth of faith is light1 and the  good  
that is called good of love is heat4 #a 
,this is more clearly  shown by the heat
 and light of the world1 to which the   
heat and light  of heaven correspond4   
,by the world's heat when conjoined with
 light1  as in spring and summer1 all   
things on the earth are quickened and   
grow1 but by light separate from heat   
nothing is quickened or grows1  but     
everything lies torpid and dies4 ,they  
are not conjoined in  winter1 when heat 
is absent though light remains4 ,from   
this  correspondence heaven is called   
paradise1 since truth is there joined   
with good1 or faith with love1 as light 
is with heat in springtime on  the      

earth4 ,all this makes more clear the   
truth set forth in its own  chapter 7n4 
#ac-ai71 that the ,divine of the ,lord  
in ,heaven is love to  ,him and charity 
towards the neighbor4      ,footnote #a 
,truths apart from good are not in      
themselves    truths because they have  
no life2 for truths have all their      
life from good 7n4 #ifjc74 ,thus truths 
apart from good are like    a body      
without a soul 7n4 #cahj1 #iaed74       
,truths apart from good    are not      
accepted by the ,lord 7n4 #dcfh74 ,what 
truth apart from    good1 that is1 what 
faith apart from love is1 and what truth
    from good or faith from love is 7n4 
#aidi-aiea1 #aifd1 #ehcj1    #eiea74 ,it
 amounts to the same thing whether you  
say truth or    faith1 or whether you   
say good or love1 since truth is of     
faith    and good is of love 7n4 #bhci1 
#dceb1 #dcec1 #diig1 #gagh1 #gfbc1      
#gfbd1 #ajcfg74      #acg4 ,it is said  
in ,john3         ,in the beginning was 
the ,word1 and the ,word was with ,god1 

and ,god was the ,word4 ,all things were
 made through ,him1       and without   
,him was not any thing made that hath   
been       made4 ,in ,him was life1 and 
the life was the light of men4       ,he
 was in the world1 and the world was    
made through ,him4       ,and the ,word 
became flesh and dwelt among us1 and we 
beheld ,his glory 7#a3a-ad74            
,evidently the ,lord is here meant by   
the ,word1 for it is said that  the     
,word became flesh4 ,but what is        
specifically meant by the ,word  is not 
known and shall therefore be explained4 
,here the ,word means  the ,divine truth
 which is in the ,lord and from the     
,lord2#a and this  is why it is also    
called the ,light1 which is the ,divine 
truth1 as  has been already shown in    
this chapter4 ,that it was by means of  
,divine truth that all things were      
created and made shall now be           
explained4 #b ,in heaven ,divine truth  
has all power1 and apart from  it there 
is no power whatever4#b ,from the       

,divine truth angels are  called powers1
 and are powers to the extent that they 
are recipients  or receptacles of it4   
,by means of it they prevail over the   
hells and  over all that oppose them4 ,a
 thousand enemies there cannot stand    
against a single ray of the light of    
heaven1 which is ,divine truth4  ,as    
angels are angels by their reception of 
,divine truth it follows  that the      
entire heaven is from no other source1  
since heaven consists  of angels4 #c    
,that there is such power in ,divine    
truth those cannot  believe that have no
 other idea of truth than that it is    
thought or  speech1 which has in it no  
power except as others do it from       
obedience4 ,but ,divine truth has power 
in itself1 and such power that  by means
 of it heaven was created and the world 
with all things  therein4 ,that there is
 such power in ,divine truth may be     
shown by two  comparisons-by the power  
of truth and good in man1 and by the    
power  of light and heat from the sun in

 the world4 ,by the power of good and   
truth in man1 in that everything that a 
man does he does from his  understanding
 and will-from his will by means of good
 and from his  understanding by means of
 truth2 for all things in the will have 
relation to good and all things in the  
understanding have relation to  truth4#c
 ,therefore it is from good and truth   
that man moves his  whole body1 and a   
thousand things therein rush with one   
accord to do  their will and pleasure4  
,this makes clear that the whole body is
  formed for subservience to good and   
truth1 consequently is formed by  good  
and truth4 #d ,by the power of heat and 
light from the sun in  the world1 in    
that all things that grow in the world1 
as trees1  cereals1 flowers1 grasses1   
fruits1 and seeds1 come into existence  
wholly by means of the heat and light of
 the sun2 which shows what  power of    
producing there is in them4 ,what1 then1
 must be the power in  ,divine light1   
which is ,divine truth1 and in ,divine  

heat1 which is  ,divine good8 ,because  
heaven has its existence from these1 so 
does the  world have its existence      
therefrom1 since the world has its      
existence  by means of heaven1 as has   
been already shown4 ,from all this the  
meaning of these words can be seen that 
all things were made through  the ,word1
 and without the ,word was not anything 
made that has been  made2 also that the 
world was made through ,him1 that is1   
through  ,divine truth from the ,lord4#d
 ,for the same reason1 in the ,book of  
,creation1 light is first spoken of1 and
 then the things that are from  light   
7,gen4 #a3c1 #d74 ,for this reason also 
all things in the universe1  both in    
heaven and in the world1 have relation  
to good and truth and  to their         
conjunction1 in order to be anything4   
,footnote #a ,in the ,sacred ,scripture 
word signifies various    things1       
namely1 speech1 thought of the mind1 any
 thing that    really exists1 also      
something1 and in the highest sense     

,divine    truth1 and the ,lord 7n4     
#iihg74 ,word signifies ,divine truth   
7n4 #bhjc1 #bhid1 #dfib1 #ejge1 #ebgb1  
#ichc1 #iihg74 ,word signifies    the   
,lord 7n4 #becc1 #bhei74      ,footnote 
#b ,divine truth going forth from the   
,lord has all    power 7n4 #fidh1       
#hbjj74 ,truth from good has all power  
in heaven    7n4 #cjia1 #cefc1 #fcdd1   
#fdbc1 #hcjd1 #ifdc1 #ajjai1 #ajahb74   
,angels    are called powers1 and are   
powers by the reception of ,divine      
truth from the ,lord 7n4 #ifci74 ,angels
 are recipients of ,divine    truth from
 the ,lord and therefore in the ,word   
are sometimes    called gods 7n4 #dbie1 
#ddjb1 #ghgc1 #haib1 #hcja74            
,footnote #c ,the understanding is a    
recipient of truth1 and the    will a   
recipient of good 7n4 #cfbc1 #fabe1     
#gejc1 #icjj1 #iicj74    ,therefore all 
things in the understanding have        
relation to    truths1 whether they are 
really truths or are believed by man    
to be truths1 and all things in the will

 in like manner have    relation to     
goods 7n4 #hjc1 #ajabb74      ,footnote 
#d ,divine truth going forth from the   
,lord is the only    real thing 7n4     
#fhhj1 #gjjd1 #hbjj74 ,by means of      
,divine truth all    things were created
 and made 7n4 #bhjc1 #bhhd1 #ebgb1      
#gfgh74      #aci4a ,it must be         
understood that the ,divine good and the
 ,divine  truth that are from the ,lord 
as a sun in the heavens are not in the  
,lord1 but are from the ,lord4 ,in the  
,lord there is only ,divine love1  which
 is the ,being ,esse from which the     
,divine good and the ,divine  truth     
spring4 ,outgo existere from being esse 
is meant by going  forth procedere4     
,this1 too1 can be made clear by        
comparison with  the world's sun4 ,the  
heat and light that are in the world are
 not in  the sun1 but are from the sun4 
,in the sun there is fire only1 and it  
is from this that heat and light spring 
and go forth4      ,footnote #a ,there  
is no n4 #ach in the original4 --       

,editor4      #adj4 ,since the ,lord as 
a sun is ,divine love1 and ,divine love 
is  ,divine good itself1 the ,divine    
that goes forth from the ,lord1 which   
is ,his ,divine in heaven1 is called1   
for the sake of distinction1  ,divine   
truth1 although it is in fact ,divine   
good united to ,divine  truth4 ,this    
,divine truth is what is called the     
,holy that goes forth  from ,him4       
#ada4 ,,xvi4 ,,the ,,four ,,quarters    
,,in ,,heaven4    ,both in heaven and in
 the world there are four quarters1     
east1 south1  west1 and north1          
determined in each world by its own sun2
 in heaven  by the sun of heaven1 which 
is the ,lord1 in the world by the sun of
  the world4 ,and yet there are great   
differences between them4 ,in the  first
 place1 in the world that is called the 
south where the sun is  in its greatest 
altitude above the earth1 north where it
 is in its  opposite position beneath   
the earth1 east where it rises at an    
equinox1 and west where it then sets4   

,thus in the world it is from  the south
 that all the quarters are determined4  
,but in heaven that is  called the east 
where the ,lord is seen as a sun1       
opposite to this is  the west1 at the   
right is the south in heaven1 and at the
 left the  north2 and this in whatever  
direction the face and the body are     
turned4 ,thus in heaven it is from the  
east that all the quarters are          
determined4 ,that is called the east    
oriens where the ,lord is seen  as a    
sun1 because all origin origo of life is
 from ,him as a sun2  moreover1 so far  
as angels receive heat and light or love
 and  intelligence from the ,lord ,he is
 said to arise exoriri upon them4  ,for 
the same reason the ,lord is called the 
,east ,oriens in the  ,word4#a          
,footnote #a ,in the highest sense the  
,lord is the east    oriens1 because ,he
 is the sun of heaven1 which is always  
rising and never setting 7n4 #aja1      
#ejig1 #iffh74      #adb4 ,another      
difference is that to the angels the    

east is always  before the face1 the    
west behind1 the south to the right1 and
 the  north to the left4 ,but since this
 cannot be easily comprehended in  the  
world1 for the reason that men turn the 
face to every quarter1 it  shall be     
explained4 ,the entire heaven turns     
itself to the ,lord as to  its common   
center2 to that center do all the angels
 turn themselves4  ,also on the earth1  
as is well known1 there is a directing  
of all  things towards a common center2 
but there is this difference between    
this directing in the world and that in 
heaven1 that in heaven the  front parts 
are turned to the common center1 but in 
the world the  lower parts of the body4 
,in the world this directing is called  
centripetal force1 also gravitation4    
,the interiors of angels are  actually  
turned forwards2 and since interiors    
manifest themselves in  the face it is  
the face that determines the quarters4#a
      ,footnote #a ,in heaven all turn  
themselves to the ,lord 7n4    #ihbh1   

#ajacj1 #ajahi1 #ajdbj74 ,nevertheless1 
it is not the angels    that turn       
themselves to the ,lord1 but the ,lord  
turns the angels    to ,himself 7n4     
#ajahi74 ,it is not that the angels are 
present    with the ,lord1 but the ,lord
 is present with the angels 7n4         
#idae74      #adc4 ,it is still more    
difficult to comprehend in the world    
that in  every turning of their face and
 body the angels have the east before   
the face1 since man according as he     
turns1 has every quarter before  his    
face4 ,this shall also be explained4    
,although angels1 like men1  turn and   
direct their faces and bodies in every  
direction1 they  nevertheless have the  
east always before their eyes4 ,but the 
turnings  of angels are unlike the      
turnings of men1 because they are from a
  different origin4 ,they appear alike1 
but they are not4 ,the origin of  these 
turnings is their ruling love1 and from 
this all directions  with angels and    
spirits are determined1 for1 as just    

said1 their  interiors are actually     
turned towards their common center1     
which in  heaven is the ,lord as a sun2 
consequently their ruling love is always
  before their face1 because their love 
is always before their  interiors1 and  
the face has existence from the         
interiors1 for it is  their outward     
form2 and in the heavens this love is   
the ,lord as a sun  because it is from  
,him that they have their love4#a ,and  
as the ,lord  ,himself is in angels in  
,his love1 it is the ,lord who causes   
them to  look to ,him whithersoever they
 turn4 ,this cannot be explained any    
farther now2 but it will be made clearer
 to the understanding in  subsequent    
chapters1 especially where              
representations and  appearances1 and   
time and space in heaven1 are treated   
of4 ,that the  angels have the ,lord    
constantly before their faces it has    
been  granted me to know and also to    
perceive from much experience2 for      
whenever ,i have been in company with   

angels ,i have noticed the ,lord's      
presence before my face1 not actually   
seen1 and yet perceptible in a  light2  
and angels have often testified that    
this is so4 ,as the ,lord  is constantly
 before the faces of the angels1 so it  
is said in the  world of those who      
believe in the ,lord and love ,him that 
they have  ,god before their eyes and   
their face1 and that they look to ,god1 
and  see ,god4 ,these expressions have  
their origin in the spiritual world1    
from which are many things in human     
speech1 although their source is        
unknown to men4      ,footnote #a ,in   
the spiritual world all constantly turn 
themselves to their loves2 and the      
quarters there have their    beginning  
in the face and are determined by it 7n4
 #ajacj1    #ajahi1 #ajdbj1 #ajgjb74    
,the face is formed to a correspondence 
with the interiors 7n4 #dgia-dhje1      
#efie74 ,therefore the    interiors     
shine forth from the face 7n4 #cebg1    
#djff1 #dgif74 ,with    angels the face 

makes one with the interiors 7n4 #dgif1 
#dgig1    #dgii1 #efie1 #hbej74 ,the    
influx of the interiors into the face   
and its muscles 7n4 #cfca1 #dhjj74      
#add4 ,this turning to the ,lord is     
among the wonderful things in  heaven4  
,there may be many together in one      
place1 some turning the  face and body  
one way and some another1 and yet all   
see the ,lord  before them1 and have    
everyone has the south at his right1 the
 north  at his left1 and the west behind
 him4 ,another wonderful thing is  that1
 although the angels look only to the   
east they have also a look  towards the 
other three quarters2 but the look to   
these is from their  interior sight1    
which pertains to their thought4 ,and it
 is yet  another wonderful thing that in
 heaven no one is ever permitted to     
stand behind another and look at the    
back of his head1 for this would        
disturb the influx of good and truth    
from the ,lord4      #ade4 ,the ,lord is
 seen by the angels1 and the angels are 

seen by the  ,lord in another way4      
,angels see the ,lord through their     
eyes2 but the  ,lord sees the angels in 
the forehead1 and this for the reason   
that  the forehead corresponds to love1 
and it is through love that the  ,lord  
flows into their will1 while it is      
through the understanding1 to  which the
 eyes correspond1 that ,he causes       
,himself to be seen4#a      ,footnote #a
 ,the forehead corresponds to heavenly  
love2    therefore in the ,word the     
forehead signifies that love 7n4        
#iicf74 ,the eye corresponds to the     
understanding1 because the              
understanding is internal sight 7n4     
#bgja1 #ddaj1 #debf1 #ijea1    #ajefi74 
,for this reason to lift up the eyes and
 to see    signifies to understand1     
perceive1 and observe 7n4 #bghi1 #bhbi1 
#caih1 #cbjb1 #djhc1 #djhf1 #dcci1      
#efhd74      #adf4 ,the quarters in the 
heavens that give form to the ,lord's   
celestial kingdom differ from the       
quarters in the heavens that give  form 

to ,his spiritual kingdom1 for the      
reason that ,he is seen by the  angels  
in ,his celestial kingdom as a sun1 but 
by the angels in ,his  spiritual kingdom
 as a moon2 and where the ,lord is seen 
is the east4  ,the distance there       
between the position of the sun and that
 of the  moon is thirty degrees1 and    
there is a like difference in the       
position of the quarters4 ,that heaven  
is divided into two kingdoms1  called   
the celestial kingdom and the spiritual 
kingdom1 may be seen  in its own chapter
 7n4 #bj-bh72 and that the ,lord is seen
 in the  celestial kingdom as a sun1 and
 in the spiritual kingdom as a moon  7n4
 #aah74 ,but it does not follow that the
 quarters of heaven become  confused on 
this account1 for neither can the       
spiritual angels ascend  among the      
celestial angels1 nor the celestial     
descend among the  spiritual1 as may be 
seen above 7n4 #ce74      #adg4 ,this   
makes clear the nature of the ,lord's   
presence in the  heavens1 that ,he is   

every where and with everyone in the    
good and  truth that go forth from ,him2
 consequently ,he is with angels in what
  is ,his own1 as has been said above   
7n4 #ab74 ,the perception of the        
,lord's presence is in their interiors2 
and it is from these that  their eyes   
see1 and it is by this continuity that  
they see the ,lord  outside of          
themselves4 ,this shows what is meant by
 the ,lord's being  in them and they in 
,him1 according to ,his own words3      
,abide in ,me and ,i in you 7,john      
#ae3d74         ,he that eateth ,my     
flesh and drinketh ,my blood abideth in 
,me and ,i in him 7,john #f3ef74    ,the
 ,lord's flesh signifies ,divine good   
and ,his blood ,divine  truth4#a        
,footnote #a ,in the ,word the ,lord's  
flesh signifies ,his    ,divine ,human1 
and the ,divine good of ,his love 7n4   
#chac1 #ghej1    #iabg1 #ajbhc74 ,and   
the ,lord's blood signifies ,divine     
truth and    the holy of faith 7n4      
#dgce1 #digh1 #figh1 #gcag1 #gcbf1      

#ghdf1 #ghej1    #ghgg1 #iabg1 #icic1   
#ajjbf1 #ajjcc1 #ajaeb1 #ajbaj74        
#adh4 ,all in the heavens have their own
 places of abode in accordance  with the
 quarters4 ,those who are in the good of
 love dwell towards  the east and west1 
those who are in clear perception of it 
towards  the east1 and those who are in 
obscure perception of it towards the    
west4 ,those who are in wisdom from the 
good of love dwell towards the  south   
and north-those who are in the clear    
light of wisdom towards  the south1 and 
those who are in obscure light of it    
towards the  north4 ,the angels of the  
,lord's spiritual kingdom and those of  
,his  celestial kingdom dwell in a like 
order1 but differently as their  good of
 love and light of truth from good      
differ2 for in the  celestial kingdom   
the love is love to the ,lord1 and the  
light of  truth therefrom is wisdom2    
while in the spiritual kingdom there is 
love towards the neighbor1 which is     
called charity1 and the light of  truth 

therefrom is intelligence1 which is also
 called faith 7see  above1 n4 #bc74 ,the
 quarters differ also in the two        
kingdoms by thirty  degrees1 as has been
 said just above 7n4 #adf74      #adi4  
,in like order the angels in each       
society in heaven dwell in  relation to 
one another-towards the east there those
 who are in  greater degree of love and 
charity1 towards the west those who are 
in  less degree2 towards the south those
 who are in greater light of  wisdom and
 intelligence1 and towards the north    
those who are in less4  ,this           
arrangement prevails because each       
society represents heaven1 and  is a    
heaven in a smaller form 7see above1 n4 
#ea-eh74 ,the same  arrangement prevails
 in their assemblies4 ,they are brought 
into this  order by virtue of the form  
of heaven1 from which everyone knows his
  own place4 ,the ,lord also provides   
that there be in each society those  of 
every kind1 for the reason that in form 
heaven is every where like  itself2 and 

yet the arrangement of the whole heaven 
differs from the  arrangement of a      
society as what is general from its     
parts1 since the  societies towards the 
east surpass those towards the west1 and
 those  towards the south surpass those 
towards the north4      #aej4 ,because  
of this the quarters in the heavens     
signify such things  as pertain to those
 that dwell in them1--the east          
signifying love  and its good clearly   
perceived1 the west the same obscurely  
perceived1 the south wisdom and         
intelligence in clear light1 and the    
north the same in obscure light4 ,and   
because of this signification of  the   
quarters in heaven they have a like     
signification in the internal  or       
spiritual sense of the ,word1#a since   
the internal or spiritual  sense of the 
,word is in entire accord with what is  
in heaven4      ,footnote #a ,in the    
,word the east signifies love clearly   
perceived 7n4 #abej1 #cgjh72 the west   
love obscurely perceived    7n4 #cgjh1  

#ifec72 the south a state of light1 that
 is1 of    wisdom and intelligence 7n4  
#adeh1 #cgjh1 #efgb72 and the north     
that state in obscurity 7n4 #cgjh74     
#aea4 ,the reverse is true of those in  
the hells4 ,those who are there  do not 
look to the ,lord as a sun nor as a     
moon2 but they look  backward away from 
the ,lord to that dense darkness that is
 in the  place of the sun of the world1 
and to the darkness that is in the      
place of the earth's moon4 ,those that  
are called genii look to that  dense    
darkness that is in the place of the    
world's sun1 and those  called spirits  
look to the darkness that is in the     
place of the  earth's moon4#a ,it has   
been shown above 7n4 #abb7 that the     
world's  sun and the earth's moon are   
not seen in the spiritual world1 but in 
place of that sun a dense darkness over 
against the sun of heaven1  and in place
 of that moon a darkness over against   
the moon of heaven4  ,for this reason   
the quarters with those in the hells are

 opposite to  the quarters of heaven4   
,the east to them is where that dense   
darkness  and darkness are1 the west is 
where the sun of heaven is1 the south   
is to their right1 and the north to     
their left1 and this also in  every     
turning of their bodies4 ,nor can they  
face otherwise1 because  the whole bent 
and consequent determination of their   
interiors tends  and strives that way4  
,it has been shown above 7n4 #adc7 that 
the bent  and consequent actual         
determination of the interiors of all in
 the  other life are in harmony with    
their love4 ,the love of those in the   
hells is the love of self and the world1
 and these loves are what are  signified
 by the world's sun and the earth's moon
 7see n4 #abb72 and  these loves are    
opposite to love to the ,lord and love  
towards the  neighbor2#b and this is the
 cause of their turning themselves      
backwards away from the ,lord to this   
dense darkness4 ,moreover1 those  in the
 hells dwell likewise in accordance with

 their quarters1 those  who are in evil 
from love of self dwelling from their   
east to their  west1 and those who are  
in the falsities of evil from their     
south to  their north4 ,but more will be
 said about this below1 where the hells 
are treated of4      ,footnote #a ,who  
and what those are who are called genii1
 and    who and what those are who are  
called spirits 7n4 #idg1 #ejce1         
#eigg1 #heic1 #hfbb1 #hfbe74            
,footnote #b ,those that are in the     
loves of self and of the    world turn  
themselves backwards from the ,lord 7n4 
#ajacj1 #ajahi1    #ajdbj1 #ajgjb74     
,love to the ,lord and charity towards  
the    neighbor make heaven1 while love 
of self and love of the world    make   
hell1 because the two are opposite 7n4  
#bjda1 #cfaj1 #dbbe1    #dggf #fbaj1    
#gcff1 #gcfi1 #gdij1 #hbcb1 #hfgh1      
#ajdee1 #ajgda-ajgde74      #aeb4 ,when 
an evil spirit comes among good spirits 
the quarters are  usually so confused   
that the good scarcely know where their 

east is4  ,this ,i have sometimes seen  
take place1 and have also heard about it
  from spirits who complained of it4    
#aec4 ,evil spirits are sometimes seen  
turned towards the quarters of  heaven2 
and they then have intelligence and     
perception of truth1 but  no affection  
for good2 but as soon as they turn back 
to their own  quarters they have no     
intelligence or perception of truth2 and
 then  they declare that the truths they
 heard and perceived are falsities  and 
not truths1 and they wish falsities to  
be truths4 ,in respect to  this turning 
,i have been told that with the evil the
 intellectual  part of the mind can be  
so turned1 but not the voluntary part2  
and  that this is provided by the ,lord 
to the end that everyone may have  the  
ability to see and acknowledge truths1  
but that no one can  receive truths     
unless he is in good1 since it is good1 
and never  evil1 that receives them2    
also that man has a like ability to the 
end  that he may be made better by means

 of truths4 ,nevertheless1 he is  made  
better only so far as he is in good2    
consequently a man can in  like manner  
be turned to the ,lord2 but if his life 
is evil he  immediately turns himself   
back and confirms in himself the        
falsities  of his evil1 which are       
contrary to the truths he had understood
 and  seen2 and this takes place when he
 thinks in himself from his  interior   
states4        #aed4 ,,xvii4 ,,changes  
,,of ,,state ,,of ,,the ,,angels ,,in   
,,heaven4    ,by changes of state of    
angels their changes in respect to love 
and  faith1 and wisdom and intelligence 
therefrom1 are meant1 thus their        
changes in respect to states of life4   
,states are predicated of life  and of  
what belongs to life2 and as angelic    
life is a life of love  and faith1 and  
of wisdom and intelligence therefrom1   
states are  predicated of these and are 
called states of love and faith1 and    
states of wisdom and intelligence4 ,how 
with angels these states are  changed   

shall now be told4      #aee4 ,angels   
are not constantly in the same state in 
respect to love1  and in consequence in 
the same state in respect to wisdom2 for
 all  their wisdom is from their love   
and in accordance with their love4      
,sometimes they are in a state of       
intense love1 sometimes in a state  of  
love not so intense4 ,the state         
decreases by degrees from its  greatest 
degree to its least4 ,when in their     
greatest degree of love  they are in the
 light and warmth of their life1 or in a
 clear and  delightful state2 but in    
their least degree they are in shade and
  cold1 or in an obscure and            
undelightful state4 ,from this last     
state  they return again to the first1  
and so on1 these alternations  following
 one after another with variety4 ,there 
is a sequence of  these states like the 
varied states of light and shade1 or of 
heat  and cold1 or like morning1 noon1  
evening1 and night1 day after day in    
the world1 with unceasing variety       

throughout the year4 ,there is also  a  
correspondence1 morning corresponding to
 the state of their love in  its        
clearness1 noon to the state of their   
wisdom in its clearness1  evening to the
 state of their wisdom in its obscurity1
 and night to a  state of no love or    
wisdom4 ,but it must be understood that 
there is  no correspondence of night    
with the states of life of those in     
heaven1 although there is what          
corresponds to the dawn that precedes   
morning2 what corresponds to night is   
with those in hell4#a ,from  this       
correspondence day and year signify in  
the ,word states of  life in general2   
heat and light signify love and wisdom2 
morning the first and highest degree of 
love noon wisdom in its  light2 evening 
wisdom in its shade2 dawn the obscurity 
that  precedes the morning2 and night   
the absence of love and wisdom4#b       
,footnote #a ,in heaven there is a state
 corresponding to the    dawn that      
precedes morning1 but no state          

corresponding to night    7n4 #faaj74   
,the dawn signifies a middle state      
between the last    and the first 7n4   
#ajacd74      ,footnote #b ,alternations
 of state in respect to enlightenment   
and perception occur in heaven1 like the
 times of day in the    world 7n4 #efgb1
 #eifb1 #faaj1 #hdbf1 #ibac1 #ajfje74   
,in the ,word    day and year signify   
all states in general 7n4 #bc1 #dhg1    
#dhh1 #dic1 #hic1 #bghh1 #cdfb1 #dhej1  
#ajfef74 ,morning signifies    the      
beginning of a new state1 and a state of
 love 7n4 #gbah1    #hdbf1 #hdbg1       
#ajaad1 #ajacd74 ,evening signifies a   
state of    declining light and love 7n4
 #ajacd1 #ajace74 ,night signifies a    
state of no love or faith 7n4 #bba1     
#gji1 #bcec1 #fjjj1 #faaj1 #ghgj1       
#gidg74      #aef4 ,together with the   
state of the angels' interiors which    
pertain  to their love and wisdom1 the  
states of various things that are       
outside of them and that they see with  
their eyes are changed2 for  the things 

outside of them take on an appearance   
that is in accord  with the things      
within them4 ,but what things these are1
 and what kind  of things they are1     
shall be told presently in the chapter  
on  ,representatives and ,appearances in
 ,heaven4      #aeg4 ,every angel       
undergoes and passes through such       
changes of state1  and also every       
society in general1 and yet each one    
differently1 for  the reason that they  
differ in love and wisdom1 those in the 
middle  being in a more perfect state   
than those round about even to the      
circumference 7see above1 n4 #dc1 #abh74
 ,but it would be tedious to  specify   
the differences1 since the changes each 
one undergoes are in  accord with the   
quality of his love and faith4 ,from    
this it happens  that while one may be  
in clearness and delight another may be 
in  obscurity and lack of delight1 and  
this at the same time within the  same  
society4 ,so1 too1 the state differs in 
different societies2 it  is different in

 the societies of the celestial kingdom 
from what it  is in those of the        
spiritual kingdom4 ,these differences in
 the  changes of state are in general   
like the variations of the states of    
days in different climates on the earth1
 for with some it is morning  when with 
others it is evening1 and with some it  
is hot when with  others it is cold4    
#aeh4 ,i have been taught from heaven   
why there are such changes of  state    
there4 ,the angels said that there are  
many reasons-first1 the  delight of life
 and of heaven1 which they have from    
love and wisdom  from the ,lord1 would  
gradually lose its value if they were in
 it  continually1 as happens with those 
that are in allurements and  pleasures  
without variety4 ,a second reason is    
that angels1 as well as  men1 have what 
is their own proprium1 which is loving  
self2 and all  that are in heaven are   
withheld from what is their own1 and so 
far as  they are withheld from it by the
 ,lord are in love and wisdom2 but so   

far as they are not withheld they are in
 the love of self2 and  because everyone
 loves what is his own and is drawn by  
it#a they  have changes of state or     
successive alternations4 ,a third reason
 is  that they are in this way          
perfected1 for they thus become         
accustomed  to being held in love to the
 ,lord and withheld from love of self2  
also that by alternations between       
delight and lack of delight the         
perception and sense of good becomes    
more exquisite4#b ,the angels  added    
that their changes of state are not     
caused by the ,lord1 since  the ,lord as
 a sun is unceasingly flowing in with   
heat and light1 that  is1 with love and 
wisdom2 but the cause is in themselves1 
in that  they love what is their own1   
and this continually leads them away4   
,this was illustrated by comparison with
 the sun of the world1 that  the cause  
of the changes of state of heat and cold
 and of light and  shade1 year by year  
and day by day1 is not in that sun1     

since it  stands unchanged1 but the     
cause is in the earth4      ,footnote #a
 ,man's own proprium is loving self 7n4 
#fid1 #gca1    #dcag1 #effj74 ,the ,lord
 cannot be present unless what is man's 
own is set aside 7n4 #ajbc1 #ajdd74 ,it 
is actually set aside when    one is    
held in good by the ,lord 7n4           
#iccd-iccf1 #iddg1 #ideb-ided1          
#iich74      ,footnote #b ,the angels   
are being perfected to eternity 7n4     
#dhjc1 #ffdh74 ,in the heavens one state
 is never just like    another1 and from
 this there is an unceasing process of  
perfection 7n4 #ajbjj74      #aei4 ,i   
have been shown how the ,lord as a sun  
appears to the angels of  the celestial 
kingdom in their first state1 in their  
second state1  and in their third state4
 ,i saw the ,lord as a sun1 at first    
glowing  and brilliant with a splendor  
that cannot be described2 and ,i was    
told that such is the appearance of the 
,lord as a sun to the angels  in their  
first state4 ,afterwards there appeared 

a great obscure belt  about the sun1 and
 by this its first glow and brilliancy1 
which gave  it such splendor1 began to  
be dulled1 and ,i was told that such is 
the  appearance of the sun to them in   
their second state4 ,then the belt      
seemed by degrees to grow darker1 and   
the sun to appear less glowing1  and    
this by degrees until at length it took 
on a shining whiteness2  and ,i was told
 that such is the appearance of the sun 
to them in  their third state4 ,after   
this1 that shining whiteness was seen to
  move to the left towards the moon of  
heaven1 and to add itself to her  light2
 and in consequence the moon shone forth
 with unwonted  splendor2 and ,i was    
told that such is the fourth state of   
those in  the celestial kingdom and the 
first state of those in the spiritual   
kingdom1 and that in both kingdoms      
changes of state have such              
alternations2 yet not in the whole      
kingdom at once1 but in one  society    
after another4 ,furthermore1 ,i was told

 that these  alternations are not fixed1
 but come upon them sooner or later     
without their knowledge4 ,and it was    
added that the sun in itself is  not    
thus changed or moved2 but it takes on  
this appearance in accord  with their   
successive progressions of state1 since 
the ,lord appears  to everyone in accord
 with what his state is1 thus glowing   
when one  is in intense love and less   
glowing and finally shining white as his
  love subsides2 and the quality of each
 one's state was represented by  the    
obscure belt that induced upon the sun  
these apparent variations  in its glow  
and light4      #afj4 ,when angels are  
in the last of these states1 which is   
when they  are in what is their own1    
they begin to be sad4 ,i have talked    
with  them when they were in that state 
and have seen their sadness2 but  they  
said that they hoped to return soon to  
their former state1 and  thus into      
heaven again1 as it were2 for to them it
 is heaven to be  withheld from what is 

their own4      #afa4 ,there are also   
changes of state in the hells1 but these
 will be  described later when hell is  
treated of4        #afb4 ,,xviii4 ,,time
 ,,in ,,heaven4    ,although there is a 
succession and a progression of all     
things in  heaven1 as in the world1 yet 
angels have no notion or idea of time   
and space2 and this so completely that  
they do not even know at all  what time 
and space are4 ,time in heaven will here
 be considered1 and  space in its own   
chapter4      #afc4 ,angels do not know 
what time is1 although with them there  
is a  successive progression of all     
things1 as there is in the world1 and   
this so completely that there is no     
difference whatever2 and the  reason is 
that in heaven instead of years and days
 there are changes  of state2 and where 
there are years and days there are      
times1 but  where there are changes of  
state there are states4      #afd4 ,in  
the world there are times because the   
sun of the world  seemingly advances in 

succession from one degree to another1  
producing times that are called seasons 
of the year2 and besides1 it  revolves  
about the earth1 producing times that   
are called times of  day2 both of these 
by fixed alternations4 ,with the sun of 
heaven it  is different4 ,this does not 
mark years and days by successive       
progressions and revolutions1 but in its
 appearance it marks changes  of state2 
and this1 as has been shown in the      
preceding chapter1 is  not done by fixed
 alternations4 ,consequently no idea of 
time is  possible to angels2 but in its 
place they have an idea of state 7see   
above n4 #aed74      #afe4 ,as angels   
have no idea derived from time1 such as 
men in the  world have1 so neither do   
they have any idea about time and what  
pertains to it4 ,they do not even know  
what is meant by the terms of  time1    
such as year1 month1 week1 day1 hour1   
to-day1 to-morrow1  yesterday4 ,when    
angels hear these terms used by man 7for
 angels are  always associated with man 

by the ,lord7 in place of them they     
perceive state and what pertains to     
states4 ,thus the natural thought  of   
man is turned into spiritual thought    
with angels4 ,this is why  times in the 
,word signify states1 and the terms of  
time1 as  enumerated above1 signify     
corresponding spiritual things4#a       
,footnote #a ,times in the ,word signify
 states 7n4 #bghh1 #bhcg1    #cbed1     
#ccef1 #dhad1 #dija1 #diaf1 #gbah1      
#hjgj1 #ajacc1 #ajfje74 ,angels    think
 apart from the idea of time and space  
7n4 #cdjd72 the    reasons why 7n4      
#abgd1 #achb1 #ccef1 #dhhb1 #dija1      
#faaj1 #gbah1    #gcha74 ,what a year   
signifies in the ,word 7n4 #dhg1 #dhh1  
#dic1    #hic1 #bijf1 #ghbh1 #ajbji74   
,what a month 7n4 #chad74 ,what a       
week 7n4 #bjdd1 #chde74 ,what a day 7n4 
#bc1 #dhg1 #dhh1 #faaj1    #gfhj1 #hdbf1
 #ibac1 #ajacb1 #ajfje74 ,what today 7n4
 #bhch1 #ciih1    #dcjd1 #fafe1 #fihd1  
#iici74 ,what to-morrow 7n4 #ciih1      
#ajdig74    ,what yesterday 7n4 #fihc1  

#gaad1 #gadj74      #aff4 ,the like is  
true of all things that exist from time1
 as the four  seasons of the year1      
called spring1 summer1 autumn1 and      
winter2 the  four periods of the day1   
morning1 noon1 evening1 and night2 and  
the  four ages of man1 infancy1 youth1  
manhood1 and old age2 and all other     
things that either exist from time or   
have a succession in accordance  with   
time4 ,in thinking of these a man thinks
 from time1 but an angel  from state2   
and in consequence what there is in them
 from time with  man is with the angels 
turned into an idea of state4 ,spring   
and  morning are turned into an idea of 
the state of love and wisdom such  as   
they are in angels in their first state2
 summer and noon are  turned into an    
idea of love and wisdom such as they are
 in the second  state2 autumn and       
evening such as they are in the third   
state2 night  and winter into an idea of
 such a state as exists in hell4 ,this  
is  why these periods have a like       

significance in the ,word 7see above1   
n4 #aee74 ,this makes clear how natural 
things in the thought of man  become    
spiritual with the angels who are with  
man4      #afg4 ,as angels have no      
notion of time so they have an idea of  
eternity different from that which men  
on the earth have4 ,eternity  means to  
the angels infinite state1 not infinite 
time4#a ,i was once  thinking about     
eternity1 and was able1 with the idea of
 time1 to  perceive what to eternity    
means1 namely1 without end1 but not what
  from eternity means1 thus not what    
,god did from eternity before  creation4
 ,when anxiety on this account arose in 
my mind ,i was raised  up into the      
sphere of heaven1 and thus into the     
perception that  angels have in respect 
to eternity2 and it was then made clear 
to me  that eternity must be thought of1
 not from time but from state2 and  then
 the meaning of from eternity can be    
seen4 ,this then happened to  me4       
,footnote #a ,men have an idea of       

eternity associated with time1    but   
angels apart from time 7n4 #achb1 #cdjd1
 #hcbe74      #afh4 ,when angels speak  
with men they never express themselves  
in  natural ideas proper to man1 all of 
which are from time1 space1  matter1 and
 things analogous thereto1 but in       
spiritual ideas1 all of  which are from 
states and their various changes within 
the angels and  outside of them4        
,nevertheless1 when these angelic ideas1
 which are  spiritual1 flow into men1   
they are turned in a moment and of      
themselves into natural ideas proper to 
man1 that correspond  perfectly to the  
spiritual ideas4 ,neither angels nor men
 know that  this takes place2 but such  
is all influx of heaven into man4       
,certain  angels were permitted to enter
 more nearly into my thoughts1 even     
into the natural thoughts in which there
 were many things from time  and space2 
but as they then understood nothing they
 suddenly  withdrew2 and after they had 
withdrawn ,i heard them talking1 and    

saying that they had been in darkness4  
#b ,it has been granted me to  know by  
experience how ignorant the angels are  
about time4 ,there was  a certain one   
from heaven who was able to enter into  
natural ideas1  such as man has2 and    
after he had done this ,i talked with   
him as man  with man4 ,at first he did  
not know what it was that ,i called     
time1  and ,i was therefore obliged to  
tell him all about it1 how the sun      
appears to be carried about our earth1  
and to produce years and days1  and how 
years are thereby divided into four     
seasons1 and also into  months and      
weeks1 and days into twenty-four hours2 
and how these  times recur by fixed     
alternations1 and how this is the source
 of  times4 ,on hearing this he was     
surprised1 saying that he knew nothing  
about such things1 but only what states 
are4 #c ,in speaking with him  ,i added 
that it is known in the world1 for men  
speak as if they knew  that there is no 
time in heaven1 saying of those who die 

that they  leave the things of time1 and
 that they pass out of time1 meaning  by
 this out of the world4 ,i said also    
that some know that times in  their     
origin are states1 for they know that   
times are in exact accord  with the     
states of their affections1 short to    
those who are in  pleasant and joyous   
states1 long to those who are in        
unpleasant and  sorrowful states1 and   
various in a state of hope and          
expectation2 and  this therefore leads  
learned men to inquire what time and    
space are1  and some know that time     
belongs to the natural man4      #afi4  
,the natural man might think that he    
would be deprived of all  thought if the
 ideas of time1 space1 and material     
things were taken  away2 for upon these 
all the thought of man rests4#a ,but let
 him  know that so far as thoughts      
partake of time1 space1 and matter they 
are limited and confined1 but are       
unlimited and extended so far as  they  
do not partake of these1 since the mind 

is in that measure  raised above bodily 
and worldly things4 ,this is the source 
of wisdom  to the angels2 and such      
wisdom as is called incomprehensible1   
because  it does not fall into ideas    
that are wholly made up of what is      
material4      ,footnote #a ,man does   
not think1 as angels do1 apart from the 
idea of time 7n4 #cdjd74        #agj4   
,,xix4 ,,representatives ,,and          
,,appearances ,,in ,,heaven4    ,the man
 who thinks from natural light alone is 
unable to comprehend  that there is any 
thing in heaven like what is in the     
world2 and for  the reason that from    
natural light he has previously thought1
 and  established himself in the idea1  
that angels are nothing but minds1  and 
that minds are like ethereal breaths1   
having no senses like those  of men1    
thus no eyes1 and if no eyes no objects 
of sight2 and yet the  angels have every
 sense that a man has1 and far more     
exquisite  senses2 and the light by     
which angels see is far brighter than   

the  light by which man sees4 ,that     
angels are men in the most complete     
form1 and enjoy every sense1 may be seen
 above 7n4 #gc-gg72 and that  the light 
in heaven is far brighter than the light
 in the world 7n4  #abf-acb74      #aga4
 ,the nature of the objects that are    
visible to angels in heaven  cannot be  
described in a few words4 ,for the most 
part they are like  things on earth1 but
 in form far more perfect1 and in number
 more  abundant4 ,that such things exist
 in the heavens is evident from  things 
seen by the prophets1--as by ,ezekiel in
 relation to the new  temple and the new
 earth 7as described from chaps4 #dj to 
#dh72 by  ,daniel 7from chap4 #g to     
#ab72 by ,john 7from the first chapter  
of the  ,apocalypse to the last72 and by
 others1 as described both in the       
historic and the prophetic part of the  
,word4 ,these things were seen  by them 
when heaven was open to them1 and heaven
 is said to be opened  when the interior
 sight1 which is the sight of man's     

spirit1 is  opened4 ,for what is in the 
heavens cannot be seen by the eyes of a 
man's body1 but are seen by the eyes of 
his spirit2 and when it seems  good to  
the ,lord these are opened1 and man is  
then withdrawn from the  natural light  
that he is in from the bodily senses and
 is raised up  into spiritual light1    
which he is in from his spirit4 ,in that
 light  the things in heaven have been  
seen by me4      #agb4 ,but although the
 things seen in heaven are in large part
 like  those on the earth1 in essence   
they are unlike them2 for the things  in
 heaven come forth from the sun of      
heaven1 and those on the earth  from the
 sun of the world4 ,the things that come
 forth from the sun of  heaven are      
called spiritual2 those that come forth 
from the sun of  the world are called   
natural4      #agc4 ,the things that    
come forth in heaven do not come forth  
in the  same manner as those on the     
earth4 ,all things in heaven come forth 
from the ,lord in correspondence with   

the interiors of the angels4 ,for       
angels have both interiors and          
exteriors4 ,all things in their         
interiors have relation to love and     
faith1 thus to the will and             
understanding1 since the will and       
understanding are their  receptacles2   
while their exteriors correspond to     
their interiors4  ,that exterior things 
correspond to interior things may be    
seen above  7n4 #hg-aae74 ,this is      
illustrated by what has been said above 
about  the heat and light of heaven1    
that angels have heat in accordance     
with the quality of their love1 and     
light in accordance with the  quality of
 their wisdom 7n4 #abh-acd74 ,the like  
is true of all other  things that       
present themselves to the senses of     
angels4      #agd4 ,when ,i have been   
permitted to be in company with angels1 
the  things there appeared precisely the
 same as those in the world2 and  so    
plainly that ,i would not have known    
that ,i was not in the world  and in a  

king's palace4 ,i also talked with the  
angels as man with  man4      #age4 ,as 
all things that correspond to interiors 
also represent them  they are called    
representatives2 and as they differ in  
each case in  accordance with the state 
of the interiors they are called        
appearances4 ,nevertheless1 the things  
that appear before the eyes of  angels  
in heaven and are perceived by their    
senses appear to their  eyes and senses 
as fully living as things on earth      
appear to man1 and  even much more      
clearly1 distinctly and perceptibly4    
,appearances from  this source in heaven
 are called real appearances1 because   
they have  real existence4 ,there are   
appearances also that are not real1     
which  are things that become visible1  
but do not correspond to  interiors4#a  
,these will be treated of further on4   
,footnote #a ,all things that are       
visible to the angels are               
representative 7n4 #aiga1 #cbac-cbbf1   
#ccdb1 #cdeg1 #cdge1 #cdhe1    #idha1   

#ideg1 #iegf1 #iegg74 ,the heavens are  
full of    representatives 7n4 #aeba1   
#aecb1 #afai74 ,the representatives are 
more beautiful as they are more interior
 in the heavens 7n4    #cdge74 ,as the  
representatives there are from the light
 of    heaven they are real appearances 
7n4 #cdhe74 ,the ,divine influx    is   
turned into representatives in the      
higher heavens1 and    therefrom in the 
lower heavens also 7n4 #bagi1 #cbac1    
#ideg1 #idha1    #iegf1 #iegg74 ,those  
things are called representative that   
appear    before the eyes of the angels 
in such form as are in nature1    that  
is1 such as are in the world 7n4 #ideg74
 ,internal things    are thus turned    
into external 7n4 #afcb1 #bihg-cjjb74   
,what    representatives in the heavens 
are2 this made clear by various         
examples 7n4 #aeba1 #aecb1 #afai-afbh1  
#ahjg1 #aigc1 #aigd1 #aigg1    #aihj1   
#aiha1 #bbii1 #bfja1 #bgfa1 #bgfb1      
#cbag1 #cbai1 #cbbj1 #ccdh1    #ccej1   
#eaih1 #ijij1 #ajbgf74 ,all things seen 

in the heavens are in    accordance with
 correspondences and are called         
representatives    7n4 #cbac-cbbf1      
#ccdb1 #cdge1 #cdhe1 #idha1 #ideg1      
#iegf1 #iegg74 ,all    things that      
correspond also represent and likewise  
signify what    they correspond to 7n4  
#bhif1 #bihg1 #bihi-biia1 #cjjb1 #cbbe74
      #agf4 ,to show what the things are
 that appear to the angels in           
accordance with correspondences1 ,i will
 here mention one only for the  sake of 
illustration4 ,by those who are         
intelligent1 gardens and parks  full of 
trees and flowers of every kind are     
seen4 ,the trees are  planted in a most 
beautiful order1 combined to form arbors
 with  arched approaches and encircling 
walks1 all more beautiful than words    
can describe4 ,there the intelligent    
walk1 and gather flowers and  weave     
garlands with which they adorn little   
children4 ,moreover1 there  are kinds of
 trees and flowers there that are never 
seen and cannot  exist on earth4 ,the   

trees bear fruit that are in accordance 
with the  good of love1 in which the    
intelligent are4 ,these things are seen 
by  them because a garden or park and   
fruit trees and flowers correspond  to  
intelligence and wisdom4#a ,that there  
are such things in heaven  is known also
 on the earth1 but only to those who are
 in good1 and  who have not extinguished
 in themselves the light of heaven by   
means  of natural light and its         
fallacies2 for when such think about    
heaven  they think and say that there   
are such things there as ear hath not   
heard and eye hath not seen4            
,footnote #a ,a garden or park signifies
 intelligence and    wisdom 7n4 #ajj1   
#ajh1 #cbbj74 ,what is meant by the     
garden of    ,eden and the garden of    
,jehovah 7n4 #ii1 #ajj1 #aehh74 ,how    
magnificent the things seen in parks are
 in the other life 7n4    #aabb1 #afbb1 
#bbif1 #debh1 #debi74 ,trees signify    
perceptions and    knowledges1 from     
which wisdom and intelligence are       

derived 7n4    #ajc1 #bafc1 #bfhb1      
#bgbb1 #bigb1 #gfib74 ,fruits signify   
goods of    love and goods of charity   
7n4 #cadf1 #gfij1 #iccg74        #agg4  
,,xx4 ,,the ,,garments ,,with ,,which   
,,angels ,,appear ,,clothed4    ,since  
angels are men1 and live among          
themselves as men do on the  earth1 they
 have garments and dwellings and other  
such things1 with  the difference1      
however1 that as they are in a more     
perfect state all  things with them are 
in greater perfection4 ,for as angelic  
wisdom  surpasses human wisdom to such a
 degree as to be called ineffable1 so   
is it with all things that are perceived
 and seen by angels1 inasmuch  as all   
things perceived and seen by them       
correspond to their wisdom  7see above1 
n4 #agc74      #agh4 ,the garments with 
which angels are clothed1 like all other
  things with them1 correspond2 and     
because they correspond they have  real 
existence 7see above n4 #age74 ,their   
garments correspond to their            

intelligence1 and therefore all in the  
heavens appear clothed in  accordance   
with their intelligence2 and as one is  
more intelligent  than another so the   
garments of one surpass those of        
another4 ,the  most intelligent have    
garments that blaze as if with flame1   
others  have garments that glisten as if
 with light2 the less intelligent  have 
garments that are glistening white or   
white without the  effulgence2 and the  
still less intelligent have garments of 
various  colors4 ,but the angels of the 
inmost heaven are not clothed4          
#agi4 ,as the garments of angels        
correspond to their intelligence they   
correspond also to truth1 since all     
intelligence is from ,divine  truth2 and
 therefore it is the same thing whether 
you say that angels  are clothed in     
accordance with intelligence or in      
accordance with  ,divine truth4 ,the    
garments of some blaze as if with flame1
 and those  of others glisten as if with
 light1 because flame corresponds to    

good1 and light corresponds to truth    
from good4#a ,some have garments  that  
are glistening white and white without  
the effulgence1 and  others garments of 
various colors1 because with the less   
intelligent  the ,divine good and truth 
are less effulgent1 and are also        
received  in various ways1#b glistening 
white and white corresponding to        
truth1#c and colors to its varieties4#d 
,those in the inmost heaven  are not    
clothed1 because they are in innocence1 
and innocence  corresponds to           
nakedness4#e      ,footnote #a ,from    
correspondence garments in the ,word    
signify    truths 7n4 #ajgc1 #begf1     
#ecai1 #eied1 #ibab1 #ibaf1 #iieb1      
#ajecf74    ,for the reason that truths 
clothe good 7n4 #ebdh74 ,a covering     
signifies something intellectual1       
because the intellect is the            
recipient of truth 7n4 #fcgh74 ,shining 
garments of fine linen    signify truths
 from the ,divine 7n4 #ecai1 #idfi74    
,flame    signifies spiritual good1 and 

the light therefrom truth from    that  
good 7n4 #cbbb1 #fhcb74      ,footnote  
#b ,angels and spirits appear clothed   
with garments in    accordance with     
their truths1 thus in accordance with   
their    intelligence 7n4 #afe1 #ebdh1  
#eied1 #ibab1 #ibaf1 #ihad1 #iieb1      
#ajecf74 ,the garments of some angels   
are resplendent1 others are    not 7n4  
#ebdh74      ,footnote #c ,in the ,word 
glistening white and white signify      
truth because they are from light in    
heaven 7n4 #ccja1 #ciic1    #djjg74     
,footnote #d ,colors in heaven are      
variegations of the light    there 7n4  
#ajdb1 #ajdc1 #ajec1 #afbd1 #ciic1      
#decj1 #dgdb1 #dibb74    ,colors signify
 various things pertaining to           
intelligence and    wisdom 7n4 #decj1   
#dfgg1 #dibb1 #idff74 ,the precious     
stones in the    ,urim and ,thummim     
signified1 in accordance with their     
colors1    all things of truth from good
 in the heavens 7n4 #ihfe1 #ihfh1       
#iije74 ,so far as colors partake of red

 they signify good2 so    far as they   
partake of white they signify truth 7n4 
#idff74      ,footnote #e ,all in the   
inmost heavens are innocences1 and in   
consequence appear naked 7n4 #aed1 #afe1
 #big1 #bgcf1 #chhg1 #hcge1    #iifj74  
,innocence is presented in heaven as    
nakedness 7n4 #afe1    #hcge1 #iifj74   
,to the innocent and the chaste         
nakedness is no    shame1 because       
without offence 7n4 #afe1 #bac1 #hcge74 
#ahj4 ,as in heaven the angels are      
clothed with garments1 so when seen  in 
the world they have appeared clothed    
with garments1 as those seen  by the    
prophets and those seen at the ,lord's  
sepulchre3         ,whose appearance was
 as lightning1 and their garments       
glistening and white 7,matt4 #bh3c2     
,mark #af3e2 ,luke #bd3d2       ,john   
#bj3ab1 #ac72    and those seen in      
heaven by ,john3         ,who had       
garments of fine linen and white 7,apoc4
 #d3d2       #ai3ad74    ,and because   
intelligence is from ,divine truth3     

,the garments of the ,lord1 when ,he was
 transfigured1 were       radiant and   
glistening white like the light 7,matt4 
#ag3b2       ,mark #i3c2 ,luke #i3bi74  
,as light is ,divine truth going forth  
from the ,lord 7see above1  n4 #abi71 so
 in the ,word garments signify truths   
and intelligence  from truths1 as in the
 ,apocalypse3         ,those that have  
not defiled their garments shall walk   
with       ,me in white1 for they are   
worthy4 ,he that overcometh shall       
be clothed in white garments 7#c3d1 #e72
         ,blessed is he that is awake   
and keepeth his garments       7#af3ae74
    ,and of ,jerusalem1 which means a   
church that is in truth1#a it is        
written in ,isaiah3         ,awake1 put 
on thy strength1 ,o ,zion2 put on the   
garments of       thy beauty1 ,o        
,jerusalem 7#eb3a74    ,and in ,ezekiel3
         ,jerusalem1 ,i girded thee     
about with fine linen1 and       covered
 thee with silk4 ,thy garments were of  
fine linen       and silk 7#af3aj1 #ac72

    besides many other passages4 ,but he
 who is not in truths is said not  to be
 clothed with a wedding garment1 as in  
,matthew3         ,when the king came in
 he saw a man that had not on a         
wedding garment2 and he said unto him1  
,friend1 how camest       thou in hither
 not having a wedding garment8          
,wherefore he       was cast out into   
the outer darkness 7#bb3aa-ac74    ,the 
house of the wedding feast means heaven 
and the church because of  the          
conjunction of the ,lord with heaven and
 the church by means of  ,his ,divine   
truth2 and for this reason the ,lord is 
called in the ,word  the ,bridegroom and
 ,husband2 and heaven1 with the church1 
is called  the bride and the wife4      
,footnote #a ,jerusalem signifies a     
church in which there is    genuine     
doctrine 7n4 #djb1 #cfed1 #iaff74       
#aha4 ,that the garments of angels do   
not merely appear as garments1  but are 
real garments1 is evident from the fact 
that angels both see  them and feel     

them1 that they have many garments1 and 
that they put  them off and put them on1
 that they care for those that are not  
in  use1 and put them on again when they
 need them4 ,that they are clothed  with
 a variety of garments ,i have seen a   
thousand times4 ,when ,i asked  where   
they got their garments1 they said from 
the ,lord1 and that they  receive them  
as gifts1 and sometimes they are clothed
 with them  unconsciously4 ,they said   
also that their garments are changed in 
accordance with their changes of state1 
that in the first and second  state     
their garments are shining and          
glistening white1 and in the  third and 
fourth state a little less bright2 and  
this likewise from  correspondence1     
because their changes of state have     
respect to  intelligence and wisdom 7of 
which see above1 n4 #aed1 #afa74        
#ahb4 ,as everyone in the spiritual     
world has garments in accordance  with  
his intelligence1 that is1 in accordance
 with truths which are  the source of   

intelligence1 so those in the hells1    
because they have  no truths1 appear    
clothed in garments1 but in ragged1     
squalid1 and  filthy garments1 each one 
in accordance with his insanity2 and    
they  can be clothed in no others4 ,it  
is granted them by the ,lord to be      
clothed1 lest they be seen naked4       
#ahc4 ,,xxi4 ,,the ,,places ,,of ,,abode
 ,,and ,,dwellings ,,of ,,angels4    ,as
 there are societies in heaven and the  
angels live as men1 they  have also     
places of abode1 and these differ in    
accordance with each  one's state of    
life4 ,they are magnificent for those in
 higher  dignity1 and less magnificent  
for those in lower condition4 ,i have   
frequently talked with angels about the 
places of abode in heaven1  saying that 
scarcely any one will believe at the    
present day that  they have places of   
abode and dwellings2 some because they  
do not see  them1 some because they do  
not know that angels are men1 and some  
because they believe that the angelic   

heaven is the heaven that they  see with
 their eyes around them1 and as this    
appears empty and they  suppose that    
angels are ethereal forms1 they conclude
 that they live  in ether4 ,moreover1   
they do not comprehend how there can be 
such  things in the spiritual world as  
there are in the natural world1  because
 they know nothing about the spiritual4 
#b ,the angels replied  that they are   
aware that such ignorance prevails at   
this day in the  world1 and to their    
astonishment1 chiefly within the church1
 and more  with the intelligent than    
with those whom they call simple4 ,they 
said  also that it might be known from  
the ,word that angels are men1 since    
those that have been seen have been seen
 as men2 and the ,lord1 who  took all   
,his ,human with ,him1 appeared in like 
manner4 ,it might be  known also that as
 angels are men they have dwellings and 
places of  abode1 and do not fly about  
in air1 as some think in their          
ignorance1  which the angels call       

insanity1 and that although they are    
called  spirits they are not winds4     
,this they said might be apprehended if 
men would only think independently of   
their acquired notions about  angels and
 spirits1 as they do when they are not  
bringing into  question and submitting  
to direct thought whether it is so4 ,for
  everyone has a general idea that      
angels are in the human form1 and  have 
homes which are called the mansions of  
heaven1 which surpass in  magnificence  
earthly dwellings2 but this general     
idea1 which flows in  from heaven1 at   
once falls to nothing when it is brought
 under direct  scrutiny and inquiry     
whether it is so1 as happens especially 
with the  learned1 who by their own     
intelligence have closed up heaven to   
themselves and the entrance of heavenly 
light4 #c ,the like is true  of the     
belief in the life of man after death4  
,when one speaks of it1  not thinking at
 the same time about the soul from the  
light of  worldly learning or from the  

doctrine of its reunion with the body1  
he believes that after death he is to   
live a man1 and among angels if  he has 
lived well1 and that he will then see   
magnificent things and  perceive joys2  
but as soon as he turns his thoughts to 
the doctrine  of reunion with the body1 
or to his theory about the soul1 and the
  question arises whether the soul be   
such1 and thus whether this can  be     
true1 his former idea is dissipated4    
#ahd4 ,but it is better to present the  
evidence of experience4 ,whenever  ,i   
have talked with angels face to face1 ,i
 have been with them in  their abodes4  
,these abodes are precisely like abodes 
on the earth  which we call houses1 but 
more beautiful4 ,in them there are      
chambers1  parlors1 and bedrooms in     
great number2 there are also courts1 and
  there are gardens and flower beds and 
lawns round about4 ,where they  live    
together their houses are near each     
other1 arranged one next to  the other  
in the form of a city1 with avenues1    

streets1 and public  squares1 exactly   
like cities on the earth4 ,i have been  
permitted to  pass through them1 looking
 about on every side1 and sometimes     
entering the houses4 ,this occurred when
 my inner sight was opened1  and ,i was 
fully awake4#a      ,footnote #a ,angels
 have cities1 palaces and houses 7n4    
#idj-idb1 #aaaf1 #afbf-afca1 #dfbb74    
#ahe4 ,i have seen palaces in heaven of 
such magnificence as cannot be          
described4 ,above they glittered as if  
made of pure gold1 and below as  if made
 of precious stones1 some more splendid 
than others4 ,it was  the same within4  
,both words and knowledge are inadequate
 to describe  the decorations that      
adorned the rooms4 ,on the side looking 
to the  south there were parks1 where1  
too1 everything shone1 in some places   
the leaves glistening as if made of     
silver1 and fruit as if made of  gold2  
while the flowers in their beds formed  
rainbows with their  colors4 ,beyond the
 borders1 where the view terminated1    

were seen  other palaces4 ,such is the  
architecture of heaven that you would   
say  that art there is in its art2 and  
no wonder1 because the art itself  is   
from heaven4 ,the angels said that such 
things and innumerable  others still    
more perfect are presented before their 
eyes by the  ,lord2 and yet these things
 are more pleasing to their minds than  
to  their eyes1 because in everyone of  
them they see a correspondence1  and    
through the correspondences what is     
,divine4      #ahf4 ,as to these        
correspondences ,i have also been told  
that not only  the palaces and houses1  
but all things and each thing1 both     
inside  and outside of them1 correspond 
to the interior things which they  have 
from the ,lord1 the house itself in     
general corresponding to  their good1   
the particular things inside of a house 
to the various  things of which their   
good consists1#a and the things outside 
to  truths derived from good1 and also  
to their perceptions and  knowledges #b 

and as these things correspond to the   
goods and truths  they have from the    
,lord they correspond to their love1 and
 to their  wisdom and intelligence from 
love1 since love belongs to good1 wisdom
  to good and truth together1 and       
intelligence to truth from good4  ,these
 are what the angels perceive when they 
behold what is around  them1 and thus   
their minds are more delighted and moved
 by them than  their eyes4              
,footnote #a ,houses1 with their        
contents1 signify the things    in man  
that belong to his mind1 thus his       
interiors 7n4 #gaj1    #bbcc1 #bcca1    
#beei1 #cabh1 #cech1 #digc1 #ejbc1      
#ffci1 #ffij1 #gcec1    #ghdh1 #giaj1   
#gibi1 #iaej72 consequently the things  
relating to    good and truth 7n4 #bbcc1
 #bcca1 #beei1 #dihb1 #ghdh1 #gibi74    
,rooms    and bed-chambers signify      
interior things there 7n4 #cijj1        
#efid1 #gcec74 ,the roof of a house     
signifies what is inmost 7n4    #cfeb1  
#ajahd74 ,a house of wood signifies what

 relates to good1    and a house of     
stone what relates to truth 7n4 #cgbj74 
,footnote #b ,a garden or park signifies
 intelligence and    wisdom 7n4 #ajj1   
#ajh1 #cbbj74 ,what is meant by the     
garden of    ,eden and the garden of    
,jehovah 7n4 #ii1 #ajj1 #aehh74 ,how    
magnificent the things seen in parks are
 in the other life 7n4    #aabb1 #afbb1 
#bbif1 #debh1 #debi74 ,trees signify    
perceptions and    knowledges1 from     
which wisdom and intelligence are       
derived 7n4    #ajc1 #bafc1 #bfhb1      
#bgbb1 #bigb1 #gfib74 ,fruits signify   
goods of    love and goods of charity   
7n4 #cadf1 #gfij1 #iccg74      #ahg4    
,this makes clear why the ,lord called  
,himself the temple at  ,jerusalem      
7,john #b3ai1 #ba71a namely1 because the
 temple represented  ,his ,divine       
,human2 also why the ,new ,jerusalem was
 seen to be of pure  gold1 its gates of 
pearls1 and its foundations of precious 
stones  7,apoc4 #ba71 namely1 because   
the ,new ,jerusalem signifies the church

  which was afterwards to be            
established1 the twelve gates its truths
  leading to good1 and the foundations  
the truths on which the church  is      
founded4#b      ,footnote #a ,in the    
highest sense the house of ,god         
signifies    the ,lord's ,divine ,human 
in respect to ,divine good1 and the     
temple the same in respect to ,divine   
truth2 and in a relative    sense1      
heaven and the church in respect to good
 and truth 7n4    #cgbj74      ,footnote
 #b ,jerusalem signifies the church in  
which is    genuine doctrine 7n4 #djb1  
#cfed1 #iaff74 ,gates signify           
introduction to the doctrine of the     
church1 and through    doctrine         
introduction into the church 7n4 #bidc1 
#ddgg1 #ddgh74    ,foundation signifies 
the truth on which heaven1 the church1  
and doctrine are founded 7n4 #ifdc74    
#ahh4 ,the angels of whom the ,lord's   
celestial kingdom consists dwell  for   
the most part in elevated places that   
appear as mountains of  soil2 the angels

 of whom the ,lord's spiritual kingdom  
consists dwell  in less elevated places 
that appear like hills2 while the angels
 in  the lowest parts of heaven dwell in
 places that appear like ledges of      
stone4 ,these things spring from        
correspondence1 for interior things     
correspond to higher things1 and        
exterior things to lower things2#a  and 
this is why in the ,word mountains      
signify celestial love1  hills spiritual
 love1 and rocks faith4#b      ,footnote
 #a ,in the ,word what is interior is   
expressed by what    is higher and what 
is higher signifies what is interior 7n4
    #badh1 #cjhd1 #deii1 #eadf1 #hcbe74 
,what is high signifies what is         
internal1 and likewise heaven 7n4 #agce1
 #badh1 #dbaj1 #deii1    #haec74        
,footnote #b ,in heaven1 mountains1     
hills1 rocks1 valleys1 and    lands are 
seen exactly the same as in the world   
7n4 #ajfjh74 ,on    the mountains angels
 who are in the good of love dwell1 on  
the    hills those who are in the good  

of charity1 on the rocks those    who   
are in the good of faith 7n4 #ajdch74   
,therefore in the ,word    mountains    
signify the good of love 7n4 #gie1      
#dbaj1 #fdce1 #hcbg1    #hgeh1 #ajdch1  
#ajfjh74 ,hills signify the good of     
charity 7n4    #fdce1 #ajdch74 ,rocks   
signify the good and truth of faith 7n4 
#heha1 #ajehj74 ,stone1 of which rock   
consists1 in like manner    signifies   
the truth of faith 7n4 #aad1 #fdc1      
#abih1 #cgbj1 #fdbf1    #hfji1 #ajcgf74 
,this is why mountains signify heaven   
7n4 #hcbg1    #hhje1 #idbj74 ,and the   
summit of a mountain signifies the      
highest part of heaven 7n4 #idbb1 #idcd1
 #ajfjh74 ,also why the    ancients had 
their holy worship on mountains 7n4     
#gif1 #bgbb74      #ahi4 ,there are also
 angels who do not live associated      
together1 but  apart1 house by house4   
,these dwell in the midst of heaven1    
since they  are the best of angels4     
#aij4 ,the houses in which angels dwell 
are not erected1 as houses in  the world

 are1 but are given to them gratuitously
 by the ,lord1 to  everyone in          
accordance with his reception of good   
and truth4 ,they  also change a little  
in accordance with changes of the state 
of  interiors of the angels 7of which   
above1 n4 #aed-afj74 ,everything        
whatsoever that the angels possess they 
hold as received from the  ,lord2 and   
everything they have need of is given   
them4        #aia4 ,,xxii4 ,,space ,,in 
,,heaven4    ,all things in heaven      
appear1 just as in the world1 to be in  
place and  in space1 and yet the angels 
have no notion or idea of place and     
space4 ,as this must needs sounds like a
 paradox1 ,i will endeavor to  present  
the matter in a clear light1 as it is of
 great importance4      #aib4 ,all      
changes of place in the spiritual world 
are effected by  changes of state of the
 interiors1 which means that change of  
place  is nothing else than change of   
state4#a ,in this way ,i have been      
taken by the ,lord into the heavens and 

also to the earths in the  universe2 and
 it was my spirit that so journeyed1    
while my body  remained in the same     
place4#b ,such are all movements of the 
angels2  and in consequence they have no
 distances1 and having no distances     
they have no spaces1 but in place of    
spaces they have states and  their      
changes4      ,footnote #a ,in the ,word
 places and spaces signify states 7n4   
#bfbe1 #bhcg1 #ccef1 #cchg1 #gcha1      
#ajehj72 from experience 7n4 #abgd1     
#abgg1 #acgf-acha1 #dcba1 #dhhb1 #ajadf1
 #ajehj74 ,distance signifies           
difference of state of life 7n4 #iajd1  
#iifg74 ,in the spiritual    world      
movements and changes of place are      
changes of the state    of life1 because
 they originate in these 7n4 #abgc-abge1
 #acgg1    #ccef1 #iddj74 ,the same is  
true of journeyings 7n4 #iddj1 #ajgcd72 
illustrated by experience 7n4           
#abgc-abgg1 #efje74 ,for this reason    
to journey signifies in the ,word to    
live and progress in    life2 and to    

sojourn has a like meaning 7n4 #ccce1   
#deed1 #dehe1    #dhhb1 #edic1 #efje1   
#eiif1 #hcde1 #hcig1 #hdag1 #hdbj1      
#heeg74 ,to go    with the ,lord means  
to live with ,him 7n4 #ajefg74          
,footnote #b ,man may be led a long     
distance in respect to his    spirit by 
means of changes of state1 while his    
body remains in    its place1 also from 
experience 7n4 #iddj1 #iifg1 #ajgcd74   
,what it    is to be led by the spirit  
to another place 7n4 #ahhd74      #aic4 
,as changes of place are thus effected  
it is evident that  approaches are      
likenesses of state of the interiors1   
and separations  are unlikenesses2 and  
for this reason those are near each     
other who  are in like states1 and those
 are at a distance who are in unlike    
states2 and spaces in heaven are simply 
the external conditions  corresponding  
to the internal states4 ,for the same   
reason the heavens  are distinct from   
each other1 also the societies of each  
heaven and  the individuals in each     

society2 and this is why also that the  
hells  are entirely separated from the  
heavens1 because they are in a  contrary
 state4      #aid4 ,for the same reason1
 again1 any one in the spiritual world  
who  intensely desires the presence of  
another comes into his presence1  for he
 thereby sees him in thought1 and puts  
himself in his state2  and conversely1  
one is separated from another so far as 
he is averse  to him4 ,and since all    
aversion comes from contrariety of      
affection  and from disagreement of     
thought1 whenever in that world several 
are  together in one place they are     
visible to one another so long as  they 
agree1 but vanish as soon as they       
disagree4      #aie4 ,again1 when any   
one goes from one place to another1     
whether it  be in his own city1 or in   
courts or in gardens1 or to others out  
of  his own society1 he arrives more    
quickly when he eagerly desires it1  and
 less quickly when he does not1 the way 
itself being lengthened  and shortened  

in accordance with the desire1 although 
it remains the  same4 ,this ,i have     
often seen to my surprise4 ,all this    
again makes  clear how distances1 and   
consequently spaces1 are wholly in      
accord  with states of the interiors of 
the angels2#a and this being so1 no     
notion or idea of space can enter their 
thought1 although there are  spaces with
 them equally as in the world4          
,footnote #a ,places and spaces are     
presented to the sight in    accordance 
with the states of the interiors of     
angels and    spirits 7n4 #efje1 #iddj1 
#ajadf74      #aif4 ,this can be        
illustrated by the thoughts of man1 in  
that space  does not pertain to thought1
 for whatever is thought of intently is 
set before one as present4 ,again1      
whoever reflects about it knows  that   
his sight recognizes space only by      
intermediate objects on the  earth that 
are seen at the same time1 or by        
recalling what he already  knows about  
the distance4 ,this happens because of  

the continuity2 and  in what is         
continuous there is no appearance of    
distance except from  things not        
continuous4 ,this is even more true of  
the angels1 because  their sight acts as
 one with their thought1 and their      
thought acts as  one with their         
affection1 and things appear near or    
remote1 and also  varied1 in accordance 
with the states of their interiors1 as  
has been  said above4      #aig4 ,it    
follows from this that in the ,word     
places and spaces1 and all  things that 
in any way relate to space1 signify such
 things as relate  to states1 such as   
distances1 near1 far off1 ways1         
journeys1  sojourning1 miles and        
furlongs1 plains1 fields1 gardens1      
cities and  streets1 motions1 measures  
of various kinds1 long1 broad1 high1 and
  deep1 and innumerable other things2   
for most things in man's thought  from  
the world take on something from space  
and time4 #b ,i will  mention here only 
what is signified in the ,word by       

length1 breadth1  and height4 ,in this  
world1 that is called long or broad     
which is long  or broad in relation to  
space1 and the same is true of height4  
,but in  heaven1 where there is no      
thought from space1 length means a state
 of  good1 breadth a state of truth1 and
 height the distinction between  them in
 accordance with degrees 7see n4 #ch74  
,such is the meaning of  these three    
dimensions1 because length in heaven is 
from east to  west1 and those that dwell
 there are in good of love2 while       
breadth  in heaven is from south to     
north1 and those that dwell there are in
  truth from good 7see n4 #adh72 while  
height in heaven applies to both  of    
these in respect to degrees4 ,this is   
why length1 breadth1 and  height have   
these significations in the ,word1 as in
 ,ezekiel 7from  chap4 #dj to #dh71     
where the new temple and the new earth1 
with the  courts1 chambers1 gates1      
doors1 windows1 and surroundings are    
described by measures giving the length1

 breadth1 and height1 by  which a new   
church1 and the goods and truths that   
are in it are  signified4 ,otherwise to 
what purpose would be all those         
measures8 #c  ,in like manner the ,new  
,jerusalem is described in the          
,apocalypse in  these words3            
,the city lieth foursquare1 and the     
length thereof is as       great as the 
breadth2 and he measured the city with  
the       reed1 twelve thousand         
furlongs2 the length1 the breadth1      
and the height are equal 7#ba3af74      
,because the ,new ,jerusalem here       
signifies a new church these  measures  
signify the things of the church1 length
 its good of love1  breadth truth from  
that good1 height good and truth in     
respect to  degrees1 twelve thousand    
furlongs all good and truth in the      
complex4 ,otherwise1 how could there be 
said to be a height of twelve  thousand 
furlongs1 the same as the length and the
 breadth8 ,that  breadth in the ,word   
signifies truth is evident from ,david3-

         ,jehovah1 ,thou hast not shut  
me up into the hand of the       enemy1 
,thou hast made my feet to stand in a   
broad place       7,psalm #ca3h74       
,out of straitness ,i called upon ,jah2 
,he answereth me in a       broad place 
7,psalm #aah3e74 ,besides other passages
 7as in       ,isaiah #h3h2 and in      
,habakkuk #a3f74 ,so in all other cases4
      #aih4 ,from all this it can be    
seen that although there are spaces in  
heaven as in the world1 still nothing   
there is reckoned in accordance  with   
spaces but in accordance with states2   
and in consequence spaces  there cannot 
be measured as in the world1 but can be 
seen only from  the state and in        
accordance with the state of the        
interiors there4#a      ,footnote #a ,in
 the ,word length signifies good 7n4    
#afac1 #idhg74    ,breadth signifies    
truth 7n4 #afac1 #cdcc1 #cdcd1 #ddhb1   
#idhg1    #ajagi74 ,height signifies    
good and truth in respect to their      
degrees 7n4 #idhi1 #iggc1 #ajaha74      

#aii4 ,the primary and veriest cause of 
this is that the ,lord is  present with 
everyone in the measure of his love and 
faith1#a and  that it is in accordance  
with the ,lord's presence that all      
things  appear near or far away1 for it 
is from this that all things in the     
heavens are determined4 ,also it is     
through this that angels have  wisdom1  
for it is through this that they have   
extension of thought  and through this a
 sharing of all things in the heavens2  
in a word1  it is through this that they
 think spiritually1 and not naturally   
like men4      ,footnote #a ,the        
conjunction and presence of the ,lord   
with the    angels is according to their
 reception of love and charity from     
,him 7n4 #bij1 #fha1 #aied1 #bfeh1      
#bhhf1 #bhhh1 #bhhi1 #cjja1             
#cgda-cgdc1 #dcah #dcai1 #debd1 #gbaa1  
#iabh74        #bjj4 ,,xxiii4 ,,the     
,,form ,,of ,,heaven ,,which            
,,determines ,,affiliations ,,and       
,,communications ,,there4    ,what the  

form of heaven is can be seen in some   
measure from what has  been shown in the
 preceding chapters2 as that heaven is  
like itself  both in its greatest and in
 its least divisions 7n4 #gb72 that     
consequently each society is a heaven in
 a lesser form1 and each  angel in the  
least form 7n4 #ea-eh72 that as the     
entire heaven  reflects a single man1 so
 each society of heaven reflects a man  
in a  lesser form1 and each angel in the
 least form 7n4 #ei-gg72 that the       
wisest are at the center1 and the less  
wise are round about even to  the       
borders1 and the like is true of each   
society 7n4 #dc72 and that  those who   
are in the good of love dwell from the  
east to the west in  heaven1 and those  
who are in truths from good from the    
south to the  north2 and the same is    
true of each society 7n4 #adh1 #adi74   
,all this  is in accord with the form of
 heaven2 consequently it may be         
concluded from this what this form is in
 general4#a      ,footnote #a ,the      

entire heaven in respect to all angelic 
societies1 is arranged by the ,lord in  
accordance with ,his    ,divine order1  
since it is the ,divine of the ,lord    
with the    angels that makes heaven 7n4
 #cjch1 #gbaa1 #iabh1 #icch1 #ajabe1    
#ajaea1 #ajaeg74 ,concerning the        
heavenly form 7n4 #djdj-djdc1    #ffjg1 
#ihgg74      #bja4 ,it is important to  
know what the form of heaven is1 because
 not  only is all affiliation there in  
accordance with it1 but also all  mutual
 communication1 and in consequence of   
this all extension of  thoughts and     
affections1 and thus all the            
intelligence and wisdom of  angels4     
,from this it follows that each one     
there is wise just to the  extent that  
he is in the form of heaven1 and is thus
 a form of  heaven4 ,it makes no        
difference whether you say in the form  
of heaven1  or in the order of heaven1  
since the form of any thing is from its 
order and in accordance with its        
order4#a      ,footnote #a ,the form of 

heaven is a form in accordance with     
the ,divine order 7n4 #djdj-djdc1 #ffjg1
 #ihgg74      #bjb4 ,let us consider    
first what is meant by being in the form
 of  heaven4 ,man was created both in   
the image of heaven and in the image  of
 the world2 his internal in the image of
 heaven1 and his external  in the image 
of the world 7see above1 n4 #eg72 and in
 the image means  the same thing as in  
accordance with the form4 ,but as man by
 the  evils of his will and consequent  
falsities of thought has destroyed  in  
himself the image of heaven1 that is1   
the form of heaven1 and in  place of it 
has brought in the image and form of    
hell1 his internal  is closed up from   
his very birth2 and this is why man is  
born into  pure ignorance1 while animals
 of every kind are not4 ,and that man   
may  have the image of heaven or form of
 heaven restored to him he must be      
taught the things that pertain to order2
 since form1 as has been  said1 is in   
accord with order4 ,the ,word contains  

all the laws of  ,divine order1 for its 
precepts are the laws of ,divine order2 
therefore to the extent that man knows  
these and lives in accordance  with them
 his internal is opened and the order or
 image of heaven is  there formed anew4 
,this makes clear what is meant by being
 in the  form of heaven1 namely1 that it
 is to live in accordance with those    
things that are in the ,word4#a         
,footnote #a ,divine truths are the laws
 of order 7n4 #bddg1    #giie74 ,man is 
a man to the extent that he lives in    
accordance    with order1 that is1 to   
the extent that he is in good in        
accordance with ,divine truths 7n4      
#dhci1 #ffje1 #ffbf74 ,all things    of 
,divine order are gathered up in man and
 he is from creation    ,divine order in
 form 7n4 #dbai1 #dbbj1 #dbbb1 #dbbc1   
#debc1 #debd1    #eaad1 #fjac1 #fjeg1   
#ffje1 #ffbf1 #igjf1 #ajaef1 #ajdgb74   
,man is not    born into good and truth1
 but into evil and falsity1 that is1    
into the opposite of ,divine order1 and 

consequently into pure    ignorance2 and
 for this reason he must needs be born  
anew that    is1 be regenerated1 which  
is effected by means of ,divine truths  
from the ,lord1 that he may be          
introduced into order 7n4 #ajdg1        
#bcjg1 #bcjh1 #ceah1 #chab1 #hdhj1      
#heej1 #ajbhc1 #ajbhd1 #ajbhf1          
#ajgca74 ,when the ,lord forms man anew1
 that is1 regenerates him1    ,he       
arranges all things in him in accordance
 with order1 which    means1 into the   
form of heaven 7n4 #egjj1 #ffij1 #iica1 
#ajcjc74      #bjc4 ,so far as any one  
is in the form of heaven he is in       
heaven1 and  is1 in fact1 a heaven in   
the least form 7n4 #eg72 consequently he
 is  to the same extent in intelligence 
and wisdom2 for as has been said  above1
 all the thought of his understanding   
and all the affection of  his will      
extend themselves on every side into    
heaven in accord with  its form1 and    
wonderfully communicate with the        
societies there1 and  these in turn with

 him4#a #b ,there are some who do not   
believe that  thoughts and affections   
really extend themselves around about   
them1  but believe that they are within 
them1 because whatever they think  they 
see within in themselves1 and not as    
distant2 but such are  greatly mistaken4
 ,for as the sight of the eye has       
extension to remote  objects1 and is    
affected in accordance with the order of
 the things  seen in that extension1 so 
the interior sight1 which is that of the
  understanding1 has a like extension in
 the spiritual world1 although  not     
perceived by man1 for the reason given  
above 7n4 #aif74 ,the only  difference  
is that the sight of the eye is affected
 in a natural way1  because it is       
affected by the things in the natural   
world1 while the  sight of the          
understanding is affected in a spiritual
 way1 because by  the things in the     
spiritual world1 all of which have      
relation to good  and truth2 and man's  
ignorance of this is because of his not 

knowing  that there is any light that   
enlightens the understanding2 and yet   
without the light that enlightens the   
understanding man could not  think at   
all 7of which light see above1 n4       
#abf-acb74 #c ,there was a  certain     
spirit who believed that his thought was
 from himself1 thus  without any        
extension outside of himself and        
communication thereby  with societies   
outside of him4 ,that he might learn    
that this was not  true his             
communication with neighboring societies
 was cut off1 and in  consequence1 not  
only was he deprived of thought but he  
fell down as  if lifeless1 although     
tossing his arms about like a new-born  
infant4  ,after a while the             
communication was restored to him1 and  
then as it  was gradually restored he   
returned into the state of his thought4 
#d  ,when other spirits had seen this   
they confessed that all thought and     
affection1 and in consequence1          
everything of life1 flow in in          

accordance with communication1 since    
everything of man's life  consists in   
his ability to think and be moved by    
affection1 or what  is the same1 in his 
ability to understand and will4#b       
,footnote #a ,everyone in heaven has    
communication of life1    which may be  
called its extension into angelic       
societies round    about1 according to  
the quantity and quality of his good 7n4
    #hgid1 #hgig74 ,thoughts and        
affections have such extension 7n4      
#bdgj1 #feih-ffac74 ,they are united and
 separated in accordance    with the    
ruling affections 7n4 #daaa74           
,footnote #b ,there is only one ,life1  
from which all1 both in    heaven and in
 the world1 live 7n4 #aied1 #bjba1      
#becf1 #bfeh1    #bhhf-bhhi1 #cjja1     
#cdhd1 #cgdb1 #ehdg1 #fdfg74 ,that life 
is from the    ,lord above 7n4          
#bhhf-bhhi1 #ccdd1 #cdhd1 #dcai1 #dcbj1 
#debd1 #dhhb1    #eihf1 #fcbe1          
#fdfh-fdgj1 #ibgf1 #ajaif74 ,it flows   
into angels1    spirits1 and men1 in a  

wonderful manner 7n4 #bhhf-bhhi1 #cccg1 
#ccch1 #cdhd1 #cgdb74 ,the ,lord flows  
in from ,his ,divine love1    which is  
such that what is its own it wills      
should be another's    7n4 #cdgb1       
#dcbj74 ,for this reason life appears to
 be in man1 and    not flowing in 7n4   
#cgdb1 #dcbj74 ,of the joy of angels1   
perceived    and confirmed by what they 
told me1 because of their not living    
from themselves but from the ,lord 7n4  
#fdfi74 ,the evil are    unwilling to be
 convinced that life flows in 7n4       
#cgdc74 ,life    from the ,lord flows in
 also with the evil 7n4 #bgjf1 #cgdc1   
#ddag1    #ajaif74 ,but they turn good  
into evil1 and truth into falsity2      
for such as man is such is his reception
 of life illustrated    7n4 #dcai1      
#dcbj1 #ddag74      #bjd4 ,but let it be
 understood that intelligence and wisdom
 vary with  everyone in accordance with 
this communication1 those whose         
intelligence and wisdom are formed out  
of genuine truths and goods  having     

communication with societies in         
accordance with the form of  heaven2    
while those whose intelligence and      
wisdom are not formed out  of genuine   
truths and goods1 and yet out of what is
 in accord  therewith1 have a broken and
 variously coherent communication1 since
  it is not with societies that are in a
 series in which there is a  form of    
heaven4 ,on the other hand1 those that  
are not in intelligence  and wisdom1    
because they are in falsities from evil1
 have  communication with societies in  
hell2 and their extension is  determined
 by the degree of their confirmation4   
,let it also be known  that this        
communication with societies is not such
 a communication  with them as is       
clearly perceptible to those there1 but 
is a  communication with what they      
really are1 which is in them and flows  
from them4#a      ,footnote #a ,thought 
pours itself into societies of spirits  
and    of angels round about 7n4        
#ffjj-ffje74 ,still it does not move or 

disturb the thoughts of the societies   
7n4 #ffja1 #ffjc74      #bje4 ,there is 
an affiliation of all in heaven in      
accordance with  spiritual              
relationships1 that is1 relationships of
 good and truth in  their order4 ,it is 
so in the whole heaven2 so in each      
society1 and so  in each house4 ,because
 of this angels who are in like good and
 truth  recognize each other1 as        
relatives by blood and marriage do on   
the  earth1 precisely as if they had    
been acquainted from infancy4 ,the  good
 and truth in each angel1 which         
constitute his wisdom and  intelligence1
 are affiliated in like manner2 they    
recognize each  other in like manner1   
and as they recognize each other they   
join  themselves together2#a and in     
consequence those in whom truths and    
goods are thus joined in accordance with
 a form of heaven see things  following 
one another in series1 and how they     
cohere widely round  about2 but those in
 whom goods and truths are not conjoined

 in  accordance with the form of heaven 
do not see this4      ,footnote #a ,good
 recognizes its truth1 and truth its    
good 7n4    #bdbi1 #caja1 #cajb1 #cafa1 
#cagi1 #cahj1 #dceh1 #egjd1 #ehce1      
#ifcg74 ,in    this way good and truth  
are conjoined 7n4 #chcd1 #djif1 #djig1  
#dcja1 #dcde1 #dcec1 #dcfd1 #dcfh1      
#ecfe1 #gfbc-gfbg1 #ggeb-ggfb1 #hecj1   
#ibeh1 #ajeee74 ,this is effected by    
influx from heaven 7n4 #ijgi74          
#bjf4 ,in each heaven there is such a   
form1 and in accordance with it  the    
angels have communication and extension 
of thoughts and  affections1 and thus in
 accordance with it they have           
intelligence and  wisdom4 ,but the      
communication of one heaven with another
 is  different1 that is1 of the third or
 inmost with the second or middle1  and 
of this with the first or outmost4 ,but 
the communication between  the heavens  
should not be called communication but  
influx4 ,about this  something shall now
 be said4 ,that there are three heavens 

distinct  from each other can be seen   
above in its own chapter 7n4 #bi-dj74   
#bjg4 ,that between one heaven and      
another there is influx but not         
communication can be seen from their    
relative position4 ,the third or  inmost
 heaven is above1 the second or middle  
heaven is below1 and the  first or      
outmost heaven is still lower4 ,there is
 a like arrangement  in all the         
societies in each heaven1 for example1  
some dwell on  elevated places that     
appear like mountains 7n4 #ahh72 on the 
top of  which those of the inmost heaven
 dwell2 below these are the societies   
of the second heaven1 below these again 
the societies of the outmost  heaven4   
,the same is true every where1 both in  
elevated places and in  those not       
elevated4 ,a society of a higher heaven 
has no communication  with a society of 
a lower except by correspondences 7see  
above1  n4 #ajj72 and communication by  
correspondences is what is called       
influx4      #bjh4 ,one heaven is joined

 with another1 or a society of one      
heaven  with the society of another1 by 
the ,lord alone1 both by direct and by  
mediate influx1 directly from ,himself1 
and mediately through the  higher       
heavens in order into the lower4#a ,as  
the conjunction of the  heavens by this 
inflowing is from the ,lord alone there 
is a most  careful precaution against   
any angel of a higher heaven looking    
down  into a society of a lower heaven  
and talking with any one there2 for  the
 angel is thus immediately deprived of  
his intelligence and  wisdom4 ,the      
reason of this also shall be told4 ,as  
there are three  degrees of heaven1 so  
each angel has three degrees of life1   
those in  the inmost heaven having the  
third or inmost degree open1 while the  
second and first degrees are closed2    
those in the middle heaven have  the    
second degree opened and the first and  
third closed2 and those in  the lowest  
heaven have the first degree opened and 
the second and  third closed4           

,consequently1 as soon as an angel of   
the third heaven  looks down into a     
society of the second heaven and talks  
with any one  there his third degree is 
at once closed2 and as his wisdom       
resides  in that degree1 if that is     
closed he is deprived of his wisdom1 for
  he has none in the second or first    
degree4 ,this is what is meant by  the  
words of the ,lord in ,matthew3         
,he that is on the housetop1 let him not
 go down to take       what is in his   
house2 and he that is in the field1 let 
him       not turn back to take his     
garment 7#bd3ag1 #ah74    ,and in ,luke3
         ,in that day he that shall be  
on the housetop and his goods       in  
the house1 let him not go down to take  
them away2 and       he that is in the  
field let him not turn back4 ,remember  
,lot's wife 7#ag3ca1 #cb74              
,footnote #a ,there is direct influx    
from the ,lord and mediate    influx    
through heaven 7n4 #fjfc1 #fcjg1 #fdgb1 
#ifhb1 #ifhc74 ,there    is a direct    

influx of the ,lord into the minutest   
parts of all    things 7n4 #fjeh1       
#fdgd-fdgh1 #hgag1 #hgbh74 ,of the      
mediate influx    of the ,lord through  
the heavens 7n4 #djfg1 #fihb1 #fihe1    
#fiif74      #bji4 ,no influx is        
possible from the lower heavens into the
 higher1  because this is contrary to   
order2 but there is influx from the     
higher heavens into the lower4          
,moreover1 the wisdom of the angels of  
a higher heaven surpasses the wisdom of 
the angels of a lower heaven  as a      
myriad to one2 and this is another      
reason why the angels of a  lower heaven
 cannot converse with those of a higher 
heaven2 and in  fact when they look     
towards them they do not see them1 the  
higher  heaven appearing like a cloudy  
something over their heads4 ,but the    
angels of a higher heaven can see those 
in a lower heaven1 although  if         
permitted to talk with them they would  
lose their wisdom1 as has  been said    
above4      #baj4 ,the thoughts and     

affections as well as the speech of the 
angels  of the inmost heaven are never  
perceived in the middle heaven1  because
 they so transcend what is there4 ,but  
when it pleases the ,lord  there is seen
 in the lower heavens from that source  
something like a  flame1 and from the   
thoughts and affections in the middle   
heaven  there is seen in the outmost    
heaven something luminous1 and sometimes
  a cloud glowing white and variegated4 
,from that cloud1 its ascent1  descent1 
and form1 what is being said there is in
 some measure known4      #baa4 ,from   
all this it can be seen what the form of
 heaven is1 namely1  that it is the most
 perfect of all in the inmost heaven2 in
 the  middle heaven it is also perfect1 
but in a lower degree1 and in the       
outmost heaven in a degree still lower2 
also that the form of one  heaven has   
its permanent existence from another by 
means of influx  from the ,lord4 ,but   
what communication by influx is cannot  
be  understood unless it is known what  

degrees of height are1 and how  they    
differ from degrees of length and       
breadth4 ,what these different  degrees 
are may be seen above 7n #ch74          
#bab4 ,when it comes to the particulars 
of the form of heaven and how  it       
proceeds and flows1 this not even the   
angels can comprehend4 ,some  conception
 of it can be gained from the form of   
all things in the  human body1 when this
 is scanned and investigated by an acute
 and  wise man2 for it has been shown   
above1 in their respective chapters1    
that the entire heaven reflects a single
 man 7see n4 #ei-gb7 and that  all      
things in man correspond to the heavens 
7n4 #hg-ajb74 ,how  incomprehensible and
 inexplicable that form is is evident   
only in a  general way from the nervous 
fibers1 by which each part and all parts
  of the body are woven together4 ,what 
these fibers are1 and how they  proceed 
and flow in the brain1 the eye cannot at
 all perceive2 for  innumerable fibers  
are there so interwoven that taken      

together they  appear like a soft       
continuous mass2 and yet it is in accord
 with  these that each thing and all    
things of the will and understanding    
flow with the utmost distinctness into  
acts4 ,how again they  interweave       
themselves in the body is clear from the
 various plexuses1  such as those of the
 heart1 the mesentery1 and others2 and  
also from  the knots called ganglions1  
into which many fibers enter from every 
region and there intermingle1 and when  
variously joined together go  forth to  
their functions1 and this again and     
again2 besides like  things in every    
viscus1 member1 organ1 and muscle4      
,whoever examines  these fibers and     
their many wonders with the eye of      
wisdom will be  utterly bewildered4 ,and
 yet the things seen with the eye are   
few1 and  those not seen are still more 
wonderful because they belong to an     
inner realm of nature4 ,it is clearly   
evident that this form  corresponds to  
the form of heaven1 because all the     

workings of the  understanding and the  
will are within it and are in accordance
 with  it2 for it is in accordance with 
this form that whatever a man wills     
passes spontaneously into act1 and      
whatever he thinks spreads through  the 
fibers from their beginnings even to    
their terminations1 which is  the source
 of sensations2 and inasmuch as it is   
the form of thought  and will1 it is the
 form of intelligence and wisdom4 ,such 
is the form  that corresponds to the    
form of heaven4 ,and from this it can be
 known  that such is the form in        
accordance with which every affection   
and  thought of angels extends itself1  
and that so far as the angels are  in   
that form they are in intelligence and  
wisdom4 ,that this form of  heaven is   
from the ,divine ,human of the ,lord can
 be seen above 7n4  #gh-hf74 ,all this  
has been said to make clear also that   
the heavenly  form is such that even as 
to its generals it can never be         
completely  known1 thus that it is      

incomprehensible even to the angels1 as 
has  been said above4        #bac4      
,,xxiv4 ,,governments ,,in ,,heaven4    
,as heaven is divided into societies1   
and the larger societies consist  of    
some hundreds of thousands of angels 7n4
 #ej71 and all within a  society1       
although in like good1 are not in like  
wisdom 7n4 #dc71 it  must needs follow  
that governments exist there1 since     
order must be  observed1 and all things 
of order must be guarded4 ,but the      
governments in the heavens differ2 they 
are of one sort in societies  that      
constitute the ,lord's celestial        
kingdom1 and of another sort in  the    
societies that constitute ,his spiritual
 kingdom2 they differ also  in          
accordance with the functions of the    
several societies4  ,nevertheless1 no   
other government than the government of 
mutual love  is possible in the heavens1
 and the government of mutual love is   
heavenly government4      #bad4         
,government in the ,lord's celestial    

kingdom is called  righteousness because
 all in that kingdom are in the good of 
love to  the ,lord from the ,lord1 and  
whatever is from that good is called    
righteous4 ,government there belongs to 
the ,lord alone4 ,he leads them  and    
teaches them in the affairs of life4    
,the truths that are called  truths of  
judgment are written on their hearts2   
everyone knows them1  perceives them1   
and sees them2#a and in consequence     
matters of  judgment there never come   
into question1 but only matters of      
righteousness1 which belong to the life4
 ,about these matters the less  wise    
consult the more wise1 and these consult
 the ,lord and receive  answers4 ,their 
heaven1 that is1 their inmost joy1 is to
 live rightly  from the ,lord4          
,footnote #a ,the celestial angels do   
not think and speak from    truths1 as  
the spiritual angels do1 because they   
have from the    ,lord a perception of  
all things of truth 7n4 #bjb1 #eig1     
#fjg1    #ghd1 #aaba1 #achd1 #acih1     

#addb1 #aiai1 #gfhj1 #ghgg1 #hghj1      
#ibgg1    #ajccf74 ,in respect to truths
 the celestial angels say1 ,yea1    yea1
 or ,nay1 nay2 but the spiritual angels 
reason about them    whether they are   
true or not 7n4 #bgae1 #cbdf1 #dddh1    
#iaff1 #ajghf1    where the ,lord's     
words1 ,let your speech be ,yea1 yea1   
,nay1 nay2    what is beyond these is   
from evil 7,matt4 #e3cg74 are           
explained74      #bae4 ,in the ,lord's  
spiritual kingdom the government is     
called  judgment2 because those in that 
kingdom are in spiritual good1 which  is
 the good of charity towards the        
neighbor1 and that good in its  essence 
is truth2#a and truth pertains to       
judgment1 as good pertains  to          
righteousness4#b ,these1 too1 are led by
 the ,lord1 but mediately  7n4 #bjh72   
and in consequence they have governors1 
few or many  according to the need of   
the society in which they are4 ,they    
also  have laws according to which they 
live together4 ,the governors           

administer all things in accordance with
 the laws1 which they  understand       
because they are wise1 and in doubtful  
matters they are  enlightened by the    
,lord4      ,footnote #a ,those in the  
spiritual kingdom are in truths1 and    
those in the celestial kingdom are in   
good 7n4 #hfc1 #hge1 #ibg1    #ajbc1    
#ajdc1 #ajdd1 #aeee1 #bbef1 #dcbh1      
#ddic1 #eaac1 #ieif74 ,the good    of   
the spiritual kingdom is the good of    
charity towards the    neighbor and this
 good in its essence is truth 7n4 #hjdb1
    #ajbif74      ,footnote #b ,in the  
,word righteousness is predicated of    
good1    and ,judgment of truth         
therefore to do righteousness and       
judgment means good and truth 7n4 #bbce1
 #iheg74 ,great    judgments means the  
law of ,divine order1 thus ,divine      
truths    7n4 #gbjf74      #baf4 ,as    
government from good1 which is the kind 
of government that  exists in the       
,lord's celestial kingdom1 is called    
righteousness2 and  government from     

truth1 which is the kind of government  
that exists in  the ,lord's spiritual   
kingdom1 is called judgment1 so the     
terms  righteousness and judgment are   
used in the ,word when heaven and the   
church are treated of1 righteousness    
signifying celestial good1 and  judgment
 spiritual good1 which good1 as has been
 said above1 is in  its essence truth1  
as in the following passages3           
,of peace there shall be no end upon the
 throne of ,david       and upon ,his   
kingdom1 to establish it and to uphold  
it in       judgment and in             
righteousness from henceforth and even  
to       eternity 7,isaiah #i3g74    ,by
 ,david here the ,lord is meant2#a and  
by ,his kingdom heaven1 as  is evident  
from the following passage3         ,i  
will raise unto ,david a righteous      
,branch1 and ,he shall       reign as   
,king1 and shall deal intelligently and 
shall       execute judgment and        
righteousness in the land 7,jer4        
#bc3e74         ,jehovah is exalted1 for

 ,he dwelleth on high2 ,he hath         
filled ,zion with judgment and          
righteousness 7,isaiah #cc3e74          
,zion also means heaven and the         
church4#b         ,i1 ,jehovah1 doing   
judgment and righteousness on the earth1
       for in these things ,i delight   
7,jer4 #i3bd74         ,i will betroth  
thee unto ,me forever1 and ,i will      
betroth       thee unto ,me in          
righteousness and judgment 7,hosea      
#b3ai74         ,o ,jehovah1 in the     
heavens ,thy righteousness is like the  
mountains of ,god1 and ,thy judgments   
are like the great       deep 7,psalm   
#cf3e1 #f74         ,they ask of ,me the
 judgments of righteousness1 they long  
for an approach unto ,god 7,isaiah      
#eh3b74 ,so in other       places4      
,footnote #a ,by ,david in the prophetic
 parts of the ,word1 the    ,lord is    
meant 7n4 #ahhh1 #iied74      ,footnote 
#b ,in the ,word ,zion means the church1
 and    specifically the celestial      
church 7n4 #bcfb1 #ijee74      #bag4 ,in

 the ,lord's spiritual kingdom there are
 various forms of  government1 differing
 in different societies1 the variety    
being in  accord with the functions     
performed by the societies2 and the     
functions of these are in accord with   
the functions of all things in  man to  
which they correspond4 ,that these are  
various is well known1  the heart having
 one function1 the lungs another1 the   
liver another1  the pancreas and spleen 
another1 and each sensory organ another4
 ,as  in the body these organs perform  
various services1 so there are  various 
services pertaining to the societies in 
the ,greatest ,man1  which is heaven for
 the societies there correspond to these
 organs4  ,that there is a              
correspondence of all things of heaven  
with all  things of man may be seen in  
its own chapter above 7n4 #hg-ajb74 ,but
  all these forms of government agree in
 this1 that they look to the  public    
good as their end1 and in that good to  
the good of the  individual4#a ,and this

 is so because everyone in the whole    
heaven is  under the auspices of the    
,lord1 who loves all1 and from ,divine  
love  ordains that there shall be a     
common good1 from which each individual 
shall receive his own good4 ,each one1  
moreover1 receives good  according as he
 loves the common good2 for so far as he
 loves the  common good he loves all and
 everyone2 and as that love is love of  
the ,lord he is to that extent loved by 
the ,lord1 and good comes to  him4      
,footnote #a ,every man and every       
community1 also one's country    and the
 church and in the universal sense the  
kingdom of the    ,lord1 is a neighbor1 
and to do good to these from love of    
good    in accordance with their state  
is to love the neighbor2 that    is1 the
 neighbor is the good of these1 which is
 the common good    that must be        
consulted 7n4 #fhah-fhbd1 #habc74 ,civil
 good also1    which is justice1 is a   
neighbor 7n4 #biae1 #dgcj1 #habj-habc74 
,therefore charity towards the neighbor 

extends itself to all    things and each
 thing of the life of man2 and loving   
good and    doing good from love of good
 and truth1 and also doing what is      
just from a love of what is just in     
every function and in every    work1 is 
loving the neighbor 7n4 #bdag1          
#haba-habd74      #bah4 ,from all this  
it can be seen what the governors there 
are1  namely1 that they are such as are 
preeminent in love and wisdom1 and      
therefore desire the good of all1 and   
from wisdom know how to provide  for the
 realization of that good4 ,such        
governors do not domineer or  dictate1  
but they minister and serve 7to serve   
meaning to do good to  others from a    
love of the good1 and to minister       
meaning to see to it  that the good is  
done72 nor do they make themselves      
greater than  others1 but less1 for they
 put the good of society and of the     
neighbor in the first place1 and put    
their own good last2 and  whatever is in
 the first place is greater and what is 

last is less4  ,nevertheless1 the rulers
 have honor and glory2 they dwell in the
  midst of the society1 in higher       
position than the rest1 and also in     
magnificent palaces2 and this glory and 
honor they accept not for the  sake of  
themselves but for the sake of          
obedience2 for all there know  that they
 have this honor and glory from the     
,lord1 and on that  account should be   
obeyed4 ,this is what is meant by the   
,lord's words  to ,his disciples3       
,whosoever would become great among you 
let him be your       minister2 and     
whosoever would be first among you let  
him       be your servant2 as the ,son  
of man came not to be       ministered  
unto but to minister 7,matt4 #bj3bg1    
#bh74         ,he that is greatest among
 you let him be as the least1 and       
he that is chief as he that doth        
minister 7,luke #bb3bf74      #bai4     
,also in each house there is a like     
government in a lesser form4  ,in every 
house there is a master and there are   

servants2 the master  loves the servants
 and the servants love the master1      
consequently  they serve each other from
 love4 ,the master teaches how they     
ought to  live1 and tells what is to be 
done2 the servants obey and perform     
their duties4 ,to perform use is the    
delight of everyone's life4 ,this  shows
 that the ,lord's kingdom is a kingdom  
of uses4      #bbj4 ,also in the hells  
there are governments1 for without      
governments  they could not be kept in  
restraint2 but the governments there are
  opposite to the governments in the    
heavens2 they are governments of  the   
love of self4 ,everyone there wishes to 
dictate to others and to  be over       
others4 ,they hate those that do not    
favor them1 and make them  objects of   
their vengeance and fury1 for such is   
the nature of the  love of self4        
,therefore the more malignant are set   
over them as  governors1 and these they 
obey from fear4#a ,but of this below1   
where  the hells are treated of4        

,footnote #a ,there are two kinds of    
rule1 one from love towards    the      
neighbor the other from love of self 7n4
 #ajhad74 ,from the    rule that is from
 love towards the neighbor flow all     
goods and    all happinesses 7n4 #ajafj1
 #ajhad74 ,in heaven no one desires to  
rule from the love of self1 but all     
desire to minister1 which    means to   
rule from love to the neighbor2 this is 
the source of    their great power 7n4  
#egcb74 ,from rule from the love of self
    all evils flow in 7n4 #ajjch74 ,when
 the loves of self and the    world had 
begun to prevail men were compelled to  
subject    themselves to governments as 
a means of security 7n4 #gcfd1          
#ajafj1 #ajhad74        #bba4 ,,xxv4    
,,divine ,,worship ,,in ,,heaven4       
,divine worship in the heavens is not   
unlike in externals ,divine  worship on 
the earth1 but in internals it is       
different4 ,in the  heavens1 as on the  
earth1 there are doctrines1 preachings1 
and church  edifices4 ,in essentials the

 doctrines there are everywhere the     
same2  but in the higher heavens they   
contain more interior wisdom than in    
the lower4 ,the preachings are in       
harmony with the doctrines2 and as  they
 have houses and palaces 7n4 #ahc-aij71 
so they have also church  edifices1 in  
which there is preaching4 ,such things  
exist in heaven1  because the angels are
 being perfected continually in wisdom  
and  love4 ,for they possess1 as men do1
 understanding and will2 and both  their
 understanding and their will are       
capable of being continually  perfected1
 the understanding by means of truths of
 intelligence1 and  the will by means of
 the goods of love4#a      ,footnote #a 
,the understanding is receptive of      
truth1 and the    will of good 7n4      
#cfbc1 #fabe1 #gejc1 #icjj1 #iicj74 ,as 
all things    have relation to truth and
 good1 so everything of man's life      
has relation to understanding and will  
7n4 #hjc1 #ajabb74 ,angels    are       
perfected to eternity 7n4 #dhjc1 #ffdh74

      #bbb4 ,but essential ,divine      
worship in the heavens does not consist 
in  going to church and hearing         
preaching1 but in a life of love1       
charity1 and faith1 in accordance with  
doctrine2 preachings in  churches serve 
solely as means of instruction in       
matters of life4 ,i  have talked with   
angels on this subject1 and have told   
them that it  is believed in the world  
that ,divine worship consists solely in 
attending church1 listening to the      
preaching1 observing the sacrament  of  
the ,supper three or four times a year1 
and performing other acts  of worship   
according to the requirements of the    
church2 also devoting  special times to 
prayers1 and at such times1 behaving    
devoutly4 ,the  angels said that these  
are outward acts that ought to be done1 
but  are of no avail unless there is an 
internal from which they proceed1  which
 is a life in accordance with the       
precepts that doctrine  teaches4        
#bbc4 ,that ,i might learn about their  

meeting in places of worship1 ,i  have  
been permitted at times to attend and to
 hear the preaching4 ,the  preacher     
stands in a pulpit at the east4 ,those  
who are in the light  of wisdom more    
than others sit in front of him2 those  
who are in less  light sit to the right 
and left of these4 ,there is a circular 
arrangement of the seats1 so that all   
are in the preacher's view1 no  one so  
sitting at either side as to be out of  
his view4 ,at the  entrance1 which is at
 the east of the building and on the    
left of the  pulpit1 those stand who are
 being initiated4 ,no one is permitted  
to  stand behind the pulpit2 when there 
is any one there the preacher  becomes  
confused4 ,it is the same if any one in 
the congregation  dissents2 and for this
 reason the dissenter must needs turn   
away his  face4 ,the wisdom of the      
preachings is such as to be above all   
comparison with the preachings of this  
world1 for those in the  heavens are in 
interior light4 ,the church edifices in 

the spiritual  kingdom are apparently   
built of stone1 and those in the        
celestial  kingdom of wood2 because     
stone corresponds to truth1 and those   
who  are in the spiritual kingdom are in
 truth1 while wood corresponds to  good1
 and those in the celestial kingdom are 
in good4#a ,in that  kingdom the sacred 
edifices are not called churches but    
houses of  ,god4 ,in that kingdom they  
are without magnificence2 but in the    
spiritual kingdom they are more or less 
magnificent4      ,footnote #a ,stone   
signifies truth 7n4 #aad1 #fdc1 #abih1  
#cgbj1    #fdbf1 #hfji1 #ajcgf74 ,wood  
signifies good 7n4 #fdc1 #cgbj1 #hced74 
,for this reason the most ancient       
people1 who were in celestial    good1  
had sacred buildings of wood 7n4 #cgbj74
      #bbd4 ,i have also talked with one
 of the preachers about the holy  state 
in which those are who listen to the    
preaching in the churches4  ,he said    
that everyone is pious1 devout1 and holy
 in harmony with his  interiors1 which  

pertain to love and faith1 for holiness 
itself is in  love and faith1 because   
the ,divine of the ,lord is in them4 ,he
 also  said that he did not know what   
outward holiness is apart from love  and
 faith2 and when he thought about it he 
said that perhaps it is  something      
counterfeiting holiness in outward      
appearance1 either  conventional or     
hypocritical2 and that such holiness is 
kindled and  sustained by spurious fire 
from the love of self and the world4    
#bbe4 ,all the preachers are from the   
,lord's spiritual kingdom2 none  are    
from the celestial kingdom4 ,they are   
from the spiritual kingdom  because the 
angels there are in truths from good1   
and all preaching  must be from truths4 
,there are no preachers from the        
celestial  kingdom because those who are
 there are in the good of love1 and they
  see and perceive truths from good1 but
 do not talk about them4 ,but  although 
the angels in the celestial kingdom     
perceive and see truths  there are      

preachings there1 since by means of     
preachings they are  enlightened in the 
truths that they already know1 and are  
perfected  by many truths that they did 
not know before4 ,as soon as they hear  
truths they acknowledge them and thus   
perceive them2 and the truths  they     
perceive they love1 and by living in    
accordance with them they  make them to 
be of their life1 declaring that living 
in accordance  with truths is loving the
 ,lord4#a      ,footnote #a ,loving the 
,lord and the neighbor is living in     
accordance with the ,lord's commandments
 7n4 #ajadc1 #ajaec1    #ajcaj1 #ajegh1 
#ajfde1 #ajfhc74      #bbf4 ,all        
preachers are appointed by the ,lord1   
and have therefrom a  gift for          
preaching4 ,no others are permitted to  
preach in the  churches4 ,they are not  
called priests1 but preachers4 ,they are
 not  called priests because the        
celestial kingdom is the priesthood of  
heaven2 for priesthood signifies the    
good of love to the ,lord1 and  those in

 the celestial kingdom are in that good2
 while the spiritual  kingdom is the    
kingship of heaven1 for kingship        
signifies truth from  good1 and those in
 the spiritual kingdom are in that truth
 7see  above1 n4 #bd74a      ,footnote  
#a ,priests represented the ,lord in    
respect to the    ,divine good1 kings in
 respect to ,divine truth 7n4 #bjae1    
#fadh74    ,therefore1 in the ,word a   
priest signifies those who are in    the
 good of love to the ,lord1 and the     
priesthood signifies that    good 7n4   
#ihjf1 #ihji74 ,a king in the ,word     
signifies those who    are in ,divine   
truth1 and therefrom kingship signifies 
truth    from good 7n4 #afgb1 #bjae1    
#bjfi1 #dege1 #deha1 #diff1 #ejdd74     
#bbg4 ,the doctrines with which their   
preachings are in accord all look  to   
life as their end1 and none look to     
faith separate from the life4  ,the     
doctrine of the inmost heaven is more   
full of wisdom than the  doctrine of the
 middle heaven1 and this more full of   

intelligence  than the doctrine of the  
outmost heaven2 for in each heaven the  
doctrines are adapted to the perceptions
 of the angels4 ,the essential  of all  
doctrines is acknowledging the ,divine  
,human of the ,lord4        #bbh4       
,,xxvi4 ,,the ,,power ,,of ,,the        
,,angels ,,of ,,heaven4    ,that the    
angels possess power cannot be          
comprehended by those who  know nothing 
about the spiritual world and its influx
 into the  natural world4 ,such think   
that angels can have no power because   
they  are spiritual and are even so pure
 and unsubstantial that no eye can  see 
them4 ,but those who look more          
interiorly into the causes of  things   
take a different view4 ,such know that  
all the power that a man  has is from   
his understanding and will 7for apart   
from these he is  powerless to move a   
particle of his body71 and his          
understanding and  will are his         
spiritual man4 ,this moves the body and 
its members at  its pleasure2 for       

whatever it thinks the mouth and tongue 
speak1 and  whatever it wills the body  
does2 and it bestows its strength at    
pleasure4 ,as man's will and            
understanding are ruled by the ,lord    
through angels and spirits1 so also are 
all things of his body1  because these  
are from the will and understanding2 and
 if you will  believe it1 without influx
 from heaven man cannot even move a     
step4  ,that this is so has been shown  
me by much experience4 ,angels have     
been permitted to move my steps1 my     
actions1 and my tongue and  speech1 as  
they pleased1 and this by influx into my
 will and thought2  and ,i have learned 
thereby that of myself ,i could do      
nothing4 ,i was  afterwards told by them
 that every man is so ruled1 and that he
 can  know this from the doctrine of the
 church and from the ,word1 for he      
prays that ,god may send ,his angels to 
lead him1 direct his steps1  teach him1 
and inspire in him what to think and    
what to say1 and  other like things2    

although he says and believes otherwise 
when he is  thinking by himself apart   
from doctrine4 ,all this has been said  
to  make known what power angels have   
with man4      #bbi4 ,but so great is   
the power of angels in the spiritual    
world that  if ,i should make known all 
that ,i have witnessed in regard to it  
it  would exceed belief4 ,any           
obstruction there that ought to be      
removed  because it is contrary to      
,divine order the angels cast down or   
overthrow merely by an effort of the    
will and a look4 ,thus ,i have  seen    
mountains that were occupied by the evil
 cast down and  overthrown1 and         
sometimes shaken from end to end as in  
earthquakes2  also rocks cleft asunder  
to their bottoms1 and the evil who were 
upon  them swallowed up4 ,i have seen   
also hundreds of thousands of evil      
spirits dispersed by angels and cast    
down into hell4 ,numbers are of  no     
avail against them2 neither are devices1
 cunning1 or combinations2  for they see

 through them all1 and disperse them in 
a moment4 7,but  more may be seen on    
this subject in the account of ,the     
,destruction of  ,babylon47 ,such power 
do angels have in the spiritual world4  
,it is  evident from the ,word that they
 have like power in the natural world   
also when it is permitted2 for instance1
 that they have given to  destruction   
entire armies2 and that they brought on 
a pestilence from  which seventy        
thousand men died4 ,of this angel it is 
said3         ,the angel stretched out  
his hand against ,jerusalem to          
destroy it but ,jehovah repented ,him of
 the evil1 and said       to the angel  
that destroyed the people1 ,it is       
enough1 now       stay thy hand4 ,and   
,david saw the angel that smote the     
people 7#b ,samuel #bd3af1 #ag72        
besides other passages4 ,because the    
angels have such power they are  called 
powers2 as in ,david3         ,bless    
,jehovah1 ye angels1 mighty in power    
7,psalm #ajc3bj74      #bcj4 ,but it    

must be understood that the angels have 
no power whatever  from themselves1 but 
that all their power is from the ,lord2 
and that  they are powers only so far as
 they acknowledge this4 ,whoever of them
  believes that he has power from       
himself instantly becomes so weak as    
not to be able to resist even a single  
evil spirit4 ,for this reason  angels   
ascribe no merit whatever to themselves1
 and are averse to all  praise and glory
 on account of any thing they do1       
ascribing all the  praise and glory to  
the ,lord4      #bca4 ,it is the ,divine
 truth that goes forth from the ,lord   
that has  all power in the heavens1 for 
the ,lord in heaven is ,divine truth    
united to ,divine good 7see n4          
#abf-adj74 ,to the extent that angels   
are  receptions of this truth they are  
powers4#a ,moreover each one is his  own
 truth and his own good because each one
 is such as his  understanding and will 
are4 ,the understanding pertains to     
truth  because everything of it is from 

truths1 and the will pertains to  good  
because everything of it is from goods2 
for whatever any one  understands he    
calls truth1 and whatever he wills he   
calls good4 ,from  this it is that      
everyone is his own truth and his own   
good4#b  ,therefore so far as an angel  
is truth from the ,divine and good from 
the ,divine he is a power1 because to   
that extent the ,lord is in him4  ,and  
as no one's good and truth are wholly   
like or the same as  another's1 since in
 heaven1 as in the world1 there is      
endless variety  7n4 #bj71 so the power 
of one angel is not like the power of   
another4  ,those who constitute the arms
 in the ,greatest ,man1 or heaven1 have 
the greatest power because such are more
 in truths than others1 and  into their 
truths good flows from the entire       
heaven4 ,moreover1 the  power of the    
whole man passes into the arms1 and by  
means of these  the whole body exercises
 its powers4 ,it is for this reason that
 in  the ,word arms and hand signify    

powers4#c ,sometimes on this  account a 
naked arm is seen in heaven so powerful 
as to be able to  break in pieces       
everything in its way1 even though it   
were a great  rock on the earth4 ,once  
it was moved towards me1 and ,i         
perceived that  it was able to crush my 
bones to atoms4      ,footnote #a       
,angels are called powers and are powers
 from their    reception of ,divine     
truth from the ,lord 7n4 #ifci74 ,angels
 are    recipients of ,divine truth from
 the ,lord and on this account    are   
sometimes called gods in the ,word 7n4  
#dbie1 #ddjb1 #gbfh1    #ghgc1 #haib1   
#hcja1 #iafj74      ,footnote #b ,a man 
or an angel is his own good and his own 
truth1 thus his own love and his own    
faith 7n4 #ajbih1 #ajcfg74    ,he is his
 own understanding and his own will1 for
 everything of    life is there from2   
the life of good is from the will1 and  
the    life of truth is from the        
understanding 7n4 #ajjgf1 #ajagg1       
#ajbfd1 #ajbhd74      ,footnote #c ,the 

correspondence of the hands1 arms1 and  
shoulders1 with the ,greatest man or    
heaven 7n4 #dica-dicg74 ,in    the      
,word1 arms and hands signify power 7n4 
#hgh1 #cjia1 #dicb1    #dicc1 #fidg1    
#ajjai74      #bcb4 ,it has been shown  
above 7n4 #acg7 that the ,divine truth  
that goes  forth from the ,lord has all 
power1 and that angels have power to the
  extent that they are receptions of    
,divine truth from the ,lord4 ,but      
angels are so far receptions of ,divine 
truth as they are receptions  of ,divine
 good1 for truths have all their power  
from good1 and none  apart from good4   
,so1 too1 good has all its power through
 truths1 and  none apart from truths4   
,power springs from the conjunction of  
these  two4 ,the same is true of faith  
and love2 for it is the same whether    
you say truth or faith1 since everything
 of faith is truth2 also it  is the same
 whether you say good or love1 since    
everything of love is  good4#a ,the     
great power that angels have by means of

 truths from  good is shown also from   
this1 that when an evil spirit is merely
  looked at by the angels he falls into 
a swoon1 and does not appear  like a    
man1 and this until the angel turns away
 his eyes4 ,such an  effect is produced 
by the look of the eyes of angels1      
because the  sight of angels is from the
 light of heaven1 and the light of      
heaven  is ,divine truth 7see above1 n4 
#abf-acb74 ,moreover1 the eyes          
correspond to truths from good4#b       
,footnote #a ,all power in heaven is the
 power of truth from    good1 thus of   
faith from loves 7n4 #cjia1 #cefc1      
#fdbc1 #hcjd1    #ifdc1 #ajjai1 #ajahb74
 ,all power is from the ,lord1 because  
from    ,him is every truth of faith and
 every good of love 7n4 #icbg1          
#idaj74 ,this power is meant by the keys
 given to ,peter 7n4    #fcdd74 ,it is  
,divine truth going forth from the ,lord
 that has    all power 7n4 #fidh1       
#hbjj74 ,this power of the lord is what 
is    meant by sitting at the right hand

 of ,jehovah 7n4 #cchg1 #deib1    #dicc1
 #geah1 #gfgc1 #hbha1 #iacc74 ,the right
 had means power 7n4    #ajjai74        
,footnote #b ,the eyes correspond to    
truths from good    7n4 #ddjc-ddba1     
#debc-decd1 #fibc74      #bcc4 ,as      
truths from good have all power1 so     
falsities from evil have  no power at   
all2#a and as all in hell are in        
falsities from evil  they have no power 
against truth and good4 ,but what power 
they have  among themselves1 and what   
power evil spirits have before they are 
cast into hell1 will be told hereafter4 
,footnote #a ,falsity from evil has no  
power1 because truth from    food has   
all power 7n4 #fghd1 #ajdha74           
#bcd4 ,,xxvii4 ,,the ,,speech ,,of      
,,angels4    ,angels talk with each     
other just as men do in the world1 and  
on  various subjects1 as on domestic    
matters1 and on matters of the civil    
state1 and of moral1 and spiritual life4
 ,and there is no difference  except    
that their talk is more intelligent than

 that of men1 because  it is from more  
interior thought4 ,i have been permitted
 to associate  with them frequently1 and
 to talk with them as friend with       
friend1  and sometimes as stranger with 
stranger2 and as ,i was then in a state 
like theirs ,i knew no otherwise than   
that ,i was talking with men on  the    
earth4      #bce4 ,angelic speech1 like 
human speech1 is distinguished into     
words2  it is also audibly uttered and  
heard2 for angels1 like men1 have       
mouth1 tongue1 and ears1 and an         
atmosphere in which the sound of  their 
speech is articulated1 although it is a 
spiritual atmosphere  adapted to angels1
 who are spiritual4 ,in their atmosphere
 angels  breathe and utter words by     
means of their breath1 as men do ,in    
their  atmosphere4#a      ,footnote #a  
,in the heavens there is respiration1   
but it is of    an interior kind 7n4    
#chhd1 #chhe7 from experience 7n4 #chhd1
    #chhe1 #chia1 #chic74 ,there are    
differing respirations there1    varying

 in accordance with their states 7n4    
#aaai1 #chhf1 #chhg1    #chhi1 #chib1   
#chic74 ,the evil are wholly unable to  
breathe in    heaven1 and they are      
suffocated if they go there 7n4 #chid74 
#bcf4 ,in the entire heaven all have the
 same language1 and they all  understand
 one another1 to whatever society1 near 
or remote1 they  belong4 ,language there
 is not learned but is instinctive with 
everyone1 for it flows from their very  
affection and thought1 the  tones of    
their speech corresponding to their     
affections1 and the  vocal articulations
 which are words corresponding to the   
ideas of  thought that spring from the  
affections2 and because of this         
correspondence the speech itself is     
spiritual1 for it is affection  sounding
 and thought speaking4 #b ,any one who  
gives any thought to  it can see that   
all thought is from affection which     
pertains to love1  and that the ideas of
 thought are the various forms into     
which the  general affection is         

distributed2 for no thought or idea is  
possible  apart from affection-the soul 
and life of thought is from affection4  
,this enables angels to know1 merely    
from another's speech1 what he  is-from 
the tone what his affection is1 and from
 the vocal  articulations or words what 
his mind is4 ,the wiser angels know what
  the ruling affection is from a single 
series of words1 for that  affection is 
what they chiefly attend to4 #c ,it is  
known that each  individual has a       
variety of affections1 one affection    
when in joy1  another when in grief1    
another when in sympathy and compassion1
  another when in sincerity and truth1  
another when in love and  charity1      
another when in zeal or in anger1       
another when in simulation  and deceit1 
another when in quest of honor and      
glory1 and so on4 ,but  the ruling      
affection or love is in all of these2   
and for this reason  the wiser angels1  
because they perceive that love1 know   
from the  speech the whole state of     

another4 #d ,this it has been granted me
 to  know from much experience4 ,i have 
heard angels disclosing the  character  
of another's life merely from hearing   
him speak4 ,they also  said that from   
any ideas of another's thought they     
could know all  things of his life1     
because from those ideas they know his  
ruling  love1 in which are all things in
 their order4 ,they know also that      
man's book of life is nothing else4     
#bcg4 ,angelic language has nothing in  
common with human languages  except     
certain words that are the sounds of a  
specific affection2 yet  this is true   
not of the words themselves but of their
 sounds2 on  which subject something    
will be said in what follows ,that      
angelic  language has nothing in common 
with human languages is evident from    
the fact that angels are unable to utter
 a single word of human  language4 ,this
 was tried but they could not do it1    
because they can  utter nothing except  
what is in entire agreement with their  

affections2 whatever is not in agreement
 is repugnant to their very  life1 for  
life belongs to affection1 and their    
speech is from their  life4 ,i have been
 told that the first language of men on 
our earth  coincided with angelic       
language because they had it from       
heaven2 and  that the ,hebrew language  
coincides with it in some respects4     
#bch4 ,as the speech of angels          
corresponds to their affection1 and     
their affection belongs to their love1  
and as the love of heaven is  love to   
the ,lord and love towards the neighbor 
7see above1 n4 #ac-ai71  it is evident  
how choice and delightful their talk    
must be1 affecting  not the ears only   
but also the interiors of the mind of   
those who  listen to it4 ,there was a   
certain hard-hearted spirit with whom an
  angel spoke4 ,at length he was so     
affected by what was said that he  shed 
tears1 saying that he had never wept    
before1 but he could not  refrain1 for  
it was love speaking4      #bci4 ,the   

speech of angels is likewise full of    
wisdom because it  proceeds from their  
interior thoughts1 and their interior   
thought is  wisdom1 as their interior   
affection is love1 and in their speech  
their love and wisdom unite4 ,for this  
reason their speech is so full  of      
wisdom that they can express in a single
 word what man cannot  express in a     
thousand words also the ideas of their  
thought include  things that are beyond 
man's comprehension1 and still more his 
power  of expression4 ,this is why the  
things that have been heard and seen  in
 heaven are said to be ineffable1 and   
such as ear hath never heard  nor eye   
seen4 #b ,that this is true ,i have also
 been permitted to  learn by experience4
 ,at times ,i have entered into the     
state in which  angels are1 and in that 
state have talked with them1 and ,i then
  understood everything4 ,but when ,i   
was brought back into my former  state1 
and thus into the natural thought proper
 to man1 and wished to  recall what ,i  

had heard ,i could not2 for there were  
thousands of  things unadapted to the   
ideas of natural thought1 and therefore 
inexpressible except by variegations of 
heavenly light1 and thus not  at all by 
human words4 #c ,also the ideas of      
thought of the angels  from which their 
words spring are modifications of the   
light of  heaven1 and the affections    
from which the tones of the words spring
  are variations of the heat of heaven1 
the light of heaven being  ,divine truth
 or wisdom1 and the heat of heaven the  
,divine good or  love 7see above1 n4    
#abf-adj72 and the angels have their    
affection  from the ,divine love1 and   
their thought from the ,divine wisdom4#a
      ,footnote #a ,the ideas of angels1
 from which they speak1 are    expressed
 by wonderful variegations of the light 
of heaven 7n4    #afdf1 #ccdc1 #ciic74  
#bdj4 ,because the speech of angels     
proceeds directly from their  affection1
 and the ideas of their thought are the 
various forms into  which their general 

affection is distributed 7see above1 n4 
#bcf71  angels can express in a moment  
what a man cannot express in half an    
hour2 also they can set forth in a few  
words what has been expressed  in       
writing on many pages2 and this1 too1   
has been proved to me by  much          
experience4#a ,thus the angels' ideas of
 thought and the words  of their speech 
make one1 like effecting cause and      
effect2 for what  is in the ideas of    
thought as cause is presented in the    
words as  effect1 and this is why every 
word comprehends in itself so many      
things4 ,also all the particulars of    
angelic thought1 and thus of  angelic   
speech1 appear when presented to view   
like a thin wave or  circumfluent       
atmosphere1 in which are innumerable    
things in their  order derived from     
angelic wisdom1 and these enter         
another's thought  and affect him4 ,the 
ideas of thought of everyone1 both angel
 and man1  are presented to view in the 
light of heaven1 whenever the ,lord     

pleases4#b      ,footnote #a ,angels can
 express by their speech in a moment    
more than a man can express by his in   
half an hour2 and they    can also      
express things that do not fall into the
 expressions    of human speech 7n4     
#afda-afdc1 #afde1 #dfji1 #gjhi74       
,footnote #b ,the innumerable things    
contained in one idea of    thought 7n4 
#ajjh1 #ahfi1 #didf1 #ffac-ffah74 ,the  
ideas of man's    thought are opened in 
the other life1 and what they are is    
presented to view to the life 7n4 #ahfi1
 #ccaj1 #eeaj74 ,what their             
appearance is 7n4 #ffja1 #hhhe74 ,the   
ideas of angels of the    inmost heaven 
present an appearance of flamy light 7n4
 #ffae74    ,the ideas of angels of the 
outmost heaven present an appearance    
of thin white clouds 7n4 #ffad74 ,an    
angelic idea seen1 from    which there  
was a radiation towards the ,lord 7n4   
#ffbj74 ,ideas    of thought extend     
themselves widely into the societies of 
angels round about 7n4 #feih-ffac74     

#bda4 ,the speech of angels of the      
,lord's celestial kingdom resembles  the
 speech of the angels of ,his spiritual 
kingdom1 but it is from  more interior  
thought4 ,celestial angels are in good  
of love to the  ,lord1 and therefore    
speak from wisdom2 while spiritual      
angels are in  the good of charity      
towards the neighbor1 which in its      
essence is  truth 7n4 #bae71 and        
therefore speak from intelligence1 for  
wisdom is  from good1 and intelligence  
is from truth4 ,for this reason the     
speech  of celestial angels is like a   
gentle stream1 soft1 and as it were     
continuous2 but the speech of spiritual 
angels is slightly vibratory  and       
divided4 ,the speech of celestial angels
 has much of the tones of  the vowels u 
and o2 while the speech of spiritual    
angels has much of  the tones of e and  
i2#a for the vowels stand for tone1 and 
in the  tone there is affection1 the    
tone of the speech of angels            
corresponding to their affection1 as has

 been said above 7n4 #bcf72  while the  
vocal articulations1 which are words1   
correspond to the  ideas of thought     
which spring from affection4 ,as the    
vowels are not  essential to a language1
 but serve by means of tones to elevate 
the  words to the various affections    
according to each one's state1 so in    
the ,hebrew tongue the vowels are not   
expressed1 and are also  variously      
pronounced4 ,from this a man's quality  
in respect to his  affection and love is
 known to the angels4 ,also in the      
speech of  celestial angels there are no
 hard consonants1 and it rarely passes  
from one consonant to another without   
the interposition of a word  beginning  
with a vowel4 ,this is why in the ,word 
the particle and is  so often           
interposed1 as can be seen by those who 
read the ,word in the  ,hebrew1 in which
 this particle is soft1 beginning and   
ending with a  vowel sound4 ,again1 in  
the ,word1 in ,hebrew1 it can in some   
measure be  seen from the words used    

whether they belong to the celestial    
class  or the spiritual class1 that is1 
whether they involve good or truth4     
,those involving good partake largely of
 the sounds of u and o1 and  also       
somewhat of a1 while those involving    
truth partake of the sounds  of e and i4
 ,because it is especially in tones that
 affections express  themselves1 so in  
human speech1 when great subjects are   
discussed1  such as heaven caelum and   
,god ,deus1 those words are preferred   
that contain the vowels u and o2 and    
musical tones1 whenever such  themes are
 to be expressed1 rise to the same      
fullness2 but not when  less exalted    
themes are rendered4 ,by such means     
musical art is able  to express         
affections of various kinds4            
,footnote #a ,as these vowels are       
pronounced in ,european    language4 -- 
,tr4      #bdb4 ,in angelic speech there
 is a kind of symphony that cannot be   
described2#a which comes from the       
pouring forth and diffusion of the      

thoughts and affections from which      
speech flows1 in accordance with  the   
form of heaven1 and all affiliation and 
all communication in  heaven is in      
accordance with that form4 ,that angels 
are affiliated in  accordance with the  
form of heaven1 and that their thoughts 
and  affections flow in accordance with 
it may be seen above 7n4 #bjj-bab74     
,footnote #a ,in angelic speech there is
 a symphony with    harmonious cadence  
7n4 #afdh1 #afdi1 #gaia74      #bdc4    
,speech like that in the spiritual world
 is inherent in every man  in his       
interior intellectual part2 but man does
 not know this1  because this speech    
does not with man1 as with angels1 fall 
into  words analogous to affection2     
nevertheless this is what causes man1   
when he enters the other life1 to come  
into the same speech as  spirits and    
angels1 and thus to know how to speak   
without  instruction4#a ,but more on    
this subject hereafter4      ,footnote  
#a ,there is spiritual or angelic speech

 belonging to    man1 though he does not
 know it 7n4 #dajd74 ,the ideas of the  
internal man are spiritual1 but during  
his life in the world    man perceives  
them naturally1 because he then thinks  
in what is    natural 7n4 #ajbcf1       
#ajbcg1 #ajeea74 ,man comes after death 
into    his interior ideas 7n4 #cbbf1   
#ccdb1 #ccdc1 #ajefh1 #ajfjd74 ,those   
ideas then form his speech 7n4          
#bdgj-bdgi74      #bdd4 ,in heaven1 as  
has been said above1 all have one       
speech2 but it  is varied in this       
respect1 that the speech of the wise is 
more  interior and more full of         
variations of affections and ideas of   
thought1 while the speech of the less   
wise is more external and less  full2   
and the speech of the simple is still   
more external1 consisting  of words from
 which the meaning is to be gathered in 
the same way as  when men are talking to
 one another4 ,there is also speech by  
the  face1 terminating in something     
sonorous modified by ideas4 ,again1     

there is speech in which heavenly       
representatives are mingled with  the   
ideas1 and go forth from ideas to sight4
 ,there is also speech by  gestures that
 correspond to affections1 and represent
 things like  those expressed by their  
words4 ,there is speech by means of the 
generals of affections and the generals 
of thoughts4 ,there is speech  like     
thunder2 besides other kinds4      #bde4
 ,the speech of evil and infernal       
spirits is likewise natural to  them    
because it is from affections2 but it is
 from evil affections  and consequent   
filthy ideas1 to which angels are       
utterly averse4 ,thus  the modes of     
speaking in hell are opposite to those  
of heaven2 and in  consequence evil     
spirits cannot endure angelic speech1   
and angels  cannot endure infernal      
speech4 ,to the angels infernal speech  
is like  a bad odor striking the        
nostrils4 ,the speech of hypocrites1 who
 are  such as are able to feign         
themselves angels of light1 resembles in

  respect to words the speech of angels1
 but in respect to affections  and      
consequent ideas of thought it is the   
direct opposite4  ,consequently1 when   
the inner nature of their speech is     
perceived as  wise angels perceive it1  
it is heard as the gnashing of teeth1   
and  strikes with horror4        #bdf4  
,,xxviii4 ,,the ,,speech ,,of ,,angels  
,,with ,,man4    ,angels who talk with  
man do not talk in their own language1  
nor in  any language unknown to man1 but
 in the man's own language1 or in  some 
other language with which he is         
acquainted4 ,this is so because  when   
angels speak with man they turn         
themselves to him and conjoin           
themselves with him2 and this           
conjunction of angel with man causes    
the two to be in like thought2 and as   
man's thought coheres to his  memory1   
and this is the source of his speech1   
the two have the same  language4        
,moreover1 when an angel or a spirit    
comes to a man1 and by  turning to him  

is conjoined to him1 he so enters into  
the entire  memory of the man that he is
 scarcely conscious that he does not    
himself know whatever the man knows1    
including his languages4 #b ,i  have    
talked with angels about this1 and have 
said that perhaps they  thought that    
they were addressing me in my mother    
tongue1 since it is  so perceived2 and  
yet it was ,i and not they that spoke2  
and that this  is evident from the fact 
that angels cannot utter a single word  
of  human language 7see n4 #bcg72       
furthermore1 human language is natural  
and they are spiritual1 and spiritual   
beings cannot give expression  to any   
thing in a natural way4 ,to this they   
replied that they are  aware that their 
conjunction with the man with whom they 
are speaking  is with his spiritual     
thought2 but because his spiritual      
thought  flows into his natural thought1
 and his natural thought coheres to  his
 memory1 the language of the man and all
 his knowledge appear to  them to be    

their own2 and that this is so for this 
reason1 that while  it is the ,lord's   
pleasure that there should be such a    
conjunction  with and sort of insertion 
of man into heaven1 yet the state of man
  is now such that there can no longer  
be such conjunction with angels1  but   
only with spirits who are not in heaven4
 #c ,when ,i talked about  this with    
spirits also they were unwilling to     
believe that it is the  man that speaks1
 insisting that they spoke in man1 also 
that man's  knowledge is their knowledge
 and not the man's knowledge1           
consequently that everything that man   
knows is from them4 ,i tried to         
convince them by many proofs that this  
is not true1 but in vain4 ,who  are     
meant by spirits and who are meant by   
angels will be told further  on when the
 world of spirits is treated of4        
#bdg4 ,there is another reason why      
angels and spirits conjoin  themselves  
so closely with man as not to know but  
that what is man's  is their own1       

namely1 that there is such conjunction  
between the  spiritual world and the    
natural world in man that the two are   
seemingly one4 ,but inasmuch as man has 
separated himself from heaven  the ,lord
 has provided that there should be      
angels and spirits with  each           
individual1 and that man should be ruled
 by the ,lord through  these4 ,this is  
the reason for such close conjunction4  
,it would have  been otherwise if man   
had not separated himself2 for in that  
case he  might have been ruled by the   
,lord through the general influx from   
heaven1 without spirits and angels being
 adjoined to him4 ,but this  subject    
will be specially considered in what    
follows when the  conjunction of heaven 
with man is treated of4      #bdh4 ,the 
speech of an angel or spirit with man is
 heard by him as  audibly as the speech 
of man with man1 yet by himself only1   
and not  by others who stand near2 and  
for the reason that the speech of an    
angel or spirit flows first into a man's

 thought1 and by an inner way  into his 
organ of hearing1 and thus moves it from
 within2 while the  speech of man with  
man flows first into the air and by an  
outward way  into his organ of hearing1 
and moves it from without4 ,evidently1  
then1 the speech of an angel or spirit  
with man is heard within him2  but as   
the organs of hearing are thus equally  
moved1 the speech is  equally audible4  
,that the speech of an angel or a spirit
 flows down  from within even into the  
ear has been made clear to me by the    
fact  that it flows also into the       
tongue1 causing a slight vibration1 but 
without any such motion as when the man 
himself by means of the  tongue forms   
the sound of speech into words4         
#bdi4 ,but at the present day to talk   
with spirits is rarely granted  because 
it is dangerous2#a for then the spirits 
know1 what otherwise  they do not know1 
that they are with man2 and evil spirits
 are such  that they hold man in deadly 
hatred1 and desire nothing so much as to

  destroy him both soul and body1 and   
this they do in the case of those  who  
have so indulged themselves in fantasies
 as to have separated  from themselves  
the enjoyments proper to the natural    
man4 ,some also  who lead a solitary    
life sometimes hear spirits talking with
 them1  and without danger2 but that the
 spirits with them may not know that    
they are with man they are at intervals 
removed by the ,lord2 for most  spirits 
are not aware that there is any other   
world than that in  which they live1 and
 therefore are unaware that there are   
men  anywhere else2 and this is why man 
is not permitted to speak with  them in 
return4 ,if he did they would know4     
,again1 those who meditate  much on     
religious subjects1 and are so intent   
upon them as to see  them as it were    
inwardly within themselves1 begin to    
hear spirits  speaking with them2 for   
religious persuasions1 whatever they    
are1  when man dwells upon them by      
himself and does not adapt them to the  

various things of use in the world1     
penetrate to the interiors and  rest    
there1 and occupy the whole spirit of   
the man1 and even enter  into the       
spiritual world and act upon the spirits
 there4 ,but such  persons are          
visionaries and enthusiasts2 and        
whatever spirit they  hear they believe 
to be the ,holy ,spirit1 when1 in fact1 
such spirits  are enthusiastic spirits4 
,such spirits see falsities as truths1  
and  so seeing them they induce not     
themselves only but also those they     
flow into to believe them4 ,such        
spirits1 however1 have been gradually   
removed1 because they began to lure     
others into evil and to gain  control   
over them4 ,enthusiastic spirits are    
distinguished from other  spirits by    
their believing themselves to be the    
,holy ,spirit1 and  believing what they 
say to be ,divine4 ,as man honors such  
spirits with  ,divine worship they do   
not attempt to harm him4 ,i have        
sometimes  talked with them1 and the    

wicked things they infused into their   
worshipers were then disclosed4 ,they   
dwell together towards the left1  in a  
desert place4      ,footnote #a ,man is 
able to talk with spirits and angels2   
and    the ancient people frequently    
talked with them 7n4 #fg-fi1 #ghd1      
#afcd1 #afcf1 #ghjb74 ,in some earths   
angels and spirits appear in    human   
form and talk with the inhabitants 7n4  
#ajgea1 #ajgeb74 ,but    on this earth  
at this day it is dangerous to talk with
 spirits1    unless man is in true      
faith1 and is led by the ,lord 7n4 #ghd1
    #idch1 #ajgea74      #bej4 ,but to  
speak with the angels of heaven is      
granted only to those  who are in truths
 from good1 especially to those who are 
in the  acknowledgment of the ,lord and 
of the ,divine in ,his ,human1 because  
this is the truth in which the heavens  
are4 ,for1 as it has been shown  above1 
the ,lord is the ,god of heaven 7n4     
#b-f72 it is the ,divine of  the ,lord  
that makes heaven 7n4 #g-ab72 the       

,divine of the ,lord in  heaven is love 
to ,him and charity towards the neighbor
 from ,him 7n4  #ac-ai72 the whole      
heaven in one complex reflects a single 
man2 also  every society of heaven2 and 
every angel is in complete human form1  
and this from the ,divine ,human of the 
,lord 7n4 #ei-hf74 ,all of which  makes 
evident that only those whose interiors 
are opened by ,divine  ,truths1 even to 
the ,lord1 are able to speak with the   
angels of  heaven1 since it is into     
these truths with man that the ,lord    
flows1  and when the ,lord flows in     
heaven also flows in4 ,divine truths    
open  the interiors of man because man  
was so created as to be in respect  to  
his internal man an image of heaven1 and
 in respect to his  external an image of
 the world 7n4 #eg72 and the internal   
man is  opened only by means of ,divine 
truth going forth from the ,lord1       
because that is the light of heaven and 
the life of heaven 7n4  #abf-adj74      
#bea4 ,the influx of the ,lord ,himself 

into man is into his forehead1  and from
 that into the whole face1 because the  
forehead of man  corresponds to love1   
and the face corresponds to all his     
interiors4#a ,the influx of spiritual   
angels into man is into his  head every 
where1 from the forehead and temples to 
the whole part  that contains the       
cerebrum1 because that region of the    
head  corresponds to intelligence2 but  
the influx of celestial angels is  into 
that part of the head that contains the 
cerebellum1 and is  called the occiput1 
from the ears all around even to the    
neck1 for  that region corresponds to   
wisdom4 ,all the speech of angels with  
man  enters by these ways into his      
thought2 and by this means ,i have      
perceived what angels they were that    
spoke with me4      ,footnote #a ,the   
forehead corresponds to heavenly love1  
and    consequently in the ,word        
signifies that love 7n4 #iicf74 ,the    
face corresponds to the interiors of    
man1 which belong to    thought and     

affection 7n4 #aefh1 #bihh #bihi1 #cfca1
 #dgif1 #dgig1    #dhjj1 #eafe1 #eafh1  
#efie1 #icjf74 ,the face is formed to   
correspondence with the interiors 7n4   
#dgia-dhje1 #efie74    ,consequently the
 face1 in the ,word1 signifies the      
interiors    7n4 #aiii1 #bdcd1 #cebg1   
#djff1 #dgif74      #beb4 ,those who    
talk with the angels of heaven also see 
the things  that exist in heaven1       
because they are then seeing in the     
light of  heaven1 for their interiors   
are in that light2 also the angels      
through them see the things that are on 
the earth1#a because in them  heaven is 
conjoined to the world and the world is 
conjoined to  heaven4 ,for 7as has been 
said above n4 #bdf71 when the angels    
turn  themselves to man they so conjoin 
themselves to him as to be wholly       
unaware that what pertains to the man is
 not theirs--not only what  pertains to 
his speech but also to his sight and    
hearing2 while man1  on the other hand1 
is wholly unaware that the things that  

flow in  through the angels are not his4
 ,such was the conjunction that existed 
between angels of heaven and the most   
ancient people on this earth1  and for  
this reason their times were called the 
,golden ,age4 ,because  this race       
acknowledged the ,divine under a human  
form1 that is1 the  ,lord1 they talked  
with the angels of heaven as with their 
friends1  and angels of heaven talked   
with them as with their friends2 and in 
them heaven and the world made one4 ,but
 after those times man  gradually       
separated himself from heaven by loving 
himself more than  the ,lord and the    
world more than heaven1 and in          
consequence began to  feel the delights 
of the love of self and the world as    
separate from  the delights of heaven1  
and finally to such an extent as to be  
ignorant of any other delight4 ,then his
 interiors that had been open  into     
heaven were closed up1 while his        
exteriors were open to the  world2 and  
when this takes place man is in light in

 regard to all  things of the world1 but
 in thick darkness in regard to all     
things of  heaven4      ,footnote #a    
,spirits are unable to see through man  
any thing    that is in this solar      
world1 but they have seen through my    
eyes2 the reason 7n4 #ahhj74      #bec4 
,since those times it is only rarely    
that any one has talked with  the angels
 of heaven2 but some have talked with   
spirits who are not  in heaven4 ,this is
 so because man's interior and exterior 
faculties  are such that they are turned
 either towards the ,lord as their      
common  center 7n4 #abd71 or towards    
self1 that is1 backwards from the ,lord4
  ,those that are turned towards the    
,lord are also turned towards  heaven4  
,but those that are turned towards self1
 are turned also  towards the world4    
,and to elevate these is a difficult    
matter2  nevertheless the ,lord elevates
 them as much as is possible1 by        
turning the love about2 which is done by
 means of truths from the  ,word4       

#bed4 ,i have been told how the ,lord   
spoke with the prophets through  whom   
the ,word was given4 ,he did not speak  
with them as ,he did with  the ancients1
 by an influx into their interiors1 but 
through spirits  who were sent to them1 
whom ,he filled with ,his look1 and thus
  inspired with the words which they    
dictated to the prophets2 so that  it   
was not influx but dictation4 ,and as   
the words came forth directly  from the 
,lord1 each one of them was filled with 
the ,divine and  contains within it an  
internal sense1 which is such that the  
angels  of heaven understand the words  
in a heavenly and spiritual sense1      
while men understand them in a natural  
sense4 ,thus has the ,lord  conjoined   
heaven and the world by means of the    
,word4 ,how the ,lord  fills spirits    
with the ,divine by ,his look has also  
been made clear4 ,a  spirit that has    
been filled by the ,lord with the       
,divine does not know  otherwise than   
that he is the ,lord1 and that it is the

 ,divine that is  speaking2 and this    
continues until he has finished         
speaking4 ,after  that he perceives and 
acknowledges that he is a spirit1 and   
that he  spoke from the ,lord and not   
from himself4 ,because this was the     
state  of the spirits who spoke with the
 prophets they said that it was         
,jehovah that spoke2 the spirits even   
called themselves ,jehovah1 as  can be  
seen both from the prophetical and      
historical parts of the  ,word4         
#bee4 ,that the nature of the           
conjunction of angels and spirits with  
man may be understood ,i am permitted to
 mention some notable things  by which  
it may be elucidated and verified4 ,when
 angels and spirits  turn themselves to 
man they do not know otherwise than that
 the man's  language is their own and   
that they have no other language2 and   
for  the reason that they are there in  
the man's language1 and not in  their   
own1 which they have forgotten4 ,but as 
soon as they turn  themselves away from 

the man they are in their own angelic   
and  spiritual language1 and know       
nothing about the man's language4 ,i    
have  had a like experience when in     
company with angels and in a state like 
theirs4 ,i then talked with them in     
their language and knew nothing of  my  
own1 having forgotten it2 but as soon as
 ,i ceased to be present  with them ,i  
was in my own language4 #b ,another     
notable fact is that  when angels and   
spirits turn themselves to a man they   
are able to  talk with him at any       
distance2 they have talked with me at a 
considerable distance as audibly as when
 they were near4 ,but when  they turn   
themselves away from man and talk with  
each other man hears  nothing at all of 
what they are saying1 even if it be     
close to his  ear4 ,from this it was    
made clear that all conjunction in the  
spiritual world is determined by the way
 they turn4 #c ,another  notable fact is
 that many spirits together can talk    
with a man1 and  the man with them2 for 

they send one of their number to the man
 with  whom they wish to speak1 and the 
spirit sent turns himself to the man    
and the rest of them turn to their      
spirit and thus concentrate their       
thoughts1 which the spirit utters2 and  
the spirit then does not know  otherwise
 than that he is speaking from himself1 
and they do not know  otherwise than    
that they are speaking4 ,thus also is   
the conjunction  of many with one       
effected by turning4#a ,but of these    
emissary  spirits1 who are also called  
subjects1 and of communication by means 
of them1 more will be said hereafter4   
,footnote #a ,spirits sent from one     
society of spirits to other    societies
 are called subjects 7n4 #ddjc1 #ehef74 
,communications    in the spiritual     
world are effected by such emissary     
spirits    7n4 #ddjc1 #ehef1 #eihc74 ,a 
spirit when he is sent forth1 and       
serves as a subject thinks from those by
 whom he is sent forth    and not from  
himself 7n4 #eihe-eihg74      #bef4 ,an 

angel or spirit is not permitted to     
speak with a man from his  own memory1  
but only from the man's memory2 for     
angels and spirits  have a memory as    
well as man4 ,if a spirit were to speak 
from his own  memory with a man the man 
would not know otherwise than that the  
thoughts then in his mind were his own1 
although they were the  spirit's        
thoughts4 ,this would be like the       
recollection of something  which the man
 had never heard or seen4 ,that this is 
so has been given  me to know from      
experience4 ,this is the source of the  
belief held by  some of the ancients    
that after some thousands of years they 
were to  return into their former life1 
and into everything they had done1 and  
in fact1 had returned4 ,this they       
concluded because at times there  came  
to them a sort of recollection of things
 that they had never  seen or heard4    
,this came from an influx from the      
memory of spirits  into their ideas of  
thought4      #beg4 ,there are also     

spirits called natural and corporeal    
spirits4  ,when these come to a man they
 do not conjoin themselves with his     
thought1 like other spirits1 but enter  
into his body1 and occupy all  his      
senses1 and speak through his mouth1 and
 act through his members1  believing at 
the time that all things of the man are 
theirs4 ,these  are the spirits that    
obsess man4 ,but such spirits have been 
cast into  hell by the ,lord1 and thus  
wholly removed2 and in consequence such 
obsessions are not possible at the      
present time4#a      ,footnote #a       
,external or bodily obsessions are not  
permitted at    the present time1 as    
they were formerly 7n4 #aihc74 ,but at  
present internal obsessions1 which      
pertain to the mind1 are    permitted   
more than formerly 7n4 #aihc1 #dgic74   
,man is inwardly    obsessed when he has
 filthy and scandalous thoughts about   
,god    and the neighbor1 and is        
withheld from making them known only    
by external consideration1 which are    

fear of the loss of    reputation1      
honor1 gain and fear of the law and of  
loss of life    7n4 #eiij74 ,of the     
devilish spirits who chiefly obsess the 
interiors of man 7n4 #dgic74 ,of the    
devilish spirits who long to    obsess  
the exteriors of man2 that such are shut
 up in hell 7n4    #bgeb1 #eiij74       
#beh4 ,,xxix4 ,,writings ,,in ,,heaven4 
,as the angels have speech1 and their   
speech consists of words1 they  also    
have writings2 and by writing as well as
 by speech they give  expression to what
 is in their minds4 ,at times ,i have   
had papers sent  to me1 traced with     
written words precisely like manuscripts
 in the  world1 and others like printed 
sheets2 and ,i was able to read them in 
a like way1 but was allowed to get from 
them only an idea here and  there2 for  
the reason that it is not in accordance 
with ,divine order  for man to be taught
 by writings from heaven2 but he must be
 taught  by means of the ,word only2 for
 it is only by means of the ,word that  

there is communication and conjunction  
of heaven with the world1 thus  of the  
,lord with man4 ,that papers written in 
heaven were seen also by  the prophets  
is shown in ,ezekiel3         ,when ,i  
looked1 behold a hand was put forth by a
 spirit       unto me1 and a roll of a  
book was therein which he       unrolled
 in my sight2 it was written on the     
front and on       the back 7#b3i1 #aj74
    ,and in ,john3         ,i saw upon  
the right hand of ,him that sat on the  
throne a       book written within and  
on the back1 sealed up with seven       
seals 7,apoc4 #e3a74      #bei4 ,the    
existence of writings in the heavens is 
a provision of the  ,lord for the sake  
of the ,word2 for the ,word in its      
essence is ,divine  truth1 and from it  
is all heavenly wisdom1 both with men   
and with  angels2 for the ,word was     
dictated by the ,lord1 and what is      
dictated  by the ,lord passes through   
all the heavens in order and terminates 
with man4 ,thereby it is adapted both to

 the wisdom of angels and the           
intelligence of men4 ,thereby1 too1 the 
angels have a ,word1 and read  it the   
same as men do on the earth1 and also   
draw from it their  doctrinals1 and     
preach from it 7n4 #bba74 ,it is the    
same ,word2 but its  natural sense1     
which is the sense of the letter with   
us1 does not  exist in heaven1 but only 
the spiritual sense1 which is its       
internal  sense4 ,what this sense is can
 be seen in the small treatise on ,the  
,white ,horse spoken of in the          
,apocalypse4      #bfj4 ,a little paper 
was at one time sent to me from heaven1 
on which  there were a few words only   
written in ,hebrew letters1 and ,i was  
told  that every letter involved arcana 
of wisdom1 and that these arcana  were  
contained in the inflections and        
curvatures of the letters1 and  thus    
also in the sounds4 ,this made clear to 
me what is signified by  these words of 
the ,lord3         ,verily ,i say unto  
you1 until heaven and earth pass away1  

one iota or one tittle shall not pass   
away from the law       7,matt4 #e3ah74 
,that the ,word in every tittle of it is
 ,divine is known in the church2  but   
just where the ,divine lies hid in every
 tittle has not been known  heretofore1 
and therefore shall be told4 ,in the    
inmost heaven the  writing consists of  
various inflected and circumflected     
forms1 and  the inflections and         
circumflections are in accordance with  
the forms  of heaven4 ,by means of these
 angels express the arcana of their     
wisdom1 and also many things that they  
are unable to express in  spoken words2 
and what is wonderful1 the angels know  
this writing  without training or a     
teacher1 it being implanted in them like
 their  speech 7see n4 #bcf72 therefore 
this writing is heavenly writing4 ,it   
is implanted because all extension of   
thoughts and affections and  consequent 
communication of intelligence and wisdom
 of the angels  proceeds in accordance  
with the form of heaven 7n4 #bja72 and  

for the  same reason their writing flows
 into that form4 ,i have been told that 
the most ancient people on this earth1  
before letters were invented1  had such 
writing2 and that it was transferred    
into the letters of the  ,hebrew        
language1 and these letters in ancient  
times were all  inflected1 and none of  
them1 as at present1 were bounded by    
straight  lines4 ,thus it is that in the
 ,word ,divine things and arcana of     
heaven  are contained even in its iotas1
 points and tittles4      #bfa4 ,this   
writing in characters of a heavenly form
 is in use in the  inmost heaven1 the   
angels of which surpass all others in   
wisdom4 ,by  means of these characters  
they express the affections1 from which 
thoughts flow and follow in order in    
accordance with the subject  treated of4
 ,consequently these writings1 which ,i 
have also been  permitted to see1       
involve arcana which thought cannot     
exhaust4 ,but  such writings do not     
exist in the lower heavens4 ,the        

writings there  resemble the writings in
 the world1 having like characters1 and 
yet  they are not intelligible to man1  
because they are in angelic  language2  
and angelic language is such that it has
 nothing in common  with human languages
 7n4 #bcg71 since by the vowels they    
express  affections1 and by the         
consonants the ideas of thought from the
  affections1 and by the words from     
these the sense of the matter 7see      
above1 n4 #bcf1 #bda74 ,moreover1 in    
this writing1 which ,i have also  seen1 
more is involved in a few words than a  
man can express in  several pages4 ,in  
this way they have the ,word written in 
the lower  heavens2 but in the inmost   
heaven in heavenly characters4          
#bfb4 ,it is a notable fact that the    
writings in the heavens flow  naturally 
from their very thoughts1 and this so   
easily that the  thought puts itself    
forth1 as it were1 and the hand never   
hesitates  in the choice of a word1     
because both the words they speak and   

those  they write correspond to the     
ideas of their thought2 and all         
correspondence is natural and           
spontaneous4 ,there are also writings in
  the heavens that exist without the aid
 of the hand1 from mere  correspondence 
with the thoughts2 but these are not    
permanent4      #bfc4 ,i have also seen 
writings from heaven made up of mere    
numbers  set down in order and in a     
series1 just as in writings made up of  
letters and words2 and ,i have been     
taught that this writing is from  the   
inmost heaven1 and that their heavenly  
writing 7spoken of above1  n4 #bfj1     
#bfa71 when the thought from it flows   
down1 is set forth  before the angels of
 the lower heavens in numbers1 and that 
this  numerical writing likewise        
involves arcana1 some of which can      
neither  be comprehended by thought nor 
expressed by words4 ,for all numbers    
correspond1 and have a meaning1 the same
 as words do1 in accordance  with the   
correspondence2#a yet with the          

difference that in numbers  generals are
 involved1 and in words particulars2 and
 as one general  involves innumerable   
particulars1 so more arcana are involved
 in  numerical writing than in literal  
writing4 ,from this ,i could see that   
in the ,word numbers as well as words   
signify things4 ,what the simple        
numbers signify1 as #b1 #c1 #d1 #e1 #f1 
#g1 #h1 #i1 #aj1 #ab1 and what the      
compound numbers1 as #bj1 #cj1 #ej1 #gj1
 #ajj1 #add1 #ajjj1 #aj1jjj1 #ab1jjj1   
and others1 may be seen in the ,arcana  
,celestia1 where they are  treated of4  
,in this writing in heaven1 a number is 
always prefixed on  which those         
following in a series depend as on their
 subject2 for  that number is as it were
 an index to the matter treated of1 and 
from  it is the determination of the    
numbers that follow to the particular   
point4      ,footnote #a ,all numbers in
 the ,word signify things 7n4 #dhb1     
#dhg1 #fdg1 #fdh1 #gee1 #hac1 #aifc1    
#aihh1 #bjge1 #bbeb1 #cbeb1 #dbfd1      

#fdgj1 #fage1 #idhh1 #ifei1 #ajbag1     
#ajbec74 ,shown from heaven 7n4         
#ddie1 #ebfe74 ,composite numbers have  
the same signification as    the simple 
numbers from which they result by       
multiplication 7n4    #ebia1 #ecce1     
#egjh1 #gigc74 ,the most ancient people 
possessed    heavenly arcana expressed  
in numbers forming a kind of            
computation of states of the church 7n4 
#ege74      #bfd4 ,those who know       
nothing about heaven1 and who are       
unwilling to  have any other idea of it 
than as of something purely             
atmospherical1  in which the angels fly 
about as intellectual minds1 having no  
sense  of hearing or seeing1 are unable 
to conceive that the angels have  speech
 and writing2 for they place the        
existence of everything real  in what is
 material2 and yet the writings in      
heaven have as real an  existence as    
those in the world1 and the angels there
 have everything  that is useful for    
life and useful for wisdom4        #bfe4

 ,,xxx4 ,,the ,,wisdom ,,of ,,the       
,,angels ,,of ,,heaven4    ,the nature  
of angelic wisdom can scarcely be       
comprehended1 because it  so greatly    
transcends human wisdom that the two    
cannot be compared2  and whatever is    
thus transcendent does not seem to be   
any thing4  ,moreover1 some truths that 
must enter into a description of it are 
as  yet unknown1 and until these become 
known they exist in the mind as         
shadows1 and thus hide the thing as it  
is in itself4 ,nevertheless1  these     
truths can be known1 and when known be  
comprehended1 provided  the mind takes  
any interest in them2 for interest      
carries light with  it because it is    
from love2 and upon those who love the  
things  pertaining to ,divine and       
heavenly wisdom light shines forth from 
heaven and gives enlightenment4         
#bff4 ,what the wisdom of the angels is 
can be inferred from the fact  that they
 are in the light of heaven1 and the    
light of heaven in its  essence is      

,divine truth or ,divine wisdom2 and    
this light enlightens  at the same time 
their inner sight1 or sight of the mind1
 and their  outer sight1 or sight of the
 eyes4 7,that the light of heaven is    
,divine truth or ,divine wisdom may be  
seen above1 n4 #abf-acc47 ,the  angels  
are also in heavenly heat1 which in its 
essence is ,divine good  or ,divine     
love1 and from that they have an        
affection and longing to  become wise4  
7,that the heat of heaven is ,divine    
good or ,divine love  may be seen above1
 n4 #acc-adj47 ,that the angels are in  
wisdom1 even  to the extent that they   
may be called wisdoms1 follows from the 
fact  that their thoughts and affections
 all flow in accordance with the        
heavenly form1 and this form is the form
 of ,divine wisdom2 also that  their    
interiors1 which are recipients of      
wisdom1 are arranged in that  form4     
7,that the thoughts and affections of   
angels flow in accordance  with the form
 of heaven1 and consequently their      

intelligence and  wisdom1 may be seen   
above1 n4 #bja-bab47 #b ,that the angels
 have  supereminent wisdom is shown also
 by the fact that their speech is  the  
speech of wisdom1 for it flows directly 
and spontaneously from  thought1 and    
their thought from their affection1 thus
 their speech is  thought from affection
 in outward form2 consequently there is 
nothing  to withdraw them from the      
,divine influx1 and nothing from without
  such as enters into the speech of man 
from other thoughts4 7,that the  speech 
of angels is the speech of their thought
 and affection may be  seen above1 n4   
#bcd-bce47 ,that the angels have such   
wisdom is in  accord with the fact that 
all things that they behold with their  
eyes  and perceive by their senses agree
 with their wisdom1 since they are      
correspondences of it1 and thus the     
objects perceived are  representative   
forms of the things that constitute     
their wisdom4  7,that all things seen in
 the heavens are correspondences with   

the  interiors of angels and            
representations of their wisdom may be  
seen  above1 n4 #agj-ahb47 #c           
,furthermore1 the thoughts of angels are
 not  limited and contracted by ideas   
from space and time1 as human  thoughts 
are1 for spaces and times belong to     
nature1 and the things  that belong to  
nature withdraw the mind from spiritual 
things1 and  deprive intellectual sight 
of its proper range4 7,that the ideas of
  angels are apart from time and space1 
and thus less limited than  human ideas1
 may be seen above1 n4 #afb-afi and     
#aia-aii47 ,again1 the  thoughts of     
angels are neither brought down to      
earthly and material  things1 nor       
interrupted by anxieties about the      
necessities of life2  thus they are not 
withdrawn by such things from the       
delights of  wisdom1 as the thoughts of 
men in the world are2 for all things    
come  to them gratuitously from the     
,lord2 they are clothed gratuitously1   
are fed gratuitously1 are housed        

gratuitously 7n4 #aha-aij71 and  besides
 this they receive delights and         
pleasures in the degree of  their       
reception of wisdom from the ,lord4     
,these things have been said  to make   
clear why it is that angels have so     
great wisdom4#a      ,footnote #a ,the  
wisdom of angels1 that it is            
incomprehensible    and ineffable 7n4   
#bgie1 #bgif1 #bhjb1 #ccad1 #cdjd1      
#cdje1 #ijid1    #iagf74      #bfg4     
,angels are capable of receiving such   
wisdom because their  interiors are     
open2 and wisdom1 like every other      
perfection1  increases towards the      
interiors1 thus to the extent that      
interiors  are opened4#a ,in every angel
 there are three degrees of life1       
corresponding to the three heavens 7see 
n4 #bi-dj7--those in whom the  first    
degree has been opened are in the first 
or outmost heaven2  those in whom the   
second degree has been opened are in the
 second or  middle heaven2 while those  
in whom the third degree has been opened

  are in the third or inmost heaven4    
,the wisdom of angels in the  heavens is
 in accordance with these degrees4      
,therefore the wisdom of  the angels of 
the inmost heaven immeasurably surpasses
 the wisdom of  angels of the middle    
heaven1 and the wisdom of these         
immeasurably  surpasses the wisdom of   
angels of the outmost heaven 7see above1
  n4 #bji1 #baj2 and what degrees are1  
n4 #ch74 ,there are such differences    
because the things which are in the     
higher degree are particulars1  and     
those in the lower degree are generals1 
and generals are  containants of        
particulars4 ,particulars compared with 
generals are as  thousands or myriads to
 one2 and such is the wisdom of the     
angels of  a higher heaven compared with
 the wisdom of the angels of a lower    
heaven4 ,in like manner the wisdom of   
the latter surpasses the wisdom  of man1
 for man is in a bodily state and in    
those things that belong  to the bodily 
senses1 and man's bodily sense belongs  

to the lowest  degree4 ,this makes clear
 what kind of wisdom those possess who  
think  from things of sense1 that is1   
who are called sensual men1 namely1     
that they have no wisdom1 but merely    
knowledge4#b ,but it is  otherwise with 
men whose thoughts are raised above the 
things of  sense1 and especially with   
those whose interiors have been opened  
even into the light of heaven4          
,footnote #a ,so far as man is raised up
 from outward towards    inward things  
he comes into light1 that is1 into      
intelligence    7n4 #fahc1 #fcac74      
,there is an actual elevation 7n4 #ghaf1
 #ajccj74    ,elevation from outward to 
inward things is like elevation out     
of a mist into light 7n4 #deih74 ,as    
outer things in man are    farther      
removed from the ,divine they are       
relatively obscure 7n4    #fdea74       
,likewise relatively confused 7n4 #iif1 
#chee74 ,inner    things are more       
perfect because they are nearer to the  
,divine    7n4 #eadf1 #eadg74 ,in what  

is internal there are thousands and     
thousands of things that appear in what 
is external as one    general thing 7n4 
#egjg74 ,consequently as thought and    
perception    are more interior they are
 clearer 7n4 #eibj74      ,footnote #b  
,the sensual is the outmost of man's    
life adhering    to and inhering in his 
bodily part 7n4 #ejgg1 #egfg1 #ibab1    
#ibaf1    #icca1 #igcj74 ,he is called a
 sensual man who judges all things      
and draws all his conclusions from the  
bodily senses1 and    believes nothing  
except what he sees with his eyes and   
touches    with his hands 7n4 #ejid1    
#gfic74 ,such a man thinks in externals1
    and not interiorly in himself 7n4   
#ejhi1 #ejid1 #fefd1 #gfic74 ,his       
interiors are so closed up that he sees 
nothing of spiritual    truth in them   
7n4 #fefd1 #fhdd1 #fhde74 ,in a word1 he
 is in gross    natural light and thus  
perceives nothing that is from the light
    of heaven 7n4 #fbja1 #fcaj1 #fefd1  
#feih1 #ffab1 #ffad1 #ffbb1 #ffbd1      

#fhdd1 #fhde74 ,interiorly he is        
antagonistic to the things of    heaven 
and the church 7n4 #fbja1 #fcaf1 #fhdd1 
#fhde1 #fidh1 #fidi74    ,the learned   
who have confirmed themselves against   
the truths of    the church come to be  
such 7n4 #fcaf74 ,sensual men are more  
cunning and malicious than others 7n4   
#gfic1 #ajbcf74 ,they reason    keenly  
and cunningly1 but from the bodily      
memory1 in which they    place all      
intelligence 7n4 #aie1 #aif1 #egjj1     
#ajbcf74 ,but they    reason from the   
fallacies of the senses 7n4 #ejhd1      
#fidh1 #fidi1    #gfic74      #bfh4 ,it 
can be seen how great the wisdom of     
angels is from the fact  that in the    
heavens there is a communication of all 
things2  intelligence and wisdom are    
communicated from one to another1 and   
heaven is a common sharing of all goods2
 and this for the reason that  heavenly 
love is such that it wishes what is its 
own to be another's2  consequently no   
one in heaven perceives his own good in 

himself to be  good unless it is also in
 another2 and this is the source of the 
happiness of heaven4 ,this the angels   
derive from the ,lord1 for such  is ,his
 ,divine love4 ,that there is such a    
communication of all things  in the     
heavens it has been permitted me to know
 by experience4  ,certain simple spirits
 were at one time taken up into heaven1 
and  when there they entered into       
angelic wisdom1 and then understood     
things that they were never before able 
to comprehend1 and spoke  things that   
they were unable to utter in their      
former state4      #bfi4 ,the wisdom of 
the angels is indescribable in words2 it
 can only  be illustrated by some       
general things4 ,angels can express in a
 single  word what a man cannot express 
in a thousand words4 ,again1 a single   
angelic word contains innumerable things
 that cannot be expressed in  the words 
of human language2 for in each of the   
things uttered by  angels there are     
arcana of wisdom in continuous          

connection that human  knowledges never 
reach4 ,again1 what the angels fail to  
express in the  words of their speech   
they make up by the tone1 in which there
 is an  affection for the things in     
their order2 for 7as has been said      
above1  n4 #bcf1 #bda7 tones express    
affections1 as words express ideas of   
thought from the affections2 and for    
this reason the things heard in  heaven 
are said to be ineffable4 ,so1 too1 the 
angels are able to  express in a few    
words every least thing written in an   
entire volume1  and give to every word  
meanings that elevate the mind to       
interior  wisdom2 for their speech is   
such as to be in accord with their      
affections1 and each word is in accord  
with their ideas2 and their  words are  
varied in infinite ways in accord with  
the series of things  which in complex  
are in the thought4 #b ,still again1 the
 interior  angels are able to perceive  
from the tone and from a few words the  
entire life of one speaking2 for from   

the tone as varied by the ideas  in the 
words they perceive his ruling love upon
 which1 as it were1  every particular of
 his life is inscribed4#a ,all this     
makes clear  the nature of angelic      
wisdom4 ,in comparison with human wisdom
 it is  as a myriad to one1 or as the   
moving forces of the whole body1 which  
are numberless1 to the activities from  
them which appear to human  sense as a  
single thing1 or as the thousand        
particulars of an object  seen under a  
perfect microscope to the one obscure   
thing seen by the  naked eye4 #c ,let me
 illustrate the subject by an example4  
,an angel  from his wisdom was          
describing regeneration1 and brought    
forward  arcana respecting it in their  
order even to some hundreds1 filling    
each of them with ideas in which there  
were interior arcana1 and this  from    
beginning to end2 for he explained how  
the spiritual man is  conceived anew1 is
 carried as it were in the womb1 is     
born1 grows up  and is gradually        

perfected4 ,he said that the number of  
arcana could  be increased even to      
thousands1 and that those told were only
 about  the regeneration of the external
 man1 while there were numberless  more 
about the regeneration of the internal  
man4 ,from these and other  like things 
heard from the angels it has been made  
clear to me how  great is their wisdom1 
and how great in comparison is the      
ignorance  of man1 who scarcely knows   
what regeneration is1 and is ignorant of
  every least step of the process when  
he is being regenerated4      ,footnote 
#a ,that which universally rules or is  
dominant in man    is in every          
particular of his life1 thus in each    
thing and all    things of his thought  
and affection 7n4 #ddei1 #eidi1 #faei1  
#fega1    #gfdh1 #hjfg1 #hhec-hheh74 ,a 
man is such as his ruling love is 7n4   
#iag1 #ajdj1 #hheh72 illustrated by     
examples 7n4 #hhed1 #hheg74 ,that       
which rules universally constitutes the 
life of the spirit of    man 7n4 #gfdh74

 ,it is his very will1 his very love1   
and the end    of his life1 since that  
which a man will he loves1 and that     
which he loves he has as an end 7n4     
#acag1 #aefh1 #aega1 #aiji1    #cgif1   
#eidi1 #ficf74 ,therefore man is such as
 his will is1 or    such as his ruling  
love is1 or such as the end of his life 
is    7n4 #aefh1 #aega1 #cegj1 #djed1   
#fega1 #fice1 #fich1 #hhef1 #ajjgf1     
#ajaji1 #ajaaj1 #ajbhd74      #bgj4 ,the
 wisdom of the angels of the third or   
inmost heaven shall now  be described1  
and also how far it surpasses the wisdom
 of the angels  of the first or outmost 
heaven4 ,the wisdom of the angels of the
 third  or inmost heaven is             
incomprehensible even to those who are  
in the  outmost heaven1 for the reason  
that the interiors of the angels of  the
 third heaven have been opened to the   
third degree1 while the  interiors of   
angels of the first heaven have been    
opened only to the  first degree2 and   
all wisdom increases towards interiors  

and is  perfected as these are opened   
7n4 #bjh1 #bfg74 #b ,because the        
interiors of the angels of the third or 
inmost heaven have been  opened to the  
third degree1 ,divine truths are as it  
were inscribed on  them2 for the        
interiors of the third degree are more  
in the form of  heaven than the         
interiors of the second and first       
degrees1 and the  form of heaven is from
 the ,divine truth1 thus in accord with 
the  ,divine wisdom1 and this is why the
 truth is as it were inscribed on  these
 angels1 or are as it were instinctive  
or inborn in them4  ,therefore as soon  
as these angels hear genuine ,divine    
truths they  instantly acknowledge and  
perceive them1 and afterwards see them  
as  it were inwardly in themselves4 ,as 
the angels of that heaven are such  they
 never reason about ,divine truths1     
still less do they dispute  about any   
truth whether it is so or not2 nor do   
they know what it is  to believe or to  
have faith4 ,they say1 ,what is faith8  

for ,i perceive  and see that a thing is
 so4 ,this they illustrate by           
comparisons2 for  example1 that it would
 be as when any one with a companion1   
seeing a  house and the various things  
in it and around it1 should say to his  
companion that he ought to believe that 
these things exist1 and that  they are  
such as he sees them to be2 or seeing a 
garden and trees and  fruit in it1      
should say to his companion that he     
ought to have faith  that there is a    
garden and trees and fruits1 when yet he
 is seeing  them clearly with his eyes4 
,for this reason these angels never     
mention faith1 and have no idea what it 
is2 neither do they reason  about       
,divine truths1 still less do they      
dispute about any truth  whether it is  
so or not4#a #c ,but the angels of the  
first or  outmost heaven do not have    
,divine truths thus inscribed on their  
interiors1 because with them only the   
first degree of life is opened2         
therefore they reason about truths1 and 

those who reason see almost  nothing    
beyond the fact of the matter about     
which they are reasoning1  or go no     
farther beyond the subject than to      
confirm it by certain  considerations1  
and having confirmed it they say that it
 must be a  matter of faith and must be 
believed4 #d ,i have talked with angels 
about this1 and they said that the      
difference between the wisdom of  the   
angels of the third heaven and the      
wisdom of the angels of the  first      
heaven is like that between what is     
clear and what is obscure2  and the     
former they compared to a magnificent   
palace full of all  things for use1     
surrounded on all sides by parks1 with  
magnificent  things of many kinds round 
about them2 and as these angels are in  
the  truths of wisdom they can enter    
into the palace and behold all  things1 
and wander about in the parks in every  
direction and delight  in it all4 ,but  
it is not so with those who reason about
 truths1  especially with those who     

dispute about them1 as such do not see  
truths from the light of truth1 but     
accept truths either from others  or    
from the sense of the letter of the     
,word1 which they do not  interiorly    
understand1 declaring that truths must  
be believed1 or  that one must have     
faith1 and are not willing to have any  
interior  sight admitted into these     
things4 ,the angels said that such are  
unable to reach the first threshold of  
the palace of wisdom1 still  less to    
enter into it and wander about in its   
grounds1 for they stop  at the first    
step4 ,it is not so with those that are 
in truths  themselves2 nothing impedes  
these from going on and progressing     
without limit1 for the truths they see  
lead them wherever they go1  and into   
wide fields1 for every truth has        
infinite extension and is  in           
conjunction with manifold others4 #e    
,they said still further that  the      
wisdom of the angels of the inmost      
heaven consists principally in  this1   

that they see ,divine and heavenly      
things in every single  object1 and     
wonderful things in a series of many    
objects2 for  everything that appears   
before their eyes is a correspondent2 as
 when  they see palaces and gardens     
their view does not dwell upon the      
things that are before their eyes1 but  
they see the interior things  from which
 they spring1 that is1 to which they    
correspond1 and this  with all variety  
in accordance with the aspect of the    
objects2 thus  they see innumerable     
things at the same time in their order  
and  connection2 and this so fills their
 minds with delight that they seem  to  
be carried away from themselves4 ,that  
all things that are seen in  the heavens
 correspond to the ,divine things that  
are in the angels  from the ,lord may be
 seen above 7n4 #agj-agf74              
,footnote #a ,the celestial angels know 
innumerable things1 and    are          
immeasurably wiser than the spiritual   
angels 7n4 #bgah74 ,the    celestial    

angels do not think and talk from faith1
 as the    spiritual angels do1 for they
 have from the ,lord a perception    of 
all things that constitute faith 7n4    
#bjb1 #eig1 #fjg1 #ghd1    #aaba1 #achd1
 #addb1 #ahih1 #aiai1 #gfhj1 #ghgg1     
#hghj1 #ibgg1 #ajccf74    ,in regard to 
the truths of faith they say only ,yea1 
yea1 or    ,nay1 nay1 while the         
spiritual angels reason about whether a 
thing is true 7n4 #bgae1 #cbdf1 #dddh1  
#iaff1 #ajghf1 where the    ,lord's     
words1 ,let your discourse be ,yea1 yea1
 ,nay nay 7,matt4    #e3cg71 are        
explained74      #bga4 ,such are the    
angels of the third heaven because they 
are in love  to the ,lord1 and that love
 opens the interiors of the mind to the 
third degree1 and is a receptacle of all
 things of wisdom4 ,it must be          
understood also that the angels of the  
inmost heaven are still being           
continually perfected in wisdom1 and    
this differently from the angels  of the
 outmost heaven4 ,the angels of the     

inmost heaven do not store  up ,divine  
truths in the memory and thus make out  
of them a kind of  science2 but as soon 
as they hear them they perceive them and
 apply  them to the life4 ,for this     
reason ,divine truths are as permanent  
with  them as if they were inscribed on 
them1 for what is committed in such  a  
way to the life is contained in it4 ,but
 it is not so with the  angels of the   
outmost heaven4 ,these first store up   
,divine truths in  the memory and stow  
them away with their knowledge1 and draw
 them out  therefrom to perfect their   
understanding by them1 and will them and
  apply them to the life1 but with no   
interior perception whether they  are   
truths2 and in consequence they are in  
comparative obscurity4 ,it  is a notable
 fact that the angels of the third      
heaven are perfected  in wisdom by      
hearing and not by seeing4 ,what they   
hear from  preachings does not enter    
into their memory1 but enters directly  
into  their perception and will1 and    

comes to be a matter of life2 but what  
they see with their eyes enters into    
their memory1 and they reason  and talk 
about it2 which shows that with them the
 way of hearing is  the way of wisdom4  
,this1 too1 is from correspondence1 for 
the ear  corresponds to obedience1 and  
obedience belongs to the life2 while    
the eye corresponds to intelligence1 and
 intelligence is a matter of            
doctrine4#a ,the state of these angels  
is described in different  parts of the 
,word1 as in ,jeremiah3         ,i will 
put ,my law in their mind1 and write it 
on their       heart4 ,they shall teach 
no more everyone his friend and         
everyone his brother1 saying1 ,know ye  
,jehovah2 for they       shall all know 
,me1 from the least of them even unto   
the       greatest of them 7#ca3cc1     
#cd74    ,and in ,matthew1         ,let 
your speech be ,yea1 yea1 ,nay1 nay2    
what is more than       these is from   
evil 7#e3cg74    ,what is more than     
these is from evil because it is not    

from the  ,lord2 and inasmuch as the    
angels of the third heaven are in love  
to  the ,lord the truths that are in    
them are from the ,lord4 ,in that       
heaven love to the ,lord is willing and 
doing ,divine truth1 for ,divine  truth 
is the ,lord in heaven4      ,footnote  
#a ,of the correspondence of the ear and
 of hearing    7n4 #dfeb-dffj74 ,the ear
 corresponds to and therefore signifies 
perception and obedience 7n4 #bedb1     
#chfi1 #dfec1 #ejag1 #gbaf1    #hcfa1   
#icaa1 #icig1 #ajjfa74 ,the ear         
signifies the reception of    truths 7n4
 #edga1 #edge1 #iibf74 ,the             
correspondence of the eye and    its    
sight 7n4 #ddjc-ddba1 #debc-decd72 from 
which the sight of    the eye signifies 
the intelligence that belongs to faith1 
and    also faith 7n4 #bgja1 #ddaj1     
#debf1 #fibc #ijea1 #ajefi74      #bgb4 
,there is a still further reason1 and   
this is in heaven the  primary reason1  
why the angels are able to receive so   
great wisdom1  namely1 that they are    

without the love of self2 for to the    
extent  that any one is without the love
 of self he can become wise in ,divine  
things4 ,it is that love that closes up 
the interiors against the ,lord  and    
heaven1 and opens the exteriors and     
turns them toward itself2 and  in       
consequence all in whom that love rules 
are in thick darkness in  respect to the
 things of heaven1 however much light   
they may have in  worldly matters4 ,the 
angels1 on the other hand1 are in the   
light of  wisdom because they are       
without the love of self1 for the       
heavenly  loves in which they are1 which
 are love to the ,lord and love towards 
the neighbor1 open the interiors1       
because these loves are from the  ,lord 
and the ,lord ,himself is in them4      
7,that these loves constitute  heaven in
 general1 and form heaven in each one in
 particular1 may be  seen above1 n4     
#ac-ai74 ,as heavenly loves open the    
interiors to the  ,lord so all angels   
turn their faces towards the ,lord 7n4  

#adb72  because in the spiritual world  
the love turns the interiors of         
everyone to itself1 and whichever way it
 turns the interiors it also  turns the 
face1 since the face there makes one    
with the interiors1  for it is their    
outward form4 ,because the love turns   
the interiors  and the face to itself1  
it also conjoins itself to them 7love   
being  spiritual conjunction71 and      
shares its own with them4 ,from that    
turning and consequent conjunction and  
sharing the angels have their  wisdom4  
,that all conjunction and all turning in
 the spiritual world  are in accord may 
be seen above 7n4 #bee74      #bgc4     
,although the angels are continually    
perfected in wisdom1#a  their wisdom1   
even to eternity1 cannot become so      
perfect that there  can be any ratio    
between it and the ,lord's ,divine      
wisdom2 for the  ,lord's ,divine wisdom 
is infinite and the wisdom of angels    
finite2 and  between what is ,infinite  
and what is finite no ratio is possible4

      ,footnote #a ,angels are perfected
 to eternity 7n4 #dhjc1 #ffdh74         
#bgd4 ,as it is wisdom that makes the   
angels perfect and constitutes  their   
life1 and as heaven with its goods flows
 into everyone in  accordance with his  
wisdom1 so all in heaven desire and     
hunger for  wisdom much as a hungry man 
hungers for food4 ,so1 too1 knowledge1  
intelligence1 and wisdom are spiritual  
nutriment1 as food is natural           
nutriment2 and the one corresponds to   
the other4      #bge4 ,the angels in the
 same heaven1 or in the same society of 
heaven1  are not all in like wisdom2    
their wisdom differs4 ,those at the     
center  are in the greatest wisdom1 and 
those round about even to the borders   
are in less wisdom4 ,the decrease of    
wisdom in accord with the  distance from
 the center is like the decrease of     
light verging to  shade 7see n4 #dc and 
#abh74 ,their light is in the same      
degree as their  wisdom1 since the light
 of heaven is the ,divine wisdom1 and   

everyone  is in light in the measure of 
his reception of wisdom4 ,respecting the
  light of heaven and the varying kinds 
of reception of it see above  7n4       
#abf-acb74        #bgf4 ,,xxxi4 ,,the   
,,state ,,of ,,innocence ,,of ,,angels  
,,in ,,heaven4    ,what innocence is and
 its nature few in the world know1 and  
those who  are in evil know nothing     
about it4 ,it is1 indeed1 visible to the
  eyes1 as seen in the face1 speech and 
movements1 particularly of  children2   
and yet what innocence is1 and          
especially that it is that  in which    
heaven is stored up in man is unknown4  
,in making this known  let us proceed in
 order1 and consider first the innocence
 of  childhood1 then the innocence of   
wisdom1 and lastly the state of  heaven 
in regard to innocence4      #bgg4 ,the 
innocence of childhood or of children is
 not genuine  innocence1 for it is      
innocence not in internal form but only 
in  external form4 ,nevertheless one may
 learn from it what innocence is1  since

 it shines forth from the face of       
children and from some of  their        
movements and from their first speech1  
and affects those about  them4 ,it can  
be seen that children have no internal  
thought1 for they  do not yet know what 
is good and what is evil1 or what is    
true and  what is false1 of which such  
thought consists4 #b ,consequently they 
have no prudence from what is their own1
 no purpose or deliberation1  thus no   
end that looks to evil2 neither have    
they anything of their  own acquired    
from love of self and the world2 they do
 not attribute  anything to themselves1 
regarding all that they have as received
 from  their parents2 they are content  
with the few and paltry things          
presented to them1 and find delight in  
them2 they have no solicitude  about    
food and clothing1 and none about the   
future2 they do not look  to the world  
and covet many things from it2 they love
 their parents  and nurses and their    
child companions with whom they play in 

innocence2 they suffer themselves to be 
led2 they give heed and obey4  #c ,and  
being in this state they receive        
everything as a matter of  life2 and    
therefore1 without knowing why1 they    
have becoming manners1  and also learn  
to talk1 and have the beginning of      
memory and thought1  their state of     
innocence serving as a medium whereby   
these things are  received and          
implanted4 ,but this innocence1 as has  
been said above1  is external because it
 belongs to the body alone1 and not to  
the  mind2#a for their minds are not yet
 formed1 the mind being  understanding  
and will and thought and affection      
therefrom4 #d ,i  have been told from   
heaven that children are specially under
 the  ,lord's auspices1 and that they   
receive influx from the inmost heaven1  
where there is a state of innocence that
 this influx passes through  their      
interiors1 and that in its passing      
through1 their interiors are  affected  
solely by the innocence2 and for this   

reason innocence is  shown in their     
faces and in some of their movements and
 becomes  evident2 and that it is this  
innocence by which parents are inmostly 
affected1 and that gives rise to the    
love that is called storge4             
,footnote #a ,the innocence of children 
is not true innocence1    but true      
innocence has its abode in wisdom 7n4   
#afaf1 #bcje1    #bcjf1 #cdid1 #defc1   
#dgig1 #efjh1 #icja1 #ajjba74 ,the good 
of    childhood is not spiritual good1  
but it becomes such by the              
implantation of truth 7n4 #cejd74       
,nevertheless the good of    childhood  
is a medium whereby intelligence is     
implanted 7n4    #afaf1 #cahc1 #icja1   
#ajaaj74 ,without the good of innocence 
in    childhood man would be a wild man 
7n4 #cdid74 ,whatever the mind    is    
imbued with in childhood appears natural
 7n4 #cdid74      #bgh4 ,the innocence  
of wisdom is genuine innocence1 because 
it is  internal1 for it belongs to the  
mind itself1 that is1 to the will       

itself and from that to the             
understanding4 ,and when there is       
innocence in these there is also wisdom1
 for wisdom belongs to the  will and    
understanding4 ,this is why it is said  
in heaven that  innocence has its abode 
in wisdom1 and that an angel has just so
 much  of innocence as he has of wisdom4
 ,this is confirmed by the fact that    
those who are in a state of innocence   
attribute nothing of good to            
themselves1 but regard all things as    
received and ascribe them to the  ,lord2
 that they wish to be led by ,him and   
not by themselves2 that  they love      
everything that is good and find delight
 in everything that  is true1 because   
they know and perceive that loving what 
is good1  that is1 willing and doing it1
 is loving the ,lord1 and loving truth  
is loving the neighbor2 that they live  
contented with their own1  whether it be
 little or much1 because they know that 
they receive  just as much as is good   
for them-those receiving little for whom

 a  little is useful1 and those         
receiving much for whom much is useful2 
also that they do not themselves know   
what is good for them1 the ,lord  alone 
knowing this1 who looks in all things   
that ,he provides to what  is eternal4  
#b ,neither are they anxious about the  
future2 anxiety  about the future they  
call care for the morrow1 which they    
define as  grief on account of losing or
 not receiving things that are not      
necessary for the uses of life4 ,with   
companions they never act from  an evil 
end but from what is good1 just1 and    
sincere4 ,acting from an  evil end they 
call cunning1 which they shun as the    
poison of a  serpent1 since it is wholly
 antagonistic to innocence4 ,as they    
love  nothing so much as to be led of   
the ,lord1 attributing all things they  
receive to ,him1 they are kept apart    
from what is their own  proprium2 and to
 the extent that they are kept apart    
from what is  their own the ,lord flows 
into them2 and in consequence of this   

whatever they hear from the ,lord1      
whether through the ,word or by  means  
of preaching1 they do not store up in   
the memory1 but instantly  obey it1 that
 is1 will it and do it1 their will being
 itself their  memory4 ,these for the   
most part outwardly appear simple1 but  
inwardly  they are wise and prudent4    
,these are meant by the ,lord in the    
words1         ,be ye prudent as        
serpents and simple as doves 7,matt4    
#aj3af74    ,such is the innocence that 
is called the innocence of wisdom4 #c   
,because innocence attributes nothing of
 good to itself1 but ascribes  all good 
to the ,lord1 and because it thus loves 
to be led by the  ,lord1 and is the     
source of the reception of all good and 
truth1 from  which wisdom               
comes1--because of this man is so       
created as to be  during his childhood  
in external innocence1 and when he      
becomes old  in internal innocence1 to  
the end that he may come by means of the
  former into the latter1 and from the  

latter return into the former4  ,for the
 same reason when a man becomes old he  
dwindles in body and  becomes again like
 a child1 but like a wise child1 that   
is1 an angel1  for a wise child is in an
 eminent sense an angel4 ,this is why in
 the  ,word1 a little child signifies   
one who is innocent1 and an old  man    
signifies one who is wise in whom is    
innocence4#a      ,footnote #a ,in the  
,word little children signify innocence 
7n4 #efjh72 likewise sucklings 7n4      
#cahc74 ,an old man    signifies one who
 is wise1 and in an abstract sense      
wisdom 7n4    #cahc1 #febd74 ,man is so 
created that in proportion as he verges 
towards old age he may become like a    
little child1 and that    innocence may 
then be in his wisdom1 and in that state
 he may    pass into heaven and become  
an angel 7n4 #cahc1 #efjh74      #bgi4  
,the same is true of everyone who is    
being regenerated4  ,regeneration1 as   
regards the spiritual man1 is re-birth4 
,man is first  introduced into the      

innocence of childhood1 which is that   
one knows  no truth and can do no good  
from himself1 but only from the ,lord1  
and  desires and seeks truth only       
because it is truth1 and good only      
because it is good4 ,as man afterwards  
advances in age good and truth  are     
given him by the ,lord4 ,at first he is 
led into a knowledge of  them1 then from
 knowledge into intelligence1 and       
finally from  intelligence into wisdom1 
innocence always accompanying1 which    
consists1 as has been said1 in his      
knowing nothing of truth1 and  being    
unable to do anything good from himself 
but only from the ,lord4  ,without such 
a belief and such a perception of it no 
one can receive  any thing of heaven4   
,therein does the innocence of wisdom   
chiefly  consist4      #bhj4 ,as        
innocence consists in being led by the  
,lord and not by self1  so all who are  
in heaven are in innocence2 for all who 
are there love  to be led by the ,lord1 
knowing that to lead themselves is to be

 led  by what is their own1 and what is 
one's own is loving oneself1 he  that   
loves himself not permitting himself to 
be led by any one else4  ,therefore1 so 
far as an angel is in innocence he is in
 heaven1 in  other words1 is in ,divine 
good and ,divine truth1 for to be in    
these  is to be in heaven4 ,consequently
 the heavens are distinguished by       
degrees of innocence-those who are in   
the outmost or first heaven are  in     
innocence of the first or outmost       
degree2 those who are in the  middle or 
second heaven are in innocence of the   
second or middle  degree2 while those   
who are in the inmost or third heaven   
are in  innocence of the third or inmost
 degree1 and are therefore the  veriest 
innocences of heaven1 for more than all 
others they love to  be led by the ,lord
 as little children by their father2 and
 for the  same reason the ,divine truth 
that they hear immediately from the     
,lord  or mediately through the ,word   
and preaching they take directly into   

their will and do it1 thus committing it
 to life4 ,and this is why  their wisdom
 is so superior to that of the angels of
 the lower  heavens 7see n4 #bgj1 #bga74
 ,these angels of the inmost heaven1    
being  such are nearest to the ,lord    
from whom they receive innocence1 and   
are so separated from what is their own 
that they live as it were in  the ,lord4
 ,externally they appear simple1 and    
before the eyes of the  angels of the   
lower heavens they appear like children1
 that is1 as  very small1 and not very  
wise1 although they are the wisest of   
the  angels of heaven2 since they know  
that they have nothing of wisdom  from  
themselves1 and that acknowledging this 
is being wise4 ,they know  also that    
what they know is as nothing compared to
 what they do not  know2 and they say   
that knowing1 acknowledging1 and        
perceiving this  is the first step      
towards wisdom4 ,these angels have no   
clothing1  because nakedness corresponds
 to innocence4#a      ,footnote #a ,all 

in the inmost heaven are innocences 7n4 
#aed1    #bgcf1 #chhg74 ,therefore they 
appear to others like children 7n4      
#aed74 ,they are also naked 7n4 #afe1   
#hcge1 #iifj74 ,nakedness    belongs to 
innocence 7n4 #afe1 #hcge74 ,spirits    
have a custom of    exhibiting innocence
 by laying aside their garments and     
presenting themselves naked 7n4 #afe1   
#hcge1 #iifj74      #bha4 ,i have talked
 much with angels about innocence1 and  
have been  told that innocence is the   
being esse of all good1 and that good is
  therefore so far good as it has       
innocence in it1 consequently that      
wisdom is so far wisdom as it partakes  
of innocence2 and the same is  true of  
love1 charity1 and faith2#a and         
therefore no one can enter  heaven      
unless he possesses innocence2 and this 
the ,lord teaches when  ,he says3       
,suffer little children to come unto    
,me1 and forbid them       not2 for of  
such is the kingdom of the heavens4     
,verily ,i       say unto you1 ,whoever 

shall not receive the kingdom of the    
heavens as a little child1 he shall not 
enter into it       7,mark #aj3ad1 #af2 
,luke #ah3af1 #ag71    ,here as         
elsewhere ,in the ,word little children 
mean those who are  innocent4 ,a state  
of innocence is also described by the   
,lord in  ,matthew 7#f3be-cd71 but by   
correspondences only4 ,good is good so  
far  as it has innocence in it1 for the 
reason that all good is from the  ,lord1
 and innocence is a willingness to be   
led by the ,lord4 ,i have  also been    
told that truth can be conjoined to good
 and good to truth  only by means of    
innocence1 and therefore an angel is not
 an angel of  heaven unless he has      
innocence in him2 for heaven is not in  
any one  until good is conjoined to     
truth in him2 and this is why the       
conjunction of truth and good is called 
the heavenly marriage1 and  the heavenly
 marriage is heaven4 ,again1 ,i have    
been told that true  marriage love      
derives its existence from innocence1   

because it  derives its existence from  
the conjunction of good and truth1 and  
the  two minds of husband and wife are  
in that conjunction1 and when that      
conjunction descends it presents the    
appearance of marriage love2 for        
consorts are in mutual love1 as their   
minds are4 ,this is why in  marriage    
love there is a playfulness like that of
 childhood and like  that of            
innocence4#b      ,footnote #a ,every   
good of love and truth of faith1 to be  
good    and true must have innocence in 
it 7n4 #bebf1 #bghj1 #caaa1 #ciid1      
#fjac1 #ghdj1 #ibfb1 #ajacd74 ,innocence
 is the essential of good    and truth  
7n4 #bghj1 #ghdj74 ,no one is admitted  
into heaven    unless he possesses      
something of innocence 7#dgig74         
,footnote #b ,true marriage love is     
innocence 7n4 #bgcf74    ,marriage love 
consists in willing what the other      
wills1 thus    mutually and reciprocally
 7n4 #bgca74 ,they who are in marriage  
love dwell together in the inmosts of   

life 7n4 #bgcb74 ,there is    a union of
 the two minds1 and thus from love they 
are a one 7n4    #ajafh1 #ajafi74 ,true 
marriage love derives its origin and    
essence from the marriage of good and   
truth 7n4 #bgbh1 #bgbi74    ,about      
angelic spirits who have a perception   
from the idea of    the conjunction of  
good and truth whether anything of      
marriage    exists 7n4 #ajgef74         
,marriage love is wholly like the       
conjunction    of good and truth 7n4    
#aijd1 #bagc1 #bejh1 #bgbi1 #cajc1      
#cacb1 #caee1    #cagi1 #cahj1 #dceh1   
#ehjg1 #ehce1 #ibjf1 #ibjg1 #idie1      
#ifcg74    ,therefore in the ,word      
marriage means the marriage of good and 
truth1 such as there is in heaven and   
such as there will be in    the church  
7n4 #cacb1 #ddcd1 #dhce74      #bhb4    
,because innocence ,with the angels of  
heaven is the very being  esse of good1 
it is evident that the ,divine good that
 goes forth  from the ,lord is innocence
 itself1 for it is that good that flows 

into angels1 and affects their inmosts1 
and arranges and fits them  for         
receiving all the good of heaven4 ,it is
 the same with children1  whose         
interiors are not only formed by means  
of innocence flowing  through them from 
the ,lord1 but also are continually     
being fitted and  arranged for receiving
 the good of heavenly love1 since the   
good of  innocence acts from the inmost2
 for that good1 as has been said1 is    
the being esse of all good4 ,from all   
this it can be seen that all  innocence 
is from the ,lord4 ,for this reason the 
,lord is called in the  ,word a lamb1 a 
lamb signifying innocence4#a ,because   
innocence is  the inmost in all the good
 of heaven1 it so affects minds that    
when  it is felt by any one-as when an  
angel of the inmost heaven              
approaches-he seems to himself to be no 
longer his own master and is  moved and 
as it were carried away by such a       
delight that no delight  of the world   
seems to be anything in comparison with 

it4 ,this ,i say  from having perceived 
it4      ,footnote #a ,in the ,word a   
lamb signifies innocence and its        
good4 7n4 #ciid1 #ajacb74      #bhc4    
,everyone who is in the good of         
innocence is affected by  innocence1 and
 is affected to the extent that he is in
 that good2 but  those who are not in   
the good of innocence are not affected  
by  innocence4 ,for this reason all who 
are in hell are wholly  antagonistic to 
innocence2 they do not know what it is2 
their  antagonism is such that so far as
 any one is innocent they burn to do    
him mischief2 therefore they cannot bear
 to see little children2 and  as soon as
 they see them they are inflamed with a 
cruel desire to do  them harm4 ,from    
this it is clear that what is man's own1
 and  therefore the love of self1 is    
antagonistic to innocence2 for all who  
are in hell are in what is their own1   
and therefore in the love of  self4#a   
,footnote #a ,what is man's own is      
loving self more than ,god1    and the  

world more than heaven1 and making one's
 neighbor of no    account as compared  
with oneself2 thus it is the love of    
self    and of the world 7n4 #fid1 #gca1
 #dcag1 #effj74 ,the evil are wholly    
antagonistic to innocence1 even to the  
extent that they cannot    endure its   
presence 7n4 #babf74        #bhd4       
,,xxxii4 ,,the ,,state ,,of ,,peace ,,in
 ,,heaven4    ,only those that have     
experienced the peace of heaven can have
 any  perception of the peace in which  
the angels are4 ,as man is unable1 as   
long as he is in the body1 to receive   
the peace of heaven1 so he can  have no 
perception of it1 because his perception
 is confined to what  is natural4 ,to   
perceive it he must be able1 in respect 
to thought1 to  be raised up and        
withdrawn from the body and kept in the 
spirit1 and  at the same time be with   
angels4 ,in this way has the peace of   
heaven  been perceived by me2 and for   
this reason ,i am able to describe it1  
yet not in words as that peace is in    

itself1 because human words are         
inadequate1 but only as it is in        
comparison with that rest of mind  that 
those enjoy who are content in ,god4    
#bhe4 ,there are two inmost things of   
heaven1 namely1 innocence and  peace4   
,these are said to be inmost things     
because they proceed  directly from the 
,lord4 ,from innocence comes every good 
of heaven1  and from peace every delight
 of good4 ,every good has its delight2  
and  both good and delight spring from  
love1 for whatever is loved is  called  
good1 and is also perceived as          
delightful4 ,from this it  follows that 
these two inmost things1 innocence and  
peace1 go forth  from the ,lord's       
,divine love and move the angels from   
what is inmost4  ,that innocence is the 
inmost of good may be seen in the       
preceding  chapter1 where the state of  
innocence of the angels of heaven is    
described4 ,that peace is the inmost of 
delight from the good of  innocence     
shall now be explained4      #bhf4 ,the 

origin of peace shall be first          
considered4 ,divine peace is  in the    
,lord2 it springs from the union of the 
,divine ,itself and the  ,divine ,human 
in ,him4 ,the ,divine of peace in heaven
 is from the ,lord1  springing from ,his
 conjunction with the angels of heaven1 
and in  particular from the conjunction 
of good and truth in each angel4  ,these
 are the origins of peace4 ,from this it
 can be seen that peace  in the heavens 
is the ,divine inmostly affecting with  
blessedness  everything good therefrom1 
and from this is every joy of heaven2   
also  that it is in its essence the     
,divine joy of the ,lord's ,divine love1
  resulting from ,his conjunction with  
heaven and with everyone there4  ,this  
joy1 felt by the ,lord in angels and by 
angels from the ,lord1 is  peace4 ,by   
derivation from this the angels have    
everything that is  blessed1 delightful1
 and happy1 or that which is called     
heavenly  joy4#a      ,footnote #a ,by  
peace in the highest sense the ,lord is 

meant1    because peace is from ,him1   
and in the internal sense heaven is     
meant1 because those are in a state of  
peace 7n4 #cghj1 #dfha74    ,peace in   
the heavens is the ,divine inmostly     
affecting with    blessedness everything
 good and true there1 and this peace is 
incomprehensible to man 7n4 #ib1 #cghj1 
#effb1 #hdee1 #hffe74 ,divine    peace  
is in good1 but not in truth apart from 
good 7n4 #hgbb74      #bhg4 ,because    
these are the origins of peace the ,lord
 is called the  ,prince of peace1 and   
,he declares that from ,him is peace and
 in ,him  is peace2 and the angels are  
called angels of peace1 and heaven is   
called a habitation of peace1 as in the 
following passages3         ,unto us a  
,child is born1 unto us a ,son is given1
 and the       government shall be upon 
,his shoulder2 and ,his name shall      
be called ,wonderful1 ,counsellor1 ,god1
 ,mighty1 ,father of       eternity1    
,prince of peace4 ,of the increase of   
,his       government and peace there   

shall be no end 7,isa4 #i3f1 #g74       
,jesus said1 ,peace ,i leave with you1  
,my peace ,i give unto       you2 not as
 the world giveth give ,i unto you      
7,john #ad3bg74         ,these things   
have ,i spoken unto you that in ,me ye  
may have       peace 7,john #af3cc74    
,jehovah lift up ,his countenance upon  
thee and give thee       peace 7,num4   
#f3bf74         ,the angels of peace    
weep bitterly1 the highways are wasted  
7,isa4 #cc3g1 #h74         ,the work of 
righteousness shall be peace2 and ,my   
people       shall dwell in a habitation
 of peace 7,isa4 #cb3ag1 #ah74    #b    
,that it is ,divine and heavenly peace  
that is meant in the ,word by  peace can
 be seen also from other passages where 
it is mentioned  7,as ,isa4 #eb3g2      
#ed3aj2 #ei3h2 ,jer4 #af3e2 #be3cg2     
#bi3aa2 ,hag4 #b3i2 ,zech4  #h3ab2      
,psalm #cg3cg2 and elsewhere47 ,because 
peace means the ,lord and  heaven1 and  
also heavenly joy and the delight of    
good1 ,peace be with  you was an ancient

 form of salutation that is still in    
use2 and it  was ratified by the ,lord  
in ,his saying to the disciples whom ,he
 sent  forth3         ,into whatsoever  
house ye enter1 first say1 ,peace be to 
this house2 and if a son of peace be    
there1 your peace       shall rest upon 
it 7,luke #aj3e1 #f74    ,and when the  
,lord ,himself appeared to the apostles1
 ,he said         ,peace be with you    
7,john #bj3ai1 #ba1 #bf74    #c ,a state
 of peace is also meant in the ,word    
where it is said that3         ,jehovah 
smelled an odor of rest 7as ,exod4      
#bi3ah1 #be1 #da2       ,lev4 #a3i1 #ac1
 #ag2 #b3b1 #i2 #f3h1 #ad2 #bc3ab1 #ac1 
#ah2 ,num1       #ae3c1 #g1 #ac2 #bh3f1 
#h1 #ac2 #bi3b1 #f1 #h1 #ac1 #cf74      
,odor of rest in the heavenly sense     
signifies a perception of  peace4#a ,as 
peace signifies the union of the ,divine
 ,itself and the  ,divine ,human in the 
,lord1 also the conjunction of the ,lord
 with  heaven and with the church1 and  
with all who are in heaven1 and with    

all in the church who receive ,him1 so  
the ,sabbath was instituted as a        
reminder of these things1 its name      
meaning rest or peace1 and was the  most
 holy representative of the church4 ,for
 the same reason the ,lord  called      
,himself the ,lord of the ,sabbath      
7,matt4 #ab3h2 ,mark #b3bg1 #bh2  ,luke 
#f3e74b      ,footnote #a ,in the word  
an odor signifies the perception of     
agreeableness or disagreeableness1      
according to the quality of    the love 
and faith of which it is predicated 7n4 
#cegg1 #dfbf1    #dfbh1 #dgdh1 #efba1   
#ajbib74 ,an odor of rest1 in reference 
to    ,jehovah1 means a perception of   
peace 7n4 #ibe1 #ajjed74 ,this is    why
 frankincense1 incense1 and odors in    
oils and ointments1    became           
representative 7n4 #ibe1 #dgdh1 #efba1  
#ajagg74      ,footnote #b ,the ,sabbath
 signifies in the highest sense the     
union of the ,divine ,itself and the    
,divine ,human in the ,lord2 in    the  
internal sense the conjunction of the   

,divine ,human of the    ,lord with     
heaven and with the church2 in general1 
the    conjunction of good and truth1   
thus the heavenly marriage 7n4    #hdie1
 #ajcef1 #ajgcj74 ,therefore rest on the
 ,sabbath day    signified the state of 
that union1 because then the ,lord had  
rest1 and thereby there is peace and    
salvation in the heavens    and on the  
earth2 and in a relative sense it       
signified the    conjunction of the     
,lord with man1 because man then has    
peace    and salvation 7n4 #hdid1 #heaj1
 #ajcfj1 #ajcfg1 #ajcgj1 #ajcgd1        
#ajffh1 #ajgcj74      #bhh4 ,because the
 peace of heaven is the ,divine inmostly
 affecting  with blessedness the veriest
 good in angels1 it can be clearly      
perceived by them only in the delight of
 their hearts when they are  in the good
 of their life1 in the pleasure with    
which they hear truth  that agrees with 
their good1 and in gladness of mind when
 they  perceive the conjunction of good 
and truth4 ,from this it flows into  all

 the acts and thoughts of their life1   
and there presents itself as  joy1 even 
in outward appearance4 #b ,but peace in 
the heavens differs  in quality and     
quantity in agreement with the innocence
 of those who  are there2 since         
innocence and peace walk hand in hand2  
for every  good of heaven1 as said      
above1 is from innocence1 and every     
delight  of that good is from peace4    
,evidently1 then1 the same that has been
  said in the foregoing chapter about   
the state of innocence in the  heavens  
may be said here of the state of peace  
there1 since innocence  and peace are   
conjoined like good and its delight2 for
 good is felt  in its delight1 and      
delight is known from its good4 ,this   
being so1 it  is evident that angels of 
the inmost or third heaven are in the   
third  or inmost degree of peace1       
because they are in the third or inmost 
degree of innocence2 and that angels of 
the lower heavens are in a  less degree 
of peace1 because they are in a less    

degree of innocence  7see above n4      
#bhj74 #c ,that innocence and peace go  
together like  good and its delight can 
be seen in little children1 who are in  
peace  because they are in innocence1   
and because they are in peace are in    
their whole nature full of play4 ,yet   
the peace of little children is         
external peace2 while internal peace1   
like internal innocence1 is  possible   
only in wisdom1 and for this reason only
 in the conjunction  of good and truth1 
since wisdom is from that conjunction4  
,heavenly or  angelic peace is also     
possible in men who are in wisdom from  
the  conjunction of good and truth1 and 
who in consequence have a sense of      
content in ,god2 nevertheless1 while    
they live in the world this peace  lies 
hidden in their interiors1 but it is    
revealed when they leave  the body and  
enter heaven1 for their interiors are   
then opened4      #bhi4 ,as the ,divine 
peace springs from the conjunction of   
the ,lord  with heaven1 and specially   

from the conjunction of good and truth  
in  each angel1 so when the angels are  
in a state of love they are in a  state 
of peace2 for then good and truth are   
conjoined in them4 7,that  the states of
 angels undergo successive changes may  
be seen above1 n4  #aed-afj47 ,the like 
is true also of a man who is being      
regenerated4 ,as  soon as good and truth
 come to be conjoined in him1 which     
takes place  especially after           
temptations1 he comes into a state of   
delight from  heavenly peace4#a ,this   
peace may be likened to morning or dawn 
in  spring time1 when1 the night being  
passed1 with the rising of the sun  all 
things of the earth begin to live anew1 
the fragrance of growing  vegetation is 
spread abroad with the dew that descends
 from heaven1  and the mild vernal      
temperature gives fertility to the      
ground and  imparts pleasure to the     
minds of men1 and this because morning  
or  dawn in the time of spring          
corresponds to the state of peace of    

angels in heaven 7see n4 #aee74b        
,footnote #a ,the conjunction of good   
and truth in a man who is    being      
regenerated is effected in a state of   
peace 7n4 #cfif1    #heag74             
,footnote #b ,the state of peace in the 
heavens is like a state    of dawn or   
springtime on the earth 7n4 #agbf1      
#bghj1 #effb74      #bij4 ,i have talked
 with the angels about peace1 saying    
that what is  called peace in the world 
is when wars and hostilities cease      
between  kingdoms1 and when enmities or 
hostilities cease among men2 also that  
internal peace is believed to consist in
 rest of mind when cares are  removed1  
especially in tranquility and enjoyment 
from success in  affairs4 ,but the      
angels said that rest of mind and       
tranquility and  enjoyment from the     
removal of cares and success in affairs 
seem to be  constituents of peace1 but  
are so only with those who are in       
heavenly  good1 for only in that good is
 peace possible4 ,for peace flows in    

from the ,lord into the inmost of such1 
and from their inmost descends  and     
flows down into the lower faculties1    
producing a sense of rest in  the mind1 
tranquility of disposition1 and joy     
therefrom4 ,but to those  who are in    
evil peace is impossible4#a ,there is an
 appearance of  rest1 tranquility1 and  
delight when things succeed according to
 their  wishes2 but it is external peace
 and not at all internal1 for  inwardly 
they burn with enmity1 hatred1 revenge1 
cruelty1 and many  evil lusts1 into     
which their disposition is carried      
whenever any one  is seen to be         
unfavorable to them1 and which burst    
forth when they  are not restrained by  
fear4 ,consequently the delight of such 
dwells  in insanity1 while the delight  
of those who are in good dwells in      
wisdom4 ,the difference is like that    
between hell and heaven4      ,footnote 
#a ,the lusts that originate in love of 
self and of    the world wholly take    
away peace 7n4 #cagj1 #effb74 ,there are

    some who think to find peace in     
restlessness1 and in such    things as  
are contrary to peace 7n4 #effb74 ,peace
 is possible    only when the lusts of  
evil are removed 7n4 #effb74            
#bia4 ,,xxxiii4 ,,the ,,conjunction ,,of
 ,,heaven ,,with ,,the ,,human ,,race4  
,it is well known in the church that all
 good is from ,god1 and that  nothing of
 good is from man1 consequently that no 
one ought to  ascribe any good to       
himself as his own4 ,it is also well    
known that  evil is from the devil4     
,therefore those who speak from the     
doctrine  of the church say of those who
 behave well1 and of those who speak    
and preach piously1 that they are led by
 ,god2 but the opposite of  those who do
 not behave well and who speak          
impiously4 ,for this to be  true man    
must have conjunction with heaven and   
with hell2 and this  conjunction must be
 with man's will and with his           
understanding2 for  it is from these    
that the body acts and the mouth speaks4

 ,what this  conjunction is shall now be
 told4      #bib4 ,with every individual
 there are good spirits and evil        
spirits4  ,through good spirits man has 
conjunction with heaven1 and through    
evil spirits with hell4 ,these spirits  
are in the world of spirits1  which lies
 midway between heaven and hell4 ,this  
world will be  described particularly   
hereafter4 ,when these spirits come to a
 man  they enter into his entire memory1
 and thus into his entire thought1  evil
 spirits into the evil things of his    
memory and thought1 and good  spirits   
into the good things of his memory and  
thought4 ,these spirits  have no        
knowledge whatever that they are with   
man2 but when they are  with him they   
believe that all things of his memory   
and thought are  their own2 neither do  
they see the man1 because nothing that  
is in  our solar world falls into their 
sight4#a ,the ,lord exercises the       
greatest care that spirits may not know 
that they are with man2 for  if they    

knew it they would talk with him1 and in
 that case evil  spirits would destroy  
him2 for evil spirits1 being joined with
 hell1  desire nothing so much as to    
destroy man1 not alone his soul1 that   
is1 his faith and love1 but also his    
body4 ,it is otherwise when  spirits do 
not talk with man1 in which case they   
are not aware that  what they are       
thinking and also what they are saying  
among themselves  is from man2 for      
although it is from man that they talk  
with one  another1 they believe that    
what they are thinking and saying is    
their  own1 and everyone esteems and    
loves what is their own4 ,in this way   
spirits are constrained to love and     
esteem man1 although they do not  know  
it4 ,that such is the conjunction of    
spirits with man has become  so well    
known to me from a continual experience 
of many years that  nothing is better   
known to me4      ,footnote #a ,there   
are angels and spirits with every man1  
and    by means of them man has         

communication with the spiritual world  
7n4 #fig1 #bgif1 #bhhf1 #bhhg1 #djdg1   
#djdh1 #ehdf-ehff1 #eigf-eiic74    ,man 
without spirits attending him cannot    
live 7n4 #eiic74 ,man is    not seen by 
spirits1 even as spirits are not seen by
 man 7n4    #ehfb74 ,spirits can see    
nothing in our solar world pertaining to
    any man except the one with whom    
they are speaking 7n4 #ahhj74      #bic4
 ,the reason why spirits that           
communicate with hell are also          
associated with man is that man is born 
into evils of every kind1  consequently 
his whole life is wholly from evil2 and 
therefore unless  spirits like himself  
were associated with him he could not   
live1 nor  indeed could he be withdrawn 
from his evils and reformed4 ,he is     
therefore both held in his own life by  
means of evil spirits and  withheld from
 it by means of good spirits2 and by the
 two he is kept  in equilibrium2 and    
being in equilibrium he is in freedom1  
and can be  drawn away from evils and   

turned towards good1 and thus good can  
be  implanted in him1 which would not be
 possible at all if he were not  in     
freedom2 and freedom is possible to man 
only when the spirits from  hell act on 
one side and spirits from heaven on the 
other1 and man is  between the two4     
,again1 it has been shown that so far as
 a man's life  is from what he inherits1
 and thus from self1 if he were not     
permitted to be in evil he would have no
 life2 also if he were not in  freedom  
he would have no life2 also that he     
cannot be forced to what  is good1 and  
that what is forced does not abide2 also
 that the good  that man receives in    
freedom is implanted in his will and    
becomes as  it were his own4#a ,these   
are the reasons why man has             
communication  with hell and            
communication with heaven4              
,footnote #a ,all freedom pertains to   
love and affection1 since    what a man 
loves1 that he does freely 7n4 #bhgj1   
#caeh1 #hihg1    #hiij1 #iehe1 #ieia74  

,as freedom belongs to man's love1 so it
    belongs to man's life 7n4 #bhgc74   
,nothing appears as man's own    except 
what is from freedom 7n4 #bhhj74 ,man   
must have freedom    that he may be     
reformed 7n4 #aicg1 #aidg1 #bhgf1 #bhha1
 #cade1 #cadf1    #caeh1 #djca1 #hgjj74 
,otherwise no love of good and truth can
 be    implanted in man and be          
appropriated seemingly as his own 7n4   
#bhgg1 #bhgi1 #bhhj1 #bhhc1 #hgjj74     
,nothing that comes from    compulsion  
is conjoined to man 7n4 #bhge1 #hgjj74  
,if man could be    reformed by         
compulsion everyone would be reformed   
7n4 #bhha74    ,compulsion in           
reformation is harmful 7n4 #djca74 ,what
 states of    compulsion are 7n4 #hcib74
      #bid4 ,what the communication of  
heaven is with good spirits1 and what   
the communication of hell is with evil  
spirits1 and the consequent  conjunction
 of heaven and hell with man1 shall also
 be told4 ,all  spirits who are in the  
world of spirits have communication with

  heaven or with hell1 evil spirits with
 hell1 and good spirits with  heaven4   
,heaven is divided into societies1 and  
hell also4 ,every spirit  belongs to    
some society1 and continues to exist by 
influx from it1  thus acting as one with
 it4 ,consequently as man is conjoined  
with  spirits so is he conjoined with   
heaven or with hell1 even with the      
society there to which he is attached by
 his affection or his love2  for the    
societies of heaven are all             
distinguished from each other in        
accordance with their affections for    
good and truth1 and the  societies of   
hell in accordance with their affections
 for evil and  falsity4 7,as to the     
societies of heaven see above1 n4 #da-de
 also  n4 #adh-aea47      #bie4 ,the    
spirits associated with man are such as 
he himself is in  respect to his        
affection or love2 but the ,lord        
associates good  spirits with him1 while
 evil spirits are invited by the man    
himself4  ,the spirits with man1        

however1 are changed in accordance with 
the  changes of his affections2 thus    
there are some spirits that are with    
him in early childhood1 others in       
boyhood1 others in youth and  manhood1  
and others in old age4 ,in early        
childhood those spirits are  present who
 are in innocence and who thus          
communicate with the heaven  of         
innocence1 which is the inmost or third 
heaven2 in boyhood those  spirits are   
present who are in affection for        
knowing1 and who thus  communicate with 
the outmost or first heaven2 in youth   
and manhood  spirits are present who are
 in affection for what is true and good1
  and in consequent intelligence1 and   
who thus communicate with the  second or
 middle heaven2 while in old age spirits
 are present who are  in wisdom and     
innocence1 and who thus communicate with
 the inmost or  third heaven4 ,but the  
,lord maintains this association with   
such as  can be reformed and            
regenerated4 ,it is otherwise with such 

as cannot  be reformed or regenerated4  
,while with these also good spirits are 
associated1 that they may be thereby    
withheld from evil as much as  possible1
 they are directly conjoined with evil  
spirits who  communicate with hell1     
whereby they have such spirits with them
 as  are like themselves4 ,if they are  
lovers of self or lovers of gain1 or    
lovers of revenge1 or lovers of         
adultery1 like spirits are present1  and
 as it were dwell in their evil         
affections2 and man is incited by       
these1 except so far as he can be kept  
from evil by good spirits1 and  they    
cling to him1 and do not withdraw1 so   
far as the evil affection  prevails4    
,thus it is that a bad man is conjoined 
to hell and a good  man is conjoined to 
heaven4      #bif4 ,man is governed by  
the ,lord through spirits because he is 
not in  the order of heaven1 for he is  
born into evils which are of hell1  thus
 into the complete opposite of ,divine  
order2 consequently he  needs to be     

brought back into order1 and this can   
only be done  mediately by means of     
spirits4 ,it would be otherwise if man  
were born  into the good that is in     
accord with the order of heaven2 then he
  would be governed by the ,lord not    
through spirits1 but by means of  the   
order itself1 thus by means of general  
influx4 ,by means of this  influx man is
 governed in respect to whatever goes   
forth from his  thought and will into   
act1 that is1 in respect to speech and  
acts2  for both of these proceed in     
harmony with natural order1 and         
therefore with these the spirits        
associated with man have nothing in     
common4 ,animals also are governed by   
means of this general influx  from the  
spiritual world1 because they are in the
 order of their  life1 and animals have 
not been able to pervert and destroy    
that  order because they have no        
rational faculty4#a ,what the difference
  between man and beasts is may be seen 
above 7n4 #ci74      ,footnote #a ,the  

difference between men and beasts is1   
that men    are capable of being raised 
up by the ,lord to ,himself1 of         
thinking about the ,divine1 loving it1  
and being thereby    conjoined to the   
,lord1 from which they have eternal     
life2 but    it is otherwise with beasts
 7n4 #debe1 #fcbc1 #ibca74 ,beasts are  
in the order of their life1 and are     
therefore born into things    suitable  
to their nature1 but man is not1 and he 
must therefore    be led into the order 
of his life by intellectual means 7n4   
#fcg1 #ehej1 #fcbc74 ,according to      
general influx thought with man    falls
 into speech and will into movements 7n4
 #ehfb1 #eiij1 #faib1    #fbaa74 ,the   
general influx of the spiritual world   
into the lives    of beasts 7n4 #afcc1  
#cfdf74      #big4 ,as to what further  
concerns the conjunction of heaven with 
the  human race1 let it be noted that   
the ,lord ,himself flows into each  man1
 in accord with the order of heaven1    
both into his inmosts and  into his     

outmosts1 and arranges him for receiving
 heaven1 and governs  his outmosts from 
his inmosts1 and at the same time his   
inmosts from  his outmosts1 thus holding
 in connection each thing and all things
 in  man4 ,this influx of the ,lord is  
called direct influx2 while the other   
influx that is effected through spirits 
is called mediate influx4 ,the  latter  
is maintained by means of the former4   
,direct influx1 which is  that of the   
,lord ,himself1 is from ,his ,divine    
,human1 and is into man's  will and     
through his will into his understanding1
 and thus into his  good and through his
 good into his truth1 or what is the    
same thing1  into his love and through  
his love into his faith2 and not the    
reverse1 still less is it into faith    
apart from love or into truth  apart    
from good or into understanding that is 
not from will4 ,this  ,divine influx is 
unceasing1 and in the good is received  
in good1 but  not in the evil2 for in   
them it is either rejected or suffocated

 or  perverted2 and in consequence they 
have an evil life which in a  spiritual 
sense is death4#a      ,footnote #a     
,there is direct influx from the ,lord1 
and also    mediate influx through the  
spiritual world 7n4 #fjfc1 #fcjg1       
#fdgb1 #ifhb1 #ifhc74 ,the ,lord's      
direct influx is into the least         
particulars of all things 7n4 #fjeh1    
#fdgd-fdgh1 #hgag1 #hgbh74 ,the    ,lord
 flows in into firsts and at the same   
time into lasts-in    what manner 7n4   
#eadg1 #eaej1 #fdgc1 #gjjd1 #gjjg1      
#gbgj74 ,the ,lord's    influx is into  
the good in man1 and through the good   
into truth    and not the reverse 7n4   
#edhb1 #efdi1 #fjbg1 #hfhe1 #hgja1      
#ajaec74    ,the life that flows in from
 the ,lord varies in accordance with    
the state of man and in accordance with 
reception 7n4 #bjfi1    #eihf1 #fdgb1   
#gcdc74 ,with the evil the good that    
flows in from    the ,lord is turned    
into evil and the truth into falsity2   
from    experience 7n4 #cfdb1 #dfcb74   

,the good and the truth therefrom       
that continually flow in from the ,lord 
are received just to the    extent that 
evil and falsity therefrom do not       
obstruct 7n4    #bdaa1 #cadb1 #cadg1    
#ehbh74      #bih4 ,the spirits who are 
with man1 both those conjoined with     
heaven  and those conjoined with hell1  
never flow into man from their own      
memory and its thought1 for if they     
should flow in from their own  thought1 
whatever belonged to them would seem to 
man to be his 7see  above n4 #bef74     
,nevertheless there flows into man      
through them out of  heaven an affection
 belonging to the love of good and      
truth1 and out  of hell an affection    
belonging to the love of evil and       
falsity4  ,therefore as far as man's    
affection agrees with the affection that
  flows in1 so far that affection is    
received by him in his thought1  since  
man's interior thought is wholly in     
accord with his affection  or love2 but 
so far as man's affection does not agree

 with that  affection it is not         
received4 ,evidently1 then1 since       
thought is not  introduced into man     
through spirits1 but only an affection  
for good  and an affection for evil1 man
 has choice1 because he has freedom2    
and is thus able by his thought to      
receive good and reject evil1  since he 
knows from the ,word what is good and   
what is evil4 ,moreover1  whatever he   
receives by thought from affection is   
appropriated to  him2 but whatever he   
does not receive by thought from        
affection is  not appropriated to him4  
,all this makes evident the nature of   
the  influx of good out of heaven with  
man1 and the nature of the influx  of   
evil out of hell4      #bii4 ,i have    
also been permitted to learn the source 
of human anxiety1  grief of mind1 and   
interior sadness1 which is called       
melancholy4  ,there are spirits not as  
yet in conjunction with hell1 because   
they  are in their first state2 these   
will be described hereafter when        

treating of the world of spirits4 ,such 
spirits love things undigested  and     
pernicious1 such as pertain to food     
becoming foul in the stomach2           
consequently they are present with man  
in such things because they  find       
delight in them2 and they talk there    
with one another from their  own evil   
affection4 ,the affection that is in    
their speech flows in  from this source 
into man2 and when this affection is the
 opposite of  man's affection there     
arises in him sadness and melancholy    
anxiety2  but when it agrees with it it 
becomes in him gladness and             
cheerfulness4 ,these spirits appear near
 to the stomach1 some to the  left and  
some to the right of it1 and some       
beneath and some above1  also nearer and
 more remote1 thus variously in         
accordance with their  affections4 ,that
 this is the source of anxiety of mind  
has been shown  and proved to me by much
 experience4 ,i have seen these spirits1
 ,i  have heard them1 ,i have felt the  

anxieties arising from them1 and ,i     
have talked with them2 when they have   
been driven away the anxiety  ceased2   
when they returned the anxiety returned2
 and ,i have noted the  increase and    
decrease of it according to their       
approach and removal4  ,from this it has
 been made clear to me why some who do  
not know what  conscience is1 because   
they have no conscience1 ascribe its    
pangs to  the stomach4#a      ,footnote 
#a ,those who have no conscience do not 
know what    conscience is 7n4 #gdij1   
#iaba74 ,there are some who laugh at    
conscience when they hear what it is 7n4
 #gbag74 ,some believe    that          
conscience is nothing2 some that it is  
something natural    that is sad and    
mournful1 arising either from causes in 
the    body or from causes in the world2
 some that it is something    that the  
common people get from their religion   
7n4 #bjf1 #hca1    #iej2 ,,tcr n4 #ffe74
 ,there is true conscience1 spurious    
conscience1 and false conscience 7n4    

#ajcc74 ,pain of conscience    is an    
anxiety of mind on account of what is   
unjust1 insincere1    or in any respect 
evil1 which man believes to be against  
,god    and against the good of the     
neighbor 7n4 #gbag74 ,those have        
conscience who are in love to ,god and  
in charity towards the    neighbor1 but 
those who are not so have no conscience 
7n4 #hca1    #ife1 #bchj1 #gdij74       
#cjj4 ,the conjunction of heaven with   
man is not like the conjunction  of one 
man with another1 but the conjunction is
 with the interiors of  man's mind1 that
 is1 with his spiritual or internal man2
 although  there is a conjunction with  
his natural or external man by means of 
correspondences1 which will be described
 in the next chapter where  the         
conjunction of heaven with man by means 
of the ,word will be  treated of4       
#cja4 ,it will also be shown in the next
 chapter that the conjunction  of heaven
 with the human race and of the human   
race with heaven is  such that one has  

its permanent existence with the other4 
#cjb4 ,i have talked with angels about  
the conjunction of heaven with  the     
human race1 saying that while the man of
 the church declares that  all good is  
from ,god1 and that angels are with man1
 yet few believe  that angels are       
conjoined to man1 still less that they  
are in his  thought and affection4 ,the 
angels replied that they knew that such 
a  belief and such a mode of speaking   
still exist in the world1 and           
especially1 to their surprise1 within   
the church1 where the ,word is  present 
to teach men about heaven and its       
conjunction with man2  nevertheless1    
there is such a conjunction that man is 
unable to think  the least thing unless 
spirits are associated with him1 and on 
this  his spiritual life depends4 ,they 
said that the cause of ignorance in     
this matter is man's belief that he     
lives from himself1 and that he  has no 
connection with the ,first ,being ,esse 
of life2 together with  his not knowing 

that this connection exists by means of 
the heavens2  and yet if that connection
 were broken man would instantly fall   
dead4  ,if man only believed1 as is     
really true1 that all good is from the  
,lord and all evil from hell1 he would  
neither make the good in him a  matter  
of merit nor would evil be imputed to   
him2 for he would then  look to the     
,lord in all the good he thinks and     
does1 and all the evil  that flows in   
would be cast down to hell from which it
 comes4 ,but  because man does not      
believe that anything flows into him    
either from  heaven or from hell1 and   
therefore supposes that all things that 
he  thinks and wills are in himself and 
therefore from himself1 he  appropriates
 the evil to himself1 and the good that 
flows in he  defiles with merit4        
#cjc4 ,,xxxiv4 ,,conjunction ,,of       
,,heaven ,,with ,,man ,,by ,,means ,,of 
,,the ,,word4    ,those who think from  
interior reason can see that there is a 
connection of all things through        

intermediates with the ,first1 and  that
 whatever is not in connection is       
dissipated4 ,for they know1 when  they  
think about it1 that nothing can have   
permanent existence from  itself1 but   
only from what is prior to itself1 thus 
all things from a  ,first2 also that the
 connection with what is prior is like  
the  connection of an effect with its   
effecting cause2 for when the  effecting
 cause is taken away from its effect the
 effect is dissolved  and dispersed4    
,because the learned thought thus they  
saw and said  that permanent existence  
is a perpetual springing forth2 thus    
that  all things have permanent         
existence from a ,first2 and as they    
sprang  from that ,first so they        
perpetually spring forth1 that is1 have 
permanent existence from it4 ,but what  
the connection of everything is  with   
that which is prior to itself1 thus with
 the ,first which is the  source of all 
things1 cannot be told in a few words1  
because it is  various and diverse4 ,it 

can only be said in general that there  
is a  connection of the natural world   
with the spiritual world1 and that in   
consequence there is a correspondence of
 all things in the natural  world with  
all things in the spiritual 7see n4     
#ajc-aae72 also that  there is a        
connection and consequently a           
correspondence of all things  of man    
with all things of heaven 7see n4       
#hg-ajb74      #cjd4 ,man is so created 
as to have a conjunction and connection 
with  the ,lord1 but with the angels of 
heaven only an affiliation4 ,man has    
affiliation with the angels1 but not    
conjunction1 because in respect  to the 
interiors of his mind man is by creation
 like an angel1 having  a like will and 
a like understanding4 ,consequently if a
 man has lived  in accordance with the  
,divine order he becomes after death an 
angel1  with the same wisdom as an      
angel4 ,therefore when the conjunction  
of  man with heaven is spoken of his    
conjunction with the ,lord and          

affiliation with the angels is meant2   
for heaven is heaven from the  ,lord's  
,divine1 and not from what is strictly  
the angels' own  proprium4 ,that it is  
the ,lord's ,divine that makes heaven   
may be  seen above 7n4 #g-ab74 #b ,but  
man has1 beyond what the angels have1   
that he is not only in respect to his   
interiors in the spiritual  world1 but  
also at the same time in respect to his 
exteriors in the  natural world4 ,his   
exteriors which are in the natural world
 are all  things of his natural or      
external memory and of his thought and  
imagination therefrom2 in general1      
knowledges and sciences with their      
delights and pleasures so far as they   
savor of the world1 also many  pleasures
 belonging to the senses of the body1   
together with his  senses themselves1   
his speech1 and his actions4 ,and all   
these are the  outmosts in which the    
,lord's ,divine influx terminates2 for  
that  influx does not stop midway1 but  
goes on to its outmosts4 ,all this      

shows that the outmost of ,divine order 
is in man2 and being the  outmost it is 
also the base and foundation4 #c ,as the
 ,lord's ,divine  influx does not stop  
midway but goes on to its outmosts1 as  
has been  said1 and as this middle part 
through which it passes is the angelic  
heaven1 while the outmost is in man1 and
 as nothing can exist  unconnected1 it  
follows that the connection and         
conjunction of heaven  with the human   
race is such that one has its permanent 
existence from  the other1 and that the 
human race apart from heaven would be   
like a  chain without a hook2 and heaven
 without the human race would be like  a
 house without a foundation4#a          
,footnote #a ,nothing springs from      
itself1 but from what is    prior to    
itself1 thus all things from a ,first1  
and they also    have permanent         
existence from ,him from whom they      
spring forth1    and permanent existence
 is a perpetual springing forth 7n4     
#bhhf1 #bhhh1 #cfbg1 #cfbh1 #cfdh1      

#debc1 #debd1 #fjdj1 #fjef74 ,divine    
order does not stop midway1 but         
terminates in an outmost1 and    that   
outmost is man1 thus ,divine order      
terminates in man 7n4    #fcd1 #bhec1   
#cfcb1 #ehig1 #fbci1 #fdea1 #fdfe1      
#ibae1 #ibaf1 #ihbd1    #ihbh1 #ihcf1   
#iije1 #ajjdd1 #ajcbi1 #ajcce1 #ajedh74 
,interior things    flow into external  
things1 even into the extreme or outmost
 in    successive order1 and there they 
spring forth and have    permanent      
existence 7n4 #fcd1 #fbci1 #fdfe1 #ibae1
 #ibaf74 ,interior    things spring     
forth and have permanent existence in   
what is    outmost in simultaneous order
 7n4 #ehig1 #fdea1 #hfjc1 #ajjii74      
,therefore all interior things are held 
together in connection    from a ,first 
by means of a ,last 7n4 #ihbh74         
,therefore the ,first    and the ,last  
signify all things and each thing1 that 
is1 the    whole 7n4 #ajjdd1 #ajcbi1    
#ajcce74 ,consequently in outmosts there
    is strength and power 7n4 #ihcf74   

#cje4 ,but man has severed this         
connection with heaven by turning his   
exteriors away from heaven1 and turning 
them to the world and to self  by means 
of his love of self and of the world1   
thereby so withdrawing  himself that he 
no longer serves as a basis and         
foundation for  heaven2 therefore the   
,lord has provided a medium to serve in 
place of  this base and foundation for  
heaven1 and also for the conjunction of 
heaven with man4 ,this medium is the    
,word4 ,how the ,word serves as such  a 
medium has been shown in many places in 
the ,arcana ,coelestia1 all  of which   
may be seen gathered up in the little   
work on ,the ,white  ,horse mentioned in
 the ,apocalypse2 also in the ,appendix 
to the ,new  ,jerusalem and ,its        
,heavenly ,doctrine1 from which some    
notes are here  appended4#a             
,footnote #a ,the ,word in the sense of 
the letter is natural 7n4    #hghc74    
,for the reason that the natural is the 
outmost in which    spiritual and       

heavenly things1 which are interior     
things1    terminate and on which they  
rest1 like a house upon its             
foundation 7n4 #idcj1 #idcc1 #ihbd1     
#ajjdd1 #ajdcf74 ,that the ,word    may 
be such it is composed wholly of        
correspondences 7n4 #adjd1    #adjh1    
#adji1 #aedj1 #afai1 #afei1 #agji1      
#aghc1 #hfae1 #ajfhg74 ,because    the  
,word is such in the sense of the letter
 it is the    containant of the         
spiritual and heavenly sense 7n4 #idjg74
 ,and    it is adapted both to men and  
to angels 7n4 #agfi-aggb1 #ahhg1        
#badc1 #baeg1 #bbge1 #bccc1 #bcie1      
#bedj1 #beda1 #bedg1 #beec1 #gcha1      
#hhfb1 #ajcbb74 ,and it is what makes   
heaven and earth one 7n4    #bcaj1      
#bdie1 #ibab1 #ibaf1 #iceg1 #icif1      
#ajcge74 ,the conjunction of    the     
,lord with man is through the ,word1 by 
means of the internal    sense 7n4      
#ajcge74 ,there is conjunction by means 
of all things    and each particular    
thing of the ,word1 and in consequence  

the    ,word is wonderful above all     
other writing 7n4 #ajfcb-ajfcd74        
,since the ,word was written the ,lord  
speaks with men by means of    it 7n4   
#ajbij74 ,the church1 where the ,word is
 and the ,lord is    known by means of  
it1 in relation to those who are out of 
the    church where there is no ,word   
and the ,lord is unknown is like    the 
heart and lungs in man in comparison    
with the other parts    of the body1    
which live from them as from the        
fountains of    their life 7n4 #fcg1    
#ica1 #bjed1 #bhec74 ,before the ,lord  
the    universal church on the earth is 
as a single man 7n4 #gcif1    #ibgf74   
,consequently unless there were on this 
earth a church    where the ,word is1   
and where the ,lord is known by means of
 it1    the human race here would perish
 7n4 #dfh1 #fcg1 #ica1 #dede1           
#ajdeb74      #cjf4 ,i have been told   
from heaven that the most ancient       
people1  because their interiors were   
turned heavenwards1 had direct          

revelation1 and by this means there was 
at that time a conjunction of  the ,lord
 with the human race4 ,after their      
times1 however1 there was  no such      
direct revelation1 but there was a      
mediate revelation by  means of         
correspondences1 inasmuch as all their  
,divine worship then  consisted of      
correspondences1 and for this reason the
 churches of  that time were called     
representative churches4 ,for it was    
then known  what correspondence is and  
what representation is1 and that all    
things on the earth correspond to       
spiritual things in heaven and in  the  
church1 or what is the same1 represent  
them2 and therefore the  natural things 
that constituted the externals of their 
worship served  them as mediums for     
thinking spiritually1 that is1 thinking 
with the  angels4 ,when the knowledge of
 correspondences and representations had
  been blotted out of remembrance a     
,word was written1 in which all the     
words and their meanings are            

correspondences1 and thus contain a     
spiritual or internal sense1 in which   
are the angels2 and in  consequence1    
when a man reads the ,word and perceives
 it according to  the sense of the      
letter or the outer sense the angels    
perceive it  according to the internal  
or spiritual sense2 for all the thought 
of  angels is spiritual while the       
thought of man is natural4 ,these two   
kinds of thought appear diverse2        
nevertheless they are one because  they 
correspond4 ,thus it was that when man  
had separated himself from  heaven and  
had severed the bond the ,lord provided 
a medium of  conjunction of heaven with 
man by means of the ,word4      #cjg4   
,how heaven is conjoined with man by    
means of the ,word ,i will  illustrate  
by some passages from it4 ,the ,new     
,jerusalem is described  in the         
,apocalypse in these words3         ,i  
saw a new heaven and a new earth1 and   
the first heaven       and the first    
earth had passed away4 ,and ,i saw the  

holy       city ,new ,jerusalem coming  
down from ,god out of heaven4 ,the      
city was foursquare1 its length as great
 as its breadth2       and an angel     
measured the city with a reed1 twelve   
thousand furlongs2 the length1 the      
breadth1 and the height       of it are 
equal4 ,and he measured the wall        
thereof1 an       hundred and forty-four
 cubits1 the measure of a man1 that     
is1 of an angel4 ,the building of the   
wall was of jasper2       but the city  
itself was pure gold1 and like unto pure
       glass2 and the foundations of the
 wall were adorned with       every     
precious stone4 ,the twelve gates were  
twelve pearls2       and the street of  
the city was pure gold1 as it were      
transparent glass 7#ba3a1 #b1 #af-ai1   
#ba74    ,when man reads these words he 
understands them merely in accordance   
with the sense of the letter1 namely1   
that the visible heaven with  the earth 
is to perish1 and a new heaven is to    
come into existence2  and upon the new  

earth the holy city ,jerusalem is to    
descend1 with  all its dimensions as    
here described4 ,but the angels that are
 with  man understand these things in a 
wholly different way1 that is1          
everything that man understands         
naturally they understand  spiritually4 
#b ,by the new heaven and the new earth 
they  understand a new church2 by the   
city ,jerusalem coming down from ,god   
out of heaven they understand its       
heavenly doctrine revealed by the       
,lord2 by its length1 breadth1 and      
height1 which are equal1 and  twelve    
thousand furlongs1 they understand all  
the goods and truths  of that doctrine  
in the complex2 by its wall they        
understand the  truths protecting it2 by
 the measure of the wall1 a hundred and 
forty-four cubits1 which is the measure 
of a man1 that is1 of an  angel1 they   
understand all those protecting truths  
in the complex  and their character2 by 
its twelve gates1 which were of pearls1 
they understand introductory truths1    

pearls signifying such truths2  by the  
foundations of the wall1 which were of  
precious stones1 they  understand the   
knowledge on which that doctrine is     
founded2 by the  gold like unto pure    
glass1 of which the city and its street 
were  made1 they understand the good of 
love which makes the doctrine and  its  
truths transparent4 ,thus do the angels 
perceive all these things2  and         
therefore not as man perceives them4    
,the natural ideas of man  thus pass    
into the spiritual ideas with the angels
 without their  knowing anything of the 
sense of the letter of the ,word1 that  
is1  about a new heaven and a new earth1
 a new city ,jerusalem1 its  wall1 the  
foundations of the wall1 and its        
dimensions4 ,and yet the  thoughts of   
angels make one with the thoughts of    
man1 because they  correspond2 they make
 one almost the same as the words of a  
speaker  make one with the understanding
 of them by a hearer who attends  solely
 to the meaning and not to the words4   

,all this shows how heaven  is conjoined
 with man by means of the ,word3 #c ,let
 us take another  example from the      
,word3         ,in that day there shall 
be a highway from ,egypt to             
,assyria1 and ,assyria shall come into  
,egypt and ,egypt into       ,assyria2  
and the ,egyptians shall serve ,assyria4
 ,in that       day shall ,israel be a  
third to ,egypt and to ,assyria1 a      
blessing in the midst of the land1      
,which ,jehovah of hosts       shall    
bless1 saying1 ,blessed be ,my people   
the ,egyptian1       and the ,assyrian  
the work of ,my hands1 and ,israel ,mine
       inheritance 7,isaiah #ai3bc-be74 
,what man thinks when these words are   
read1 and what the angels think1  can be
 seen from the sense of the letter of   
the ,word and from its  internal sense4 
,man from the sense of the letter thinks
 that the  ,egyptians and ,assyrians are
 to be converted to ,god and accepted1  
and  are then to become one with the    
,israelitish nation2 but angels in      

accordance with the internal sense think
 of the man of the spiritual  church who
 is here described in that sense1 whose 
spiritual is  ,israel1 whose natural is 
the ,egyptian1 and whose rational1 which
  is the middle1 is the ,assyrian4#a    
,nevertheless1 these two senses  are one
 because they correspond2 and therefore 
when the angels thus  think spiritually 
and man naturally they are conjoined    
almost as body  and soul are2 in fact1  
the internal sense of the ,word is its  
soul and  the sense of the letter is its
 body4 ,such is the ,word throughout4   
,this shows that it is a medium of      
conjunction of heaven with man1 and     
that its literal sense serves as a base 
and foundation4      ,footnote #a ,in   
the ,word ,egypt and ,egyptian signify  
the    natural and its knowledge 7n4    
#difg1 #ejgi1 #ejhj1 #ejie1 #eafj1      
#edfj1 #egii1 #fjae1 #fadg1 #fbeb1      
#gcee1 #gfdh1 #icdj1 #icia74    ,assyria
 signifies the rational 7n4 #aai1       
#aahf74 ,israel    signifies the        

spiritual 7n4 #edad1 #ehja1 #ehjc1      
#ehjf1 #ehab1 #ehag1    #ehai1 #ehbf1   
#ehcc1 #ehgi1 #eiea1 #fdbf1 #ffcg1      
#fhfb1 #fhfh1 #gjce1    #gjfb1 #gaih1   
#gbja1 #gbae1 #gbbc1 #gieg1 #hbcd1      
#hhje1 #icdj74      #cjh4 ,there is also
 a conjunction of heaven by means of the
 ,word with  those who are outside of   
the church where there is no ,word2 for 
the  ,lord's church is universal1 and is
 with all who acknowledge the  ,divine  
and live in charity4 ,moreover1 such are
 taught after death by  the angels and  
receive ,divine truths2#a on which      
subject more may be  seen below1 in the 
chapter on the heathen4 ,the universal  
church on  the earth in the sight of the
 ,lord resembles a single man1 just as  
heaven does 7see n4 #ei-gb72 but the    
church where the ,word is and  where the
 ,lord is known by means of it is like  
the heart and lungs in  that man4 ,it is
 known that all the viscera and members 
of the entire  body draw their life from
 the heart and lungs through various    

derivations2 and it is thus that those  
of the human race live who are  outside 
of the church where the ,word is1 and   
who constitute the  members of that man4
 ,again1 the conjunction of heaven with 
those who  are at a distance by means of
 the ,word may be compared to light     
radiating from a center all around4 ,the
 ,divine light is in the ,word1  and    
there the ,lord with heaven is present1 
and from that presence  those at a      
distance are in light2 but it would be  
otherwise if there  were no ,word4 ,this
 may be more clearly seen from what has 
been shown  above respecting the form of
 heaven in accordance with which all who
  are in heaven have affiliation and    
communication4 ,but while this  arcanum 
may be comprehended by those who are in 
spiritual light1 it  cannot be          
comprehended by those who are only in   
natural light2 for  innumerable things  
are clearly seen by those who are in    
spiritual  light that are not seen or   
are seen obscurely as a single thing by 

those who are only in natural light4    
,footnote #a ,the church specifically is
 where the ,word is and    where the    
,lord is known by means of it1 thus     
where ,divine    truths from heaven are 
revealed 7n4 #cheg1 #ajgfa74 ,the       
,lord's    church is with all in the    
whole globe who live in good in         
accordance with the principles of their 
religion 7n4 #cbfc1    #ffcg1 #ajgfe74  
,all wherever they are who live in good 
in    accordance with the principles of 
their religion and who    acknowledge   
the ,divine are accepted of the ,lord   
7n4 #behi-bfjd1    #bhfa1 #bhfc1 #cbfc1 
#daij1 #daig1 #fgjj1 #ibef74 ,and       
besides these    all children           
wheresoever they are born 7n4           
#bbhi-bcji1 #dgib74      #cji4 ,unless  
such a ,word had been given on this     
earth the man of this  earth would have 
been separated from heaven2 and if      
separated from  heaven he would have    
ceased to be rational1 for the human    
rational  exists by an influx of the    

light of heaven4 ,again1 the man of this
  earth is such that he is not capable  
of receiving direct revelation  and of  
being taught about ,divine truths by    
such revelation1 as the  inhabitants of 
other earths are1 that have been        
especially described  in another small  
work4 ,for the man of this earth is more
 in worldly  things1 that is1 in        
externals1 than the men of other earths1
 and it  is internal things that are    
receptive of revelation2 if it were     
received in external things the truth   
would not be understood4 ,that  such is 
the man of this earth is clearly evident
 from the state of  those who are within
 the church1 which is such that while   
they know  from the ,word about heaven1 
about hell1 about the life after death1 
still in heart they deny these things2  
although among them there are  some who 
have acquired a pre-eminent reputation  
for learning1 and who  might for that   
reason be supposed to be wiser than     
others4      #caj4 ,i have at times     

talked with angels about the ,word1     
saying that  it is despised by some on  
account of its simple style2 and that   
nothing whatever is known about its     
internal sense1 and for this  reason it 
is not believed that so much wisdom lies
 hid in it4 ,the  angels said that      
although the style of the ,word seems   
simple in the  sense of the letter1 it  
is such that nothing can ever be        
compared to  it in excellence1 since    
,divine wisdom lies concealed not only  
in the  meaning as a whole but also in  
each word2 and that in heaven this      
wisdom shines forth4 ,they wished to    
declare that this wisdom is the  light  
of heaven1 because it is ,divine truth1 
for that which shines in  heaven is the 
,divine truth 7see n4 #acb74 ,again1    
they said that  without such a ,word    
there would be no light of heaven with  
the men of  our earth1 nor would there  
be any conjunction of heaven with them2 
for there is conjunction only so far as 
the light of heaven is  present with    

man1 and that light is present only so  
far as ,divine  truth is revealed to man
 by means of the ,word4 ,this           
conjunction by  means of the            
correspondence of the spiritual sense of
 the ,word with  its natural sense is   
unknown to man1 because the man of this 
earth  knows nothing about the spiritual
 thought and speech of angels1 and  how 
it differs from the natural thought and 
speech of men2 and until  this is known 
it cannot in the least be known what the
 internal sense  is1 and that such      
conjunction is therefore possible by    
means of that  sense4 ,they said1       
furthermore1 that if this sense were    
known to man1  and if man in reading the
 ,word were to think in accordance with 
some  knowledge of it1 he would come    
into interior wisdom1 and would be      
still more conjoined with heaven1 since 
by this means he would enter  into ideas
 like the ideas of the angels4          
#caa4 ,,xxxv4 ,,heaven ,,and ,,hell     
,,are ,,from ,,the ,,human ,,race4      

,in the ,christian world it is wholly   
unknown that heaven and hell are  from  
the human race1 for it is believed that 
in the beginning angels  were created   
and heaven was thus formed2 also that   
the devil or ,satan  was an angel of    
light1 but having rebelled he was cast  
down with his  crew1 and thus hell was  
formed4 ,the angels never cease to      
wonder at  such a belief in the         
,christian world1 and still more that   
nothing is  really known about heaven1  
when in fact that is the primary        
principle  of all doctrine in the       
church4 ,but since such ignorance       
prevails they  rejoice in heart that it 
has pleased the ,lord to reveal to      
mankind at  this time many things about 
heaven and about hell1 thereby          
dispelling  as far as possible the      
darkness that has been daily increasing 
because the church has come to its end4 
#b ,they wish for this reason  that ,i  
should declare from their lips that in  
the entire heaven there  is not a single

 angel who was created such from the    
beginning1 nor in  hell any devil who   
was created an angel of light and cast  
down2 but  that all1 both in heaven and 
in hell1 are from the human race2 in    
heaven those who lived in the world in  
heavenly love and belief1 in  hell those
 who lived in infernal love and belief1 
also that it is  hell taken as a whole  
that is called the ,devil and ,satan-the
 name  ,devil being given to the hell   
that is behind1 where those are that    
are called evil genii1 and the name     
,satan being given to the hell  that is 
in front1 where those are that are      
called evil spirits4#a  ,the character  
of these hells will be described in the 
following  pages4 #c ,the angels said   
that the ,christian world had gathered  
such  a belief about those in heaven and
 those in hell from some passages  in   
the ,word understood according to the   
mere sense of the letter not            
illustrated and explained by genuine    
doctrine from the ,word2 although  the  

sense of the letter of the ,word until  
illuminated by genuine  doctrine1 draws 
the mind in different directions1 and   
this begets  ignorance1 heresies1 and   
errors4#b      ,footnote #a ,the hells  
taken together1 or the infernals taken  
together1 are called the ,devil and     
,satan 7n4 #fid74 ,those that    have   
been devils in the world become devils  
after death 7n4    #ifh74      ,footnote
 #b ,the doctrine of the church must be 
derived from    the ,word 7n4 #cdfd1    
#edjb1 #fhbb1 #fhcb1 #ajgfc1 #ajgfe74   
,without    doctrine the ,word is not   
understood 7n4 #ijbe1 #idji1 #idbd1     
#idcj1    #ajcbd1 #ajdca1 #ajehb74 ,true
 doctrine is a lamp to those who read   
the ,word 7n4 #ajdjj74 ,genuine doctrine
 must be from those who    are          
enlightened by the ,lord 7n4 #beaj1     
#beaf1 #beai1 #idbd1 #ajaje74    ,those 
who are in the sense of the letter      
without doctrine come    into no        
understanding of ,divine truths 7n4     
#idji1 #idaj1 #ajehb74    ,and they are 

led away into many errors 7n4 #ajdca74  
,the    difference between those who    
teach and learn from the doctrine    of 
the church derived from the ,word and   
those who teach and    learn from the   
sense of the letter alone 7n4 #ijbe74   
#cab4 ,the man of the church also       
derives this belief from his  believing 
that no man comes into heaven or into   
hell until the time  of the final       
judgment2 and about that he has accepted
 the opinion  that all visible things   
will perish at that time and new things 
will  come into existence1 and that the 
soul will then return into its  body1   
and from that union man will again live 
as a man4 ,this belief  involves the    
other-that angels were created such from
 the beginning2  for it is impossible to
 believe that heaven and hell are from  
the  human race when it is believed that
 no man can go there until the end  of  
the world4 #b ,but that men might be    
convinced that this is not  true it has 
been granted me to be in company with   

angels1 and also to  talk with those who
 are in hell1 and this now for some     
years1  sometimes continuously from     
morning until evening1 and thus be      
informed about heaven and hell4 ,this   
has been permitted that the man  of the 
church may no longer continue in his    
erroneous belief about  the resurrection
 at the time of judgment1 and about the 
state of the  soul in the meanwhile1    
also about angels and the devil4 ,as    
this  belief is a belief in what is     
false it involves the mind in darkness1 
and with those who think about these    
things from their own  intelligence it  
induces doubt and at length denial1 for 
they say in  heart1 ,how can so vast a  
heaven1 with so many constellations and 
with the sun and moon1 be destroyed and 
dissipated2 and how can the  stars which
 are larger than the earth fall from    
heaven to the earth2  and can bodies    
eaten up by worms1 consumed by          
corruption1 and  scattered to all the   
winds1 be gathered together again to    

their  souls2 and where in the meantime 
is the soul1 and what is it when        
deprived of the senses it had in the    
body8 #c ,with many other like  things1 
which being incomprehensible cannot be  
believed1 and which  destroy the belief 
of many in the life of the soul after   
death1 and  their belief in heaven and  
hell1 and with these other matters      
pertaining to the faith of the church4  
,that this belief has been  destroyed is
 evident from its being said1 ,who has  
ever come to us  from heaven and told us
 that there is a heaven8 ,what is hell8 
is  there any8 ,what is this about man's
 being tormented with fire to  eternity8
 ,what is the day of judgment8 has it   
not been expected in  vain for ages8    
with other things that involve a denial 
of  everything4 #d ,therefore lest those
 who think in this way-as many do  who  
from their worldly wisdom are regarded  
as erudite and  learned-should any      
longer confound and mislead the simple  
in faith  and heart1 and induce infernal

 darkness respecting ,god and heaven and
  eternal life1 and all else that       
depends on these1 the interiors of my   
spirit have been opened by the ,lord1   
and ,i have thus been permitted  to talk
 with all after their decease with whom 
,i was ever acquainted  in the life of  
the body-with some for days1 with some  
for months1 and  with some for a year1  
and also with so many others that ,i    
should not  exaggerate if ,i should say 
a hundred thousand2 many of whom were in
  heaven1 and many in hell4 ,i have also
 talked with some two days after  their 
decease1 and have told them that their  
funeral services and  obsequies were    
then being held in preparation for their
 interment2 to  which they replied that 
it was well to cast aside that which had
  served them as a body and for bodily  
functions in the world2 and they  wished
 me to say that they were not dead1 but 
were living as men the  same as before1 
and had merely migrated from one world  
into the  other1 and were not aware of  

having lost anything1 since they had a  
body and its senses just as before1 also
 understanding and will just  as before1
 with thoughts and affections1          
sensations and desires1 like  those they
 had in the world4 #e ,most of those who
 had recently died1  when they saw      
themselves to be living men as before1  
and in a like  state 7for after death   
everyone's state of life is at first    
such as  it was in the world1 but there 
is a gradual change in it either into   
heaven or into hell71 were moved by new 
joy at being alive1 saying  that they   
had not believed that it would be so4   
,but they greatly  wondered that they   
should have lived in such ignorance and 
blindness  about the state of their life
 after death2 and especially that the   
man of the church should be in such     
ignorance and blindness1 when  above all
 others in the whole world he might be  
clearly enlightened  in regard to these 
things4#a ,then they began to see the   
cause of  that blindness and ignorance1 

which is1 that external things which    
are things1 relating to the world and   
the body1 had so occupied and  filled   
their minds that they could not be      
raised into the light of  heaven and    
look into the things of the church      
beyond its doctrinals2  for when matters
 relating to the body and the world are 
loved1 as  they are at the present day1 
nothing but darkness flows into the mind
  when men go beyond those doctrines4   
,footnote #a ,there are few in          
,christendom at this day who    believe 
that man rises again immediately after  
death 7preface    to ,genesis1 chap4 #af
 and n4 #dfbb1 #ajgeh72 but it is       
believed    that he will rise again at  
the time of the final judgment1 when    
the visible world will perish 7n4       
#ajeie74 ,the reason of this    belief  
7n4 #ajeie1 #ajgeh74 ,nevertheless man  
does rise again    immediately after    
death1 and then he is a man in all      
respects1    and in every least respect 
7n4 #debg1 #ejjf1 #ejgh1 #hici1 #hiia1  

#ajeid1 #ajgeh74 ,the soul that lives   
after death is the spirit of    man1    
which in man is the man himself1 and in 
the other life is    in a complete human
 form 7n4 #cbb1 #ahhj1 #ahha1 #cfcc1    
#dfbb1 #dgce1    #ehhc1 #fjed1 #ffje1   
#ffbf1 #gjba1 #ajeid72 from experience  
7n4 #debg1    #ejjf1 #hici72 from the   
,word 7n4 #ajeig74 ,what is meant by the
    dead seen in the holy city 7,matt4  
#bg3ec7 explained 7n4 #ibbi74    ,in    
what manner man is raised from the dead1
 from experience 7n4    #afh-ahi74 ,his 
state after his resurrection 7n4        
#cag-cai1 #baai1    #ejgi1 #ajeif74     
,false opinions about the soul and its  
resurrection 7n4 #ddd1 #dde1 #debg1     
#dfbb1 #dfeh74      #cac4 ,very many of 
the learned from the ,christian world   
are astonished  when they find          
themselves after death in a body1 in    
garments1 and in  houses1 as in the     
world4 ,and when they recall what they  
had thought  about the life after death1
 the soul1 spirits1 and heaven and hell1

  they are ashamed and confess that they
 thought foolishly1 and that  the simple
 in faith thought much more wisely than 
they4 ,when the  minds of learned men   
who had confirmed themselves in such    
ideas and  had ascribed all things to   
nature were examined1 it was found that 
their interiors were wholly closed up   
and their exteriors were  opened1 that  
they looked towards the world and thus  
towards hell and  not towards heaven4   
,for to the extent that man's interiors 
are opened  he looks towards heaven1 but
 to the extent that his interiors are   
closed and his exteriors opened he looks
 towards hell1 because the  interiors of
 man are formed for the reception of all
 things of  heaven1 but the exteriors   
for the reception of all things of the  
world2 and those who receive the world1 
and not heaven also1 receive  hell4#a   
,footnote #a ,in man the spiritual world
 and the natural world    are conjoined 
7n4 #fjeg74 ,the internal of man is     
formed after    the image of heaven1 but

 the external after the image of the    
world 7n4 #cfbh1 #debc1 #debd1 #fjac1   
#fjeg1 #igjf1 #ajaef1 #ajdgb74          
#cad4 ,that heaven is from the human    
race can be seen also from the  fact    
that angelic minds and human minds are  
alike1 both enjoying the  ability to    
understand1 perceive and will1 and both 
formed to receive  heaven2 for the human
 mind is just as capable of becoming    
wise as the  angelic mind2 and if it    
does not attain to such wisdom in the   
world  it is because it is in an earthly
 body1 and in that body its  spiritual  
mind thinks naturally4 ,but it is       
otherwise when the mind is  loosed from 
the bonds of that body2 then it no      
longer thinks  naturally1 but           
spiritually1 and when it thinks         
spiritually its  thoughts are           
incomprehensible and ineffable to the   
natural man2 thus  it becomes wise like 
an angel1 all of which shows that the   
internal  part of man1 called his       
spirit1 is in its essence an angel 7see 

above1 n4 #eg72a and when loosed from   
the earthly body is1 equally  with the  
angel1 in the human form4 7,that an     
angel is in a complete  human form may  
be seen above1 n4 #gc-gg47 ,when1       
however1 the internal  of man is not    
open above but only beneath1 it is      
still1 after it has  been loosed from   
the body1 in a human form1 but a        
horrible and  diabolical form1 for it is
 able only to look downwards towards    
hell1  and not upwards towards heaven4  
,footnote #a ,there are as many degrees 
of life in man as there    are heavens1 
and they are opened after death in      
accordance with    his life 7n4 #cgdg1  
#ieid74 ,heaven is in man 7n4 #chhd74   
,men who    are living a life of love   
and charity have in them angelic        
wisdom1 although it is for the time     
hidden1 but they come into    that      
wisdom after death 7n4 #bdid74 ,the man 
who receives from    the ,lord the good 
of love and of faith is called in the   
,word an    angel 7n4 #ajebh74          

#cae4 ,moreover1 any one who has been   
taught about ,divine order can          
understand that man was created to      
become an angel1 because the  outmost of
 order is in him 7n4 #cjd71 in which    
what pertains to  heavenly and angelic  
wisdom can be brought into form and can 
be  renewed and multiplied4 ,divine     
order never stops midway to form there  
a something apart from an outmost1 for  
it is not in its fullness and           
completion there2 but it goes on to the 
outmost2 and when it is in  its outmost 
it takes on its form1 and by means there
 collected it  renews itself and        
produces itself further1 which is       
accomplished  through procreations4     
,therefore the seed-ground of heaven is 
in the  outmost4      #caf4 ,the ,lord  
rose again not as to ,his spirit alone  
but also as to  ,his body1 because when 
,he was in the world ,he glorified ,his 
whole  ,human1 that is1 made it ,divine2
 for ,his soul which ,he had from the   
,father was of ,itself the very ,divine1

 while ,his body became a  likeness of  
the soul1 that is1 of the ,father1 thus 
also ,divine4 ,this  is why ,he1        
differently from any man1 rose again as 
to both2#a and  this ,he made manifest  
to the disciples 7who when they saw ,him
  believed that they saw a spirit71 by  
saying3         ,see ,my hands and ,my  
feet1 that it is ,i ,myself2 handle ,me 
and see1 for a spirit hath not flesh and
 bones as ye       behold ,me having    
7,luke #bd3cf-ci72    indicating thereby
 that ,he was a man both in respect to  
,his spirit  and in respect to ,his     
body4      ,footnote #a ,man rises again
 only as to his spirit 7n4 #ajeic1      
#ajeid74 ,the ,lord alone rose again in 
respect also to ,his body    7n4 #agbi1 
#bjhc1 #ejgh1 #ajhbe74      #cag4 ,that 
it might be made clear that man lives   
after death and  enters in accordance   
with his life in the world either into  
heaven or  into hell1 many things have  
been disclosed to me about the state of 
man after death1 which will be presented

 in due order in the  following pages1  
where the world of spirits is treated   
of4        #cah4 ,,xxxvi4 ,,the         
,,heathen1 ,,or ,,peoples ,,outside ,,of
 ,,the ,,church1 ,,in ,,heaven4         
,there is a general opinion that those  
born outside of the church1 who  are    
called the nations1 or heathen1 cannot  
be saved1 because not  having the ,word 
they know nothing about the ,lord1 and  
apart from the  ,lord there is no       
salvation4 ,but that these also are     
saved this alone  makes certain1 that   
the mercy of the ,lord is universal1    
that is1  extends to every individual2  
that these equally with those within the
  church1 who are few in comparison1 are
 born men1 and that their  ignorance of 
the ,lord is not their fault4 ,any one  
who thinks from any  enlightened reason 
can see that no man is born for hell1   
for the ,lord  is love itself and ,his  
love is to will the salvation of all4   
,therefore ,he has provided a religion  
for everyone1 and by it  acknowledgment 

of the ,divine and interior life2 for to
 live in  accordance with one's religion
 is to live interiorly1 since one then  
looks to the ,divine1 and so far as he  
looks to the ,divine he does not  look  
to the world but separates himself from 
the world1 that is1 from  the life of   
the world1 which is exterior life4#a    
,footnote #a ,the heathen equally with  
the ,christians are saved    7n4 #icb1  
#ajcb1 #ajei1 #bbhd1 #behi1 #beij1      
#cggh1 #daij1 #daig74 ,the    lot of the
 nations and peoples outside of the     
church in the    other life 7n4         
#behi-bfjd74 ,the church is specifically
 where the    ,word is1 and by it the   
,lord is known 7n4 #cheg1 #ajgfa74      
,nevertheless1 those born where the     
,word is and where the ,lord    is known
 are not on that account of the church1 
but only those    who live a life of    
charity and of faith 7n4 #ffcg1 #ajadc1 
#ajaec1    #ajegh1 #ajfde1 #ajhbi74 ,the
 ,lord's church is with all in the      
whole world who live in good in         

accordance with their religion    and   
acknowledge a ,divine1 and such are     
accepted of the ,lord and    come into  
heaven 7n4 #behi-bfjd1 #bhfa1 #bhfc1    
#cbfc1 #daij1 #daig1    #fgjj1 #ibef74  
#cai4 ,that the heathen equally with    
,christians are saved any one can  see  
who knows what it is that makes heaven  
in man2 for heaven is  within man1 and  
those that have heaven within them come 
into heaven4  ,heaven with man is       
acknowledging the ,divine and being led 
by the  ,divine4 ,the first and chief   
thing of every religion is to           
acknowledge  the ,divine4 ,a religion   
that does not acknowledge the ,divine is
 no  religion4 ,the precepts of every   
religion look to worship2 thus to the   
way in which the ,divine is to be       
worshiped that the worship may be       
acceptable to ,him2 and when this has   
been settled in one's mind1 that  is1 so
 far as one wills this or so far as he  
loves it1 he is led by  the ,lord4      
,everyone knows that the heathen as well

 as ,christians live  a moral life1 and 
many of them a better life than         
,christians4 ,moral  life may be lived  
either out of regard to the ,divine or  
out of regard  to men in the world2 and 
a moral life that is lived out of regard
 to  the ,divine is a spiritual life4   
,in outward form the two appear alike1  
but in inward form they are wholly      
different2 the one saves man1 the  other
 does not4 ,for he who lives a moral    
life out of regard to the  ,divine is   
led by the ,divine2 while he who leads a
 moral life out of  regard to men in the
 world is led by himself4 #b ,but this  
may be  illustrated by an example4 ,he  
that refrains from doing evil to his    
neighbor because it is antagonistic to  
religion1 that is1  antagonistic to the 
,divine1 refrains from doing evil from a
 spiritual  motive2 but he that refrains
 from doing evil to another merely from 
fear of the law1 or the loss of         
reputation1 of honor1 or gain1 that  is1
 from regard to self and the world1     

refrains from doing evil from  a natural
 motive1 and is led by himself4 ,the    
life of the latter is  natural1 that of 
the former is spiritual4 ,a man whose   
moral life is  spiritual has heaven     
within him2 but he whose moral life is  
merely  natural does not have heaven    
within him2 and for the reason that     
heaven flows in from above and opens    
man's interiors1 and through his        
interiors flows into his exteriors2     
while the world flows in from  beneath  
and opens the exteriors but not the     
interiors4 ,for there can  be no flowing
 in from the natural world into the     
spiritual1 but only  from the spiritual 
world into the natural2 therefore if    
heaven is not  also received1 the       
interiors remain closed4 ,all this makes
 clear who  those are that receive      
heaven within them1 and who do not4 #c  
,and  yet heaven is not the same in one 
as in another4 ,it differs in each  one 
in accordance with his affection for    
good and its truth4 ,those  that are in 

an affection for good out of regard to  
the ,divine1 love  ,divine truth1 since 
good and truth love each other and      
desire to be  conjoined4#a ,this        
explains why the heathen1 although they 
are not in  genuine truths in the world1
 yet because of their love receive      
truths  in the other life4              
,footnote #a ,between good and truth    
there is a kind of marriage    7n4      
#aijd1 #bagc1 #bejh74 ,good and truth   
are in a perpetual    endeavor to be    
conjoined1 and good longs for truth and 
for    conjunction with it 7n4 #ibjf1   
#ibjg1 #idie74 ,how the conjunction     
of good and truth takes place1 and in   
whom 7n4 #chcd1 #chdc1    #djif1 #djig1 
#dcja1 #dcde1 #dcec1 #dcfd1 #dcfh1      
#ecfe1 #gfbc-gfbg1    #ibeh74      #cbj4
 ,a certain spirit from among the       
heathen who had lived in the  world in  
good of charity in accordance with his  
religion1 hearing  ,christian spirits   
reasoning about what must be believed1  
7for spirits  reason with each other far

 more thoroughly and acutely than men1  
especially about what is good and true17
 wondered at such  contentions1 and said
 that he did not care to listen to them1
 for  they reasoned from appearances and
 fallacies2 and he gave them this       
instruction3 ,if ,i am good ,i can know 
from the good itself what is  true2 and 
what ,i do not know ,i can receive4     
#cba4 ,i have been taught in many ways  
that the heathen who have led a  moral  
life and have lived in obedience and    
subordination and mutual  charity in    
accordance with their religion1 and have
 thus received  something of conscience1
 are accepted in the other life1 and are
  there instructed with solicitous care 
by the angels in the goods and  truths  
of faith2 and that when they are being  
taught they behave  themselves modestly1
 intelligently1 and wisely1 and readily 
accept  truths and adopt them4 ,they    
have not worked out for themselves any  
principles of falsity antagonistic to   
the truths of faith that will  need to  

be shaken off1 still less cavils against
 the ,lord1 as many  ,christians have   
who cherish no other idea of ,him than  
that ,he is an  ordinary man4 ,the      
heathen on the contrary when they hear  
that ,god has  become a ,man1 and has   
thus manifested ,himself in the world1  
immediately acknowledge it and worship  
the ,lord1 saying that because  ,god is 
the ,god of heaven and of earth1 and    
because the human race is  ,his1 ,he has
 fully disclosed ,himself to men4#a ,it 
is a ,divine truth  that apart from the 
,lord there is no salvation2 but this is
 to be  understood to mean that there is
 no salvation except from the ,lord4    
,there are many earths in the universe1 
and all of them full of  inhabitants1   
scarcely any of whom know that the ,lord
 took on the  ,human on our earth4 ,yet 
because they worship the ,divine under a
 human  form they are accepted and led  
by the ,lord4 ,on this subject more may 
be seen in the little work on ,the      
,earths in the ,universe4      ,footnote

 #a ,difference between the good in     
which the heathen    are and that in    
which ,christians are 7n4 #dahi1 #daig74
 ,truths    with the heathen 7n4 #cbfc1 
#cggh1 #daij74 ,the interiors cannot be 
so closed up with the heathen as with   
,christians 7n4 #ibef74    ,neither can 
so thick a cloud exist with the heathen 
who live in    mutual charity in        
accordance with their religion as with  
,christians who live in no charity2 the 
reasons 7n4 #ajei1 #ibef74    ,the      
heathen cannot profane the holy things  
of the church as the    ,christians do1 
because they are ignorant of them 7n4   
#acbg1    #acbh1 #bjea74 ,they have a   
fear of ,christians on account of their 
lives 7n4 #beif1 #beig74 ,those that    
have lived well in accordance    with   
their religion are taught by angels and 
readily accept the    truths of faith   
and acknowledge the ,lord 7n4 #bjdi1    
#beie1 #beih1    #bfjj1 #bfja1 #bfjc1   
#bhfa1 #bhfc1 #cbfc74      #cbb4 ,among 
the heathen1 as among ,christians1 there

 are both wise and  simple4 ,that ,i    
might learn about them ,i have been     
permitted to speak  with both1 sometimes
 for hours and days4 ,but there are no  
such wise  men now as in ancient times1 
especially in the ,ancient ,church1     
which  extended over a large part of the
 ,asiatic world1 and from which         
religion spread to many nations4 ,that  
,i might wholly know about them  ,i have
 been permitted to have familiar        
conversation with some of  these wise   
men4 ,there was with me one who was     
among the wiser of his  time1 and       
consequently well known in the learned  
world1 with whom ,i  talked on various  
subjects1 and had reason to believe that
 it was  ,cicero4 ,knowing that he was a
 wise man ,i talked with him about      
wisdom1 intelligence1 order1 and the    
,word1 and lastly about the ,lord4  #b  
,of wisdom he said that there is no     
other wisdom than the wisdom  of life1  
and that wisdom can be predicated of    
nothing else2 of  intelligence that it  

is from wisdom2 of order1 that it is    
from the  ,supreme ,god1 and that to    
live in that order is to be wise and    
intelligent4 ,as to the ,word1 when ,i  
read to him something from the  prophets
 he was greatly delighted1 especially   
with this1 that every  name and every   
word signified interior things2 and he  
wondered  greatly that learned men at   
this day are not delighted with such    
study4 ,i saw plainly that the interiors
 of his thought or mind had  been       
opened4 ,he said that he was unable to  
hear more1 as he perceived  something   
more holy than he could bear1 being     
affected so interiorly4  #c ,at length  
,i spoke with him about the ,lord1      
saying that while ,he  was born a man   
,he was conceived of ,god1 and that ,he 
put off the  maternal human and put on  
the ,divine ,human1 and that it is ,he  
that  governs the universe4 ,to this he 
replied that he knew some things        
concerning the ,lord1 and perceived in  
his way that if mankind were to  be     

saved it could not have been done       
otherwise4 ,in the meantime some  bad   
,christians infused various cavils2 but 
to these he gave no  attention1         
remarking that this was not strange1    
since in the life of  the body they had 
imbibed unbecoming ideas on the subject1
 and until  they got rid of these they  
could not admit ideas that confirmed the
  truth1 as the ignorant can4      #cbc4
 ,it has also been granted me to talk   
with others who lived in  ancient times1
 and who were then among the more wise4 
,at first they  appeared in front at a  
distance1 and were able then to perceive
 the  interiors of my thoughts1 thus    
many things fully4 ,from one idea of    
thought they were able to discern the   
entire series and fill it with          
delightful things of wisdom combined    
with charming representations4  ,from   
this they were perceived to be among the
 more wise1 and ,i was  told that they  
were some of the ancient people2 and    
when they came  nearer ,i read to them  

something from the ,word1 and they were 
delighted beyond measure4 ,i perceived  
the essence of their delight  and       
gratification1 which arose chiefly from 
this1 that all things and  each thing   
they heard from the ,word were          
representative and  significative of    
heavenly and spiritual things4 ,they    
said that in  their time1 when they     
lived in the world1 their mode of       
thinking and  speaking and also of      
writing was of this nature1 and that    
this was  their pursuit of wisdom4      
#cbd4 ,but as regards the heathen of the
 present day1 they are not so  wise1 but
 most of them are simple in heart4      
,nevertheless1 those of  them that have 
lived in mutual charity receive wisdom  
in the other  life1 and of these one or 
two examples may be cited4 ,when ,i read
 the  seventeenth and eighteenth        
chapters of ,judges 7about ,micah1 and  
how  the sons of ,dan carried away his  
graven image and teraphim and  ,levite7 
a heathen spirit was present who in the 

life of the body had  worshiped a graven
 image4 ,he listened attentively to the 
account of  what was done to ,micah1 and
 his grief on account of his graven     
image  which the ,danites took away1 and
 such grief came upon him and moved  him
 that he scarcely knew1 by reason of    
inward distress1 what to  think4 ,not   
only was this grief perceived1 but also 
the innocence that  was in all his      
affections4 ,the ,christian spirits that
 were present  watched him and wondered 
that a worshiper of a graven image      
should  have so great a feeling of      
sympathy and innocence stirred in him4  
,afterwards some good spirits talked    
with him1 saying that graven  images    
should not be worshiped1 and that being 
a man he was capable  of understanding  
this2 that he ought1 apart from a graven
 image1 to  think of ,god the ,creator  
and ,ruler of the whole heaven and the  
whole  earth1 and that ,god is the      
,lord4 ,when this was said ,i was       
permitted  to perceive the interior     

nature of his adoration1 which was      
communicated to me2 and it was much more
 holy than is the case of  ,christians1 
,this makes clear that at the present   
day the heathen come  into heaven with  
less difficulty than ,christians1       
according to the  ,lord's words in      
,luke3         ,then shall they come    
from the east and the west1 and from    
the north and the south1 and shall      
recline in the kingdom       of ,god4   
,and behold1 there are last who shall be
 first1 and       there are first who   
shall be last 7#ac3bi1 #cj74    ,for in 
the state in which that spirit was he   
could be imbued with all  things of     
faith and receive them with interior    
affection2 there was  in him the mercy  
of love1 and in his ignorance there was 
innocence2  and when these are present  
all things of faith are received as it  
were spontaneously and with joy4 ,he was
 afterwards received among  angels4     
#cbe4 ,a choir at a distance was heard  
one morning1 and from the  choir's      

representations ,i was permitted to know
 that they were  ,chinese1 for they     
exhibited a kind of woolly goat1 then a 
cake of  millet1 and an ebony spoon1    
also the idea of a floating city4 ,they 
desired to come nearer to me1 and when  
they had joined me they said  that they 
wished to be alone with me1 that they   
might disclose their  thoughts4 ,but    
they were told that they were not alone1
 and that some  were displeased at their
 wishing to be alone1 although they were
  guests4 ,when they perceived this     
displeasure they began to think  whether
 they had transgressed against the      
neighbor1 and whether they  had claimed 
any thing to themselves that belonged to
 others4 ,all  thought in the other life
 being communicated ,i was permitted to 
perceive the agitation of their minds4  
,it consisted of a recognition  that    
possibly they had injured those who were
 displeased1 of shame on  that account1 
together with other worthy affections2  
and it was thus  known that they were   

endowed with charity4 ,soon after ,i    
spoke with  them1 and at last about the 
,lord4 ,when ,i called ,him ,christ ,i  
perceived a certain repugnance in them2 
but the reason was disclosed1  namely1  
that they had brought this from the     
world1 from their having  learned that  
,christians lived worse lives than they 
did1 and were  destitute of charity4    
,but when ,i called ,him simply ,lord   
they were  interiorly moved4            
,afterwards1 they were taught by the    
angels that the  ,christian doctrine    
beyond every other in the world         
prescribes love  and charity1 but that  
there are few who live in accordance    
with it4  ,there are heathen who have   
come to know while they lived in the    
world1 both from interaction and report1
 that ,christians lead bad  lives1 are  
addicted to adultery1 hatred1           
quarreling1 drunkenness1 and  the like1 
which they themselves abhor because such
 things are  contrary to their religion4
 ,these in the other life are more timid

  than others about accepting the truths
 of faith2 but they are taught  by the  
angels that the ,christian doctrine1 as 
well as the faith  itself1 teaches a    
very different life1 but that the lives 
of  ,christians are less in accord with 
their doctrine than the lives of        
heathen4 ,when they recognize this they 
receive the truths of faith1  and adore 
the ,lord1 but less readily than others4
      #cbf4 ,it is a common thing for   
heathen that have worshiped any god     
under an image or statue1 or any graven 
thing to be introduced1 when  they come 
into the other life1 to certain spirits 
in place of their  gods or idols1 in    
order that they may rid themselves of   
their  fantasies4 ,when they have been  
with these for some days1 the  fantasies
 are put away4 ,also those that have    
worshiped men are  sometimes introduced 
to the men they have worshiped1 or to   
others in  their place--as many of the  
,jews to ,abraham1 ,jacob1 ,moses1 and  
,david-but when they come to see that   

they are human the same as  others1 and 
that they can give them no help1 they   
become ashamed1 and  are carried to     
their own places in accordance with     
their lives4 ,among  the heathen in     
heaven the ,africans are most beloved1  
for they receive  the goods and truths  
of heaven more readily than others4     
,they  especially wish to be called     
obedient1 but not faithful4 ,they say   
that as ,christians possess the doctrine
 of faith they may be called  faithful2 
but not they unless they accept that    
doctrine1 or as they  say1 have the     
ability to accept it4      #cbg4 ,i have
 talked with some who were in the       
,ancient ,church4 ,that is  called the  
,ancient ,church that was established   
after the deluge1 and  extended through 
many kingdoms1 namely1 ,assyria1        
,mesopotamia1 ,syria1  ,ethiopia1       
,arabia1 ,libya1 ,egypt1 ,philistia as  
far as ,tyre and ,zidon1  and through   
the land of ,canaan on both sides of the
 ,jordan4#a ,the  men of this church    

knew about the ,lord that ,he was to    
come1 and were  imbued with the goods of
 faith1 and yet they fell away and      
became  idolaters4 ,these spirits were  
in front towards the left1 in a dark    
place and in a miserable state4 ,their  
speech was like the sound of a  pipe of 
one tone1 almost without rational       
thought4 ,they said they had  been there
 for many centuries1 and that they are  
sometimes taken out  that they may serve
 others for certain uses of a low order4
 ,from this  ,i was led to think about  
many ,christians--who are inwardly      
though not  outwardly idolaters1 since  
they are worshipers of self and of the  
world1 and in heart deny the ,lord-what 
lot awaits such in the other  life4     
,footnote #a ,the first and ,most       
,ancient ,church on this earth    was   
that which is described in the first    
chapters of ,genesis1    and that church
 above all others was celestial 7n4     
#fjg1 #hie1    #ibj1 #aaba-aabd1 #bhif1 
#ddic1 #hhia1 #iidb1 #ajede74 ,what the 

celestial are in heaven 7n4 #aaad-aabe74
 ,there were various    churches after  
the flood which are called ancient      
churches 7n4    #aabe-aabg1 #acbg1      
#ajcee74 ,what the men of the ,ancient  
,church    were 7n4 #fji1 #hie74 ,the   
ancient churches were representative    
churches 7n4 #eai1 #eba1 #bhif74 ,in the
 ,ancient ,church there was a    ,word1 
but it has been lost 7n4 #bhig74 ,the   
character of the    ,ancient ,church    
when it began to decline 7n4 #aabh74    
,the    difference between the ,most    
,ancient ,church and the ,ancient       
,church 7n4 #eig1 #fjg1 #fdj1 #fda1     
#gfe1 #ghd1 #hie1 #ddic74 ,the          
statutes1 the judgments1 and the laws1  
which were commanded in    the ,jewish  
,church1 were in part like those in the 
,ancient    ,church 7n4 #dbhh1 #dddi1   
#ajadi74 ,the ,god of the ,most ,ancient
    ,church and of the ,ancient ,church 
was the ,lord1 and ,he was    called    
,jehovah 7n4 #acdc1 #fhdf74      #cbh4  
,that the church of the ,lord is spread 

over all the globe1 and is  thus        
universal2 and that all those are in it 
who have lived in the  good of charity  
in accordance with their religion2 and  
that the  church1 where the ,word is and
 by means of it the ,lord is known1 is  
in  relation to those who are out of the
 church like the heart and lungs  in    
man1 from which all the viscera and     
members of the body have their  life1   
variously according to their forms1     
positions1 and  conjunctions1 may be    
seen above 7n4 #cjh74        #cbi4      
,,xxxvii4 ,,little ,,children ,,in      
,,heaven4    ,it is a belief of some    
that only such children as are born     
within the  church go to heaven1 and    
that those born out of the church do    
not1  and for the reason that the       
children within the church are baptized 
and by baptism are initiated into faith 
of the church4 ,such are not  aware that
 no one receives heaven or faith through
 baptism2 for  baptism is merely for a  
sign and memorial that man should be    

regenerated1 and that those born within 
the church can be regenerated  because  
the ,word is there1 and in the ,word are
 the ,divine truths by  means of which  
regeneration is effected1 and there the 
,lord who  regenerates is known4#a ,let 
them know therefore that every child1   
wherever he is born1 whether within the 
church or outside of it1  whether of    
pious parents or impious1 is received   
when he dies by the  ,lord and trained  
up in heaven1 and taught in accordance  
with ,divine  order1 and imbued with    
affections for what is good1 and through
 these  with knowledges of what is true2
 and afterwards as he is perfected in   
intelligence and wisdom is introduced   
into heaven and becomes an  angel4      
,everyone who thinks from reason can be 
sure that all are born  for heaven and  
no one for hell1 and if man comes into  
hell he himself  is culpable2 but little
 children cannot be held culpable4      
,footnote #a ,baptism signifies         
regeneration by the ,lord by    means of

 the truths of faith from the ,word 7n4 
#dbee1 #eabj1    #ijhh1 #ajbci1         
#ajchf-ajchh1 #ajcib74 ,baptism is a    
sign that the    man baptized is of the 
church in which the ,lord1 who          
regenerates1 is acknowledged1 and where 
the ,word is from which    are the      
truths of faith1 by means of which      
regeneration is    effected 7n4         
#ajchf-ajchh74 ,baptism confers neither 
faith nor    salvation1 but it is a     
witness that those who are being        
regenerated will receive faith and      
salvation 7n4 #ajcia74      #ccj4 ,when 
children die they are still children in 
the other life1  having a like infantile
 mind1 a like innocence in ignorance1   
and a  like tenderness in all things4   
,they are merely in the rudiments of a  
capacity to become angels1 for children 
are not angels but become  angels4 ,for 
everyone passing out of this world      
enters the other in  the same state of  
life1 a little child in the state of a  
little  child1 a boy in the state of a  

boy1 a youth1 a man1 an old man1 in  the
 state of a youth1 a man1 or an old man2
 but subsequently each  one's state is  
changed4 ,the state of little children  
surpasses the  state of all others in   
that they are in innocence1 and evil has
 not  yet been rooted in them by actual 
life2 and in innocence all things  of   
heaven can be implanted1 for it is a    
receptacle of the truth of  faith and of
 the good of love4      #cca4 ,the state
 of children in the other life far      
surpasses their  state in the world1 for
 they are not clothed with an earthly   
body1  but with such a body as the      
angels have4 ,the earthly body is in    
itself gross1 and receives its first    
sensations and first motions not  from  
the inner or spiritual world1 but from  
the outer or natural  world2 and in     
consequence in this world children must 
be taught to  walk1 to guide their      
motions1 and to speak2 and even their   
senses1 as  seeing and hearing1 must be 
opened by use4 ,it is not so with       

children  in the other life4 ,as they   
are spirits they act at once in         
accordance  with their interiors1       
walking without practice1 and also      
talking1 but  at first from general     
affections not yet distinguished into   
ideas of  thought2 but they are quickly 
initiated into these also1 for the      
reason that their exteriors are         
homogeneous with their interiors4 ,the  
speech of angels 7as may be seen above1 
n1 #bcd-bde7 so flows forth  from       
affection modified by ideas of thought  
that their speech  completely conforms  
to their thoughts from affection4       
#ccb4 ,as soon as little children are   
resuscitated1 which takes place         
immediately after death1 they are taken 
into heaven and confided to  angel women
 who in the life of the body tenderly   
loved little  children and at the same  
time loved ,god4 ,because these during  
their  life in the world loved all      
children with a kind of motherly        
tenderness1 they receive them as their  

own2 while the children1 from  an       
implanted instinct1 love them as their  
own mothers4 ,there are as  many        
children in each one's care as she      
desires from a spiritual  parental      
affection4 ,this heaven appears in front
 before the forehead1  directly in the  
line or radius in which the angels look 
to the ,lord4  ,it is so situated       
because all little children are under   
the immediate  auspices of the ,lord2   
and the heaven of innocence1 which is   
the third  heaven1 flows into them4     
#ccc4 ,little children have various     
dispositions1 some that of the          
spiritual angels and some that of the   
celestial angels4 ,those who are  of a  
celestial disposition are seen in that  
heaven to the right1 and  those of a    
spiritual disposition to the left4 ,all 
children in the  ,greatest ,man1 which  
is heaven1 are in the province of the   
eyes-those  of a spiritual disposition  
in the province of the left eye1 and    
those  of a celestial disposition in the

 province of the right eye4 ,this is    
because the angels who are in the       
spiritual kingdom see the ,lord  before 
the left eye1 and those who are in the  
celestial kingdom  before the right eye 
7see above1 n4 #aah74 ,this fact that in
 the  ,greatest ,man or heaven children 
are in the province of the eyes is a    
proof that they are under the immediate 
sight and auspices of the  ,lord4       
#ccd4 ,how children are taught in heaven
 shall also be briefly told4  ,from     
their nurses they learn to talk4 ,their 
earliest speech is simply  a sound of   
affection2 this by degrees becomes more 
distinct as ideas  of thought enter2 for
 ideas of thought from affections       
constitute all  angelic speech 7as may  
be seen in its own chapter1 n4          
#bcd-bde74 ,into  their affections1 all 
of which proceed from innocence1 such   
things as  appear before their eyes and 
cause delight are first instilled2 and  
as these things are from a spiritual    
origin the things of heaven at  once    

flow into them1 and by means of these   
heavenly things their  interiors are    
opened1 and they are thereby daily      
perfected4 ,but when  this first age is 
completed they are transferred to       
another heaven1  where they are taught  
by masters2 and so on4      #cce4       
,children are taught chiefly by         
representatives suited to their         
capacity4 ,these are beautiful and full 
of wisdom from within1 beyond  all      
belief4 ,in this way an intelligence    
that derives its soul from  good is     
gradually instilled into them4 ,i will  
here describe two  representatives that 
,i have been permitted to see1 from     
which the  nature of others may be      
inferred4 ,first there was a            
representation of  the ,lord's rising   
from the sepulchre1 and at the same time
 of the  uniting of ,his ,human with the
 ,divine4 ,this was done in a manner so 
wise as to surpass all human wisdom1 and
 at the same time in an  innocent       
infantile manner4 ,an idea of a         

sepulchre was presented1 and  with it an
 idea of the ,lord1 but in so remote a  
way that there was  scarcely any        
perception of its being the ,lord1      
except seemingly afar  off2 and for the 
reason that in the idea of a sepulchre  
there is  something funereal1 and this  
was thus removed1 after wards they      
cautiously admitted into the sepulchre  
something atmospheric1 with an          
appearance of thin vapor1 by which with 
proper remoteness they  signified       
spiritual life in baptism4 ,afterwards  
,i saw a  representation by the angels  
of the ,lord's descent to those that are
  bound1 and of ,his ascent with these  
into heaven1 and this with  incomparable
 prudence and gentleness4 ,in adaptation
 to the infantile  mind they let down   
little cords almost invisible1 very soft
 and  tender1 by which they lightened   
the ,lord's ascent1 always with a holy  
solicitude that there should be nothing 
in the representation  bordering upon   
anything that did not contain what is   

spiritual and  heavenly4 ,other         
representations are there given1        
whereby1 as by plays  adapted to the    
minds of children1 they are guided into 
knowledges of  truth and affections for 
good4      #ccf4 ,it was also shown how 
tender their understanding is4 ,when ,i 
was  praying the ,lord's ,prayer1 and   
from their under standing they flowed   
into the ideas of my thought1 their     
influx was perceived to be so  tender   
and soft as to be almost solely a matter
 of affection2 and at  the same time it 
was observed that their understanding   
was open even  from the ,lord1 for what 
flowed forth from them was as if it     
simply  flowed through them4 ,moreover1 
the ,lord flows into the ideas of       
little children chiefly from inmosts1   
for there is nothing1 as with  adults1  
to close up their ideas1 no principles  
of falsity to close  the way to the     
understanding of truth1 nor any life of 
evil to close  the way to the reception 
of good1 and thereby to the reception of

  wisdom4 ,all this makes clear that    
little children do not come at once     
after death into an angelic state1 but  
are gradually brought into it  by means 
of knowledges of good and truth1 and in 
harmony with all  heavenly order2 for   
the least particulars of their nature   
are known  to the ,lord1 and thus they  
are led1 in accord with each and every  
movement of their inclination1 to       
receive the truths of good and the      
goods of truth4      #ccg4 ,i have also 
been shown how all things are instilled 
into them by  delightful and pleasant   
means suited to their genius4 ,i have   
been  permitted to see children most    
charmingly attired1 having garlands of  
flowers resplendent with most beautiful 
and heavenly colors twined  about their 
breasts and around their tender arms2   
and once to see  them accompanied by    
those in charge of them and by maidens1 
in a park  most beautifully adorned1 not
 so much with trees1 as with arbors and 
covered walks of laurel1 with paths     

leading inward2 and when the  children  
entered attired as they were the flowers
 over the entrance  shone forth most    
joyously4 ,this indicates the nature of 
their  delights1 also how they are led  
by means of pleasant and delightful     
things into the goods of innocence and  
charity1 which goods the ,lord          
continually instilled into these        
delights and pleasures4      #cch4 ,it  
was shown me1 by a mode of communication
 common in the other  life1 what the    
ideas of children are when they see     
objects of any  kind4 ,each and every   
object seemed to them to be alive2 and  
thus in  every least idea of their      
thought there is life4 ,and it was      
perceived  that children on the earth   
have nearly the same ideas when they are
  at their little plays2 for as yet they
 have no such reflection as  adults have
 about what is inanimate4      #cci4 ,it
 has been said above that children are  
of a genius either  celestial or        
spiritual4 ,those of a celestial genius 

are easily  distinguished from those of 
a spiritual genius4 ,their thought1     
speech1 and action1 is so gentle that   
hardly anything appears except  what    
flows from a love of good to the ,lord  
and from a love for other  children4    
,but those of a spiritual genius are not
 so gentle2 but in  everything with them
 there appears a sort of vibration1 as  
of wings4  ,the difference is seen also 
in their ill-feeling and in other       
things4      #cdj4 ,many may suppose    
that in heaven little children remain   
little  children1 and continue as such  
among the angels4 ,those who do not     
know what an angel is may have had this 
opinion confirmed by  paintings and     
images in churches1 in which angels are 
represented as  children4 ,but it is    
wholly otherwise4 ,intelligence and     
wisdom are  what constitute an angel1   
and as long as children do not possess  
these they are not angels1 although they
 are with the angels2 but as  soon as   
they become intelligent and wise they   

become angels2 and what  is wonderful1  
they do not then appear as children1 but
 as adults1 for  they are no longer of  
an infantile genius1 but of a more      
mature  angelic genius4 ,intelligence   
and wisdom produce this effect4 ,the    
reason why children appear more mature1 
thus as youths and young men1  as they  
are perfected in intelligence and       
wisdom1 is that  intelligence and wisdom
 are essential spiritual nourishment2#a 
and  thus the things that nourish their 
minds also nourish their bodies1  and   
this from correspondence2 for the form  
of the body is simply the  external form
 of the interiors4 ,but it should be    
understood that in  heaven children     
advance in age only to early manhood1   
and remain in  this to eternity4 ,that  
,i might be assured that this is so ,i  
have been  permitted to talk with some  
who had been educated as children in    
heaven1 and had grown up there2 with    
some also while they were  children1 and
 again with the same when they had      

become young men2 and  ,i have heard    
from them about the progress of their   
life from one age  to another4          
,footnote #a ,spiritual food is         
knowledge1 intelligence1 and    wisdom1 
thus the good and truth from which these
 are 7n4 #caad1    #ddei1 #dgib1 #eadg1 
#ebic1 #ecdj1 #ecdb1 #edaj1 #edbf1      
#eegf1 #eehb1    #eehh1 #efee1 #hefb1   
#ijjc74 ,therefore in a spiritual sense 
everything that comes forth from the    
mouth of the ,lord is food    7n4 #fha74
 ,because bread means all food in       
general it signifies    every good1     
celestial and spiritual 7n4 #bgf1 #fhj1 
#bafe1 #bagg1    #cdgh1 #faah1 #hdaj74  
,and for the reason that these nourish  
the    mind1 which belongs to the       
internal man 7n4 #ddei1 #ebic1 #eegf1   
#fbgg1 #hdaj74      #cda4 ,that         
innocence is a receptacle of all things 
of heaven1 and thus  the innocence of   
children is a plane for all affections  
for good and  truth1 can be seen from   
what has been shown above 7n4 #bgf-bhc7 

in  regard to the innocence of angels in
 heaven1 namely1 that innocence  is a   
willingness to be led by the ,lord and  
not by oneself2  consequently so far as 
a man is in innocence he is separated   
from  what is his own1 and so far as one
 is separated from what is his own  he  
is in what is the ,lord's own4 ,the     
,lord's own is what is called ,his      
righteousness and merit4 ,but the       
innocence of children is not genuine    
innocence1 because as yet it is without 
wisdom4 ,genuine innocence is  wisdom1  
since so far as any one is wise he loves
 to be led by the  ,lord2 or what is the
 same1 so far as any one is led by the  
,lord he is  wise4 #b ,therefore        
children are led from the external      
innocence in  which they are at the     
beginning1 and which is called the      
innocence of  childhood1 to internal    
innocence1 which is the innocence of    
wisdom4  ,this innocence is the end that
 directs all their instruction and      
progress2 and therefore when they have  

attained to the innocence of  wisdom1   
the innocence of childhood1 which in the
 meanwhile has served  them as a plane1 
is joined to them4 #c ,the innocence of 
children has  been represented to me as 
a wooden sort of thing1 almost devoid of
  life1 which becomes vivified as they  
are perfected by knowledges of  truth   
and affections for good4 ,afterwards    
genuine innocence was  represented by a 
most beautiful child1 naked and full of 
life2 for  the really innocent1 who are 
in the inmost heaven and thus nearest to
  the ,lord1 always appear before the   
eyes of other angels as little          
children1 and some of them naked2 for   
innocence is represented by  nakedness  
unaccompanied by shame1 as is said of   
the first man and his  wife in ,paradise
 7,gen4 #b3be72 so when their state of  
innocence  perished they were ashamed of
 their nakedness1 and hid themselves    
7chap4 #c3g1 #aj1 #aa74 ,in a word1 the 
wiser the angels are the more  innocent 
they are1 and the more innocent they are

 the more they  appear to themselves as 
little children4 ,this is why in the    
,word  childhood signifies innocence    
7see above1 n4 #bgh74      #cdb4 ,i have
 talked with angels about little        
children1 whether they  are free from   
evils1 inasmuch as they have no actual  
evil as adults  have2 and ,i was told   
that they are equally in evil1 and in   
fact are  nothing but evil2#a but1 like 
all angels1 they are so withheld from   
evil and held in good by the ,lord as to
 seem to themselves to be in  good from 
themselves4 ,for this reason when       
children have become  adults in heaven1 
that they may not have the false idea   
about  themselves that the good in them 
is from themselves and not from the     
,lord1 they are now and then let down   
into their evils which they  inherited1 
and are left in them until they know1   
acknowledge and  believe the truth of   
the matter4 #b ,there was one1 the son  
of a  king1 who died in childhood and   
grew up in heaven1 who held this        

opinion4 ,therefore he was let down into
 that life of evils into which  he was  
born1 and he then perceived from the    
sphere of his life that  he had a       
disposition to domineer over others1 and
 regarded adulteries  as of no account2 
these evils he had inherited from his   
parents2 but  after he had been brought 
to recognize his real character he was  
again received among the angels with    
whom he had before been  associated4 #c 
,in the other life no one ever suffers  
punishment on  account of his inherited 
evil1 because it is not his evil1 that  
is1  it is not his fault that he is     
such2 he suffers only on account of     
actual evil that is his1 that is1 only  
so far as he has appropriated  to       
himself inherited evil by actual life4  
,when1 therefore1 the  children that    
have become adults are let down into the
 state of their  inherited evil it is   
not that they may suffer punishment for 
it1 but  that they may learn that of    
themselves they are nothing but evil1   

and  that it is by the mercy of the     
,lord that they are taken up into       
heaven from the hell in which they are1 
and that it is from the ,lord  that they
 are in heaven and not from any merit of
 their own2 and  therefore they may not 
boast before others of the good that is 
in  them1 since this is contrary to the 
good of mutual love1 as it is  contrary 
to the truth of faith4      ,footnote #a
 ,all kinds of men are born into evils  
of every    kind1 even to the extent    
that what is their own is nothing but   
evil 7n4 #baj1 #bae1 #gca1 #hgd-hgf1    
#ihg1 #ajdg1 #bcjg1 #bcjh1 #ceah1       
#cgja1 #chab1 #hdhj1 #heej1 #ajbhc1     
#ajbhd1 #ajbhf1 #ajgca74                
,consequently man must needs be reborn1 
that is1 regenerated 7n4    #cgja74     
,man's inherited evil consists in his   
loving himself more    than ,god1 and   
the world more than heaven and in making
 his    neighbor1 in comparison with    
himself1 of no account1 except for      
the sake of self1 that is1 himself      

alone1 thus it consists in    the love  
of self and of the world 7n4 #fid1 #gca1
 #dcag1 #effj74    ,all evils are from  
the love of self and of the world1 when 
those loves rule 7n4 #acjg1 #acjh1      
#acba1 #aeid1 #afia1 #cdac1 #gbee1      
#gcgf1 #gdhh1 #gdij1 #hcah1 #icce1      
#icdh1 #ajjch1 #ajgdb74 ,these evils    
are contempt of others1 enmity1 hatred  
revenge1 cruelty1 deceit    7n4 #fffg1  
#gcgj-gcgd1 #icdh1 #ajjch1 #ajgdb74 ,and
 from these evils    comes all falsity  
7n4 #ajdg1 #ajbhc1 #ajbhd1 #ajbhf74     
,these loves1    so far as the reins are
 given them1 rush headlong2 and the love
    of self aspires even to the throne  
of ,god 7n4 #gcge1 #hfgh74      #cdc4   
,several times when a number of children
 that were in a purely  infantile state 
have been with me in choirs1 they were  
heard as a  tender unarranged mass1 that
 is1 as not yet acting as one1 as they  
do  later when they have become more    
mature4 ,to my surprise the spirits     
with me could not refrain from inducing 

them to talk4 ,this desire is  innate in
 spirits4 ,but ,i noticed1 each time1   
that the children  resisted1 unwilling  
to talk in this way4 ,this refusal and  
resistance1  which were accompanied by a
 kind of indignation1 ,i have often     
perceived2 and when an opportunity to   
talk was given them they would  say     
nothing except that ,it is not so4 ,i   
have been taught that  little children  
are so tempted in order that they may   
get accustomed  to resisting1 and may   
begin to resist falsity and evil1 and   
also that  they may learn not to think1 
speak1 and act1 from another1 and in    
consequence may learn to permit         
themselves to be led by no one but  the 
,lord4      #cdd4 ,from what has been   
said it can be seen what child education
 is  in heaven1 namely1 that it is      
leading them by means of an             
understanding of truth and the wisdom of
 good into the angelic life1  which is  
love to the ,lord and mutual love1 in   
which is innocence4 ,but  how different 

in many cases is the education of       
children on the earth  can be seen from 
this example4 ,i was in the street of a 
large city1  and saw little boys        
fighting with each other2 a crowd       
flocked around  and looked on with much 
pleasure2 and ,i was told that little   
boys are  incited to such fights by     
their own parents4 ,good spirits and    
angels  who saw this through my eyes so 
revolted at it that ,i felt their       
horror2 and especially that parents     
should incite their children to  such   
things1 saying that in this way parents 
extinguish in the  earliest age all the 
mutual love and all the innocence that  
children  have from the ,lord1 and      
initiate them into the spirit of hatred 
and  revenge2 consequently by their own 
endeavors they shut their children  out 
of heaven1 where there is nothing but   
mutual love4 ,let parents  therefore who
 wish well to their children beware of  
such things4      #cde4 ,what the       
difference is between those who die in  

childhood and  those who die in mature  
life shall also be told4 ,those dying in
  mature life have a plane acquired from
 the earthly and material  world1 and   
this they carry with them4 ,this plane  
is their memory and  its bodily natural 
affection4 ,this remains fixed and      
becomes  quiescent1 but still serves    
their thought after death as an outmost 
plane1 since the thought flows into it4 
,consequently such as this  plane is1   
and such as the correspondence is       
between the things that  are in it and  
the rational faculty1 such is the man   
after death4 ,but  the children who die 
in childhood and are educated in heaven 
have no  such plane1 since they derive  
nothing from the material world and the 
earthly body2 but they have a           
spiritual-natural plane4 ,for this      
reason they cannot be in such gross     
affections and consequent  thoughts1    
since they derive all things from       
heaven4 ,moreover1 these  children do   
not know that they were born in the     

world1 but believe  that they were born 
in heaven4 ,neither do they know about  
any other  than spiritual birth1 which  
is effected through knowledges of good  
and truth and through intelligence and  
wisdom1 from which man is a  man2 and as
 these are from the ,lord they believe  
themselves to be the  ,lord's own1 and  
love to be so4 ,nevertheless it is      
possible for the  state of men who grow 
up on the earth to become as perfect as 
the  state of children who grow up in   
heaven1 provided they put away  bodily  
and earthly loves1 which are the loves  
of self and the world1  and receive in  
their place spiritual loves4            
#cdf4 ,,xxxviii4 ,,the ,,wise ,,and     
,,the ,,simple ,,in ,,heaven4    ,it is 
believed that in heaven the wise will   
have more glory and  eminence than the  
simple1 because it is said in ,daniel3  
,they that are intelligent shall shine  
as with the       brightness of the     
firmament1 and they that turn many to   
righteousness as the stars for ever and 

ever 7#ab3c74    ,but few know who are  
meant by the intelligent and by those   
that  turn many to righteousness4 ,the  
common belief is that they are such  as 
are called the accomplished and learned1
 especially such as have  taught in the 
church and have surpassed others in     
acquirements and in  preaching1 and     
still more such among them as have      
converted many to  the faith4 ,in the   
world all such are regarded as the      
intelligent2  nevertheless such are not 
the intelligent in heaven that are      
spoken  of in these words1 unless their 
intelligence is heavenly  intelligence4 
,what this is will now be told4         
#cdg4 ,heavenly intelligence is interior
 intelligence1 arising from a  love for 
truth1 not with any glory in the world  
nor any glory in  heaven as an end1 but 
with the truth itself as an end1 by     
which they  are inmostly affected and   
with which they are inmostly delighted4 
,those who are affected by and delighted
 with the truth itself are  affected by 

and delighted with the light of heaven2 
and those who are  affected by and      
delighted with the light of heaven are  
also affected  by and delighted with    
,divine truth1 and indeed with the ,lord
 ,himself2  for the light of heaven is  
,divine truth1 and ,divine truth is the 
,lord  in heaven 7see above1 n4         
#abf-adj74 ,this light enters only into 
the  interiors of the mind2 for the     
interiors of the mind are formed for    
the reception of that light1 and are    
affected by and delighted with  that    
light as it enters2 for whatever flows  
in and is received from  heaven has in  
it what is delightful and pleasant4     
,from this comes a  genuine affection   
for truth1 which is an affection for    
truth for  truth's sake4 ,those who are 
in this affection1 or what is the same  
thing1 in this love1 are in heavenly    
intelligence1 and shine in  heaven as   
with the brightness of the firmament4   
,they so shine  because ,divine truth1  
wherever it is in heaven1 is what gives 

light  7see above1 n4 #acb72 and the    
firmament of heaven signifies from      
correspondence the intellectual faculty1
 both with angels and men1  that is in  
the light of heaven4 #b ,but those that 
love the truth1  either with glory in   
the world or glory in heaven as an end1 
cannot  shine in heaven1 since they are 
delighted with and affected by the      
light of the world1 and not with the    
very light of heaven2 and the  light of 
the world without the light of heaven is
 in heaven mere  thick darkness4#a ,for 
the glory of self is what rules1 because
 it is  the end in view2 and when that  
glory is the end man puts himself in    
the first place1 and such truths as can 
be made serviceable to his  glory he    
looks upon simply as means to the end   
and as instruments of  service4 ,for he 
that loves ,divine truths for the sake  
of his own  glory regards himself and   
not the ,lord in ,divine truths1 thereby
  turning the sight pertaining to his   
understanding and faith away from       

heaven to the world1 and away from the  
,lord to himself4 ,such1  therefore1 are
 in the light of the world and not in   
the light of  heaven4 #c ,in outward    
form or in the sight of men they appear 
just  as intelligent and learned as     
those who are in the light of heaven1   
because they speak in a like manner2 and
 sometimes to outward  appearance they  
even appear wiser1 because they are     
moved by love of  self1 and are skilled 
in counterfeiting heavenly affections2  
but in  their inward form in which they 
appear before the angels they are       
wholly different4 ,all this shows in    
some degree who those are that  are     
meant by the intelligent that will shine
 in heaven as with the  brightness of   
the firmament4 ,who are meant by those  
that turn many  to righteousness1 who   
will shine as the stars1 shall now be   
told4      ,footnote #a ,the light of   
the world is for the external man1      
the light of heaven for the internal man
 7n4 #cbbb-cbbd1 #cccg74    ,the light  

of heaven flows into the natural light1 
and so far as    the natural man        
receives the light of heaven he becomes 
wise    7n4 #dcjb1 #ddjh74 ,the things  
that are in the light of heaven can     
be seen in the light of heaven but not  
in the light of the    world1 which is  
called natural light 7n4 #igee74        
,therefore those    who are solely in   
the light of the world do not perceive  
those    things that are in the light of
 heaven 7n4 #cajh74 ,to the angels      
the light of the world is thick darkness
 7n4 #aeba1 #aghc1 #ahhj74      #cdh4   
,by those who turn many to righteousness
 are meant those who  are wise1 and in  
heaven those are called wise who are in 
good1 and  those are in good that apply 
,divine truths at once to the life2 for 
as soon as ,divine truth comes to be of 
the life it becomes good1  since it     
comes to be of will and love1 and       
whatever is of will and  love is called 
good2 therefore such are called wise    
because wisdom is  of the life4 ,but    

those that do not commit ,divine truths 
at once to  the life1 but first to the  
memory1 from which they afterwards draw 
them and apply them to the life1 are    
called the intelligent4 ,what  and how  
great the difference is between the wise
 and the intelligent  in the heavens can
 be seen in the chapter that treats of  
the two  kingdoms of heaven1 the        
celestial and the spiritual 7n4 #bj-bh71
 and  in the chapter that treats of the 
three heavens 7n4 #bi-dj74 ,those  who  
are in the ,lord's celestial kingdom1   
and consequently in the  third or inmost
 heaven1 are called the righteous       
because they  attribute all             
righteousness to the ,lord and none to  
themselves4 ,the  ,lord's righteousness 
in heaven is the good that is from the  
,lord4#a  ,such1 then1 are here meant by
 those that turn to righteousness2 and  
such are meant also in the ,lord's      
words1         ,the righteous shall     
shine forth as the sun in the kingdom   
of their ,father 7,matt4 #ac3dc74 ,such 

shine forth as the       ,sun because   
they are in love to the ,lord from the  
,lord1       and that love is meant by  
the sun 7see above1       n4 #aaf-abe74 
,the light of such is flame-colored2 and
 the       ideas of their thought are so
 tinged with what is flaming            
because they receive the good of love   
directly from the       ,lord as the sun
 in heaven4      ,footnote #a ,the merit
 and righteousness of the ,lord is the  
good that rules in heaven 7n4 #idhf1    
#iihc74 ,he that is    righteous or made
 righteous is one to whom the merit and 
righteousness of the ,lord is ascribed2 
and he is unrighteous    who holds to   
his own righteousness and merit 7n4     
#ejfi1 #ibfc74    ,the quality of those 
in the other life who claim             
righteousness    to themselves 7n4 #idb1
 #bjbg74 ,in the ,word righteousness is 
predicated of good and judgment of      
truth2 therefore doing    righteousness 
and judgment is doing good and truth 7n4
 #bbce1    #iheg74      #cdi4 ,all who  

have acquired intelligence and wisdom in
 the world are  received in heaven and  
become angels1 each in accordance with  
the  quality and degree of his          
intelligence and wisdom4 ,for whatever a
 man  acquires in the world abides1 and 
he takes it with him after death2  and  
it is further increased and filled out1 
but within and not beyond  the degree of
 his affection and desire for truth and 
its good1 those  with but little        
affection and desire receiving but      
little1 and yet as  much as they are    
capable of receiving within that degree2
 while those  with much affection and   
desire receive much4 ,the degree itself 
of  affection and desire is like a      
measure that is filled to the full1 he  
that has a large measure receiving more1
 and he that has a small  measure       
receiving less4 ,this is so because     
man's love1 to which  affection and     
desire belong1 receives all that accords
 with itself2  consequently reception is
 measured by the love4 ,this is what is 

meant  by the ,lord's words1         ,to
 him that hath it shall be given1 that  
he may have more       abundantly       
7,matt4 #ac3ab2 #be3bi74         ,good  
measure1 pressed down1 shaken together1 
and running       over1 shall be given  
into your bosom 7,luke #f3ch74          
#cej4 ,all are received into heaven who 
have loved truth and good for  the sake 
of truth and good2 therefore those that 
have loved much are  called the wise1   
and those that have loved little are    
called the  simple4 ,the wise in heaven 
are in much light1 the simple in less   
light1 everyone in accordance with the  
degree of his love for good  and truth4 
,to love truth and good for the sake of 
truth and good is  to will and do them2 
for those love who will and do1 while   
those who  do not will and do do not    
love4 ,such also love the ,lord and are 
loved  by the ,lord1 because good and   
truth are from the ,lord4 ,and inasmuch 
as good and truth are from the ,lord the
 ,lord is in good and truth2  and ,he is

 in those who receive good and truth in 
their life by  willing and doing4       
,moreover1 when man is viewed in himself
 he is  nothing but his own good and    
truth1 because good is of his will and  
truth of his understanding1 and man is  
such as his will and  understanding are4
 ,evidently1 then1 man is loved by the  
,lord just to  the extent that his will 
is formed from good and his             
understanding  from truth4 ,also to be  
loved by the ,lord is to love the ,lord1
 since  love is reciprocal2 for upon him
 who is loved the ,lord bestows  ability
 to love4      #cea4 ,it is believed in 
the world that those who have much      
knowledge1  whether it be knowledge of  
the teachings of the church and the     
,word  or of the sciences1 have a more  
interior and keen vision of truth  than 
others1 that is1 are more intelligent   
and wise2 and such have  this opinion of
 themselves4 ,but what true intelligence
 and wisdom  are1 and what spurious and 
false intelligence and wisdom are1 shall

  be told in what now follows4 #b ,true 
intelligence and wisdom is  seeing and  
perceiving what is true and good1 and   
thereby what is  false and evil1 and    
clearly distinguishing between them1 and
 this  from an interior intuition and   
perception4 ,with every man there are   
interior faculties and exterior         
faculties2 interior faculties  belonging
 to the internal or spiritual man1 and  
exterior faculties  belonging to the    
exterior or natural man4 ,accordingly as
 man's  interiors are formed and made   
one with his exteriors man sees and     
perceives4 ,his interiors can be formed 
only in heaven1 his exteriors  are      
formed in the world4 ,when his interiors
 have been formed in  heaven the things 
they contain flow into his exteriors    
which are from  the world1 and so form  
them that they correspond with1 that is1
 act  as one with1 his interiors2 and   
when this is done man sees and          
perceives from what is interior4 ,the   
interiors can be formed only in  one    

way1 namely1 by man's looking to the    
,divine and to heaven1 since1  as has   
been said1 the interiors are formed in  
heaven2 and man looks  to the ,divine   
when he believes in the ,divine1 and    
believes that all  truth and good and   
consequently all intelligence and wisdom
 are from  the ,divine2 and man believes
 in the ,divine when he is willing to be
  led by the ,divine4 ,in this way and  
none other are the interiors of  man    
opened4 #c ,the man who is in that      
belief and in a life that is  in        
accordance with his belief has the      
ability and capacity to  understand and 
be wise2 but to become intelligent and  
wise he must  learn many things1 both   
things pertaining to heaven and things  
pertaining to the world--things         
pertaining to heaven from the ,word  and
 from the church1 and things pertaining 
to the world from the  sciences4 ,to the
 extent that man learns and applies to  
life he  becomes intelligent and wise1  
for to that extent the interior sight   

belonging to his understanding and the  
interior affection belonging  to his    
will are perfected4 ,the simple of this 
class are those whose  interiors have   
been opened1 but not so enriched by     
spiritual1 moral1  civil and natural    
truths4 ,such perceive truths when they 
hear them1  but do not see them in      
themselves4 ,but the wise of this class 
are  those whose interiors have been    
both opened and enriched4 ,such both    
see truths inwardly and perceive them4  
,all this makes clear what true         
intelligence is and what true wisdom is4
      #ceb4 ,spurious intelligence and  
wisdom is failing to see and perceive   
from within what is true and what is    
good1 and thereby what is false  and    
what is evil1 but merely believing that 
to be true and good and  that to be     
false and evil which is said by others  
to be so1 and then  confirming it4      
,because such see truth from some one   
else1 and not  from the truth itself1   
they can seize upon and believe what is 

false  as readily as what is true1 and  
can confirm it until it appears true2   
for whatever is confirmed puts on the   
appearance of truth2 and there  is      
nothing that can not be confirmed4 ,the 
interiors of such are  opened only from 
beneath2 but their exteriors are opened 
to the  extent that they have confirmed 
themselves4 ,for this reason the light  
from which they see is not the light of 
heaven but the light of the  world1     
which is called natural light lumen2 and
 in that light  falsities can shine like
 truths2 and when confirmed they can    
even  appear resplendent1 but not in the
 light of heaven4 ,of this class  those 
are less intelligent and wise who have  
strongly confirmed  themselves1 and     
those are more intelligent and wise who 
have less  strongly confirmed           
themselves4 ,all this shows what        
spurious  intelligence and wisdom are4  
#b ,but those are not included in this  
class who in childhood supposed what    
they heard from their masters to  be    

true1 if in a riper age1 when they think
 from their own  understanding1 they do 
not continue to hold fast to it1 but    
long for  truth1 and from that longing  
seek for it1 and when they find it are  
interiorly moved by it4 ,because such   
are moved by the truth for the  truth's 
sake they see the truth before they     
confirm it4#a #c ,this  may be          
illustrated by an example4 ,there was a 
discussion among  spirits why animals   
are born into all the knowledge suited  
to their  nature1 but man is not2 and   
the reason was said to be that animals  
are in the order of their life1 and man 
is not1 consequently man must  needs be 
led into order by means of what he      
learns of internal and  external things4
 ,but if man were born into the order of
 his life1  which is to love ,god above 
all things and his neighbor as himself1 
he  would be born into intelligence and 
wisdom1 and as knowledges are  acquired 
would come into a belief in all truth4  
,good spirits saw this  at once and     

perceived it to be true1 and this merely
 from the light  of truth2 while the    
spirits who had confirmed themselves in 
faith  alone1 and had thereby set aside 
love and charity1 were unable to        
understand it1 because the light of     
falsity which they had confirmed  had   
made obscure to them the light of truth4
      ,footnote #a ,it is the part of   
the wise to see and perceive    whether 
a thing is true before it is confirmed  
and not merely    to confirm what is    
said by others 7n4 #ajag1 #dgda1 #gjab1 
#gfhj1    #giej74 ,only those can see   
and perceive whether a thing is true    
before it is confirmed who are affected 
by truth for the sake    of truth and   
for the sake of life 7n4 #heba74 ,the   
light of    confirmation is not         
spiritual light but natural light1 and  
is    even sensual light which the      
wicked may have 7n4 #hghj74 ,all        
things1 even falsities1 may be so       
confirmed as to appear like    truths   
7n4 #bdgg1 #bdhj1 #ejcc1 #fhfe1 #heba74 

#cec4 ,false intelligence and wisdom is 
all intelligence and wisdom  that is    
separated from the acknowledgment of the
 ,divine2 for all such  as do not       
acknowledge the ,divine1 but acknowledge
 nature in the place  of the ,divine1   
think from the bodily-sensual1 and are  
merely sensual1  however highly they may
 be esteemed in the world for their     
accomplishments and learning4#a ,for    
their learning does not ascend  beyond  
such things as appear before their eyes 
in the world2 these  they hold in the   
memory and look at them in an almost    
material way1  although the same        
knowledges serve the truly intelligent  
in forming  their understanding4 ,by    
sciences the various kinds of           
experimental  knowledge are meant1 such 
as physics1 astronomy1 chemistry1       
mechanics1 geometry1 anatomy1           
psychology1 philosophy1 the history of  
kingdoms and of the literary world1     
criticism1 and languages4 #b ,the       
clergy who deny the ,divine do not raise

 their thoughts above the  sensual      
things of the external man2 and regard  
the things of the ,word  in the same way
 as others regard the sciences1 not     
making them  matters of thought or of   
any intuition by an enlightened rational
  mind2 and for the reason that their   
interiors are closed up1 together  with 
those exteriors that are nearest to     
their interiors4 ,these are  closed up  
because they have turned themselves away
 from heaven1 and  have retroverted     
those faculties that were capable of    
looking  heavenward1 which are1 as has  
been said above1 the interiors of the   
human mind4 ,for this reason they are   
incapable of seeing anything  true or   
good1 this being to them in thick       
darkness1 while whatever is  false and  
evil is in light4 #c ,and yet sensual   
men can reason1 some  of them more      
cunningly and keenly than any one else2 
but they reason  from the fallacies of  
the senses confirmed by their           
knowledges2 and  because they are able  

to reason in this way they believe      
themselves  to be wiser than others4#b  
,the fire that kindles with affection   
their reasonings is the fire of the love
 of self and the world4 ,such  are those
 who are in false intelligence and      
wisdom1 and who are meant  by the ,lord 
in ,matthew3         ,seeing they see   
not1 and hearing they hear not1 neither 
do       they understand 7#ac3ac-ae74   
,and again3         ,these things are   
hid from the intelligent and wise1 and  
revealed unto babes 7#aa3be1 #bf74      
,footnote #a ,the sensual is the outmost
 of man's life1 clinging    to and      
inhering in his bodily part 7n4 #ejgg1  
#egfg1 #ibab1 #ibaf1    #icca1 #igcj74  
,he is called a sensual man who forms   
all his    judgments and conclusions    
from the bodily senses1 and who         
believes nothing except what he sees    
with his eyes and touches    with his   
hands 7n4 #ejid1 #gfic74 ,such a man    
thinks in things    outermost and not   
interiorly in himself 7n4 #ejhi1 #ejid1 

#fefd1    #gfic74 ,his interiors are so 
closed up that he sees nothing of       
,divine truth 7n4 #fefd1 #fhdd1 #fhde74 
,in a word he is in gross    natural    
light and thus perceives nothing that is
 from the light    of heaven 7n4 #fbja1 
#fcaj1 #fefd1 #feih1 #ffab1 #ffad1      
#ffbb1 #ffbd1    #fhdd1 #fhde74         
,therefore he is inwardly opposed to all
 things    pertaining to heaven and the 
church 7n4 #fbja1 #fcaj1 #fhdd1 #fhde1  
#fidh1 #fidi74 ,the learned that have   
confirmed themselves against    the     
truths of the church are sensual 7n4    
#fcaf74 ,a description    of the sensual
 man 7n4 #ajbcf74      ,footnote #b     
,sensual men reason keenly and          
cunningly1 since    they place all      
intelligence in speaking from the bodily
 memory    7n4 #aie1 #aif1 #egjj1       
#ajbcf74 ,but they reason from the      
fallacies    of the senses 7n4 #ejhd1   
#fidh1 #fidi1 #gfic74 ,sensual men are  
more    cunning and malicious than      
others 7n4 #gfic1 #ajbcf74 ,by the      

ancients such were called serpents of   
the tree of knowledge 7n4    #aie-aig1  
#fcih1 #fidi1 #ajcac74      #ced4 ,it   
has been granted me to speak with many  
of the learned after  their departure   
from the world2 with some of            
distinguished reputation  and celebrated
 in the literary world for their        
writings1 and with  some not so         
celebrated1 although endowed with       
profound wisdom4 ,those  that in heart  
had denied the ,divine1 whatever their  
professions may  have been1 had become  
so stupid as to have little             
comprehension even  of anything truly   
civil1 still less of anything spiritual4
 ,i  perceived and also saw that the    
interiors of their minds were so  closed
 up as to appear black 7for in the      
spiritual world such things  become     
visible71 and in consequence they were  
unable to endure any  heavenly light or 
admit any influx from heaven4 ,this     
blackness which  their interiors        
presented was more intense and extended 

with those  that had confirmed          
themselves against the ,divine by the   
knowledges  they had acquired4 ,in the  
other life such accept all falsity with 
delight1 imbibing it as a sponge does   
water2 and they repel all truth  as an  
elastic bony substance repels what falls
 upon it4 ,in fact1 it  is said that the
 interiors of those that have confirmed 
themselves  against the ,divine and in  
favor of nature become bony1 and their  
heads down to the nose appear callous   
like ebony1 which is a sign  that they  
no longer have any perception4 ,those of
 this description  are immersed in      
quagmires that appear like bogs2 and    
there they are  harassed by the         
fantasies into which their falsities are
 turned4  ,their infernal fire is a lust
 for glory and reputation1 which prompts
  them to assail one another1 and from  
an infernal ardor to torment  those     
about them who do not worship them as   
deities2 and this they do  one to       
another in turns4 ,into such things is  

all the learning of the  world changed  
that has not received into itself light 
from heaven  through acknowledgment of  
the ,divine4      #cee4 ,that these are 
such in the spiritual world when they   
come into  it after death may be        
inferred from this alone1 that all      
things that  are in the natural memory  
and are in immediate conjunction with   
the  things of bodily sense 7which is   
true of such knowledges as are          
mentioned above7 then become quiescent2 
and only such rational  principles as   
are drawn from these then serve for     
thought and speech4  ,for man carries   
with him his entire natural memory1 but 
its contents  are not then under his    
view1 and do not come into his thought  
as when  he lived in the world4 ,he can 
take nothing from that memory and bring 
it forth into spiritual light because   
its contents are not objects of  that   
light4 ,but those things of the reason  
and understanding that man  has acquired
 from knowledges while living in the    

body are in accord  with the light of   
the spiritual world2 consequently so far
 as the  spirit of man has been made    
rational in the world through knowledge 
and science it is to the same extent    
rational after being loosed from  the   
body2 for man is then a spirit1 and it  
is the spirit that thinks  in the       
body4#a      ,footnote #a ,knowledges   
belong to the natural memory that man   
has while he is in the body 7n4 #ebab1  
#iibb74 ,man carries with    him after  
death his whole natural memory 7n4      
#bdge7 from    experience 7n4           
#bdha-bdhf74 ,but he is not able1 as he 
was in the    world1 to draw anything   
out of that memory1 for several reasons 
7n4 #bdgf1 #bdgg1 #bdgi74      #cef4    
,but in respect to those that have      
acquired intelligence and  wisdom       
through knowledge and science1 who are  
such as have applied  all things to the 
use of life1 and have also acknowledged 
the ,divine1  loved the ,word1 and lived
 a spiritual moral life 7of which above1

 n4  #cai71 to such the sciences have   
served as a means of becoming wise1  and
 also of corroborating the things       
pertaining to faith4 ,the  interiors of 
the mind of such have been perceived by 
me1 and were  seen as transparent from  
light of a glistening white1 flamy1 or  
blue  color1 like that of translucent   
diamonds1 rubies1 and sapphires2 and    
this in accordance with confirmations in
 favor of the ,divine and  ,divine      
truths drawn from science4 ,such is the 
appearance of true  intelligence and    
wisdom when they are presented to view  
in the  spiritual world4 ,this          
appearance is derived from the light of 
heaven2  and that light is ,divine truth
 going forth from the ,lord1 which is   
the source of all intelligence and      
wisdom 7see above1 n4 #abf-acc74  #b    
,the planes of that light1 in which     
variegations like those of  colors      
exist1 are the interiors of the mind2   
and these variegations  are produced by 
confirmations of ,divine truths by means

 of such  things as are in nature1 that 
is1 in the sciences4#a ,for the         
interior mind of man looks into the     
things of the natural memory1 and  the  
things there that will serve as proofs  
it sublimates as it were  by the fire of
 heavenly love1 and withdraws and       
purifies them even  into spiritual      
ideas4 ,this is unknown to man as long  
as he lives in  the body1 because there 
he thinks both spiritually and          
naturally1 and  he has no perception of 
the things he then thinks spiritually1  
but  only of those he thinks naturally4 
,but when he has come into the          
spiritual world he has no perception of 
what he thought naturally in  the world1
 but only of what he thought            
spiritually4 ,thus is his state         
changed4 #c ,all this makes clear that  
it is by means of knowledges  and       
sciences that man is made spiritual1    
also that these are the  means of       
becoming wise1 but only with those who  
have acknowledged the  ,divine in faith 

and life4 ,such also before others are  
accepted in  heaven1 and are among those
 there who are at the center 7n4 #dc71  
because they are in light more than     
others4 ,these are the intelligent  and 
wise in heaven1 who shine as with the   
brightness of the  firmament and who    
shine as the stars1 while the simple    
there are  those that have acknowledged 
the ,divine1 have loved the ,word1 and  
have lived a spiritual and moral life1  
but the interiors of their  minds have  
not been so enriched by knowledges and  
sciences4 ,the human  mind is like soil 
which is such as it is made by          
cultivation4      ,footnote #a ,most    
beautiful colors are seen in heaven 7n4 
#ajec1    #afbd74 ,colors in heaven are 
from the light there1 and are           
modifications or variegations of that   
light 7n4 #ajdb1 #ajdc1    #ajec1 #afbd1
 #ciic1 #decj1 #dgdb1 #dibb74 ,thus they
 are    manifestations of truth from    
good1 and they signify such things    as
 pertain to intelligence and wisdom 7n4 

#decj1 #dfgg1 #dibb1    #idff74         
,,extracts ,,from ,,the ,,arcana        
,,coelestia ,,respecting ,,knowledges4  
,in these extracts scientia1            
scientificum and cognitio are alike     
rendered knowledge1 because any         
distinction between them intended by    
the author is not sufficiently obvious  
to be uniformly indicated in  ,english4 
-- ,tr4         ,man ought to be fully  
instructed in knowledges scientiis      
et cognitionibus1 since by means of them
 he learns to       think cogitare1     
afterwards to understand what is true   
and good1 and finally to be wise 7n4    
#abi1 #adej1 #adea1       #adec1 #aedh1 
#ahjb74         ,knowledges scientifica 
are the first things on which the       
life of man1 civil1 moral1 and          
spiritual1 is built and       founded1  
and they are to be learned for the sake 
of use as       an end 7n4 #adhi1       
#ccaj74         ,knowledges cognitiones 
open the way to the internal man1       
and afterwards conjoin that man with the

 external in       accordance with uses 
7n4 #aefc1 #afaf74         ,the rational
 faculty has its birth by means of      
knowledges       scientias et           
cognitiones 7n4 #ahie1 #aijj1 #cjhf74   
,but not by means of knowledges         
cognitiones themselves1       but by    
means of affection for the uses derived 
from them       7n4 #ahie74         #b  
,there are knowledges scientifica that  
give entrance       to ,divine truths1  
and knowledges scientifica that do not  
7n4 #ebac74         ,empty knowledges   
scientifica are to be destroyed 7n4     
#adhi1 #adib1 #adii1 #aeha74            
,empty knowledges scientifica are such  
as have the loves       of self and of  
the world as an end1 and sustain those  
loves1 and withdraw from love to ,god   
and love towards the       neighbor1    
because such knowledges close up the    
internal       man1 even to the extent  
that man becomes unable to receive      
any thing from heaven 7n4 #aefc1 #afjj74
         ,knowledges scientifica are    

means to becoming wise and       means  
to becoming insane and by them the      
internal man is       either opened or  
closed1 and thus the rational is either 
enriched or destroyed 7n4 #daef1 #hfbh1 
#iibb74         #c ,the internal man is 
opened and gradually perfected by       
means of knowledges scientifica if man  
has good use as       an end1 especially
 use that looks to external life 7n4    
#cjhf74         ,then knowledges        
scientificis1 which are in the natural  
man1 are met by spiritual and heavenly  
things from the       spiritual man1 and
 these adopt such of them as are        
suitable 7n4 #adie74         ,then the  
uses of heavenly life are drawn forth by
 the ,lord       and perfected and      
raised up out of the knowledges         
scientificis in the natural man by means
 of the internal       man 7n4 #ahie1   
#ahif1 #aijj1 #aija1 #aijb1 #ehga1      
#ehgd1 #eija74         ,while           
incongruous and opposing knowledges     
scientifica       are rejected to the   

sides and banished 7n4 #ehga1 #ehhf1    
#ehhi74         #d ,the sight of the    
internal man calls forth from the       
knowledges scientificis of the external 
man only such       things as are in    
accord with its love 7n4 #icid74        
,as seen by the internal man what       
pertains to the love is       at the    
center and in brightness1 but what is   
not of the       love is at the sides   
and in obscurity 7n4 #fjfh1 #fjhd74     
,suitable knowledges scientifica are    
gradually implanted       in man's loves
 and as it were dwell in them 7n4       
#fcbe74         ,if man were born into  
love towards the neighbor he would      
be born into intelligence1 but because  
he is born into the       loves of self 
and of the world he is born into total  
ignorance 7n4 #fcbc1 #fcbe74            
,knowledge scientia1 intelligence1 and  
wisdom are sons of       love to ,god   
and of love towards the neighbor 7n4    
#abbf1       #bjdi1 #baaf74         #e  
,it is one thing to be wise1 another    

thing to       understand1 another to   
know scire1 and another to do2          
nevertheless1 in those that possess     
spiritual life these       follow in    
order1 and exist together in doing or   
deeds 7n4       #ajcca74         ,also  
it is one thing to know scire1 another  
to       acknowledge1 and another to    
have faith 7n4 #hif74         #f        
,knowledges scientifica1 which pertain  
to the       external or natural man1   
are in the light of the world1       but
 truths that have been made truths of   
faith and of       love1 and have thus  
acquired life1 are in the light of      
heaven 7n4 #ebab74         ,the truths  
that have acquired spiritual life are   
comprehended by means of natural ideas  
7n4 #eeaj74         ,spiritual influx is
 from the internal or spiritual man     
into the knowledges scientifica that are
 in the external       or natural man   
7n4 #aidj1 #hjje74         ,knowledges  
scientifica are receptacles1 and as it  
were       vessels1 for the truth and   

good that belong to the       internal  
man 7n4 #adfi1 #adif1 #cjfh1 #edhi1     
#fjjd1 #fjbc1 #fjeb1       #fjga1 #fjgg1
 #gggj1 #iibb74         ,knowledges     
scientifica are like mirrors in which   
the       truths and goods of the       
internal man appear as an image         
7n4 #ebja74         ,there they are     
together as in their outmost 7n4 #ecgc1 
#ehgd1 #ehhf1 #eija1 #fjjd1 #fjbc1      
#fjeb1 #fjga74         #g ,influx is not
 physical but spiritual1 that is1 influx
       is from the internal man into the
 external1 thus into the                
knowledges of the external2 and not from
 the external into       the internal1  
thus not from the knowledges            
scientificis       of the external into 
truths of faith 7n4 #cbai1 #eaai1 #ebei1
       #edbg1 #edbh1 #edgh1 #fcbb1      
#iaaj74         ,a beginning must be    
made from the truths of doctrine of     
the church1 which are from the ,word1   
and those truths must       first be    
acknowledged1 and then it is permissible

 to       consult knowledges scientifica
 7n4 #fjdg74         ,thus it is        
permissible for those who are in an     
affirmative       state in regard to    
truths of faith to confirm them         
intellectually by means of knowledges   
scientifica1 but       not for those who
 are in a negative state 7n4 #befh1     
#behh1       #dgfj1 #fjdg74         ,he 
that will not believe ,divine truths    
until he is       convinced by means of 
knowledges scientificis will never      
believe 7n4 #bjid1 #bhcb74         ,to  
enter from knowledge scientificis into  
the truths of       faith is contrary to
 order 7n4 #ajbcf74         ,those who  
do so become demented respecting the    
things of       heaven and the church   
7n4 #abh1 #abi1 #acj74         ,they    
fall into the falsities of evil 7n4     
#bcb1 #bcc1 #fjdg74         ,in the     
other life when they think about        
spiritual matters       they become as  
it were drunken 7n4 #ajgb74             
,more respecting the character of such  

7n4 #aif74          ,examples showing   
that things spiritual cannot be         
comprehended when entered into through  
knowledges        scientifica 7n4 #bcc1 
#bjid1 #baif1 #bbjc1 #bbji74         ,in
 spiritual things many of the learned   
are more demented       than the simple1
 for the reason that they are in a      
negative state1 which they confirm by   
means of the       knowledges           
scientifica which they have continually 
and       in abundance before their     
sight 7n4 #dgfj1 #hfbi74         #h     
,those who reason from knowledges       
scientificis       against the truths of
 faith reason keenly because they       
reason from the fallacies of the senses1
 which are       engaging and           
convincing1 because they cannot easily  
be       dispelled 7n4 #egjj74          
,what things are fallacies of the       
senses1 and what they are       7n4     
#ejhd1 #ejid1 #fdjj1 #fidh74            
,those that have no understanding of    
truth1 and also those       that are in 

evil1 are able to reason about the      
truths and       goods of faith1 but are
 not able to understand them 7n4        
#dbad74         ,intelligence does not  
consist in merely confirming dogma      
but in seeing whether it is true or not 
before it is       confirmed 7n4 #dgda1 
#fjdg74         #i ,knowledges scientiae
 are of no avail after death1       but 
only that which man has imbibed in his  
understanding       and life by means of
 knowledges scientias 7n4 #bdhj74       
,still all knowledge scientifica remains
 after death1       although it is      
quiescent 7n4 #bdgf-bdgi1 #bdha-bdhf74  
#aj ,knowledge scientifica with the evil
 are falsities1       because they are  
adapted to evils1 but with the good the 
same knowledges are truths1 because     
applied to what is       good 7n4       
#fiag74         ,true knowledges        
scientifica with the evil are not true1 
however much they may appear to be true 
when uttered1       because there is    
evil within them 7n4 #ajcca74           

#aa ,an example of the desire to know   
sciendi1 which       spirits have 7n4   
#aigd74 ,angels have an illimitable     
longing       to know sciendi and to    
become wise1 since learning             
scientia1 intelligence1 and wisdom are  
spiritual food       7n4 #caad1 #ddei1  
#dgib1 #digf1 #eadg1 #ebic1 #ecdj1      
#ecdb1 #edaj1       #edbf1 #eegf1 #eehb1
 #eehh1 #efee1 #fbgg1 #hefb1 #ijjc74    
,the knowledge scientia of the ancients 
was the knowledge       scientia of     
correspondences and representations1 by 
which they gained entrance into the     
knowledge       cognitionem of spiritual
 things2 but that knowledge             
scientia at this day is wholly lost 7n4 
#dgdi1 #dhdd1       #difd1 #dife74      
#ab ,for spiritual truths to be         
comprehended the following              
universals must be known scientur4 7i7  
,all things in the       universe have  
relation to good and truth and to their 
conjunction that they may be anything1  
thus to love and       faith and their  

conjunction4 7ii7 ,man has understanding
       and will2 and the understanding  
is the receptacle of truth       and the
 will of good2 and all things in man    
have relation       to these two and to 
their conjunction1 as all things have   
relation to truth and good and their    
conjunction4 7iii7       ,there is an   
internal man and an external man1 which 
are as       distinct from each other as
 heaven and the world are1 and       yet
 for a man to be truly a man1 these must
 make one4 7iv7       ,the internal man 
is in the light of heaven1 and the      
external man is in the light of the     
world2 and the light       of heaven is 
,divine truth itself1 from which is all 
intelligence4 7v7 ,between the things in
 the internal man       and those in the
 external there is a correspondence1    
therefore the different aspect they     
present is such that       they can be  
distinguished only by means of a        
knowledge       scientiam of            
correspondences4 ,unless these and many 

other things are known scientur1 nothing
 but incongruous       ideas of         
spiritual and heavenly truths can be    
conceived       and formed2 therefore   
without these universals the            
knowledges scientifica et cognitiones of
 the natural man       can be of but    
little service to the rational man for  
understanding and growth4 ,this makes   
clear how necessary       knowledges    
scientifica are4        #ceg4 ,,xxxix4  
,,the ,,rich ,,and ,,the ,,poor ,,in    
,,heaven4    ,there are various opinions
 about reception into heaven4 ,some are 
of  the opinion that the poor are       
received and the rich are not2 some     
that the rich and the poor are equally  
received2 some that the rich  can be    
received only by giving up their wealth 
and becoming like the  poor2 and proofs 
are found in the ,word for all of these 
opinions4 ,but  those who make a        
distinction in regard to heaven between 
the rich and  the poor do not understand
 the ,word4 ,in its interiors the ,word 

is  spiritual1 but in the letter it is  
natural2 consequently those who         
understand the ,word only in accordance 
with its literal sense1 and  not        
according to any spiritual sense1 err in
 many respects1  especially about the   
rich and the poor2 for example1 that it 
is as  difficult for the rich to enter  
into heaven as for a camel to pass      
through the eye of a needle2 and that it
 is easy for the poor because  they are 
poor1 since it is said1         ,blessed
 are the poor1 for theirs is the kingdom
 of the       heavens 7,matt4 #e3c2     
,luke #f3bj1 #ba74    ,but those who    
know anything of the spiritual sense of 
the ,word think  otherwise2 they know   
that heaven is for all who live a life  
of faith  and love1 whether rich or     
poor4 ,but who are meant in the ,word by
 the  rich and who by the poor will be  
told in what follows4 ,from much        
conversation and interaction with angels
 it has been granted me to  know with   
certainty that the rich enter heaven    

just as easily as the  poor1 and that no
 man is shut out of heaven on account of
 his wealth1  or received into heaven on
 account of his poverty4 ,both the rich 
and  the poor are in heaven1 and many of
 the rich in greater glory and          
happiness than the poor4      #ceh4 ,it 
should be said to begin with that a man 
may acquire riches  and accumulate      
wealth as far as opportunity is given1  
if it is not  done by craft or fraud2   
that he may enjoy the delicacies of food
 and  drink if he does not place his    
life therein2 that he may have a        
palatial dwelling in accord with his    
condition1 have interaction with  others
 in like condition1 frequent places of  
amusement1 talk about  the affairs of   
the world1 and need not go about like a 
devotee with a  sad and sorrowful       
countenance and drooping head1 but may  
be joyful  and cheerful2 nor need he    
give his goods to the poor except so far
 as  affection leads him2 in a word1 he 
may live outwardly precisely like  a man

 of the world2 and all this will be no  
obstacle to his entering  heaven1       
provided that inwardly in himself he    
thinks about ,god as he  ought1 and acts
 sincerely and justly in respect to his 
neighbor4 ,for  a man is such as his    
affection and thought are1 or such as   
his love  and faith are1 and from these 
all his outward acts derive their life2 
since acting is willing1 and speaking is
 thinking1 acting being from  the will1 
and speaking from the thought4 ,so where
 it is said in the  ,word that man will 
be judged according to his deeds1 and   
will be  rewarded according to his      
works1 it is meant that he will be      
judged  and rewarded in accordance with 
his thought and affection1 which are    
the source of his deeds1 or which are in
 his deeds2 for deeds are  nothing apart
 from these1 and are precisely such as  
these are4#a ,all  this shows that the  
man's external accomplishes nothing1 but
 only his  internal1 which is the source
 of the external4 ,for example3 if a man

  acts honestly and refrains from fraud 
solely because he fears the  laws and   
the loss of reputation and thereby of   
honor or gain1 and if  that fear did not
 restrain him would defraud others      
whenever he  could2 although such a     
man's deeds outwardly appear honest1 his
  thought and will are fraud2 and       
because he is inwardly dishonest and    
fraudulent he has hell in himself4 ,but 
he who acts honestly and  refrains from 
fraud because it is against ,god and    
against the  neighbor would have no wish
 to defraud another if he could2 his    
thought and will are conscience1 and he 
has heaven in himself4 ,the  deeds of   
these two appear alike in outward form1 
but inwardly they  are wholly unlike4   
,footnote #a ,it is frequently said in  
the ,word that man will be    judged and
 will be rewarded according to his deeds
 and works    7n4 #cicd74 ,by deeds and 
works deeds and works in their          
internal form are meant1 not in their   
external form1 since good    works in   

external form are likewise done by the  
wicked1 but in    internal and external 
form together only by the good 7n4      
#cicd1    #fjgc74 ,works1 like all      
activities1 have their being and outgo  
esse et existere and their quality from 
the interiors of man1    which pertain  
to his thought and will1 since they     
proceed from    these2 therefore such as
 the interiors are such are the works   
7n4 #cicd1 #hiaa1 #ajcca74 ,that is1    
such as the interiors are in    regard  
to love and faith 7n4 #cicd1 #fjgc1     
#ajcca1 #ajccb74 ,thus    works contain 
love and faith1 and are love and faith  
in effect    7n4 #ajcca74 ,therefore to 
be judged and rewarded in accordance    
with deeds and works1 means in          
accordance with love and faith    7n4   
#cadg1 #cicd1 #fjgc1 #hiaa1 #ajcca1     
#ajccb74 ,so far as works look    to    
self and the world they are not good1   
but they are good so    far as they look
 to the ,lord and the neighbor 7n4      
#cadg74      #cei4 ,since a man can live

 outwardly as others do1 can grow rich1 
keep  a plentiful table1 dwell in an    
elegant house and wear fine clothing    
according to his condition and function1
 can enjoy delights and  gratifications1
 and engage in worldly affairs for the  
sake of his  occupation and business and
 for the life both of the mind and body1
  provided he inwardly acknowledges the 
,divine and wishes well to the          
neighbor1 it is evident that to enter   
upon the way to heaven is not  so       
difficult as many believe4 ,the sole    
difficulty lies in being able  to resist
 the love of self and the world1 and to 
prevent their  becoming dominant2 for   
this is the source of all evils4#a ,that
 this  is not so difficult as is        
believed is meant by these words of the 
,lord3         ,learn of ,me1 for ,i am 
meek and lowly of heart1 and ye         
shall find rest to your souls2 for ,my  
yoke is easy and ,my       burden is    
light 7,matt4 #aa3bi1 #cj74    ,the     
,lord's yoke is easy and ,his burden    

light because a man is led by  the ,lord
 and not by self just to the extent that
 he resists the evils  that flow forth  
from love of self and of the world2 and 
because the  ,lord then resists these   
evils in man and removes them4          
,footnote #a ,all evils are from the    
love of self and of the    world 7n4    
#acjg1 #acjh1 #acba1 #aeid1 #afia1      
#cdac1 #gbee1 #gcgf1 #gdhh1    #gdij1   
#hcah1 #icce1 #icdh1 #ajjch1 #ajgdb74   
,these are contempt of    others1       
enmities1 hatred1 revenge1 cruelty1     
deceit 7n4 #fffg1    #gcgj-gcgd1 #icdh1 
#ajjch1 #ajgdb74 ,into such loves man is
 born1    thus in them are his inherited
 evils 7n4 #fid1 #dcag1 #effj74         
#cfj4 ,i have spoken with some after    
death who1 while they lived in the      
world1 renounced the world and gave     
themselves up to an almost  solitary    
life1 in order that by an abstraction of
 the thoughts from  worldly things they 
might have opportunity for pious        
meditations1  believing that thus they  

might enter the way to heaven4 ,but     
these in  the other life are of a sad   
disposition2 they despise others who are
  not like themselves2 they are         
indignant that they do not have a       
happier lot than others1 believing that 
they have merited it2 they  have no     
interest in others1 and turn away from  
the duties of charity  by which there is
 conjunction with heaven4 ,they desire  
heaven more  than others2 but when they 
are taken up among the angels they      
induce  anxieties that disturb the      
happiness of the angels2 and in         
consequence they are sent away2 and when
 sent away they betake  themselves to   
desert places1 where they lead a life   
like that which  they lived in the      
world4 #b ,man can be formed for heaven 
only by  means of the world4 ,in the    
world are the outmost effects in which  
everyone's affection must be terminated2
 for unless affection puts  itself forth
 or flows out into acts1 which is done  
in association  with others1 it is      

suffocated to such a degree finally that
 man has  no longer any regard for the  
neighbor1 but only for himself4 ,all    
this  makes clear that a life of charity
 towards the neighbor1 which is  doing  
what is just and right in every work and
 in every employment1  is what leads to 
heaven1 and not a life of piety apart   
from  charity2#a and from this it       
follows that only to the extent that man
  is engaged in the employments of life 
can charity be exercised and  the life  
of charity grow2 and this is impossible 
to the extent that  man separates       
himself from those employments4 #c ,on  
this subject ,i  will speak now from    
experience4 ,of those who while in the  
world were  employed in trade and       
commerce and became rich through these  
pursuits  there are many in heaven1 but 
not so many of those who were in        
stations of honor and became rich       
through those employments2 and for  the 
reason that these latter by the gains   
and honors that resulted  from their    

dispensing justice and equity1 and also 
by the lucrative  and honorable         
positions bestowed on them were led into
 loving  themselves and the world1 and  
thereby separating their thoughts and   
affections from heaven and turning them 
to themselves4 ,for to the  extent that 
a man loves self and the world and looks
 to self and the  world in everything1  
he alienates himself from the ,divine   
and  separates himself from heaven4     
,footnote #a ,charity towards the       
neighbor is doing what is    good1 just1
 and right1 in every work and every     
employment 7n4    #habj-habb74 ,thus    
charity towards the neighbor extends to 
all    things and each thing that a man 
thinks1 wills1 and does 7n4    #habd74  
,a life of piety apart from a life of   
charity is of no    avail1 but together 
they are profitable for all things 7n4  
#hbeb1 #hbec74      #cfa4 ,as to the lot
 of the rich in heaven1 they live more  
splendidly  than others4 ,some of them  
dwell in palaces within which everything

 is  resplendent as if with gold and    
silver4 ,they have an abundance of all  
things for the uses of life1 but they do
 not in the least set their  heart on   
these things1 but only on uses4 ,uses   
are clearly seen as if  they were in    
light1 but the gold and silver are seen 
obscurely1 and  comparatively as if in  
shade4 ,this is because while they were 
in the  world they loved uses1 and loved
 gold and silver only as means and      
instruments4 ,it is the uses that are   
thus resplendent in heaven1 the  good of
 use like gold and the truth of use like
 silver4#a ,therefore  their wealth in  
heaven is such as their uses were in the
 world1 and  such1 too1 are their       
delight and happiness4 ,good uses are   
providing  oneself and one's own with   
the necessaries of life2 also desiring  
wealth for the sake of one's country and
 for the sake of one's  neighbor1 whom a
 rich man can in many ways benefit more 
than a poor  man4 ,these are good uses  
because one is able thereby to withdraw 

his  mind from an indolent life which is
 harmful1 since in such a life  man's   
thoughts run to evil because of the evil
 inherent in him4 ,these  uses are good 
to the extent that they have the ,divine
 in them1 that  is1 to the extent that  
man looks to the ,divine and to heaven1 
and  finds his good in these1 and sees  
in wealth only a subservient good4      
,footnote #a ,every good has its delight
 from use and in    accordance with use 
7n4 #cjdi1 #dihd1 #gjch72 also its      
quality2    and in consequence such as  
the use is such is the good 7n4         
#cjdi74 ,all the happiness and delight  
of life is from uses 7n4    #iig74 ,in  
general1 life is a life of uses 7n4     
#aifd74 ,angelic    life consists in the
 goods of love and charity1 thus in     
performing uses 7n4 #ded74 ,the ends    
that man has in view1 which    are uses1
 are the only things that the ,lord1 and
 thus the    angels1 consider 7n4 #acag1
 #afde1 #ehdd74 ,the kingdom of the     
,lord    is a kingdom of uses 7n4 #ded1 

#fif1 #aajc1 #cfde1 #djed1 #gjch74      
,performing uses is serving the ,lord   
7n4 #gjch74 ,everyone's    character is 
such as are the uses he performs 7n4    
#djed1 #fcae72    illustrated 7n4       
#gjch74      #cfb4 ,but the lot of the  
rich that have not believed in the      
,divine1  and have cast out of their    
minds the things pertaining to heaven   
and  the church1 is the opposite of     
this4 ,such are in hell1 where filth1   
misery1 and want exist2 and into these  
riches that are loved as an  end are    
changed2 and not only riches1 but also  
their very uses1 which  are either a    
wish to live as they like and indulge in
 pleasures1 and  to have opportunity to 
give the mind more fully and freely to  
shameful practices1 or a wish to rise   
above others whom they despise4  ,such  
riches and such uses1 because they have 
nothing spiritual1 but  only what is    
earthly in them1 become filthy2 for a   
spiritual purpose  in riches and their  
uses is like a soul in the body1 or like

 the  light of heaven in moist ground2  
and such riches and uses become  putrid 
as a body does without a soul1 or as    
moist ground does without  the light of 
heaven4 ,such are those that have been  
led and drawn away  from heaven by      
riches4      #cfc4 ,every man's ruling  
affection or love remains with him after
  death1 nor is it rooted out to        
eternity1 since a man's spirit is       
wholly what his love is1 and what is    
unknown1 the body of every  spirit and  
angel is the outward form of his love1  
exactly  corresponding to his inward    
form1 which is the form of his          
disposition and mind2 consequently the  
quality of his spirit is known  from his
 face1 movements1 and speech4 ,while a  
man is living in the  world the quality 
of the spirit would be known if he had  
not learned  to counterfeit in his face1
 movements1 and speech what is not his  
own4 ,all this shows that man remains to
 eternity such as his ruling  affection 
or love is4 ,it has been granted me to  

talk with some who  lived seventeen     
hundred years ago1 and whose lives are  
well known  from writings of that time1 
and it was found that the same love     
still  rules them as when they were on  
the earth4 ,this makes clear also that  
the love of riches1 and of uses from    
riches1 remains with everyone to        
eternity1 and that it is exactly the    
same as the love acquired in the  world1
 yet with the difference that in the    
case of those who devoted  their riches 
to good uses riches are changed in the  
other world into  delights which are in 
accord with the uses performed2 while in
 the  case of those who devoted their   
riches to evil uses riches are turned   
into mere filth1 in which they then take
 the same delight as they did  in the   
world in their riches devoted to evil   
uses4 ,such then take  delight in filth 
because filthy pleasures and shameful   
acts1 which  had been the uses to which 
they had devoted their riches1 and also 
avarice1 which is a love of riches      

without regard to use1 correspond  to   
filth4 ,spiritual filth is nothing else4
      #cfd4 ,the poor come into heaven  
not on account of their poverty but     
because of their life4 ,everyone's life 
follows him1 whether he be  rich or     
poor4 ,there is no peculiar mercy for   
one in preference to  another2#a he that
 has lived well is received1 while he   
that has not  lived well is rejected4   
,moreover1 poverty leads and draws man  
away  from heaven just as much as wealth
 does4 ,there are many among the  poor  
who are not content with their lot1 who 
strive after many  things1 and believe  
riches to be blessings2#b and when they 
do not  gain them are much provoked1 and
 harbor ill thoughts about the ,divine  
providence2 they also envy others the   
good things they possess1 and  are as   
ready as any one to defraud others      
whenever they have  opportunity1 and to 
indulge in filthy pleasures4 ,but this  
is not true  of the poor who are content
 with their lot1 and are careful and    

diligent in their work1 who love labor  
better than idleness1 and act  sincerely
 and faithfully1 and at the same time   
live a ,christian life4  ,i have now and
 then talked with those belonging to the
 peasantry and  common people1 who while
 living in the world believed in ,god   
and did  what was just and right in     
their occupations4 ,since they had an   
affection for knowing truth they        
inquired about charity and about  faith1
 having heard in this world much about  
faith and in the other  life much about 
charity4 ,they were therefore told that 
charity is  everything that pertains to 
life1 and faith everything that pertains
  to doctrine2 consequently charity is  
willing and doing what is just  and     
right in every work1 and faith is       
thinking justly and rightly2  and faith 
and charity are conjoined1 the same as  
doctrine and a life  in accordance with 
it1 or the same as thought and will2 and
 faith  becomes charity when that which 
a man thinks justly and rightly he  also

 wills and does1 and then they are not  
two but one4 ,this they  well           
understood1 and rejoiced1 saying that in
 the world they did not  understand     
believing to be anything else but       
living4      ,footnote #a ,there can be 
no mercy apart from means1 but only     
mercy through means1 that is1 to those  
who live in accordance    with the      
commandments of the ,lord2 such the     
,lord by ,his mercy    leads continually
 in the world1 and afterwards to        
eternity 7n4    #hgjj1 #ajfei74         
,footnote #b ,dignities and riches are  
not real blessings1    therefore they   
are granted both to the wicked and to   
the good    7n4 #hici1 #ajgge1 #ajggf74 
,the real blessing is reception of love 
and faith from the ,lord1 and           
conjunction thereby1 for this is    the 
source of eternal happiness 7n4 #adbj1  
#adbb1 #bhdf1 #cjag1    #cdjf1 #cejd1   
#cead1 #cecj1 #cefe1 #cehd1 #dbaf1      
#diha1 #hici1 #ajdie74      #cfe4 ,all  
this makes clear that the rich and the  

poor alike come into  heaven1 the one as
 easily as the other4 ,the belief that  
the poor  enter heaven easily and the   
rich with difficulty comes from not     
understanding the ,word where the rich  
and the poor are mentioned4 ,in  the    
,word those that have an abundance of   
knowledges of good and  truth1 thus who 
are within the church where the ,word   
is1 are meant in  the spiritual sense by
 the rich2 while those who lack these   
knowledges1 and yet desire them1 thus   
who are outside of the church  and where
 there is no ,word1 are meant by the    
poor4 #b ,the rich man  clothed in      
purple and fine linen1 and cast into    
hell1 means the  ,jewish nation1 which  
is called rich because it had the ,word 
and had  an abundance of knowledges of  
good and truth therefrom1 garments of   
purple signifying knowledges of good1   
and garments of fine linen  knowledges  
of truth4#a ,but the poor man who lay at
 the rich man's  gate and longed to be  
fed with the crumbs that fell from the  

rich  man's table1 and who was carried  
by angels into heaven1 means the        
nations that have no knowledges of good 
and truth and yet desired  them 7,luke  
#af3ai-ca74 ,also the rich that were    
called to a great  supper and excused   
themselves mean the ,jewish nation1 and 
the poor  brought in in their place mean
 the nations outside of the church      
7,luke #ad3af-bd74 #c ,by the rich man  
of whom the ,lord says3         ,it is  
easier for a camel to go through a      
needle's eye than       for a rich man  
to enter into the kingdom of ,god       
7,matt4       #ai3bd71    the rich in   
both the natural sense and the spiritual
 sense are meant4  ,in the natural sense
 the rich are those that have an        
abundance of  riches and set their heart
 upon them2 but in the spiritual sense  
they  are those that have an abundance  
of knowledges and learning1 which  are  
spiritual riches1 and who desire by     
means of these to introduce  themselves 
into the things of heaven and the church

 from their own  intelligence4 ,and     
because this is contrary to ,divine     
order it is said  to be easier for a    
camel to go through a needle's eye1 a   
camel  signifying in general in the     
spiritual sense the knowing faculty and 
things known1 and a needle's eye        
signifying spiritual truth4#b  ,that    
such is the meaning of a camel and a    
needle's eye is not at  present known1  
because the knowledge that teaches what 
is signified  in the spiritual sense by 
the things said in the literal sense of 
the  ,word has not up to this time been 
disclosed4 ,in every particular of  the 
,word there is a spiritual sense and    
also a natural sense2 for the  ,word was
 made to consist wholly of              
correspondences between natural  and    
spiritual things in order that          
conjunction of heaven with the  world1  
or of angels with men might thereby be  
effected1 direct  conjunction having    
ceased4 ,this makes clear who in        
particular are  meant in the ,word by   

the rich man4 #d ,that the rich in the  
,word  mean in the spiritual sense those
 who are in knowledges of truth and     
good1 and riches the knowledges         
themselves1 which are spiritual  riches1
 can be seen from various passages 7as  
in ,isa4 #aj3ab-ad2 #cj3f1  #g2 #de3c2  
,jer4 #ag3c2 #dh3g2 #ej3cf1 #cg2 #ea3ac2
 ,dan4 #e3b-d2 ,ezek4 #bf3g1  #ab2 #bg3a
 to the end2 ,zech4 #i3c1 #d2 ,psalm    
#de3ab2 ,hosea #ab3i2 ,apoc4  #c3ag1    
#ah2 ,luke #ad3cc2 and elsewhere74 ,also
 that the poor in the  spiritual sense  
signify those who do not possess        
knowledges of good  and of truth1 and   
yet desire them 7,matt4 #aa3e2 ,luke    
#f3bj1 #ba2 #ad3ba2  ,isa4 #ad3cj2      
#bi3ai2 #da3ag1 #ah2 ,zeph4 #c3ab1 #ac74
 ,all these passages may  be seen       
explained in accordance with the        
spiritual sense in the  ,arcana         
,coelestia 7n4 #ajbbg74      ,footnote  
#a ,garments signify truths1 thus       
knowledges 7n4    #ajgc1 #begf1 #ecai1  
#eied1 #ibab1 #ibaf1 #iieb1 #ajecf74    

,purple    signifies celestial good 7n4 
#idfg74 ,fine linen signifies    truth  
from a celestial origin 7n4 #ecai1      
#idfi1 #igdd74      ,footnote #b ,a     
camel signifies in the ,word the knowing
    faculty and knowledge in general 7n4
 #cjdh1 #cjga1 #cadc1 #cade74    ,what  
is meant by needlework1 working with a  
needle1 and    therefore by a needle 7n4
 #ifhh74 ,to enter from knowledge into  
the truths of faith is contrary to      
,divine order 7n4 #ajbcf74    ,those    
that do this become demented in respect 
to the thing of    heaven and the church
 7n4 #abh-acj1 #bcb1 #bcc1 #fjdg74 ,and 
in the    other life1 when they think   
about spiritual things they become    as
 it were drunken 7n4 #ajgb74 ,further   
about such 7n4 #aif74    ,examples      
showing that when spiritual things are  
entered into    through knowledges they 
cannot be comprehended 7n4 #bcc1 #bjid1 
#baif1 #bbjc1 #bbji74 ,it is permissible
 to enter from spiritual    truth into  
knowledges which pertain to the natural 

man1 but not    the reverse1 because    
there can be spiritual influx into the  
natural1 but not natural influx into the
 spiritual 7n4 #cbai1    #eaai1 #ebei1  
#edbg1 #edbh1 #edgh1 #fcbb1 #iaaj74 ,the
 truths of the    word and of the church
 must first be acknowledged1 after which
    it is permissible to consider       
knowledges1 but not before 7n4          
#fjdg74        #cff4 ,,xl4 ,,marriages  
,,in ,,heaven4    ,as heaven is from the
 human race1 and angels therefore are of
 both  sexes1 and from creation woman is
 for man and man is for woman1 thus  the
 one belongs to the other1 and this love
 is innate in both1 it  follows that    
there are marriages in heaven as well as
 on the earth4  ,but marriages in heaven
 differ widely from marriages on the    
earth4  ,therefore what marriages in    
heaven are1 and how they differ from    
marriages on the earth and wherein they 
are like them1 shall now be  told4      
#cfg4 ,marriage in heaven is a          
conjunction of two into one mind4 ,it   

must first be explained what this       
conjunction is4 ,the mind consists  of  
two parts1 one called the understanding 
and the other the will4  ,when these two
 parts act as one they are called one   
mind4 ,in heaven  the husband acts the  
part called the understanding and the   
wife acts  the part called the will4    
,when this conjunction1 which belongs to
  man's interiors1 descends into the    
lower parts pertaining to the  body1 it 
is perceived and felt as love1 and this 
love is marriage  love4 ,this shows that
 marriage love has its origin in the    
conjunction  of two into one mind4 ,this
 in heaven is called cohabitation2 and  
the  two are not called two but one4 ,so
 in heaven a married pair is spoken  of1
 not as two1 but as one angel4#a        
,footnote #a ,it is not known at this   
day what marriage love is1    or whence 
it is 7n4 #bgbg74 ,marriage love is     
willing what    another wills1 thus     
willing mutually and reciprocally 7n4   
#bgca74 ,those that are in marriage love

 dwell together in the    inmosts of    
life 7n4 #bgcb74 ,it is such a union of 
two minds that    from love they are one
 7n4 #ajafh1 #ajafi74 ,for the love of  
minds1 which is spiritual love1 is a    
union 7n4 #aeid1 #bjeg1    #cici1 #djah1
 #ehjg1 #faie1 #gjha-gjhf1 #geja1       
#ajacj74      #cfh4 ,moreover1 such a   
conjunction of husband and wife in the  
inmosts  of their minds comes from their
 very creation2 for man is born to be   
intellectual1 that is1 to think from the
 understanding1 while woman  is born to 
be affectional1 that is1 to think from  
her will2 and this  is evident from the 
inclination or natural disposition of   
each1 also  from their form2 from the   
disposition1 in that man acts from      
reason  and woman from affection2 from  
the form in that man has a rougher and  
less beautiful face1 a deeper voice and 
a harder body2 while woman  has a       
smoother and more beautiful face1 a     
softer voice1 and a more  tender body4  
,there is a like difference between     

understanding and  will1 or between     
thought and affection2 so1 too1 between 
truth and  good and between faith and   
love2 for truth and faith belong to the 
understanding1 and good and love to the 
will4 ,from this it is that in  the     
,word youth or man means in the         
spiritual sense the  understanding of   
truth1 and virgin or woman affection for
 good2  also that the church1 on account
 of its affection for good and truth1   
is called a woman and a virgin2 also    
that all those that are in  affection   
for good are called virgins 7as in      
,apoc4 #ad3d74a      ,footnote #a ,in   
the ,word young men signify             
understanding of    truth1 or the       
intelligent 7n4 #gffh74 ,men have the   
same    signification 7n4 #aeh1 #bfe1   
#gdi1 #iae1 #ajjg1 #beag1 #cacd1 #cbcf1 
#dhbc1 #ijjg74 ,woman signifies         
affection for good and truth 7n4        
#efh1 #cafj1 #fjad1 #gccg1 #hiid72      
likewise the church 7n4 #beb1 #bec1     
#gdi1 #ggj72 wife has the same          

signification 7n4 #beb1 #bec1 #dji1     
#gdi1 #ggj72 with what difference 7n4   
#iae1 #beag1 #cbcf1 #deaj1    #dhbc74   
,in the highest sense husband and wife  
are predicated    of the ,lord and of   
,his conjunction with heaven and the    
church    7n4 #gjbb74 ,a virgin         
signifies affection for good 7n4 #cjfg1 
#caaj1 #cagi1 #cahi1 #fgbi1 #fgdb72     
likewise the church 7n4 #bcfb1    #cjha1
 #cifc1 #dfch1 #fgbi1 #fgge1 #fghh74    
#cfi4 ,everyone1 whether man or woman1  
possesses understanding and  will2 but  
with the man the understanding          
predominates1 and with the  woman the   
will predominates1 and the character is 
determined by that  which predominates4 
,yet in heavenly marriages there is no  
predominance2 for the will of the wife  
is also the husband's will1  and the    
understanding of the husband is also the
 wife's  understanding1 since each loves
 to will and to think like the other1   
that is mutually and reciprocally4 ,thus
 are they conjoined into one4  ,this    

conjunction is actual conjunction1 for  
the will of the wife  enters into the   
understanding of the husband1 and the   
understanding  of the husband into the  
will of the wife1 and this especially   
when  they look into one another's      
faces2 for1 as has been repeatedly said 
above1 there is in the heavens a sharing
 of thoughts and affections1  more      
especially with husband and wife1       
because they reciprocally love  each    
other4 ,this makes clear what the       
conjunction of minds is that  makes     
marriage and produces marriage love in  
the heavens1 namely1  that one wishes   
what is his own to be the others1 and   
this  reciprocally4      #cgj4 ,i have  
been told by angels that so far as a    
married pair are so  conjoined they are 
in marriage love1 and also to the same  
extent in  intelligence1 wisdom and     
happiness1 because ,divine truth and    
,divine  good which are the source of   
all intelligence1 wisdom1 and happiness1
  flow chiefly into marriage love2      

consequently marriage love1 since it  is
 also the marriage of good and truth1 is
 the very plane of ,divine  influx4 ,for
 that love1 as it is a conjunction of   
the understanding  and will1 is also a  
conjunction of truth and good1 since the
  understanding receives ,divine truth  
and is formed out of truths1 and  the   
will receives ,divine good and is formed
 out of goods4 ,for what a  man wills is
 good to him1 and what he understands is
 truth to him2  therefore it is the same
 whether you say conjunction of         
understanding  and will or conjunction  
of truth and good4 ,conjunction of truth
 and  good is what makes an angel2 it   
makes his intelligence1 wisdom1 and     
happiness2 for an angel is an angel     
accordingly as good in him is  conjoined
 with truth and truth with good2 or what
 is the same1  accordingly as love in   
him is conjoined with faith and faith   
with  love4      #cga4 ,the ,divine that
 goes forth from the ,lord flows chiefly
 into  marriage love because marriage   

love descends from a conjunction of     
good and truth2 for it is the same thing
 as has been said above1  whether you   
say conjunction of understanding and    
will or conjunction  of good and truth4 
,conjunction of good and truth has its  
origin in  the ,lord's ,divine love     
towards all who are in heaven and on    
earth4  ,from ,divine love ,divine good 
goes forth1 and ,divine good is received
  by angels and men in ,divine truths4  
,as truth is the sole receptacle  of    
good nothing can be received from the   
,lord and from heaven by any  one who is
 not in truths2 therefore just to the   
extent that the  truths in man are      
conjoined to good is man conjoined to   
the ,lord and  to heaven4 ,this1 then1  
is the very origin of marriage love1 and
 for  this reason that love is the very 
plane of ,divine influx4 ,this shows    
why the conjunction of good and truth in
 heaven is called the  heavenly         
marriage1 and heaven is likened in the  
,word to a marriage1  and is called a   

marriage2 and the ,lord is called the   
,bridegroom and  ,husband1 and heaven   
and also the church are called the bride
 and  the wife4#a      ,footnote #a ,the
 origin1 cause1 and essence of true     
marriage    love is the marriage of good
 and truth2 thus it is from heaven      
7n4 #bgbh1 #bgbi74 ,respecting angelic  
spirit1 who have a    perception whether
 there is anything of marriage from the 
idea    of a conjunction of good and    
truth 7n4 #ajgef74 ,it is with          
marriage love in every respect the same 
as it is with the    conjunction of good
 and truth 7n4 #aijd1 #bagc1 #bdbi1     
#bejh1 #caja1    #cajb1 #caee1 #cagi1   
#cahj1 #dceh1 #ehjg1 #ehce1 #ibjf1      
#idie1 #ifcg74    ,how and with whom the
 conjunction of good and truth is       
effected    7n4 #chcd1 #djif1 #djig1    
#dcja1 #dcde1 #dcec1 #dcfd1 #dcfh1      
#ecfe1    #gfbc-gfbg1 #ibeh74 ,only     
those that are in good and truth from   
the ,lord know what true marriage love  
is 7n4 #ajaga74 ,in the    ,word        

marriage signifies the marriage of good 
and truth 7n4    #cacb1 #ddcd1 #dhce74  
,the kingdom of the ,lord and heaven are
 in    true marriage love 7n4 #bgcg74   
#cgb4 ,good and truth conjoined in an   
angel or a man are not two but  one1    
since good is then good of truth and    
truth is truth of good4  ,this          
conjunction may be likened to a man's   
thinking what he wills and  willing what
 he thinks1 when the thought and will   
make one1 that is1  one mind2 for       
thought forms1 that is1 presents in form
 that which the  will wills1 and the    
will gives delight to it2 and this is   
why a  married pair in heaven are not   
called two1 but one angel4 ,this also   
is what is meant by the ,lord's words3  
,have ye not read that ,he who made them
 from the beginning       made them male
 and female1 and said1 ,for this cause  
shall       a man leave father and      
mother and shall cleave to his          
wife1 and they twain shall become one   
flesh8 ,therefore1       they are no    

more twain1 but one flesh4 ,what1       
therefore1       ,god hath joined       
together let not man put asunder4 ,not  
all       can receive this word but they
 to whom it is given 7,matt4            
#ai3d-f1 #aa2 ,mark #aj3f-i2 ,gen4      
#b3bd74    ,this is a description both  
of the heavenly marriage in which the   
angels are and of the marriage of good  
and truth1 man's not putting  asunder   
what ,god has joined together meaning   
that good is not to be  separated from  
truth4      #cgc4 ,from all this the    
origin of true marriage love is made    
clear1  namely1 that it is formed first 
in the minds of those who are in        
marriage1 and descends therefrom and is 
derived into the body1 where  it is     
perceived and felt as love2 for whatever
 is felt and perceived  in the body has 
its origin in the spiritual1 because it 
is from the  understanding and the will4
 ,the understanding and the will        
constitute  the spiritual man4 ,whatever
 descends from the spiritual man into   

the  body presents itself there under   
another aspect1 although it is  similar 
and accordant1 like soul and body1 and  
like cause and effect2  as can be seen  
from what has been said and shown in the
 two chapters  on ,correspondences4     
#cgd4 ,i heard an angel describing true 
marriage love and its heavenly  delights
 in this manner3 ,that it is the ,lord's
 ,divine in the heavens1  which is      
,divine good and ,divine truth so united
 in two persons1 that  they are not as  
two but as one4 ,he said that in heaven 
the two  consorts are marriage love1    
since everyone is his own good and his  
own truth in respect both to mind and to
 body1 the body being an  image of the  
mind because it is formed after its     
likeness4 ,from this  he drew the       
conclusion that the ,divine is imaged in
 the two that are  in true marriage     
love2 and as the ,divine is so imaged so
 is heaven1  because the entire heaven  
is ,divine good and ,divine truth going 
forth  from the ,lord2 and this is why  

all things of heaven are inscribed on   
marriage love with more blessings and   
delights than it is possible to  number4
 ,he expressed the number by a term that
 involved myriads of  myriads4 ,he      
wondered that the man of the church     
should know nothing  about this1 seeing 
that the church is the ,lord's heaven on
 the earth1  and heaven is a marriage of
 good and truth4 ,he said he was        
astounded  to think that within the     
church1 even more than outside of it1   
adulteries are committed and even       
justified2 the delight of which in      
itself is nothing else in a spiritual   
sense1 and consequently in the          
spiritual world1 than the delight of the
 love of falsity conjoined to  evil1    
which delight is infernal delight1      
because it is the direct  opposite of   
the delight of heaven1 which is the     
delight of the love  of truth conjoined 
with good4      #cge4 ,everyone knows   
that a married pair who love each other 
are  interiorly united1 and that the    

essential of marriage is the union of   
dispositions and minds4 ,and from this  
it can be seen that such as  their      
essential dispositions or minds are1    
such is their union and  such their love
 for each other4 ,the mind is formed    
solely out of  truths and goods1 for all
 things in the universe have relation to
  good and truth and to their           
conjunction2 consequently such as the   
truths and goods are out of which the   
minds are formed1 exactly such  is the  
union of minds2 and consequently the    
most perfect union is the  union of     
minds that are formed out of genuine    
truths and goods4 ,let  it be known that
 no two things mutually love each other 
more than  truth and good do2 and       
therefore it is from that love that true
  marriage love descends4#a ,falsity and
 evil also love each other1 but  this   
love is afterwards changed into hell4   
,footnote #a ,all things in the         
universe1 both in heaven and in    the  
world1 have relation to good and truth  

7n4 #bdeb1 #caff1    #dcij1 #ddji1      
#ebcb1 #gbef1 #ajabb74 ,and to the      
conjunction of these    7n4 #ajeee74    
,between good and truth there is        
marriage 7n4 #aijd1    #bagc1 #bejh74   
,good loves truth1 and from love longs  
for truth    and for the conjunction of 
truth with itself1 and from this    they
 are in a perpetual endeavor to be      
conjoined 7n4 #ibjf1    #ibjg1 #idie74  
,the life of truth is from good 7n4     
#aehi1 #aiig1    #begb1 #djgj1 #djif1   
#djig1 #dgcf1 #dgeg1 #dhhd1 #eadg1      
#iffg74 ,truth is    the form of good   
7n4 #cjdi1 #cahj1 #degd1 #iaed74 ,truth 
is to good    as water is to bread 7n4  
#digf74      #cgf4 ,from what has now   
been said about the origin of marriage  
love  one may conclude who are in that  
love and who are not2 namely1 that      
those are in marriage love who are in   
,divine good from ,divine truths2  and  
that marriage love is genuine just to   
the extent that the truths  are genuine 
with which the good is conjoined4 ,and  

as all the good  that is conjoined with 
truths is from the ,lord1 it follows    
that no  one can be in true marriage    
love unless he acknowledges the ,lord   
and  ,his ,divine2 for without that     
acknowledgment the ,lord cannot flow in 
and be conjoined with the truths that   
are in man4      #cgg4 ,evidently1 then1
 those that are in falsities1 and       
especially  those that are in falsities 
from evil1 are not in marriage love4    
,moreover1 those that are in evil and in
 falsities therefrom have the  interiors
 of their minds closed up2 and in such1 
therefore1 there can  be no source of   
marriage love2 but below those          
interiors1 in the  external or natural  
man separated from the internal1 there  
can be a  conjunction of falsity and    
evil1 which is called infernal marriage4
 ,i  have been permitted to see what    
this marriage is between those that  are
 in the falsities of evil1 which is     
called infernal marriage4 ,such         
converse together1 and are united by a  

lustful desire1 but inwardly  they burn 
with a deadly hatred towards each other1
 too intense to be  described4          
#cgh4 ,nor can marriage love exist      
between two partners belonging to       
different religions1 because the truth  
of the one does not agree with  the good
 of the other2 and two unlike and       
discordant kinds of good  and truth     
cannot make one mind out of two2 and in 
consequence the  love of such does not  
have its origin in any thing spiritual4 
,if they  live together in harmony it is
 solely on natural grounds4#a ,and this 
is why in the heavens marriages are     
found only with those who are in  the   
same society1 because such are in like  
good and truth and not  with those      
outside of the society4 ,it may be seen 
above 7n4 #da1 seq47  that all there in 
a society are in like good and truth1   
and differ  from those outside the      
society4 ,this was represented in the   
,israelitish nation by marriages being  
contracted within tribes1 and           

particularly within families1 and not   
outside of them4      ,footnote #a      
,marriages between those of different   
religions are    not permissible1       
because there can be no conjunction of  
like    good and truth in the interiors 
7n4 #hiih74      #cgi4 ,nor is true     
marriage love possible between one      
husband and  several wives2 for its     
spiritual origin1 which is the formation
 of  one mind out of two1 is thus       
destroyed2 and in consequence interior  
conjunction1 which is the conjunction of
 good and truth1 from which  is the very
 essence of that love1 is also          
destroyed4 ,marriage with  more than one
 is like an understanding divided among 
several wills2  or it is like a man     
attached not to one but to several      
churches1  since his faith is so        
distracted thereby as to come to naught4
 ,the  angels declare that marrying     
several wives is wholly contrary to     
,divine order1 and that they know this  
from several reasons1 one of  which is  

that as soon as they think of marriage  
with more than one  they are alienated  
from internal blessedness and heavenly  
happiness1  and become like drunken men1
 because good is separated from its     
truth  in them4 ,and as the interiors of
 their mind are brought into such a     
state merely by thinking about it with  
some intention1 they see  clearly that  
marriage with more than one would close 
up their  internal mind1 and cause      
marriage to be displaced by lustful     
love1  which love withdraws from        
heaven4#a #b ,they declare further that 
this is not easily comprehended by men  
because there are few who are  in       
genuine marriage love1 and those who are
 not in it know nothing  whatever of the
 interior delight that is in that love1 
knowing only  the delight of lust1 and  
this delight is changed into what is    
undelightful after living together a    
short time2 while the delight of  true  
marriage love not only endures to old   
age in the world1 but  after death      

becomes the delight of heaven and is    
there filled with an  interior delight  
that grows more and more perfect to     
eternity4 ,they  said also that the     
varieties of blessedness of true        
marriage love  could be enumerated even 
to many thousands1 not even one of which
 is  known to man1 or could enter into  
the comprehension of any one who is  not
 in the marriage of good and truth from 
the ,lord4      ,footnote #a ,as husband
 and wife should be one1 and should live
    together in the inmost of life1 and 
as they together make one    angel in   
heaven1 so true marriage love is        
impossible between    one husband and   
several wives 7n4 #aijg1 #bgdj74 ,to    
marry several    wives at the same time 
is contrary to ,divine order 7n4        
#ajhcg74    ,that there is no marriage  
except between one husband and one      
wife is clearly perceived by those who  
are in the ,lord's    celestial kingdom 
7n4 #hfe1 #cbdf1 #ijjb1 #ajagb74 ,for   
the reason    that the angels there are 

in the marriage of good and truth 7n4   
#cbdf74 ,the ,israelitish nation were   
permitted to marry several    wives1 and
 to add concubines to wives1 but not    
,christians1 for    the reason that that
 nation was in externals separate from  
internals1 while ,christians are able to
 enter into internals1    thus into the 
marriage of good and truth 7n4 #cbdf1   
#dhcg1 #hhji47      #chj4 ,the love of  
dominion of one over the other entirely 
takes away  marriage love and its       
heavenly delight1 for as has been said  
above1  marriage love and its delight   
consists in the will of one being that  
of the other1 and this mutually and     
reciprocally4 ,this is destroyed  by    
love of dominion in marriage1 since he  
that domineers wishes his  will alone to
 be in the other1 and nothing of the    
other's will to be  reciprocally in     
himself1 which destroys all mutuality1  
and thus all  sharing of any love and   
its delight one with the other4 ,and yet
 this  sharing and consequent           

conjunction are the interior delight    
itself  that is called blessedness in   
marriage4 ,this blessedness1 with       
everything that is heavenly and         
spiritual in marriage love1 is so       
completely extinguished by love of      
dominion as to destroy even all         
knowledge of it2 and if that love were  
referred to it would be held  in such   
contempt that any mention of blessedness
 from that source  would excite either  
laughter or anger4 #b ,when one wills or
 loves  what the other wills or loves   
each has freedom1 since all freedom is  
from love2 but where there is dominion  
no one has freedom2 one is a  servant1  
and the other who rules is also a       
servant1 for he is led as  a servant by 
the lust of ruling4 ,but all this is    
wholly beyond the  comprehension of one 
who does not know what the freedom of   
heavenly  love is4 ,nevertheless from   
what has been said above about the      
origin  and essence of marriage love it 
can be seen that so far as dominion     

enters1 minds are not united but        
divided4 ,dominion subjugates1 and a    
subjugated mind has either no will or an
 opposing will4 ,if it has no  will it  
has also no love2 and if it has an      
opposing will there is  hatred in place 
of love4 #c ,the interiors of those who 
live in such  marriage are in mutual    
collision and strife1 as two opposites  
are  wont to be1 however their exteriors
 may be restrained and kept quiet  for  
the sake of tranquillity4 ,the collision
 and antagonism of the  interiors of    
such are disclosed after their death1   
when commonly they  come together and   
fight like enemies and tear each other2 
for they  then act in accordance with   
the state of the interiors4 ,frequently 
,i  have been permitted to see them     
fighting and tearing one another1       
sometimes with great vengeance and      
cruelty4 ,for in the other life         
everyone's interiors are set at liberty2
 and they are no longer  restrained by  
outward bounds or by worldly            

considerations1 everyone  then being    
just such as he is interiorly4          
#cha4 ,to some a likeness of marriage   
love is granted4 ,yet unless they  are  
in the love of good and truth there is  
no marriage love1 but only  a love which
 from several causes appears like       
marriage love1 namely1  that they may   
secure good service at home2 that they  
may be free from  care1 or at peace1 or 
at ease2 that they may be cared for in  
sickness  or in old age2 or that the    
children whom they love may be attended 
to4 ,some are constrained by fear of the
 other consort1 or by fear of  the loss 
of reputation1 or other evil            
consequences1 and some by a  controlling
 lust4 ,moreover1 in the two consorts   
marriage love may  differ1 in one there 
may be more or less of it1 in the other 
little  or none2 and because of this    
difference heaven may be the portion of 
one and hell the portion of the other4  
#chb4 a4 ,in the inmost heaven there is 
genuine marriage love because  the      

angels there are in the marriage of good
 and truth1 and also in  innocence4 ,the
 angels of the lower heavens are also in
 marriage love1  but only so far as they
 are in innocence2 for marriage love    
viewed in  itself is a state of         
innocence2 and this is why consorts who 
are in  the marriage love enjoy heavenly
 delights together1 which appear  before
 their minds almost like the sports of  
innocence1 as between  little children2 
for everything delights their minds1    
since heaven  with its joy flows into   
every particular of their lives4 ,for   
the same  reason marriage love is       
represented in heaven by the most       
beautiful  objects4 ,i have seen it     
represented by a maiden of indescribable
  beauty encompassed with a bright white
 cloud4 ,it is said that the  angels in 
heaven have all their beauty from       
marriage love4 ,affections  and thought 
flowing from that love are represented  
by diamond-like  auras with             
scintillations as if from carbuncles and

 rubies1 which are  attended by delights
 that affect the interiors of the mind4 
,in a  word1 heaven itself is           
represented in marriage love1 because   
heaven  with the angels is the          
conjunction of good and truth1 and it is
 this  conjunction that makes marriage  
love4      #chb4 b4 ,marriages in heaven
 differ from marriages on the earth in  
that the procreation of offspring is    
another purpose of marriages on  the    
earth1 but not of marriages in heaven1  
since in heaven the  procreation of good
 and truth takes the place of           
procreation of  offspring4 ,the former  
takes the place of the latter because   
marriage  in heaven is a marriage of    
good and truth 7as has been shown       
above72  and as in that marriage good   
and truth and their conjunction are     
loved above all things so these are what
 are propagated by marriages  in heaven4
 ,and because of this1 in the ,word     
births and generations  signify         
spiritual births and generations1 which 

are births and  generations of good and 
truth2 mother and father signify truth  
conjoined to good1 which is what        
procreates2 sons and daughters  signify 
the truths and goods that are           
procreated2 and sons-in-law and         
daughters-in-law conjunction of these1  
and so on4#a ,all this makes  clear that
 marriages in heaven are not like       
marriages on earth4 ,in  heaven         
marryings are spiritual1 and cannot     
properly be called  marryings1 but      
conjunctions of minds from the          
conjunction of good and  truth4 ,but on 
earth there are marryings1 because these
 are not of the  spirit alone but also  
of the flesh4 ,and as there are no      
marryings in  heaven1 consorts there are
 not called husband and wife2 but from  
the  angelic idea of the joining of two 
minds into one1 each consort  designates
 the other by a name signifying one's   
own1 mutually and  reciprocally4 ,this  
shows how the ,lord's words in regard to
 marrying  and giving in marriage 7,luke

 #bj3ce1 #cf71 are to be understood4    
,footnote #a ,conceptions1 pregnancies1 
births1 and generations    signify those
 that are spiritual1 that is1 such as   
pertain to    good and truth1 or to love
 and faith 7n4 #fac1 #aade1 #abee1      
#bjbj1    #behd1 #chfj1 #chfh1 #djgj1   
#dffh1 #fbci1 #hjdb1 #icbe1 #ajbdi74    
,therefore generation and birth signify 
regeneration and rebirth    through     
faith and love 7n4 #eafj1 #eeih1 #ijdb1 
#ihde74 ,mother    signifies the church 
in respect to truth1 and thus the truth 
of    the church2 father the church in  
respect to good1 and thus the    good of
 the church 7n4 #bfia1 #bgag1 #cgjc1    
#eeha1 #hhig74 ,sons    signify         
affections for truth1 and thus truths   
7n4 #dhi1 #dia1    #ecc1 #bfbc1 #ccgc1  
#dbeg1 #hfdi1 #ihjg74 ,daughters signify
    affections for good1 and the goods  
7n4 #dhi-dia1 #bcfb1 #cifc1    #fgbi1   
#fgge1 #fggh1 #ijee74 ,son-in-law       
signifies truth associated    with      
affection for good 7n4 #bchi74          

,daughter-in-law signifies    good      
associated with its truth 7n4 #dhdc74   
#chc4 ,i have also been permitted to see
 how marriages are contracted  in the   
heavens4 ,as everywhere in heaven those 
who are alike are  united and those who 
are unlike are separated1 so every      
society in  heaven consists of those who
 are alike4 ,like are brought to like   
not  by themselves but by the ,lord 7see
 above1 n4 #da1 #dc1 #dd1 seq472 and    
equally consort to consort whose minds  
can be joined into one are  drawn       
together2 and consequently at first     
sight they inmostly love  each other1   
and see themselves to be consorts1 and  
enter into  marriage4 ,for this reason  
all marriages in heaven are from the    
,lord  alone4 ,they have also marriage  
feasts2 and these are attended by  many2
 but the festivities differ in different
 societies4      #chd4 ,marriages on the
 earth are most holy in the sight of the
 angels  of heaven because they are     
seminaries of the human race1 and also  

of  the angels of heaven 7heaven being  
from the human race1 as already  shown  
under that head71 also because these    
marriages are from a  spiritual origin1 
namely1 from the marriage of good and   
truth1 and  because the ,lord's ,divine 
flows especially into marriage love4    
,adulteries on the other hand are       
regarded by the angels as profane       
because they are contrary to marriage   
love2 for as in marriages the  angels   
behold the marriage of good and truth1  
which is heaven1 so in  adulteries they 
behold the marriage of falsity and evil1
 which is  hell4 ,if1 then1 they but    
hear adulteries mentioned they turn     
away4  ,and this is why heaven is closed
 up to man when he commits adultery     
from delight2 and when heaven is closed 
man no longer acknowledges  the ,divine 
nor any thing of the faith of church4#a 
,that all who are  in hell are          
antagonistic to marriage love ,i have   
been permitted to  perceive from the    
sphere exhaling from hell1 which was    

like an  unceasing endeavor to dissolve 
and violate marriages2 which shows  that
 the reigning delight in hell is the    
delight of adultery1 and the  delight of
 adultery is a delight in destroying the
 conjunction of  good and truth1 which  
conjunction makes heaven4 ,from this it 
follows  that the delight of adultery is
 an infernal delight directly opposed   
to the delight of marriage1 which is a  
heavenly delight4      ,footnote #a     
,adulteries are profane 7n4 #iifa1      
#ajagd74  ,heaven    is closed to       
adulterers 7n4 #bgej74 ,those that have 
experienced    delight in adulteries    
cannot come into heaven 7n4 #eci1 #bgcc1
    #bgdg-bgdi1 #bgea1 #ajage74         
,adulterers are unmerciful and          
destitute of religion 7n4 #hbd1 #bgdg1  
#bgdh74 ,the ideas of    adulterers are 
filthy 7n4 #bgdg1 #bgdh74 ,in the other 
life they    love filth and are in      
filthy hells 7n4 #bgee1 #ecid1 #egbb74  
,in    the ,word adulteries signify     
adulterations of good1 and    whoredoms 

perversions of truth 7n4 #bdff1 #bgbi1  
#ccii1 #dhfe1    #hijd1 #ajfdh74        
#che4 ,there were certain spirits who1  
from a practice acquired in the  life of
 the body1 infested me with peculiar    
craftiness1 and this by a  very gentle  
wave-like influx like the usual influx  
of well disposed  spirits2 but ,i       
perceived that there was craftiness and 
other like  evils in them prompting them
 to ensnare and deceive4 ,finally1 ,i   
talked with one of them who1 ,i was     
told1 had been when he lived in  the    
world the leader of an army2 and        
perceiving that there was a  lustfulness
 in the ideas of his thought ,i talked  
with him about  marriage1 using         
spiritual speech with representatives1  
which fully  expresses all that is meant
 and many things in a moment4 ,he said  
that  in the life of the body he had    
regarded adulteries as of no account4   
,but ,i was permitted to tell him that  
adulteries are heinous1 although  to    
those like himself they do not appear to

 be such1 and even appear  permissible1 
on account of their seductive and       
enticing delights4  ,that they are      
heinous he might know from the fact that
 marriages are  the seminaries of the   
human race1 and thus also the seminaries
 of the  heavenly kingdom2 consequently 
they must on no account be violated1    
but must be esteemed holy4 ,this he     
might know from the fact1 which he      
ought to know because of his being in   
the other life and in a state  of       
perception1 that marriage love descends 
from the ,lord through  heaven1 and from
 that love1 as from a parent1 mutual    
love1 which is  the foundation of heaven
 is derived2 and again from this1 that  
if  adulterers merely draw near to      
heavenly societies they perceive their  
own stench and cast themselves down     
therefrom towards hell4 ,at least  he   
must have known that to violate         
marriages is contrary to ,divine  laws1 
and contrary to the civil laws of all   
kingdoms1 also contrary  to the genuine 

light of reason1 because it is contrary 
to both ,divine  and human order2 not to
 mention other considerations4 ,but he  
replied  that he had not so thought in  
the life of the body4 ,he wished to     
reason about whether it were so1 but was
 told that truth does not  admit of such
 reasonings2 for reasonings defend what 
one delights in1  and thus one's evils  
and falsities2 that he ought first to   
think  about the things that had been   
said because they are truths2 or at     
least think about them from the         
principle well known in the world1  that
 no one should do to another what he is 
unwilling that another  should do to    
him2 thus he should consider whether he 
himself would  not have detested        
adulteries if any one had in that way   
deceived his  wife1 whom he had loved as
 everyone loves in the first period of  
marriage1 and if in his state of wrath  
he had expressed himself on  the        
subject2 also whether being a man of    
talent he would not in that  case have  

confirmed himself more decidedly than   
others against  adulteries1 even        
condemning them to hell4      #chf4 ,i  
have been shown how the delights of     
marriage love advance  towards heaven1  
and the delights of adultery towards    
hell4 ,the  advance of the delights of  
marriage love towards heaven is into    
states of blessedness and happiness     
continually increasing until they       
become innumerable and ineffable1 and   
the more interiorly they  advance the   
more innumerable and more ineffable they
 become1 until  they reach the very     
states of blessedness and happiness of  
the inmost  heaven1 or of the heaven of 
innocence1 and this through the most    
perfect freedom2 for all freedom is from
 love1 thus the most perfect  freedom is
 from marriage love1 which is heavenly  
love itself4 ,on the  other hand1 the   
advance of adultery is towards hell1 and
 by degrees  to the lowest hell1 where  
there is nothing but what is direful and
  horrible4 ,such a lot awaits          

adulterers after their life in the      
world1  those being meant by adulterers 
who feel a delight in adulteries1 and   
no delight in marriages4        #chg4   
,,xli4 ,,the ,,employments ,,of ,,angels
 ,,in ,,heaven4    ,it is impossible to 
enumerate the employments in the        
heavens1 still  less to describe them in
 detail1 but something may be said about
 them  in a general way2 for they are   
numberless1 and vary in accordance  with
 the functions of the societies4 ,each  
society has its peculiar  function1 for 
as societies are distinct in accordance 
with goods 7see  above1 n4 #da71 so they
 are distinct in accordance with uses1  
because  with all in the heavens goods  
are goods in act1 which are uses4       
,everyone there performs a use1 for the 
,lord's kingdom is a kingdom of  uses4#a
      ,footnote #a ,the ,lord's kingdom 
is a kingdom of uses 7n4 #ded1    #fif1 
#aajc1 #cfde1 #djed1 #gjch74 ,performing
 uses is serving the    ,lord 7n4       
#gjch74 ,in the other life all must     

perform uses 7n4    #aajc72 even the    
wicked and infernal1 but in what manner 
7n4    #fif74 ,all are such as are the  
uses they perform 7n4 #djed1    #fhae72 
illustrated 7n4 #gjch74 ,angelic        
blessedness consists in    the goods of 
charity1 that is1 in performing uses 7n4
 #ded74      #chh4 ,in the heavens as on
 the earth there are many forms of      
service1  for there are ecclesiastical  
affairs1 there are civil affairs1 and   
there are domestic affairs4 ,that there 
are ecclesiastical affairs is  evident  
from what has been said and shown above1
 where ,divine worship  is treated of   
7n4 #bba-bbg72 civil affairs1 where     
governments in  heaven are treated of   
7n4 #bac-bbj72 and domestic affairs1    
where the  dwellings and homes of angels
 are treated of 7n4 #ahc-aij72 and      
marriages in heaven 7n4 #cff-cfh72 all  
of which show that in every  heavenly   
society there are many employments and  
services4      #chi4 ,all things in the 
heavens are organized in accordance with

  ,divine order1 which is everywhere    
guarded by the services performed  by   
angels1 those things that pertain to the
 general good or use by  the wiser      
angels1 those that pertain to particular
 uses by the less  wise1 and so on4     
,they are subordinated just as uses are 
subordinated  in the ,divine order2 and 
for this reason a dignity is connected  
with  every function according to the   
dignity of the use4 ,nevertheless1 an   
angel does not claim dignity to himself1
 but ascribes all dignity to  the use2  
and as the use is the good that he      
accomplishes1 and all  good is from the 
,lord1 so he ascribes all dignity to the
 ,lord4  ,therefore he that thinks of   
honor for himself and subsequently for  
the use1 and not for the use and        
subsequently for himself1 can  perform  
no function in heaven1 because this is  
looking away backwards  from the ,lord1 
and putting self in the first place and 
use in the  second4 ,when use is spoken 
of the ,lord also is meant1 because1 as 

has  just been said1 use is good1 and   
good is from the ,lord4      #cij4 ,from
 this it may be inferred what           
subordinations in the heavens  are1     
namely1 that as any one loves1 esteems1 
and honors the use he  also loves1      
esteems1 and honors the person with whom
 the use is  connected2 also that the   
person is loved1 esteemed and honored in
 the  measure in which he ascribes the  
use to the ,lord and not to himself2    
for to that extent he is wise1 and the  
uses he performs he performs  from good4
 ,spiritual love1 esteem1 and honor are 
nothing else than  the love1 esteem1 and
 honor of the use in the person1        
together with  the honor to the person  
because of the use1 and not honor to the
 use  because of the person4 ,this is   
the way1 moreover1 in which men are     
regarded when they are regarded from    
spiritual truth1 for one man is  then   
seen to be like another1 whether he be  
in great or in little  dignity1 the only
 perceptible difference being a         

difference in  wisdom2 and wisdom is    
loving use1 that is1 loving the good of 
a  fellow citizen1 of society1 of one's 
country1 and of the church4 ,it  is this
 that constitutes love to the ,lord1    
because every good that is  a good of   
use is from the ,lord2 and it           
constitutes also love towards  the      
neighbor1 because the neighbor means the
 good that is to be loved  in a fellow  
citizen1 in society1 in one's country1  
and in the church1  and that is to be   
done in their behalf4#a      ,footnote  
#a ,loving the neighbor is not loving   
the person1 but    loving that which is 
in him and which constitutes him 7n4    
#ejbe1    #ajccf74 ,those who love the  
person1 and not that which is in    him1
 and which constitutes him1 love equally
 an evil man and a    good man 7n4      
#chbj72 and do good alike to the evil   
and to the    good2 and yet to do good  
to the evil is to do evil to the good   
and that is not loving the neighbor 7n4 
#chbj1 #fgjc1 #habj74 ,the    judge who 

punishes the evil that they may be      
reformed1 and may    not contaminate or 
injure the good1 loves his neighbor 7n4 
#chbj1 #habj1 #haba74 ,every individual 
and every community also    one's       
country and the church1 and in the most 
general sense the    kingdom of the     
,lord1 are the neighbor1 and to do good 
to these    from a love of good in      
accord with the quality of their state1 
is loving the neighbor2 that is1 the    
neighbor is their good1    which is to  
be consulted 7n4 #fhah-fhbd1 #habc74    
#cia4 ,as all the societies in the      
heavens are distinct in accordance  with
 their goods 7as said above1 n4 #da1    
seq47 so they are distinct in           
accordance with their uses1 goods being 
goods in act1 that is1 goods  of charity
 which are uses4 ,some societies are    
employed in taking care  of little      
children2 others in teaching and        
training them as they grow  up2 others  
in teaching and training in like manner 
the boys and girls  that have acquired a

 good disposition from their education  
in the  world1 and in consequence have  
come into heaven4 ,there are other      
societies that teach the simple good    
from the ,christian world1 and  lead    
them into the way to heaven2 there are  
others that in like  manner teach and   
lead the various heathen nations4 ,there
 are some  societies that defend from   
infestations by evil spirits the newly  
arrived spirits that have just come from
 the world2 there are some  that attend 
upon the spirits that are in the lower  
earth2 also some  that attend upon      
spirits that are in the hells1 and      
restrain them  from tormenting each     
other beyond prescribed limits2 and     
there are  some that attend upon those  
who are being raised from the dead4 ,in 
general1 angels from each society are   
sent to men to watch over them  and to  
lead them away from evil affections and 
consequent thoughts1  and to inspire    
them with good affections so far as they
 will receive  them in freedom2 and by  

means of these they also direct the     
deeds or  works of men by removing as   
far as possible evil intentions4 ,when  
angels are with men they dwell as it    
were in their affections2 and  they are 
near to man just in the degree in which 
he is in good from  truths1 and are     
distant from him just in the degree in  
which his life  is distant from good4#a 
,but all these employments of angels are
  employments of the ,lord through the  
angels1 for the angels perform  them    
from the ,lord and not from themselves4 
,for this reason1 in the  ,word in its  
internal sense angels mean1 not angels1 
but something  belonging to the ,lord2  
and for the same reason angels are      
called  gods in the ,word4#b            
,footnote #a ,of the angels that are    
with little children and    afterwards  
with boys1 and thus in succession 7n4   
#bcjc74 ,man is    raised from the dead 
by means of angels2 from experiences 7n4
    #afh-ahi74 ,angels are sent to those
 who are in hell to prevent    their    

tormenting each other beyond measure 7n4
 #ifg74 ,of the    services rendered by 
the angels to men on their coming into  
the    other life 7n4 #baca74 ,there are
 spirits and angels with all men    and 
man is led by the ,lord by means of     
spirits and angels 7n4    #ej1 #fig1    
#bgif1 #bhhg1 #bhhh1 #ehdf-ehff1        
#eigf-eiic1 #fbji74 ,angels    have     
dominion over evil spirits 7n4 #agee74  
,footnote #b ,in the ,word by angels    
something ,divine from the    ,lord is  
signified 7n4 #aibe1 #bhba1 #cjci1      
#djhe1 #fbhj1 #haib74 ,in    the ,word  
angels are called gods1 because of their
 reception    of ,divine truth and good 
from the ,lord 7n4 #dbie1 #ddjb1 #haib1 
#hcja74      #cib4 ,these employments of
 the angels are their general           
employments2  but each one has his      
particular charge2 for every general use
 is  composed of innumerable uses which 
are called mediate1 ministering1  and   
subservient uses1 all and each          
coordinated and subordinated in         

accordance with ,divine order1 and taken
 together constituting and  perfecting  
the general use1 which is the general   
good4      #cic4 ,those are concerned   
with ecclesiastical affairs in heaven   
who in  the world loved the ,word and   
eagerly sought in it for truths1 not    
with honor or gain as an end1 but uses  
of life both for themselves  and for    
others4 ,these in heaven are in         
enlightenment and in the light  of      
wisdom in the measure of their love and 
desire for use2 and this  light of      
wisdom they receive from the ,word in   
heaven1 which is not a  natural ,word1  
as it is in the world1 but a spiritual  
,word 7see above1  n4 #bei47 ,these     
minister in the preaching office2 and in
 accordance  with ,divine order those   
are in higher positions who from        
enlightenment excel others in wisdom4 #b
 ,those are concerned with  civil       
affairs who in the world loved their    
country1 and loved its  general good    
more than their own1 and did what is    

just and right from  a love for what is 
just and right4 ,so far as these from   
the eagerness  of love have investigated
 the laws of justice and have thereby   
become  intelligent1 they have the      
ability to perform such functions in    
heaven1 and they perform these in that  
position or degree that  accords with   
their intelligence1 their intelligence  
being in equal  degree with their love  
of use for the general good4 #c         
,furthermore1  there are in heaven more 
functions and services and occupations  
than  can be enumerated2 while in the   
world there are few in comparison4  ,but
 however many there may be that are so  
employed1 they are all in  the delight  
of their work and labor from a love of  
use1 and no one  from a love of self or 
of gain2 and as all the necessaries of  
life  are furnished them gratuitously   
they have no love of gain for the  sake 
of a living4 ,they are housed           
gratuitously1 clothed gratuitously1  and
 fed gratuitously4 ,evidently1 then1    

those that have loved  themselves and   
the world more than use have no lot in  
heaven2 for his  love or affection      
remains with everyone after his life in 
the world1  and is not extirpated to    
eternity 7see above1 n4 #efc74          
#cid4 ,in heaven everyone comes into his
 own occupation in accordance  with     
correspondence1 and the correspondence  
is not with the  occupation but with the
 use of each occupation 7see above1 n4  
#aab72  for there is a correspondence of
 all things 7see n4 #ajf74 ,he that in  
heaven comes into the employment or     
occupation corresponding to his  use is 
in much the same condition of life as   
when he was in the  world2 since what is
 spiritual and what is natural make one 
by  correspondences2 yet there is this  
difference1 that he then comes  into an 
interior delight1 because into spiritual
 life1 which is an  interior life1 and  
therefore more receptive of heavenly    
blessedness4        #cie4 ,,xlii4       
,,heavenly ,,joy ,,and ,,happiness4     

,hardly any one at present knows what   
heaven is or what heavenly joy  is4     
,those who have given any thought to    
these subjects have had so  general and 
so gross an idea about them as scarcely 
to amount to  anything4 ,from spirits   
that have come from the world into the  
other  life ,i have been able to learn  
fully what idea they had of heaven and  
heavenly joy2 for when left to          
themselves1 as they were in the world1  
they think as they then did4 ,there is  
this ignorance about heavenly  joy for  
the reason that those who have thought  
about it have formed  their opinion from
 the outward joys pertaining to the     
natural man1  and have not known what   
the inner and spiritual man is1 nor in  
consequence the nature of his delight   
and blessedness2 and therefore  even if 
they had been told by those who are in  
spiritual or inward  delight what       
heavenly joy is1 would have had no      
comprehension of it1  for it could have 
fallen only into an idea not yet        

recognized1 thus  into no perception2   
and would therefore have been among the 
things  that the natural man rejects4   
,yet everyone can understand that when a
  man leaves his outer or natural man he
 comes into the inner or  spiritual man1
 and consequently can see that heavenly 
delight is  internal and spiritual1 not 
external and natural2 and being internal
  and spiritual1 it is more pure and    
exquisite1 and affects the  interiors of
 man which pertain to his soul or       
spirit4 ,from these  things alone       
everyone may conclude that his delight  
is such as the  delight of his spirit   
has previously been and that the delight
 of the  body1 which is called the      
delight of the flesh1 is in comparison  
not  heavenly2 also that whatever is in 
the spirit of man when he leaves  the   
body remains after death1 since he then 
lives a man-spirit4      #cif4 ,all     
delights flow forth from love1 for that 
which a man loves he  feels to be       
delightful4 ,no one has any delight from

 any other source4  ,from this it       
follows that such as the love is such is
 the delight4  ,the delights of the body
 or of the flesh all flow forth from the
 love  of self and love of the world2   
consequently they are lusts and their   
pleasures2 while the delights of the    
soul or spirit all flow forth  from love
 to the ,lord and love towards the      
neighbor1 consequently  they are        
affections for good and truth and       
interior satisfactions4  ,these loves   
with their delights flow in out of      
heaven from the ,lord  by an inner way1 
that is1 from above1 and affect the     
interiors2 while  the former loves with 
their delights flow in from the flesh   
and from  the world by an external way1 
that is1 from beneath1 and affect the   
exteriors4 ,therefore as far as the two 
loves of heaven are received  and make  
themselves felt1 the interiors of man1  
which belong to his  soul or spirit and 
which look from the world heavenwards1  
are opened1  while so far as the two    

loves of the world are received and make
  themselves felt1 his exteriors1 which 
belong to the body or flesh and  look   
away from heaven towards the world1 are 
opened4 ,as loves flow in  and are      
received their delights also flow in1   
the delights of heaven  into the        
interiors and the delights of the world 
into the exteriors1  since all delight1 
as has just been said above1 belongs to 
love4      #cig4 ,heaven in itself is so
 full of delights that viewed in itself 
it  is nothing else than blessedness and
 delight2 for the ,divine good  that    
flows forth from the ,lord's ,divine    
love is what makes heaven in  general   
and in particular with everyone there1  
and the ,divine love is  a longing for  
the salvation of all and the happiness  
of all from  inmosts and in fullness4   
,thus whether you say heaven or heavenly
 joy  it is the same thing4      #cih4  
,the delights of heaven are both        
ineffable and innumerable2 but  he that 
is in the mere delight of the body or of

 the flesh can have  no knowledge of or 
belief in a single one of these         
innumerable  delights2 for his          
interiors1 as has just been said1 look  
away from  heaven towards the world1    
thus backwards4 ,for he that is wholly  
in  the delight of the body or of the   
flesh1 or what is the same1 in the  love
 of self and of the world1 has no sense 
of delight except in  honor1 in gain1   
and in the pleasures of the body and the
 senses2 and  these so extinguish and   
suffocate the interior delights that    
belong  to heaven as to destroy all     
belief in them2 consequently he would be
  greatly astonished if he were told    
that when the delights of honor  and of 
gain are set aside other delights are   
given1 and still more if  he were told  
that the delights of heaven that take   
the place of these  are innumerable1 and
 are such as cannot be compared with the
 delights  of the body and the flesh1   
which are chiefly the delights of honor 
and of gain4 ,all this makes clear why  

it is not known what heavenly  joy is4  
#cii4 ,one can see how great the delight
 of heaven must be from the  fact that  
it is the delight of everyone in heaven 
to share his  delights and blessings    
with others2 and as such is the         
character of  all that are in the       
heavens it is clear how immeasurable is 
the  delight of heaven4 ,it has been    
shown above 7n4 #bfh71 that in the      
heavens there is a sharing of all with  
each and of each with all4  ,such       
sharing goes forth from the two loves of
 heaven1 which are1 as  has been said1  
love to the ,lord and love towards the  
neighbor2 and to  share their delights  
is the very nature of these loves4 ,love
 to the  ,lord is such because the      
,lord's love is a love of sharing       
everything  it has with all1 since it   
wills the happiness of all4 ,there is a 
like  love in everyone of those who love
 the ,lord1 because the ,lord is in     
them2 and from this comes the mutual    
sharing of the delights of  angels with 

one another4 ,love towards the neighbor 
is of such a  nature1 as will be seen in
 what follows4 ,all this shows that it  
is  the nature of these loves to share  
their delights4 ,it is otherwise  with  
the loves of self and of the world4 ,the
 love of self takes away  from others   
and robs others of all delight1 and     
directs it to itself1  for it wishes    
well to itself alone2 while the love of 
the world  wishes to have as its own    
what belongs to the neighbor4 ,therefore
  these loves are destructive of the    
delights of others2 or if there is  any 
disposition to share1 it is for the sake
 of themselves and not  for the sake of 
others4 ,thus in respect to others it is
 the nature of  those loves not to share
 but to take away1 except so far as the 
delights of others have some relation to
 self4 ,that the loves of self  and of  
the world1 when they rule1 are such ,i  
have often been  permitted to perceive  
by living experience4 ,whenever the     
spirits that  were in these loves during

 their life as men in the world drew    
near1  my delight receded and vanished2 
and ,i was told that at the mere        
approach of such to any heavenly society
 the delight of those in the  society   
diminished just in the degree of their  
proximity2 and what is  wonderful1 the  
evil spirits are then in their delight4 
,all this  indicates the state of the   
spirit of such a man while he is in the 
body1 since it is the same as it is     
after it is separated from the  body1   
namely1 that it longs for or lusts after
 the delights or goods  of another1 and 
finds delight so far as it secures them4
 ,all this  makes clear that the loves  
of self and of the world tend to destroy
  the joys of heaven1 and are thus      
direct opposites of heavenly loves1     
which desire to share4      #djj4 ,but  
it must be understood that the delight  
of those who are in  the loves of self  
and of the world1 when they draw near to
 any  heavenly society1 is the delight  
of their lust1 and thus is directly     

opposite to the delight of heaven4 ,and 
such enter into this delight  of their  
lust in consequence of their taking away
 and dispelling  heavenly delight in    
those that are in such delight4 ,when   
the heavenly  delight is not taken away 
or dispelled it is different1 for they  
are  then unable to draw near2 for so   
far as they draw near they bring  upon  
themselves anguish and pain2 and for    
this reason they do not  often venture  
to come near4 ,this also ,i have been   
permitted to learn  by repeated         
experience1 something of which ,i would 
like to add4 #b  ,spirits who go from   
this world into the other life desire   
more than  any thing else to get into   
heaven4 ,nearly all seek to enter1      
supposing that heaven consists solely in
 being admitted and received4  ,because 
of this desire they are brought to some 
society of the lowest  heaven4 ,but as  
soon as those who are in the love of    
self and of the  world draw near the    
first threshold of that heaven they     

begin to be  distressed and so tortured 
inwardly as to feel hell rather than    
heaven to be in them2 and in consequence
 they cast themselves down  headlong    
therefrom1 and do not rest until they   
come into the hells  among their like4  
#c ,it has also frequently occurred that
 such  spirits have wished to know what 
heavenly joy is1 and having heard  that 
it is in the interiors of angels1 they  
have wished to share in  it4 ,this      
therefore was granted2 for whatever a   
spirit who is not yet  in heaven or hell
 wishes is granted if it will benefit   
him4 ,but as  soon as that joy was      
communicated they began to be so        
tortured as not  to know how to twist or
 turn because of the pain4 ,i saw them  
thrust  their heads down to their feet  
and cast themselves upon the ground1    
and there writhe into coils like        
serpents1 and this in consequence of    
their interior agony4 ,such was the     
effect produced by heavenly  delight    
upon those who are in the delights of   

the love of self and of  the world2 and 
for the reason that these loves are     
directly opposite  to heavenly loves1   
and when opposite acts against opposite 
such pain  results4 ,and since heavenly 
delight enters by an inward way and     
flows  into the contrary delight1 the   
interiors which are in the contrary     
delight are twisted backwards1 thus into
 the opposite direction1 and  the result
 is such tortures4 #d ,they are opposite
 for the reason  given above1 that love 
to the ,lord and love to the neighbor   
wish to  share with others all that is  
their own1 for this is their delight1   
while the loves of self and of the world
 wish to take away from  others what    
they have1 and take it to themselves2   
and just to the  extent that they are   
able to do this they are in their       
delight4 ,from  this1 too1 one can see  
what it is that separates hell from     
heaven2  for all that are in hell were1 
while they were living in the world1  in
 the mere delights of the body and of   

the flesh from the love of  self and of 
the world2 while all that are in the    
heavens were1 while  they lived in the  
world1 in the delights of the soul and  
spirit from  love to the ,lord and love 
to the neighbor2 and as these are       
opposite  loves1 so the hells and the   
heavens are entirely separated1 and     
indeed so separated that a spirit in    
hell does not venture even to  put forth
 a finger from it or raise the crown of 
his head1 for if he  does this in the   
least he is racked with pain and        
tormented4 ,this1  too1 ,i have         
frequently seen4      #dja4 ,one who is 
in the love of self and love of the     
world perceives  while he lives in the  
body a sense of delight from these loves
 and  also in the particular pleasures  
derived from these loves4 ,but one  who 
is in love to ,god and in love towards  
the neighbor does not  perceive while he
 lives in the body any distinct sense of
 delight  from these loves or from the  
good affections derived from them1 but  

only a blessedness that is hardly       
perceptible1 because it is hidden  away 
in his interiors and veiled by the      
exteriors pertaining to the  body and   
dulled by the cares of the world4 ,but  
after death these  states are entirely  
changed4 ,the delights of love of self  
and of the  world are then turned into  
what is painful and direful1 because    
into  such things as are called infernal
 fire1 and by turns into things  defiled
 and filthy corresponding to their      
unclean pleasures1 and  these1 wonderful
 to tell1 are then delightful to them4  
,but the  obscure delight and almost    
imperceptible blessedness of those that 
had been while in the world in love to  
,god and in love to the  neighbor are   
then turned into the delight of heaven1 
and become in  every way perceived and  
felt1 for the blessedness that lay      
hidden and  unrecognized in their       
interiors while they lived in the world 
is then  revealed and brought forth into
 evident sensation1 because such had    

been the delight of their spirit1 and   
they are then in the spirit4      #djb4 
,in uses all the delights of heaven are 
brought together and are  present1      
because uses are the goods of love and  
charity in which  angels are2 therefore 
everyone has delights that are in accord
 with  his uses1 and in the degree of   
his affection for use4 ,that all the    
delights of heaven are delights of use  
can be seen by a comparison  with the   
five bodily senses of man4 ,there is    
given to each sense a  delight in       
accordance with its use2 to the sight1  
the hearing1 the  smell1 the taste1 and 
the touch1 each its own delight2 to the 
sight a  delight from beauty and from   
forms1 to the hearing from harmonious   
sounds1 to the smell from pleasing      
odors1 to taste from fine flavors4      
,these uses which the senses severally  
perform are known to those who  study   
them1 and more fully to those who are   
acquainted with  correspondences4 ,sight
 has such a delight because of the use  

it  performs to the understanding1 which
 is the inner sight2 the hearing  has   
such a delight because of the use it    
performs both to the  understanding and 
to the will through giving attention2   
the smell has  such a delight because of
 the use it performs to the brain1 and  
also  to the lungs2 the taste has such a
 delight because of the use it  performs
 to the stomach1 and thus to the whole  
body by nourishing it4  ,the delight of 
marriage1 which is a purer and more     
exquisite delight  of touch1 transcends 
all the rest because of its use1 which  
is the  procreation of the human race   
and thereby of angels of heaven4 ,these 
delights are in these sensories by an   
influx of heaven1 where every  delight  
pertains to use and is in accordance    
with use4      #djc4 ,there were some   
spirits who believed from an opinion    
adopted in  the world that heavenly     
happiness consists in an idle life in   
which  they would be served by others2  
but they were told that happiness  never

 consists in abstaining from work and   
getting satisfaction  therefrom4 ,this  
would mean everyone's desiring the      
happiness of  others for himself1 and   
what everyone wished for no one would   
have4  ,such a life would be an idle not
 an active life1 and would stupefy  all 
the powers of life2 and everyone ought  
to know that without  activity of life  
there can be no happiness of life1 and  
that rest  from this activity should be 
only for the sake of recreation1 that   
one may return with more vigor to the   
activity of his life4 ,they were  then  
shown by many evidences that angelic    
life consists in performing  the good   
works of charity1 which are uses1 and   
that the angels find  all their         
happiness in use1 from use1 and in      
accordance with use4 ,to  those that    
held the opinion that heavenly joy      
consists in living an  idle life and    
drawing breaths of eternal joy in       
idleness1 a  perception was given of    
what such a life is1 that they might    

become  ashamed of the idea2 and they   
saw that such a life is extremely sad1  
and that all joy thus perishing they    
would in a little while feel  only      
loathing and disgust for it4      #djd4 
,there were some spirits who thought    
themselves better instructed  than      
others1 and who said that they had      
believed in the world that  heavenly joy
 would consist solely in praising and   
giving glory to  ,god1 and that this    
would be an active life4 ,but these were
 told that  praising and giving glory to
 ,god is not a proper active life1 also 
that ,god has no need of praises and    
glorification1 but it is ,his will  that
 they should perform uses1 and thus the 
good works that are  called goods of    
charity4 ,but they were unable to       
associate with goods  of charity any    
idea of heavenly joy1 but only of       
servitude1 although  the angels         
testified that this joy is most free    
because it comes from  an interior      
affection and is conjoined with         

ineffable delight4      #dje4 ,almost   
all who enter the other life think that 
hell is the same  to everyone1 and      
heaven the same2 and yet in both there  
are infinite  varieties and diversities1
 and in no case is hell or heaven wholly
  the same to one as to another2 as it  
is impossible that any one man1  spirit 
or angel should ever be wholly like     
another even as to the  face4 ,at my    
mere thought of two being just alike or 
equal the angels  expressed horror1     
saying that everyone thing is formed out
 of the  harmonious concurrence of many 
things1 and that the one thing is such  
as that concurrence is2 and that it is  
thus that a whole society in  heaven    
becomes a one1 and that all the         
societies of heaven together  become a  
one1 and this from the ,lord alone by   
means of love4#a ,uses  in the heavens  
are likewise in all variety and         
diversity1 and in no  case is the use of
 one wholly the same as and identical   
with the use  of another2 so neither is 

the happiness of one the same as and    
identical with the happiness of another4
 ,furthermore1 the delights of  each use
 are innumerable1 and these innumerable 
delights are likewise  various1 and yet 
conjoined in such order that they       
mutually regard  each other1 like the   
uses of each member1 organ1 and viscus1 
in the  body1 and still more like the   
uses of each vessel and fiber in each   
member1 organ and viscus2 each and all  
of which are so affiliated as  to have  
regard to another's good in their own   
good1 and thus each in  all1 and all in 
each4 ,from this universal and          
individual aspect they  act as one4     
,footnote #a ,one thing consists of     
various things1 and receives    thereby 
its form and quality and perfection in  
accordance with    the quality of the   
harmony and concurrence 7n4 #deg1 #cbda1
    #hjjc74 ,there is an infinite       
variety and never any one thing the     
same as another 7n4 #gbcf1 #ijjb74 ,it  
is the same in the heavens    7n4 #cgdd1

 #djje1 #gbcf1 #ghcc1 #ghcf1 #ijjb74 ,in
 consequence all the    societies in the
 heavens and all the angels in a society
 are    distinct from each other because
 they are in different goods    and uses
 7n4 #fij1 #cbda1 #ceai1 #chjd1 #cihf1  
#djfg1 #dadi1 #dbfc1    #gbcf1 #ghcc74  
,the ,lord's ,divine love arranges all  
into a    heavenly form1 and so conjoins
 them that they are as a single    man  
7n4 #deg1 #cihf1 #eeih74      #djf4 ,i  
have talked at times with spirits that  
had recently come from  the world about 
the state of eternal life1 saying that  
it is  important to know who the ,lord  
of the kingdom is1 and what kind and    
what form of government it has4 ,as     
nothing is more important for  those    
entering another kingdom in the world   
than to know who and what  the king is1 
and what the government is1 and other   
particulars in  regard to the kingdom1  
so is it of still greater consequence in
  regard to this kingdom in which they  
are to live to eternity4  ,therefore    

they should know that it is the ,lord   
who governs both  heaven and the        
universe1 for ,he who governs the one   
governs the  other2 thus that the       
kingdom in which they now are is the    
,lord's2 and  that the laws of this     
kingdom are eternal truths1 all of which
 rest  upon the law that the ,lord must 
be loved above all things and the       
neighbor as themselves2 and even more   
than this1 if they would be  like the   
angels they must love the neighbor more 
than themselves4 ,on  hearing this they 
could make no reply1 for the reason that
 although  they had heard in the life of
 the body something like this they had  
not believed it1 wondering how there    
could be such love in heaven1  and how  
it could be possible for any one to love
 his neighbor more  than himself4 ,but  
they were told that every good increases
  immeasurably in the other life1 and   
that while they cannot go further  in   
the life of the body than to love the   
neighbor as themselves1  because they   

are immersed in what concerns the body1 
yet when this is  set aside their love  
becomes more pure1 and finally becomes  
angelic1  which is to love the neighbor 
more than themselves4 ,for in the       
heavens there is joy in doing good to   
another1 but no joy in doing  good to   
self unless with a view to its becoming 
another's1 and thus  for another's sake4
 ,this is loving the neighbor more than 
oneself4  ,they were told that the      
possibility of such a love is shown in  
the  world in the marriage love of some 
who have suffered death to protect  a   
consort from injury1 in the love of     
parents for their children1 as  in a    
mother's preferring to go hungry rather 
than see her child go  hungry2 in       
sincere friendship1 in which one friend 
will expose  himself to danger for      
another2 and even in polite and         
pretended  friendship that wishes to    
emulate sincere friendship1 in offering 
the  better things to those to whom it  
professes to wish well1 and bearing     

such good will on the lips though not in
 the heart2 finally1 in the  nature of  
love1 which is such that its joy is to  
serve others1 not  for its own sake but 
for theirs4 ,but all this was           
incomprehensible to  those who loved    
themselves more than others1 and in the 
life of the  body had been greedy of    
gain2 most of all to the avaricious4    
#djg4 ,there was one who in the life of 
the body had exercised power  over      
others1 and who had retained in the     
other life the desire to  rule2 but he  
was told that he was now in another     
kingdom1 which is  eternal1 and that his
 rule on earth had perished1 and that he
 was now  where no one is esteemed      
except in accordance with his goodness  
and  truth1 and that measure of the     
,lord's mercy which he enjoyed by       
virtue of his life in the world2 also   
that the same is true in this  kingdom  
as on the earth1 where men are esteemed 
for their wealth and  for their favor   
with the prince1 wealth here being good 

and truth1  and favor with the prince   
the mercy bestowed on man by the ,lord  
in  accordance with his life in the     
world4 ,any wish to rule otherwise      
would make him a rebel1 since he is in  
another's kingdom4 ,on hearing  these   
things he was ashamed4      #djh4 ,i    
have talked with spirits who believed   
heaven and heavenly joy  to consist in  
their being great2 but such were told   
that in heaven he  that is least is     
greatest1 since he is called least who  
has1 and  wishes to have1 no power or   
wisdom from himself1 but only from the  
,lord1 he that is least in that sense   
having the greatest happiness1  and as  
he has the greatest happiness1 it       
follows that he is greatest2  for he has
 thereby from the ,lord all power and   
excels all in wisdom4  ,what is it to be
 the greatest unless to be the most     
happy8 ,for to be  the most happy is    
what the powerful seek through power and
 the rich  through riches4 ,it was      
further said that heaven does not       

consist in a  desire to be least for the
 purpose of being greatest1 for that    
would  be aspiring and longing to be the
 greatest2 but it consists in  desiring 
from the heart the good of others more  
than one's own1 and  in serving others  
with a view to their happiness1 not with
 recompense  as an end1 but from love4  
#dji4 ,heavenly joy itself1 such as it  
is in its essence1 cannot be  described1
 because it is in the inmost of the life
 of angels and  therefrom in everything 
of their thought and affection1 and from
 this  in every particular of their     
speech and action4 ,it is as if the     
interiors were fully opened and unloosed
 to receive delight and  blessedness1   
which are distributed to every least    
fiber and thus  through the whole4 ,thus
 the perception and sensation of this   
joy is  so great as to be beyond        
description1 for that which starts from 
the  inmosts flows into every particular
 derived from the inmosts1  propagating 
itself away with increase towards the   

exteriors4 ,good  spirits who are not   
yet in that joy1 because not yet raised 
up into  heaven1 when they perceive a   
sense of that joy from an angel from the
  sphere of his love1 are filled with   
such delight that they come as it  were 
into a delicious trance4 ,this sometimes
 happens with those who  desire to know 
what heavenly joy is4      #daj4 ,when  
certain spirits wished to know what     
heavenly joy is they  were allowed to   
feel it to such a degree that they could
 no longer  bear it2 and yet it was not 
angelic joy2 it was scarcely in the     
least  degree angelic1 as ,i was        
permitted to perceive by sharing it1 but
 was  so slight as to be almost frigid2 
nevertheless they called it most        
heavenly1 because to them it was an     
inmost joy4 ,from this it was  evident1 
not only that there are degrees of the  
joys of heaven1 but  also that the      
inmost joy of one scarcely reaches to   
the outmost or  middle joy of another2  
also that when any one receives his own 

inmost  joy he is in his heavenly joy1  
and cannot endure what is still more    
interior1 for such a joy becomes painful
 to him4      #daa4 ,certain spirits1   
not evil1 sinking into a quiescence like
 sleep1  were taken up into heaven in   
respect to the interiors of their minds2
  for before their interiors are opened 
spirits can be taken up into  heaven and
 be taught about the happiness of those 
there4 ,i saw them  in the quiescent    
state for about half an hour1 and       
afterwards they  relapsed into their    
exteriors in which they were before1 and
 also  into a recollection of what they 
had seen4 ,they said that they had  been
 among the angels in heaven1 and had    
there seen and perceived  amazing       
things1 all of which were resplendent as
 if made of gold1  silver1 and precious 
stones1 in exquisite forms and in       
wonderful  variety2 also that angels are
 not delighted with the outward things  
themselves1 but with the things they    
represented1 which were ,divine1        

ineffable1 and of infinite wisdom1 and  
that these were their joy2  with        
innumerable other things that could not 
be described in human  language even as 
to a ten-thousandth part1 or fall into  
ideas which  partake of any thing       
material4      #dab4 ,scarcely any who  
enter the other life know what heavenly 
blessedness and happiness are1 because  
they do not know what internal  joy is1 
deriving their perception of it solely  
from bodily and  worldly gladness and   
joy2 and in consequence what they are   
ignorant  of they suppose to be nothing1
 when in fact bodily and worldly joys   
are of no account in comparison4 ,in    
order1 therefore1 that the well         
disposed1 who do not know what heavenly 
joy is1 may know and realize  what it   
is1 they are taken first to paradisal   
scenes that transcend  every conception 
of the imagination4 ,they then think    
that they have  come into the heavenly  
paradise2 but they are taught that this 
is not  true heavenly happiness2 and    

they are permitted to realize such      
interior states of joy as are           
perceptible to their inmost4 ,they are  
then brought into a state of peace even 
to their inmost1 when they  confess that
 nothing of it is in the least          
expressible or  conceivable4 ,finally   
they are brought into a state of        
innocence even  to their inmost sense4  
,thus they are permitted to learn what  
true  spiritual and heavenly good is4   
#dac4 ,but that ,i might learn the      
nature of heaven and heavenly joy ,i    
have frequently and for a long time been
 permitted by the ,lord to  perceive the
 delights of heavenly joys2 but while ,i
 have been enabled  to know by living   
experience what they are ,i am not at   
all able to  describe them4             
,nevertheless1 that some idea of them   
may be formed1  something shall be said 
about them4 ,heavenly joy is an         
affection of  innumerable delights and  
joys1 which together present something  
general1 and in this general1 that is1  

this general affection1 are  harmonies  
of innumerable affections that come to  
perception  obscurely1 and not          
distinctly1 because the perception is   
most  general4 ,nevertheless ,i was     
permitted to perceive that there are    
innumerable things in it1 in such order 
as cannot be at all  described1 those   
innumerable things being such as flow   
from the order  of heaven4 ,the order in
 the particulars of the affection even  
to the  least1 is such that these       
particulars are presented and perceived 
only as a most general whole1 in        
accordance with the capacity of him  who
 is the subject4 ,in a word1 each       
general affection contains  infinite    
affections arranged in a most orderly   
form1 with nothing  therein that is not 
alive1 and that does not affect all of  
them from  the inmosts2 for heavenly    
joys go forth from inmosts4 ,i perceived
  also that the joy and ecstasy came as 
from the heart1 diffusing most  softly  
through all the inmost fibers1 and from 

these into the bundles  of fibers1 with 
such an inmost sense of delight that the
 fiber seemed  to be nothing but joy and
 ecstasy1 and everything perceptive and 
sensitive therefrom seemed in like      
manner to be alive with happiness4      
,compared with these joys the joy of    
bodily pleasures is like a gross  and   
pungent dust compared with a pure and   
most gentle aura4 ,i have  noticed that 
when ,i wished to transfer all my       
delight to another1 a  more interior and
 fuller delight continually flowed in in
 its place1  and the more ,i wished     
this1 the more flowed in2 and this was  
perceived to be from the ,lord4         
#dad4 ,those that are in heaven are     
continually advancing towards the       
spring of life1 with a greater advance  
towards a more joyful and  happy spring 
the more thousands of years they live2  
and this to  eternity1 with increase    
according to the growth and degree of   
their  love1 charity1 and faith4 ,women 
who have died old and worn out with     

age1 if they have lived in faith in the 
,lord1 in charity to the  neighbor1 and 
in happy marriage love with a husband1  
advance with the  succession of years   
more and more into the flower of youth  
and early  womanhood1 and into a beauty 
that transcends every conception of any 
such beauty as is seen on the earth4    
,goodness and charity are what  give    
this form and thus manifest their own   
likeness1 causing the joy  and beauty of
 charity to shine forth from every least
 particular of  the face1 and causing   
them to be the very forms of charity4   
,some who  beheld this were struck with 
amazement4 ,the form of charity that is 
seen in a living way in heaven1 is such 
that it is charity itself  that both    
forms and is formed2 and this in such a 
manner that the  whole angel is a       
charity1 as it were1 especially the     
face2 and this  is both clearly seen and
 felt4 ,when this form is beheld it is  
beauty  unspeakable1 affecting with     
charity the very inmost life of the     

mind4  ,in a word1 to grow old in heaven
 is to grow young4 ,such forms or such  
beauties do those become in the other   
life who have lived in love to  the     
,lord and in charity towards the        
neighbor4 ,all angels are such  forms in
 endless variety2 and of these heaven is
 constituted4        #dae4 ,,xliii4     
,,the ,,immensity ,,of ,,heaven4    ,the
 immensity of the heaven of the ,lord is
 evident from many things  that have    
been said and shown in the foregoing    
chapters1 especially  from this1 that   
heaven is from the human race 7n4       
#caa-cag71 both from  those born within 
the church and from those born out of it
 7n4  #cah-cbh72 thus it consists of all
 from the beginning of this earth  that 
have lived a good life4 ,how great a    
multitude of men there is in  this      
entire world any one who knows anything 
about the divisions1 the  regions1 and  
kingdoms of the earth may conclude4     
,whoever goes into a  calculation will  
find that several thousands of men die  

every day1  that is1 some myriads of    
millions every year2 and this from the  
earliest times1 since which several     
thousands of years have elapsed4  ,all  
of these after death have gone into the 
other world1 which is  called the       
spiritual world1 and they are constantly
 going into it4  ,but how many of these 
have become or are becoming angels of   
heaven  cannot be told4 ,this ,i have   
been told1 that in ancient times the    
number was very great1 because men then 
thought more interiorly and             
spiritually1 and from such thought were 
in heavenly affection2 but in  the      
following ages not so many1 because in  
the process of time man  became more    
external and began to think more        
naturally1 and from such  thought to be 
in earthly affection4 ,all of this shows
 how great  heaven is even from the     
inhabitants of this earth alone4        
#daf4 ,the immensity of the heaven of   
the ,lord is shown also by this1  that  
all children1 whether born within the   

church or out of it1 are  adopted by the
 ,lord and become angels2 and the number
 of these  amounts to a fourth or fifth 
part of the whole human race on the     
earth4 ,that every child1 wherever born1
 whether within the church or  out of   
it1 whether of pious or impious parents1
 is received by the  ,lord when it dies1
 and is brought up in heaven1 and is    
taught and  imbued with affections for  
good1 and through these with knowledges 
of  truth1 in accordance with ,divine   
order1 and as he becomes perfected  in  
intelligence and wisdom is brought into 
heaven and becomes an  angel1 can be    
seen above 7n4 #cbi-cde74 ,from all this
 a conclusion may  be formed of the     
multitude of angels of heaven1 derived  
from this  source alone1 from the first 
creation to the present time4      #dag4
 ,again1 how immense the heaven of the  
,lord is can be seen from  this1 that   
all the planets visible to the eye in   
our solar system are  earths1 and       
moreover1 that in the whole universe    

there are  innumerable earths1 all of   
them full of inhabitants4 ,these have   
been  treated of particularly in a small
 work on those earths from which ,i     
will quote the following passage3    ,it
 is fully known in the other life that  
there are many earths  inhabited by men 
from which spirits and angels come2 for 
everyone  there who desires from a love 
of truth and of use to do so is         
permitted to talk with spirits of other 
earths1 and thus be assured  that there 
is a plurality of worlds1 and learn that
 the human race is  not from one earth  
alone1 but from innumerable earths4 ,i  
have  frequently talked about this with 
spirits of our earth1 and was told  that
 any intelligent person ought to know   
from many things that he  does know that
 there are many earths inhabited by men2
 for it may be  reasonably inferred that
 immense bodies like the planets1 some  
of  which exceed this earth in          
magnitude1 are not empty masses created 
merely to be borne through space and to 

be carried around the sun1  and to shine
 with their scanty light for the benefit
 of a single  earth1 but must have a    
more important use4 ,he that believes1  
as  everyone must believe1 that the     
,divine created the universe for no     
other end than that the human race might
 exist1 and heaven therefrom1  for the  
human race is a seminary of heaven1 must
 needs believe that  wherever there is  
an earth there are men4 ,that the       
planets visible to  us because they are 
within the limits of our solar system   
are earths  is evident from their being 
bodies of earthy matters1 which is known
  from their reflecting the sun's light1
 and from their not appearing1  when    
viewed through telescopes1 like stars1  
sparkling with flame1 but  like earths  
varied with darker portions2 also from  
their passing like  our earth around the
 sun and following in the path of the   
zodiac1  thus making years and seasons  
of the year1 spring1 summer1 autumn1    
and winter1 also revolving on their axes

 like our earth1 making days  and times 
of the day1 morning1 mid-day1 evening1  
and night2 also from  some of them      
having moons1 called satellites1 that   
revolve around  their earth at stated   
times1 as the moon does around ours2    
while the  planet ,saturn1 being at a   
greater distance from the sun1 has also 
a  large luminous belt which gives much 
light1 though reflected1 to that  earth4
 ,who that knows all this and thinks    
rationally can ever say  that the       
planets are empty bodies8 ,moreover1 ,i 
have said to spirits  that man might    
believe that there are more earths in   
the universe  than one1 from the fact   
that the starry heaven is so immense1   
and the  stars there so innumerable1 and
 each of them in its place or in its    
system a sun1 resembling our sun1       
although of a varying magnitude4  ,any  
one who duly weighs the subject must    
conclude that such an  immense whole    
must needs be a means to an end that is 
the final end  of creation2 and this end

 is a heavenly kingdom in which the     
,divine  may dwell with angels and men4 
,for the visible universe or the heaven 
illumined by stars so numberless1 which 
are so many suns1 is simply a  means for
 the existence of earths with men upon  
them from whom the  heavenly kingdom is 
derived4 ,from all this a rational man  
must needs  conclude that so immense a  
means to so great an end could not have 
been provided merely for the human race 
on a single earth4 ,what would  this be 
for a ,divine that is infinite1 to which
 thousands and even  myriads of earths1 
all of them full of inhabitants1 would  
be little  and scarcely anything8 ,there
 are spirits whose sole pursuit is the  
acquisition of knowledges1 because their
 delight is in this alone2  and for this
 reason they are permitted to wander    
about1 and even to  pass out of our     
solar system into others1 in acquiring  
knowledge4  ,these spirits1 who are from
 the planet ,mercury1 have told me that 
there are earths with men upon them not 

only in this solar system but  also     
beyond it in the starry heaven in       
immense numbers4 ,it was  calculated    
that with a million earths in the       
universe1 and on each  earth three      
hundred millions of men1 and two hundred
 generations in  six thousand years1 and
 a space of three cubic ells allowed to 
each  man or spirit1 the total number of
 so many men or spirits would not  fill 
the space of this earth1 and scarcely   
more than the space of one  of the      
satellites about one of the planets--a  
space in the universe  so small as to be
 almost invisible1 since a satellite can
 scarcely be  seen by the naked eye4    
,what is this for the ,creator of the   
universe1  to whom it would not be      
sufficient if the whole universe were   
filled1  since ,he is infinite8 ,i have 
talked with angels about this1 and they 
said that they had a similar idea of the
 fewness of the human race  compared    
with the infinity of the ,creator1      
although their thought is  from states1 

not from spaces1 and that in their      
thought earths  amounting to as many    
myriads as could possibly be conceived  
of would  still be nothing at all to the
 ,lord4    ,the earths in the universe1 
with their inhabitants1 and the spirits 
and angels from them1 are treated of in 
the above mentioned work4  ,what is     
there related has been revealed and     
shown to me to the intent  that it may  
be known that the heaven of the ,lord is
 immense1 and that  it is all from the  
human race2 also that our ,lord is every
 where  acknowledged as the ,god of     
heaven and earth4      #dah4 ,again1 the
 immensity of the heaven of the ,lord is
 shown in this1  that heaven in its     
entire complex reflects a single ,man1  
and  corresponds to all things and each 
thing in man1 and that this             
correspondence can never be filled out1 
since it is a correspondence  not only  
with each of the members1 organs1 and   
viscera of the body in  general1 but    
also with all and each of the little    

viscera and little  organs contained in 
these in every minutest particular1 and 
even with  each vessel and fiber2 and   
not only with these but also with the   
organic substances that receive         
interiorly the influx of heaven1 from   
which come man's interior activities    
that are serviceable to the  operations 
of his mind2 since everything that      
exists interiorly in  man exists in     
forms which are substances1 for anything
 that does not  exist in a substance as 
its subject is nothing4 ,there is a     
correspondence of all these things with 
heaven1 as can be seen from  the chapter
 treating of the correspondence of all  
things of heaven  with all things of man
 7n4 #hg-ajb74 ,this correspondence can 
never be  filled out because the more   
numerous the angelic affiliations are   
that correspond to each member the more 
perfect heaven becomes2 for  every      
perfection in the heavens increases with
 increase of number2  and this for the  
reason that all there have the same end1

 and look  with one accord to that end4 
,that end is the common good2 and when  
that reigns there is1 from the common   
good1 good to each individual1  and from
 the good of each individual there is   
good to the whole  community4 ,this is  
so for the reason that the ,lord turns  
all in  heaven to ,himself 7see above1  
n4 #abc71 and thereby makes them to be  
one in ,himself4 ,that the unanimity and
 concord of many1 especially  from such 
an origin and held together by such a   
bond1 produces  perfection1 everyone    
with a reason at all enlightened can see
  clearly4      #dai4 ,i have also been 
permitted to see the extent of the      
inhabited  and also of the uninhabited  
heaven2 and the extent of the           
uninhabited  heaven was seen to be so   
great that it could not be filled to    
eternity even if there were many myriads
 of earths1 and as great a  multitude of
 men on each earth as on ours4 7,on this
 also see the  treatise on ,the ,earths 
in the ,universe1 n4 #afh47      #dbj4  

,that heaven is not immense1 but it is  
of limited extent1 is a  conclusion that
 some have derived from certain passages
 in the ,word  understood according to  
the sense of its letter2 for example1   
where  it is said that only the poor are
 received into heaven1 or only the      
elect1 or only those within the church1 
and not those outside of it1  or only   
those for whom the ,lord intercedes2    
that heaven is closed  when it is       
filled1 and that this time is           
predetermined4 ,but such are  unaware   
that heaven is never closed1 and that   
there is no time  predetermined1 or any 
limit of number2 and that those are     
called the  elect who are in a life of  
good and truth2#a and those are called  
poor who are lacking in knowledges of   
good and truth and yet desire  them2 and
 such from that desire are also called  
hungry4#b ,those that  have conceived an
 idea of the small extent of heaven from
 the ,word  not understood believe it to
 be in one place1 where all are gathered

  together2 when1 in fact1 heaven       
consists of innumerable societies  7see 
above1 n4 #da-ej74 ,such also have no   
other idea than that heaven  is granted 
to everyone from mercy apart from means1
 and thus that  there is admission and  
reception from mere favor2 and they fail
 to  understand that the ,lord from     
mercy leads everyone who accepts ,him1  
and that he accepts ,him who lives in   
accordance with the laws of  divine     
order1 which are the precepts of love   
and of faith1 and that  the mercy that  
is meant is to be thus led by the ,lord 
from infancy to  the last period of life
 in the world and afterwards to         
eternity4 ,let  them know1 therefore1   
that every man is born for heaven1 and  
that he  is received that receives      
heaven in himself in the world1 and he  
that  does not receive it is shut out4  
,footnote #a ,those are the elect who   
are in a life of good and    truth 7n4  
#cgee1 #cijj74 ,election and reception  
into heaven are    not from mercy1 as   

that term is understood1 but are in     
accordance with the life 7n4 #ejeg1     
#ejeh74 ,there is no mercy of    the    
,lord apart from means1 but only through
 means1 that is1 to    those that live  
in accordance with ,his precepts2 such  
the ,lord    from ,his mercy leads      
continually in the world1 and afterwards
    to eternity 7n4 #hgjj1 #ajfei74     
,footnote #b ,by the poor1 in the ,word1
 those are meant who    are spiritually 
poor1 that is1 who are ignorant of truth
 and    yet wish to be taught 7n4 #ibji1
 #ibec1 #ajbbg74 ,such are said to      
hunger and thirst1 which is to desire   
knowledges of good and of    truth1 by  
which there is introduction into the    
church and into    heaven 7n4 #dieh1    
#ajbbg74        #dba4 ,,xliv4 ,,what    
,,the ,,world ,,of ,,spirits ,,is4      
,the world of spirits is not heaven1 nor
 is it hell1 but it is the  intermediate
 place or state between the two2 for it 
is the place that  man first enters     
after death2 and from which after a     

suitable time he  is either raised up   
into heaven or cast down into hell in   
accord with  his life in the world4     
#dbb4 ,the world of spirits is an       
intermediate place between heaven and   
hell and also an intermediate state of  
the man after death4 ,it has  been shown
 to me not only that it is an           
intermediate place1 having  the hells   
below it and the heavens above it1 but  
also that it is in  an intermediate     
state1 since so long as man is in it he 
is not yet  either in heaven or in hell4
 ,the state of heaven in man is the     
conjunction of good and truth in him2   
and the state of hell is the            
conjunction of evil and falsity in him4 
,whenever good in a man-spirit  is      
conjoined to truth he comes into heaven1
 because that conjunction1  as just     
said1 is heaven in him2 but whenever    
evil in a man-spirit is  conjoined with 
falsity he comes into hell1 because that
 conjunction  is hell in him4 ,that     
conjunction is effected in the world of 

spirits1  man then being in an          
intermediate state4 ,it is the same     
thing whether  you say the conjunction  
of the understanding and the will1 or   
the  conjunction of good and truth4     
#dbc4 ,let something first be said about
 the conjunction of the  understanding  
and the will1 and its being the same    
thing as the  conjunction of good and   
truth1 that being the conjunction that  
is  effected in the world of spirits4   
,man has an understanding and a  will4  
,the understanding receives truths and  
is formed out of them1  and the will    
receives goods and is formed out of     
them2 therefore  whatever a man         
understands and thinks from his         
understanding he calls  true1 and       
whatever a man wills and thinks from his
 will he calls  good4 ,from his         
understanding man can think and thus    
perceive both  what is true and what is 
good2 and yet he thinks what is true and
  good from the will only when he wills 
it and does it4 ,when he wills  it and  

from willing does it1 it is both in his 
understanding and in  his will1         
consequently in the man4 ,for neither   
the understanding  alone nor the will   
alone makes the man1 but the            
understanding and  will together2       
therefore whatever is in both is in the 
man1 and is  appropriated to him4 ,that 
which is in the understanding alone is  
in  man1 and yet not really in him2 it  
is only a thing of his memory1 or  a    
matter of knowledge in his memory about 
which he can think when in  company with
 others and outside of himself1 but not 
in himself2 that  is1 about which he can
 speak and reason1 and can simulate     
affections  and gestures that are in    
accord with it4      #dbd4 ,this ability
 to think from the understanding and not
 at the same  time from the will is     
provided that man may be capable of     
being  reformed2 for reformation is     
effected by means of truths1 and truths 
pertain to the understanding1 as just   
said4 ,for in respect to his  will man  

is born into every evil1 and therefore  
of himself wills good  to no one but    
himself2 and one who wills good to      
himself alone  delights in the          
misfortunes that befall another1        
especially when they  tend to his own   
advantage2 for his wish is to divert to 
himself the  goods of all others1       
whether honors or riches1 and so far as 
he  succeeds in this he inwardly        
rejoices4 ,to the end that this will of 
man may be corrected and reformed1 an   
ability to understand truths1  and an   
ability to subdue by means of truths the
 affections of evil  that spring from   
the will1 are given to man4 ,this is why
 man has this  ability to think truths  
with his understanding1 and to speak    
them and  do them4 ,but until man is    
such that he wills truths and does them 
from himself1 that is1 from the heart1  
he is not able to think truths  from his
 will4 ,when he becomes such1 whatever  
he thinks from his  understanding       
belongs to his faith1 and whatever he   

thinks from his  will belongs to his    
love2 and in consequence his faith and  
his love1  like his understanding and   
his will1 are conjoined in him4         
#dbe4 ,to the extent1 therefore1 that   
the truths of the understanding  and the
 goods of the will are conjoined1 that  
is1 to the extent that  a man wills     
truths and does them from his will1 he  
has heaven in  himself1 since the       
conjunction of good and truth1 as just  
said1 is  heaven4 ,and on the other     
hand1 just to the extent that the       
falsities  of the understanding and the 
evils of the will are conjoined man has 
hell in himself1 since the conjunction  
of falsity and evil is hell4  ,but so   
long as the truths of the understanding 
and the goods of the  will are not      
conjoined man is in an intermediate     
state4 ,at the  present time nearly     
everyone is in such a state that he has 
some  knowledge of truths1 and from his 
knowledge and understanding gives  some 
thought to them1 and conforms to them   

either much or little or  not at all1 or
 acts contrary to them from a love of   
evil and  consequent false belief4 ,in  
order1 therefore1 that man may have in  
him either heaven or hell1 he is first  
brought after death into the  world of  
spirits1 and there with those who are to
 be raised up into  heaven good and     
truth are conjoined1 and with those who 
are to be  cast down into hell evil and 
falsity are conjoined4 ,for neither in  
heaven nor in hell is any one permitted 
to have a divided mind1 that  is1 to    
understand one thing and to will        
another2 but everyone must  understand  
what he wills1 and will what he         
understands4 ,therefore in  heaven he   
who wills good understands truth1 while 
in hell he who  wills evil understands  
falsity4 ,so in the intermediate state  
the  falsities that the good have are   
put away1 and truths that agree and     
harmonize with their good are given     
them2 while the truths that the  evil   
have are put away1 and falsities that   

agree and harmonize with  their evil are
 given them4 ,this shows what the world 
of spirits is4      #dbf4 ,in the world 
of spirits there are vast numbers1      
because the  first meeting of all is    
there1 and all are there explored and   
prepared4 ,the time of their stay in    
that world is not fixed2 some  merely   
enter it1 and are soon either taken into
 heaven or are cast  down into hell2    
some remain only a few weeks1 some      
several years1 but  not more than       
thirty4 ,these differences in the time  
they remain  depend on the              
correspondence or lack of correspondence
 of man's  interiors with his exteriors4
 ,how man is led in that world from one 
state into another and prepared shall   
now be told4      #dbg4 ,as soon as men 
after death enter the world of spirits  
the ,lord  clearly discriminates between
 them2 and the evil are at once attached
  to the infernal society in which they 
were1 as to their ruling love  while in 
the world2 and the good are at once     

attached to the heavenly  society in    
which they were as to their love1       
charity and faith while  in the world4  
,but although they are thus divided1 all
 that have been  friends and            
acquaintances in the life of the body1  
especially wives  and husbands1 and also
 brothers and sisters1 meet and converse
  together whenever they so desire4 ,i  
have seen a father talking with  six    
sons1 whom he recognized1 and have seen 
many others with their  relatives and   
friends2 but having from their life in  
the world  diverse dispositions1 after a
 short time they separate4 ,but those   
who  have passed from the world of      
spirits into heaven or into hell1       
unless they have a like disposition from
 a like love1 no longer see  or know    
each other4 ,the reason that they see   
each other in the world  of spirits1 but
 not in heaven or in hell1 is that those
 who are in  the world of spirits are   
brought into one state after another1   
like  those they experienced in the life

 of the body2 but afterwards all  are   
brought into a permanent state in accord
 with their ruling love1  and in that   
state one recognizes another only by    
similarity of love2  for then similarity
 joins and dissimilarity disjoins 7see  
above1  n4 #da-ej74      #dbh4 ,as the  
world of spirits is an intermediate     
state between heaven  and hell with man1
 so it is an intermediate place with the
 hells  below and the heavens above4    
,all the hells are shut towards that    
world1 being open only through holes and
 clefts like those in rocks  and through
 wide openings that are so guarded that 
no one can come  out except by          
permission1 which is granted in cases of
 urgent  necessity 7of which hereafter74
 ,heaven1 too1 is enclosed on all       
sides2 and there is no passage open to  
any heavenly society except by  a narrow
 way1 the entrance to which is also     
guarded4 ,these outlets  and entrances  
are what are called in the ,word the    
gates and doors of  hell and of heaven4 

#dbi4 ,the world of spirits appears like
 a valley between mountains and  rocks1 
with windings and elevations here and   
there4 ,the gates and  doors of the     
heavenly societies are visible to those 
only who are  prepared for heaven2      
others cannot find them4 ,there is one  
entrance  from the world of spirits to  
each heavenly society1 opening through a
  single path which branches out in its 
ascent into several4 ,the gates  and    
doors of the hells also are visible only
 to those who are about  to enter1 to   
whom they are then opened4 ,when these  
are opened gloomy  and seemingly sooty  
caverns are seen tending obliquely      
downwards to  the abyss1 where again    
there are many doors4 ,through these    
caverns  nauseous and fetid stenches    
exhale1 which good spirits flee from    
because they abominate them1 but evil   
spirits seek for them because  they     
delight in them4 ,for as everyone in the
 world has been delighted  with his own 
evil1 so after death he is delighted    

with the stench to  which his evil      
corresponds4 ,in this respect the evil  
may be likened  to rapacious birds and  
beasts1 like ravens1 wolves1 and swine1 
which  fly or run to carrion or         
dunghills when they scent their stench4 
,i  heard a certain spirit crying out   
loudly as if from inward torture  when  
struck by a breath flowing forth from   
heaven2 but he became  tranquil and glad
 as soon as a breath flowing forth from 
hell reached  him4      #dcj4 ,with     
every man there are two gates2 one that 
leads to hell and  that is open to evils
 and their falsities2 while the other   
leads to  heaven and is open to goods   
and their truths4 ,those that are in    
evil  and its falsity have the gate to  
hell opened in them1 and only  through  
chinks from above does something of     
light from heaven flow  into them1 and  
by that inflowing they are able to      
think1 to reason1  and to speak2 but the
 gate to heaven is opened in those that 
are in  good and its truth4 ,for there  

are two ways that lead to the rational  
mind of man2 a higher or internal way   
through which good and truth  from the  
,lord enter1 and a lower or external way
 through which evil  and falsity enter  
from hell4 ,the rational mind itself is 
at the  middle point to which the ways  
tend4 ,consequently1 so far as light    
from heaven is admitted man is rational2
 but so far as it is not  admitted he is
 not rational1 however rational he may  
seem to himself  to be4 ,this has been  
said to make known the nature of the    
correspondence of man with heaven and   
with hell4 ,while man's rational  mind  
is being formed it corresponds to the   
world of spirits1 what is  above it     
corresponding to heaven and what is     
below to hell4 ,with  those preparing   
for heaven the regions above the        
rational mind are  opened1 but those    
below are closed to the influx of evil  
and falsity2  while with those preparing
 for hell the parts below it are opened1
  and the parts above it are closed to  

the influx of good and truth4  ,thus the
 latter can look only to what is below  
themselves1 that is1  to hell2 while the
 former can look only to what is above  
themselves1  that is1 to heaven4 ,to    
look above themselves is to look to the 
,lord1  because ,he is the common center
 to which all things of heaven look2    
while to look below themselves is to    
look backwards from the ,lord to  the   
opposite center1 to which all things of 
hell look and tend 7see  above1 n4 #abc1
 #abd74      #dca4 ,in the preceding    
pages whenever spirits are mentioned    
those that  are in the world of spirits 
are meant2 but when angels are mentioned
  those that are in heaven are meant4   
#dcb4 ,,xlv4 ,,in ,,respect ,,to ,,his  
,,interiors ,,every ,,man ,,is ,a       
,,spirit4    ,whoever duly considers the
 subject can see that as the body is    
material it is not the body that thinks1
 but the soul1 which is  spiritual4 ,the
 soul of man1 upon the immortality of   
which many have  written1 is his spirit1

 for this as to everything belonging to 
it is  immortal4 ,this also is what     
thinks in the body1 for it is spiritual1
  and what is spiritual receives what is
 spiritual and lives  spiritually1 which
 is to think and to will4 ,therefore1   
all rational  life that appears in the  
body belongs to the soul1 and nothing of
 it  to the body2 for the body1 as just 
said1 is material1 and the  material1   
which is the property of the body1 is   
added to and  apparently almost joined  
to the spirit1 in order that the spirit 
of  man may be able to live and perform 
uses in the natural world1 all  things  
of which are material and in themselves 
devoid of life4 ,and as  it is the      
spiritual only that lives and not the   
material1 it can be  seen that whatever 
lives in man is his spirit1 and that the
 body  merely serves it1 just as what is
 instrumental serves a moving living    
force4 ,an instrument is said indeed to 
act1 to move1 or to strike2  but to     
believe that these are acts of the      

instrument1 and not of him  who acts1   
moves1 or strikes by means of the       
instrument1 is a fallacy4      #dcc4 ,as
 everything in the body that lives1 and 
that acts and feels  from that life1    
belongs exclusively to the spirit1 and  
nothing of it  to the body1 it follows  
that the spirit is the man himself2 or  
what  is the same thing1 that a man     
viewed in himself is a spirit           
possessing a like form2 for whatever    
lives and feels in man belongs  to his  
spirit and everything in man1 from his  
head to the sole of his  foot1 lives and
 feels2 and in consequence when the body
 is separated  from its spirit1 which is
 what is called dying1 man continues to 
be a  man and to live4 ,i have heard    
from heaven that some who die1 while    
they are lying upon the bier1 before    
they are resuscitated1 continue  to     
think even in their cold body1 and do   
not know that they are not  still alive1
 except that they are unable to move a  
particle of matter  belonging to the    

body4      #dcd4 ,unless man were a     
subject which is a substance that can   
serve a  source and containant he would 
be unable to think and will4 ,any thing 
that is supposed to exist apart from a  
substantial subject is  nothing4 ,this  
can be seen from the fact that a man is 
unable to see  without an organ which is
 the subject of his sight1 or to hear   
without an organ which is the subject of
 his hearing4 ,apart from  these organs1
 sight and hearing are nothing and have 
no existence4  ,the same is true of     
thought1 which is inner sight1 and of   
perception1  which is inner hearing2    
unless these were in substances and from
  substances which are organic forms and
 subjects1 they would have no  existence
 at all4 ,all this shows that man's     
spirit as well as his  body is in a     
form1 and that it is in a human form1   
and enjoys  sensories and senses when   
separated from the body the same as when
 it  was in it1 and that all the life of
 the eye and all the life of the  ear1  

in a word1 all the life of sense that   
man has1 belongs not to  his body but to
 his spirit1 which dwells in these      
organs and in their  minutest           
particulars4 ,this is why spirits see1  
hear1 and feel1 as  well as men4 ,but   
when the spirit has been loosed from the
 body1 these  senses are exercised in   
the spiritual world1 not in the natural 
world4 ,the natural sensation that the  
spirit had when it was in the  body it  
had by means of the material part that  
was added to it2 but  it then had also  
spiritual sensations in its thinking and
 willing4      #dce4 ,all this has been 
said to convince the rational man that  
viewed  in himself man is a spirit1 and 
that the corporeal part that is added   
to the spirit to enable it to perform   
its functions in the natural  and       
material world is not the man1 but only 
an instrument of his  spirit4 ,but      
evidences from experience are           
preferable1 because there  are many that
 fail to comprehend rational deductions2

 and those that  have established       
themselves in the opposite view turn    
such deductions  into grounds of doubt  
by means of reasonings from the         
fallacies of  the senses4 ,those that   
have established themselves in the      
opposite  view are accustomed to think  
that beasts likewise have life and      
sensations and thus have a spiritual    
part1 the same as man has1 and  yet that
 part dies with the body4 ,but the      
spiritual of beasts is not  the same as 
the spiritual of man is2 for man has    
what beasts have  not1 an inmost1 into  
which the ,divine flows1 raising man up 
to  ,itself1 and thereby conjoining man 
to ,itself4 ,because of this1 man1  in  
contrast with beasts1 has the ability to
 think about ,god and about  the ,divine
 things of heaven and the church1 and to
 love ,god from  these and in these1 and
 thus be conjoined to ,him2 and whatever
 can be  conjoined to the ,divine cannot
 be dissipated1 but whatever cannot be  
conjoined is dissipated4 ,the inmost    

that man has1 in contrast with  beasts1 
has been treated of above 7n4 #ci71 and 
what was there said  will here be       
repeated1 since it is important to have 
the fallacies  dispelled that have been 
engendered in the minds of many who from
  lack of knowledge and trained         
intellect are unable to form rational   
conclusions on the subject4 ,the words  
are these3    ,i will mention a certain 
arcanum respecting the angels of the    
three  heavens1 which has not hitherto  
come into any one's mind1 because       
degrees have not been understood4 ,in   
every angel and in every man  there is  
an inmost or highest degree1 or an      
inmost or highest  something1 into which
 the ,divine of the ,lord first or most 
directly  flows1 and from which it      
disposes the other interiors in him that
  succeed in accordance with the degrees
 of order4 ,this inmost or  highest     
degree may be called the entrance of the
 ,lord to the angel or  man1 and ,his   
veriest dwelling-place in them4 ,it is  

by virtue of this  inmost or highest    
that a man is a man1 and distinguished  
from the  animals1 which do not have it4
 ,from this it is that man1 unlike the  
animals1 is capable1 in respect to all  
his interiors which pertain to  his mind
 and disposition1 of being raised up by 
the ,lord to ,himself1  of believing in 
the ,lord1 of being moved by love to the
 ,lord1 and  thereby beholding ,him1 and
 of receiving intelligence and wisdom1  
and  speaking from reason4 ,also it is  
by virtue of this that he lives to      
eternity4 ,but what is arranged and     
provided by the ,lord in this  inmost   
does not distinctly fall into the       
perception of any angel1  because it is 
above his thought and transcends his    
wisdom4      #dcf4 ,that in respect to  
his interiors man is a spirit ,i have   
been  permitted to learn from much      
experience1 which1 to employ a common   
saying1 would fill volumes if ,i were to
 describe it all4 ,i have  talked with  
spirits as a spirit1 and ,i have talked 

with them as a man  in the body2 and    
when ,i talked with them as a spirit    
they knew no  otherwise than that ,i    
myself was a spirit and in a human form 
as they  were4 ,thus did my interiors   
appear before them1 for when talking    
with  them as a spirit my material body 
was not seen4      #dcg4 ,that in       
respect to his interiors man is a spirit
 can be seen  from the fact that after  
his separation from the body1 which     
takes  place when he dies1 man goes on  
living as a man just as before4 ,that   
,i might be convinced of this ,i have   
been permitted to talk with  nearly     
everyone ,i had ever known in their life
 in the body2 with some  for hours1 with
 some for weeks and months1 and with    
some for years1  and this chiefly that  
,i might be sure of it and might testify
 to it4      #dch4 ,to this may be added
 that every man in respect to his       
spirit1  even while he is living in the 
body1 is in some society with spirits1  
although he does not know it2 if a good 

man he is by means of spirits  in some  
angelic society2 if an evil man in some 
infernal society2 and  after death he   
comes into that same society4 ,this has 
been often told  and shown to those who 
after death have come among spirits4    
,man1 to  be sure1 does not appear in   
that society as a spirit while he is    
living in the world1 for the reason that
 he then thinks naturally2  but when one
 is thinking abstractly from the body1  
because he is then  in the spirit1 he   
sometimes appears in his society2 and   
when seen he  is easily distinguished   
from the spirits there1 for he goes     
about  meditating and in silence1 not   
looking at others1 and apparently not   
seeing them2 and as soon as any spirit  
speaks to him he vanishes4      #dci4   
,to make clear that man in respect to   
his interiors is a spirit ,i  will      
relate from experience what happens when
 man is withdrawn from  the body1 and   
what it is to be carried away by the    
spirit to another  place4      #ddj4    

,first1 as to withdrawal from the body1 
it happens thus4 ,man is  brought into a
 certain state that is midway between   
sleeping and  waking1 and when in that  
state he seems to himself to be wide    
awake2  all the senses are as perfectly 
awake as in the completest bodily       
wakefulness1 not only the sight and the 
hearing1 but what is  wonderful1 the    
sense of touch also1 which is then more 
exquisite than  is ever possible when   
the body is awake4 ,in this state       
spirits and  angels have been seen to   
the very life1 and have been heard1 and 
what  is wonderful1 have been touched1  
with almost nothing of the body         
intervening4 ,this is the state that is 
called being withdrawn from  the body1  
and not knowing whether one is in the   
body or out of it4 ,i  have been        
admitted into this state only three or  
four times1 that ,i  might learn what it
 is1 and might know that spirits and    
angels enjoy  every sense1 and that man 
does also in respect to his spirit when 

he  is withdrawn from the body4         
#dda4 ,as to being carried away by the  
spirit to another place1 ,i have  been  
shown by living experience what it is1  
and how it is done1 but  only two or    
three times4 ,i will relate a single    
instance4 ,walking  through the streets 
of a city and through fields1 talking at
 the same  time with spirits1 ,i knew no
 otherwise than that ,i was fully awake1
  and in possession of my usual sight4  
,thus ,i walked on without going        
astray1 and all the while with clear    
vision1 seeing groves1 rivers1  palaces1
 houses1 men1 and other objects4 ,but   
after walking thus for  some hours1     
suddenly ,i saw with my bodily eyes1 and
 noted that ,i was  in another place4   
,being greatly astonished ,i perceived  
that ,i had  been in the same state as  
those who were said to have been led    
away  by the spirit into another place4 
,for in this state the distance1  even  
though it be many miles1 and the time1  
though it be many hours  or days1 are   

not thought of2 neither is there any    
feeling of fatigue2  and one is led     
unerringly through ways of which he     
himself is  ignorant1 even to the       
destined place4      #ddb4 ,but these   
two states of man1 which are his states 
when he is in  his interiors1 or what is
 the same1 when he is in the spirit1 are
  extraordinary2 but as they are states 
known about in the church1 they  were   
exhibited to me only that ,i might know 
what they are4 ,but it has  been granted
 to me now for many years to speak with 
spirits and to be  with them as one of  
them1 even in full wakefulness of the   
body4      #ddc4 ,that in respect to his
 interiors man is a spirit there are    
further evidences in what has been said 
and shown above 7n4 #caa-cag71  where it
 is explained that heaven and hell are  
from the human race4      #ddd4 ,that   
man is a spirit in respect to his       
interiors means in  respect to the      
things pertaining to his thought and    
will1 for these  are the interiors      

themselves that make man to be man1 and 
such a man  as he is in respect to these
 interiors4        #dde4 ,,xlvi4 ,,the  
,,resuscitation ,,of ,,man ,,from ,,the 
,,dead ,,and ,,his ,,entrance  ,,into   
,,eternal ,,life4    ,when the body is  
no longer able to perform the bodily    
functions in  the natural world that    
correspond to the spirit's thoughts and 
affections1 which the spirit has from   
the spiritual world1 man is  said to    
die4 ,this takes place when the         
respiration of the lungs and  the       
beatings of the heart cease4 ,but the   
man does not die2 he is  merely         
separated from the bodily part that was 
of use to him in the  world1 while the  
man himself continues to live4 ,it is   
said that the  man himself continues to 
live since man is not a man because of  
his  body but because of his spirit1 for
 it is the spirit that thinks in  man1  
and thought with affection is what      
constitutes man4 ,evidently1  then1 the 
death of man is merely his passing from 

one world into  another4 ,and this is   
why in the ,word in its internal sense  
death  signifies resurrection and       
continuation of life4#a      ,footnote  
#a ,in the ,word death signifies        
resurrection1 for    when man dies his  
life still goes on 7n4 #cdih1 #ceje1    
#dfah1    #dfba1 #fjcf1 #fbba74         
#ddf4 ,there is an inmost communication 
of the spirit with the  breathing and   
with the beating of the heart1 the      
spirit's thought  communicating with the
 breathing1 and its affection1 which is 
of  love1 with the heart2#a consequently
 when these two motions cease in  the   
body there is at once a separation4     
,these two motions1 the  respiration of 
the lungs and the beating of heart1 are 
the very bond  on the sundering of which
 the spirit is left to itself2 and the  
body  being then deprived of the life of
 its spirit grows cold and begins  to   
decay4 ,this inmost communication of the
 spirit of man is with the  respiration 
and with the heart1 because on these all

 vital motions  depend1 not only in     
general but in every particular4#b      
,footnote #a ,the heart corresponds to  
the will1 thus to the    affection which
 belongs to the love1 while the         
respiration of    the lungs corresponds 
to the understanding1 thus to the       
thought    7n4 #chhh74 ,from this the   
heart in the ,word signifies the will   
and love 7n4 #gedb1 #ijej1 #ajccf74 ,the
 soul signifies    understanding1 faith1
 and truth2 therefore from the soul and 
from the heart signifies what is from   
the understanding1    faith1 and truth1 
and what is from the will1 love1 and    
good 7n4    #bicj1 #ijej74 ,the         
correspondence of the heart and lungs   
with the    ,greatest ,man1 or heaven   
7n4 #chhc-chie74      ,footnote #b ,the 
beating of the heart and the respiration
 of    the lungs reign in the body      
throughout1 and flow mutually into      
every part 7n4 #chhg1 #chhi1 #chij74    
#ddg4 ,after the separation the spirit  
of man continues in the body for  a     

short time1 but only until the heart's  
action has wholly ceased1  which happens
 variously in accord with the diseased  
condition that  causes death1 with some 
the motion of the heart continuing for  
some  time1 with others not so long4 ,as
 soon as this motion ceases the man  is 
resuscitated2 but this is done by the   
,lord alone4 ,resuscitation  means the  
drawing forth of the spirit from the    
body1 and its  introduction into the    
spiritual world2 this is commonly called
 the  resurrection4 ,the spirit is not  
separated from the body until the       
motion of the heart has ceased1 for the 
reason that the heart  corresponds to   
the affection of love1 which is the very
 life of man1  for it is from love that 
everyone has vital heat2#a consequently 
as  long as this conjunction continues  
correspondence continues1 and  thereby  
the life of the spirit in the body4     
,footnote #a ,love is the being esse of 
the life of man 7n4    #ejjb74 ,love is 
spiritual heat1 and therefore the very  

vital    itself of man 7n4 #aehi1 #badf1
 #ccch1 #dijf1 #gjha-gjhf1 #iied1       
#ajgdj74 ,affection is a continuation of
 love 7n4 #cich74      #ddh4 ,how this  
resuscitation is effected has both been 
told to me and  shown to me in living   
experience4 ,the actual experience was  
granted  to me that ,i might have a     
complete knowledge of the process4      
#ddi4 ,as to the senses of the body ,i  
was brought into a state of             
insensibility1 thus nearly into the     
state of the dying2 but with the        
interior life and thought remaining     
unimpaired1 in order that ,i might      
perceive and retain in the memory the   
things that happened to me1 and  that   
happen to those that are resuscitated   
from the dead4 ,i perceived  that the   
respiration of the body was almost      
wholly taken away2 but  the interior    
respiration of the spirit went on in    
connection with a  slight and tacit     
respiration of the body4 ,then at first 
a  communication of the pulse of the    

heart with the celestial kingdom  was   
established1 because that kingdom       
corresponds to the heart in  man4#a     
,angels from that kingdom were seen1    
some at a distance1 and  two sitting    
near my head4 ,thus all my own affection
 was taken away  although thought and   
perception continued4 #b ,i was in this 
state  for some hours4 ,then the spirits
 that were around me withdrew1  thinking
 that ,i was dead2 and an aromatic odor 
like that of an  embalmed body was      
perceived1 for when the celestial angels
 are  present everything pertaining to  
the corpse is perceived as aromatic1    
and when spirits perceive this they     
cannot approach2 and in this way  evil  
spirits are kept away from man's spirit 
when he is being  introduced into       
eternal life4 ,the angels seated at my  
head were  silent1 merely sharing their 
thoughts with mine2 and when their      
thoughts are received the angels know   
that the spirit of man is in a  state in
 which it can be drawn forth from the   

body4 ,this sharing of  their thoughts  
was effected by looking into my face1   
for in this way  in heaven thoughts are 
shared4 #c ,as my thought and perception
  continued1 that ,i might know and     
remember how resuscitation is  effected1
 ,i perceived the angels first tried to 
ascertain what my  thought was1 whether 
it was like the thought of those who are
 dying1  which is usually about eternal 
life2 also that they wished to keep my  
mind in that thought4 ,afterwards ,i was
 told that the spirit of man is  held in
 its last thought when the body expires1
 until it returns to  the thoughts that 
are from its general or ruling affection
 in the  world4 ,especially was ,i      
permitted to see and feel that there was
 a  pulling and drawing forth1 as it    
were1 of the interiors of my mind1  thus
 of my spirit1 from the body2 and ,i was
 told that this is from  the ,lord1 and 
that the resurrection is thus effected4 
,footnote #a ,the heart corresponds to  
the ,lord's celestial    kingdom1 the   

lungs to ,his spiritual kingdom 7n4     
#cfce1 #chhf1    #chhg74      #dej4 ,the
 celestial angels who are with the one  
that is resuscitated  do not withdraw   
from him1 because they love everyone2   
but when the  spirit comes into such a  
state that he can no longer be          
affiliated  with celestial angels1 he   
longs to get away from them4 ,when this 
takes place angels from the ,lord's     
spiritual kingdom come1 through  whom is
 given the use of light2 for before this
 he saw nothing1 but  merely thought4 ,i
 was shown how this is done4 ,the angels
 appeared to  roll off1 as it were1 a   
coat from the left eye towards the      
bridge of  the nose1 that the eye might 
be opened and be enabled to see4 ,this  
is  only an appearance1 but to the      
spirit it seemed to be really done4     
,when the coat thus seems to have been  
rolled off there is a slight  sense of  
light1 but very dim1 like what is seen  
through the eyelids  on first awakening 
from sleep4 ,to me this dim light took  

on a  heavenly hue1 but ,i was told     
afterwards that the color varies4 ,then 
something is felt to be gently rolled   
off from the face1 and when  this is    
done spiritual thought is awakened4     
,this rolling off from the  face is also
 an appearance1 which represents the    
spirit's passing  from natural thought  
into spiritual thought4 ,the angels are 
extremely  careful that only such ideas 
as savor of love shall proceed from the 
one resuscitated4 ,they now tell him    
that he is a spirit4 ,when he has  come 
into the enjoyment of light the         
spiritual angels render to the  new     
spirit every service he can possibly    
desire in that state2 and  teach him    
about the things of the other life so   
far as he can  comprehend them4 ,but if 
he has no wish to be taught the spirit  
longs  to get away from the company of  
the angels4 ,nevertheless1 the angels   
do not withdraw from him1 but he        
separates himself from them2 for the    
angels love everyone1 and desire nothing

 so much as to render  service1 to      
teach1 and to lead into heaven2 this    
constitutes their  highest delight4     
,when the spirit has thus withdrawn he  
is received by  good spirits1 and as    
long as he continues in their company   
everything  possible is done for him4   
,but if he had lived such a life in the 
world as would prevent his enjoying the 
company of the good he longs  to get    
away from the good1 and this experience 
is repeated until he  comes into        
association with such as are in entire  
harmony with his  life in the world2 and
 with such he finds his own life1 and   
what is  surprising1 he then leads a    
life like that which he led in the      
world4      #dea4 ,this opening state of
 man's life after death lasts only a few
  days4 ,how he is afterwards led from  
one state to another1 and finally       
either into heaven or into hell1 will be
 told in what follows4 ,this1  too1 ,i  
have been permitted to learn by much    
experience4      #deb4 ,i have talked   

with some on the third day after their  
decease1  when the process described    
above 7n4 #ddi1 #dej7 had been          
completed1  especially with three whom  
,i had known in the world1 to whom ,i   
mentioned that arrangements were now    
being made for burying their  bodies2 ,i
 said1 for burying them2 on hearing     
which they were smitten  with a kind of 
surprise1 saying that they were alive1  
and that the  thing that had served them
 in the world was what was being buried4
  ,afterwards they wondered greatly that
 they had not believed in such a  life  
after death while they lived in the     
body1 and especially that  scarcely any 
within the church so believed4 ,those   
that have not  believed in the world in 
any life of the soul after the life of  
the  body are greatly ashamed when they 
find themselves to be alive4 ,but  those
 that have confirmed themselves in that 
disbelief seek  affiliation with their  
like1 and are separated from those that 
have  had faith4 ,such are for the most 

part attached to some infernal  society1
 because they have also denied the      
divine and have despised  the truths of 
the church2 for so far as any one       
confirms himself  against the eternal   
life of his soul he confirms himself    
also against  whatever pertains to      
heaven and the church4        #dec4     
,,xlvii4 ,,man ,,after ,,death ,,is ,,in
 ,a ,,complete ,,human ,,form    ,it has
 already been shown in several previous 
chapters that the form  of the spirit of
 man is the human form1 that is1 that   
the spirit is a  man even in form1      
especially where it is shown that every 
angel has a  complete human form 7n4    
#gc-gg7 that in respect to his interiors
 every  man is a spirit 7n4 #dcb-ddd72  
and that the angels in heaven are from  
the human race 7n4 #caa-cag74 #b ,this  
can be seen still more clearly  from the
 fact that it is by virtue of his       
spirit1 and not by virtue  of his body  
that man is a man1 and that the bodily  
form is added to  the spirit in         

accordance with the spirit's form1 and  
not the reverse1  for it is in          
accordance with its own form that the   
spirit is clothed  with a body4         
,consequently the spirit of man acts    
into every part of  the body1 even the  
minutest1 insomuch that if any part is  
not  actuated by the spirit1 or the     
spirit is not active in it1 it does  not
 live4 ,any one can see that this is    
true from this fact alone1  that thought
 and will actuate all things and each   
thing of the body  with such entire     
command that everything concurs1 and any
 thing that  does not concur is not a   
part of the body1 but is cast out as    
something without life2 and thought and 
will belong1 not to the body1  but to   
the spirit of man4 #c ,a spirit that has
 been loosed from the  body or the      
spirit in another man1 is not visible in
 the human form  to man1 because the    
body's organ of sight1 or its eye1 so   
far as it  sees in the world1 is a      
material organ1 and what is material can

 see  only what is material1 while what 
is spiritual sees what is  spiritual4   
,when1 therefore1 the material part of  
the eye becomes  darkened and is        
deprived of its cooperation with the    
spiritual1 the  eye sees spirits in     
their own form1 which is the human form1
 not only  the spirits that are in the  
spiritual world1 but also the spirit of 
another man while it is yet in its body4
      #ded4 ,the form of the spirit is  
the human form because man is created   
in respect to his spirit in the form of 
heaven1 for all things of  heaven and of
 the order of heaven are brought        
together in the things  that constitute 
the mind of man2#a and from this comes  
his capacity  to receive intelligence   
and wisdom4 ,whether you say the        
capacity to  receive intelligence and   
wisdom or the capacity to receive heaven
 it  is the same thing1 as can be seen  
from what has been shown about the      
light and heat of heaven 7n4 #abf-adj72 
the form of heaven 7n4  #bjj-bab72 the  

wisdom of angels 7n4 #bfe-bge72 and in  
the chapter that  the form of heaven as 
a whole and in part reflects a single   
man 7n4  #ei-gg72 and this by virtue of 
the ,divine ,human of the ,lord1 which  
is  the source of heaven and its form   
7n4 #gh-hf74      ,footnote #a ,man is  
the being into whom are brought together
    all things of ,divine order1 and by 
creation he is ,divine order    in form 
7n4 #dbai1 #dbbb1 #dbbc1 #debc1 #debd1  
#eaad1 #fjac1 #fjeg1    #ffje1 #ffbf1   
#igjf1 #ajaef1 #ajdgb74 ,so far as a man
 lives in    accordance with ,divine    
order he is seen in the other life as a 
man1 complete and beautiful 7n4 #dhci1  
#ffje1 #ffbf74      #dee4 ,that which   
has now been said can be understood by  
the rational  man1 for he can see it    
from the connection of causes and from  
truths  in their order2 but it is not   
understood by a man who is not          
rational1 and for several reasons1 the  
chief of which is that he has  no desire
 to understand it because it is opposed 

to the falsities  that he has made his  
truths2 and he that is unwilling to     
understand  for this reason has closed  
to his rational faculty the way to      
heaven1  although that way can still be 
opened whenever the will's resistance   
ceases 7see above1 n4 #dbd74 ,that man  
is able to understand truths and  be    
rational whenever he so wishes has been 
made clear to me by much  experience4   
,evil spirits that have become          
irrational in the world by  rejecting   
the ,divine and the truths of the       
church1 and confirming  themselves      
against them1 have frequently been      
turned by ,divine power  towards those  
who were in the light of truth1 and they
 then  comprehended all things as the   
angels did1 and acknowledged them to  be
 true1 and also that they comprehended  
them all4 ,but the moment  these spirits
 relapsed into themselves1 and turned   
back to the love  of their will1 they   
had no comprehension of truths and      
affirmed the  opposite4 #b ,i have also 

heard certain dwellers in hell saying   
that  they knew and perceived that which
 they did to be evil and that which     
they thought to be false2 but that they 
were unable to resist the  delight of   
their love1 that is1 their will1 and    
that it is their will  that drives their
 thought to see evil as good and falsity
 as truth4  ,evidently1 then1 those that
 are in falsity from evil have the      
ability  to understand and be rational1 
but have no wish to2 and they have no   
wish to for the reason that they have   
loved falsities more than  truths1      
because these agree with the evils in   
which they are4 ,to love  and to will is
 the same thing1 for what a man wills he
 loves1 and  what he loves he wills4 #c 
,because the state of men is such that  
they are able to understand truths if   
they wish to1 ,i have been  permitted to
 confirm spiritual truths1 which are    
truths of heaven and  the church1 even  
by reasonings1 and this in order that   
the falsities  by which the rational    

mind in many has been closed up may be  
dispersed by reasonings1 and thus the   
eye may perhaps in some degree  be      
opened2 for to confirm spiritual goods  
by reasonings is permitted  to all that 
are in truths4 ,who could ever          
understand the ,word from  the sense of 
its letter1 unless he saw from an       
enlightened reason the  truths it       
contains8 ,is not this the source of so 
many heresies from  the same ,word8#a   
,footnote #a ,the truths of doctrine of 
the church derived from    the ,word    
must be the starting-point1 and these   
must first be    acknowledged1 and      
afterwards it is permissible to consult 
knowledges 7n4 #fjdg74 ,thus it is      
permissible for those that are    in an 
affirmative state towards the truths of 
faith to confirm    them rationally by  
knowledges1 but it is not permissible   
for    those who are in a negative state
 7n4 #befh1 #behh1 #dgfj1 #fjdg74    ,it
 is in accordance with ,divine order to 
enter rationally from    spiritual      

truths into knowledges1 which are       
natural truths1 but    not to enter from
 the latter into the former1 because    
spiritual    influx into natural things 
is possible1 but not natural or         
physical influx into spiritual things   
7n4 #cbai1 #eaai1 #ebei1    #edbg1      
#edbh1 #edgh1 #fcbb1 #iaji1 #iaaj74     
#def4 ,that the spirit of man1 when it  
has been loosed from the body1  is still
 a man and in a like form1 has been     
proved to me by the daily  experience of
 many years2 for ,i have seen such and  
have listened to  them a thousand times1
 and have talked with them about this   
fact1  that men in the world do not     
believe them to be men1 and that those  
that do believe this are regarded by the
 learned as simple4 ,spirits  are       
grieved at heart that such ignorance    
still continues in the  world1 and above
 all within the church4 #b ,but this    
belief they said  had emanated chiefly  
from the learned1 who had thought about 
the soul  from ideas derived from bodily

 sense2 and from such ideas the only    
conception they formed of the soul was  
as being mere thought2 and  when this is
 regarded apart from any subject as its 
containant and  source it is merely a   
fleeting breath of pure ether that must 
needs  be dissipated when the body dies4
 ,but as the church believes from the   
,word in the immortality of the soul    
they are compelled to ascribe to  it    
something vital1 such as pertains to    
thought1 but they deny to it  any thing 
of sense1 such as man possesses1 until  
it has again been  joined to the body4  
,on this opinion the doctrine in regard 
to the  resurrection is based1 with the 
belief that the soul and body will be   
joined again at the time of the final   
judgment4 ,for this reason when  any one
 thinks about the soul in accordance    
with this doctrine and  these           
conjectures1 he has no conception that  
it is a spirit1 and in a  human form4   
,and still further1 scarcely any one at 
this day knows  what the spiritual is1  

and still less that spiritual beings1 as
 all  spirits and angels are1 have any  
human form4 #c ,consequently1 nearly    
all that go from this world are greatly 
surprised to find that they  are alive1 
and are as much men as before1 that they
 see1 hear1 and  speak1 and that their  
body enjoys the sense of touch as       
before1 with  no difference whatever    
7see above1 n4 #gd74 ,and when they     
cease to be  astonished at themselves   
they are astonished that the church     
should  know nothing about this state of
 men after death1 thus nothing about    
heaven or hell1 when in fact all that   
have ever lived in the world  are in the
 other life and live as men4 ,and as    
they wondered also why  this had not    
been disclosed to man by visions1 being 
an essential of  the faith of the       
church1 they were told from heaven that 
although  this might have been done1    
since nothing is easier when it is the  
,lord's good pleasure1 yet those that   
have confirmed themselves in the        

opposite falsities would not believe    
even if they themselves should  behold  
it2 also that there is danger in        
confirming any thing by  visions when   
men are in falsities1 for they would    
then first believe  and afterwards deny1
 and thus would profane the truth       
itself1 since  to believe and afterwards
 deny is to profane2 and those who      
profane  truths are cast down into the  
lowest and most grievous of all the     
hells4#a #d ,this danger is what is     
meant by the ,lord's words3    ,he hath 
blinded their eyes and hardened their   
hearts lest they should  see with their 
eyes1 and understand with their heart1  
and should turn  and ,i should heal them
 7,john #ab3dj74    ,and that those that
 are in falsities would not believe even
 if  visions were given is meant by     
these words3    ,abraham said to the    
rich man in hell1 ,they have ,moses and 
the  ,prophets1 let them hear them4 ,but
 he said1 ,nay1 father ,abraham1 but  if
 one came to them from the dead they    

would be converted4 ,but  ,abraham said 
to him1 ,if they hear not ,moses and the
 ,prophets1 neither  will they believe  
though one should rise from the dead    
7,luke  #af3bi-ca74      ,footnote #a   
,profanation is the mixing of good and  
evil and of    truth and falsity in man 
7n4 #fcdh74 ,only those can profane     
truth and good1 or the holy things of   
the ,word and the church1    who first  
acknowledge them1 and still more who    
live according    to them1 and who      
afterwards recede from the belief and   
reject    it1 and live for themselves   
and the world 7n4 #eic1 #ajjh1 #ajaj1   
#ajei1 #ccih1 #ccii1 #chih1 #dbhi1      
#dfja1 #ajbhd1 #ajbhg74 ,if man after   
repentance of heart relapses to former  
evils he profanes1 and    his latter    
state is then worse than his former 7n4 
#hcid74 ,those    that have not         
acknowledged holy things1 still less    
those that    have no knowledge of them1
 cannot profane them 7n4 #ajjh1 #ajaj1  
#ajei1 #iahh1 #ajbhd74 ,the heathen who 

are out of the church and    do not have
 the ,word cannot profane it 7n4 #acbg1 
#acbh1 #bjea1    #bbhd74 ,on this       
account interior truths were not        
disclosed to    the ,jews1 for if they  
had been disclosed and acknowledged that
    people would have profaned them 7n4 
#ccih1 #dbhi1 #fifc74 ,the lot    of    
profaners in the other life is the worst
 of all1 because not    only the good   
and truth they have acknowledged1 but   
also their    evil and falsity remain1  
and as these cling together1 the life   
is rent asunder 7n4 #ega1 #ehb1 #fcdh74 
,consequently most careful    provision 
is made by the ,lord to prevent         
profanation 7n4 #bdbf1    #ajbhg74      
#deg4 ,when the spirit of man first     
enters the world of spirits1 which      
takes place shortly after his           
resuscitation1 as described above1 his  
face and his tone of voice resemble     
those he had in the world1  because he  
is then in the state of his exteriors1  
and his interiors  are not as yet       

uncovered4 ,this is man's first state   
after death4 ,but  subsequently his face
 is changed1 and becomes entirely       
different1  resembling his ruling       
affection or ruling love1 in conformity 
with  which the interiors of his mind   
had been while he was in the world  and 
his spirit while it was in the body4    
,for the face of a man's  spirit differs
 greatly from the face of his body4 ,the
 face of his  body is from his parents1 
but the face of his spirit is from his  
affection1 and is an image of it4 ,when 
the life of the spirit in the  body is  
ended1 and its exteriors are laid aside 
and its interiors  disclosed1 it comes  
into this affection4 ,this is man's     
second state4  ,i have seen some that   
have recently arrived from the world1   
and have  recognized them from their    
face and speech2 but seeing them        
afterwards ,i did not recognize them4   
,those that had been in good  affections
 appeared with beautiful faces2 but     
those that had been in  evil affections 

with misshapen faces2 for man's spirit1 
viewed in  itself1 is nothing but his   
affection2 and the face is its outward  
form4 ,another reason why faces are     
changed is that in the other life  no   
one is permitted to counterfeit         
affections that are not his own1  and   
thus assume looks that are contrary to  
his love4 ,all in the other  life are   
brought into such a state as to speak as
 they think1 and to  manifest in their  
looks and gestures the inclinations of  
their will4  ,and because of this the   
faces of all become forms and images of 
their  affections2 and in consequence   
all that have known each other in the   
world know each other in the world of   
spirits1 but not in heaven nor  in hell 
7as has been said above1 n4 #dbg74a     
,footnote #a ,the face is so formed as  
to correspond with the    interiors 7n4 
#dgia-dhje1 #efie74 ,the correspondence 
of the face    and its expressions with 
the affections of the mind 7n4 #aefh1   
#bihh1 #bihi1 #cfca1 #dgif1 #dgig1      

#dhjj1 #eafe1 #eafh1 #efie1 #icjf74     
,with the angels of heaven the face     
makes one with the interiors    that    
belong to the mind 7n4 #dgif-dgii1      
#efie1 #hbej74 ,therefore    in the     
,word the face signifies the interiors  
that belong to the    mind1 that is1 to 
the affection and thought 7n4 #aiii1    
#bdcd1    #cebg1 #djff1 #dgif1 #eajb1   
#icjf1 #iedf74 ,in what manner the      
influx    from the brain into the face  
has been changed in process of    time  
and with it the face itself as regards  
its correspondence    with the interiors
 7n4 #dcbf1 #hbej74      #deh4 ,the     
faces of hypocrites are changed more    
slowly than those of  others1 because by
 practice they had formed a habit of so 
managing  their interiors as to imitate 
good affections2 consequently for a     
long time they appear not unbeautiful4  
,but as that which they had  assumed is 
gradually put off1 and the interiors of 
the mind are  brought into accord with  
the form of their affections1 they      

become  after awhile more misshapen than
 others4 ,hypocrites are such as have   
been accustomed to talk like angels1 but
 interiorly have acknowledged  nature   
alone and not the ,divine1 and have     
therefore denied what  pertains to      
heaven and the church4      #dei4 ,it   
should be known that everyone's human   
form after death is the  more beautiful 
in proportion as he has more interiorly 
loved ,divine  truths and lived         
according to them2 for everyone's       
interiors are  opened and formed in     
accordance with his love and life2      
therefore the  more interior the        
affection is the more like heaven it is1
 and in  consequence the more beautiful 
the face is4 ,this is why the angels in 
the inmost heaven are the most          
beautiful1 for they are forms of        
celestial love4 ,but those that have    
loved ,divine truths more  exteriorly1  
and thus have lived in accordance with  
them in a more  external way1 are less  
beautiful2 for exterior affections only 

shine  forth from their faces2 and      
through these no interior heavenly love 
shines1 consequently nothing of the form
 of heaven as it is in  itself4 ,there  
is seen in the faces of such something  
comparatively  obscure1 not vivified by 
any thing of interior life shining      
through  it4 ,in a word1 all perfection 
increases toward interiors and          
decreases toward exteriors1 and as      
perfection increases and decreases  so  
does beauty4 ,i have seen angelic faces 
of the third heaven of such  radiance   
that no painter with all his art could  
possibly give any  such light to his    
colors as to equal a thousandth part of 
the  brightness and life that shone     
forth from their countenances4 ,but the 
faces of the angels of the lowest heaven
 may in some measure be  equalled4      
#dfj4 ,in conclusion ,i will mention a  
certain arcanum hitherto unknown  to any
 one1 namely1 that every good and truth 
that goes forth from  the ,lord and     
makes heaven is in the human form2 and  

this not only as  a whole and in what is
 greatest1 but also in every part and   
what is  least2 also that this form     
affects everyone who receives good and  
truth from the ,lord1 and causes        
everyone who is in heaven to be in  the 
human form in accordance with his       
reception of good and truth4 ,it  is in 
consequence of this that heaven is like 
itself in general and  in particular1   
and that the human form is the form of  
the whole1 of  every society1 and of    
every angel 7as has been shown in the   
four  chapters from n4 #ei to #hf72 to  
which let it be added that it is the    
form of the least things of thought     
derived from heavenly love with  the    
angels4 ,no man1 however1 can easily    
comprehend this arcanum2 but  it is     
clearly comprehended by the angels1     
because they are in the  light of       
heaven4        #dfa4 ,,xlviii4 ,,after  
,,death ,,man ,,is ,,possessed ,,of     
,,every ,,sense1 ,,and ,,of ,,all  ,,the
 ,,memory1 ,,thought1 ,,and ,,affection1

 ,,that ,,he ,,had ,,in ,,the ,,world1  
,,leaving  ,,nothing ,,behind ,,except  
,,his ,,earthly ,,body4    ,it has been 
proved to me by manifold experience that
 when man passes  from the natural world
 into the spiritual1 as he does when he 
dies1  he carries with him all his      
possessions1 that is1 everything that   
belongs to him as a man1 except his     
earthly body4 ,for when man enters  the 
spiritual world or the life after death1
 he is in a body as he  was in the      
world1 with no apparent difference1     
since he neither sees  nor feels any    
difference4 ,but his body is then       
spiritual1 and thus  separated or       
purified from all that is earthly2 and  
when what is  spiritual touches or sees 
what is spiritual1 it is just the same  
as  when what is natural touches or sees
 what is natural4 ,so when a man  has   
become a spirit he does not know        
otherwise than that he is in the  same  
body that he had in the world and thus  
does not know that he has  died4 #b     

,moreover1 a man's spirit enjoys every  
sense1 both outer and  inner1 that he   
enjoyed in the world2 he sees as before1
 he hears and  speaks as before1 smells 
and tastes1 and when touched1 he feels  
the  touch as before2 he also longs1    
desires1 craves1 thinks1 reflects1 is   
stirred1 loves1 wills1 as before2 and   
one who takes delight in  studies1 reads
 and writes as before4 ,in a word1 when 
a man passes  from one life into the    
other1 or from one world into the other1
 it is  like passing from one place into
 another1 carrying with him all  things 
that he had possessed in himself as a   
man2 so that by death1  which is only   
the death of the earthly body1 man      
cannot be said to  have lost anything   
really his own4 #c ,furthermore1 he     
carries with  him his natural memory1   
retaining everything that he has heard1 
seen1  read1 learned1 or thought1 in the
 world from earliest infancy even to    
the end of life2 although the natural   
objects that are contained in  the      

memory1 since they cannot be reproduced 
in the spiritual world1  are quiescent1 
just as they are when one is not        
thinking of them4  ,nevertheless1 they  
are reproduced when the ,lord so wills4 
,but more  will be said presently about 
this memory and its state after death4  
,a  sensual man finds it impossible to  
believe that such is the state of  man  
after death1 because he cannot          
comprehend it2 for a sensual man  must  
needs think naturally even about        
spiritual things2 therefore1  any thing 
that does not appeal to his senses1 that
 is1 that he does  not see with his     
bodily eyes and touch with his hands 7as
 is said of  ,thomas1 ,john #bj3be1 #bg1
 #bi7 he denies the existence of4 7,what
 the  sensual man is may be seen above1 
n4 #bfg and notes47      #dfb4 a4 ,and  
yet there is a great difference between 
man's life in  the spiritual world and  
his life in the natural world1 in regard
 both  to his outer senses and their    
affections and his inner senses and     

their affections4 ,those that are in    
heaven have more exquisite  senses1 that
 is1 a keener sight and hearing1 and    
also think more  wisely than when they  
were in the world2 for they see in the  
light of  heaven1 which surpasses by    
many degrees the light of the world 7see
  above1 n4 #abf72 and they hear by     
means of a spiritual atmosphere1  which 
likewise surpasses by many degrees the  
earthly atmosphere 7n4  #bce74 ,this    
difference in respect to the outward    
senses is like the  difference between  
clear sunshine and dark cloudiness in   
the world1  or between noonday light and
 evening shade4 ,for the light of       
heaven1  since it is ,divine truth1     
enables the eyes of angels to perceive  
and  distinguish most minute things4 #b 
,moreover1 their outer sight            
corresponds to their inner sight or     
understanding2 for with angels  one     
sight so flows into the other as to act 
as one with it2 and this  gives them    
their great keenness of vision4 ,in like

 manner1 their  hearing corresponds to  
their perception1 which pertains both to
 the  understanding and to the will1 and
 in consequence they perceive in  the   
tone and words of one speaking the most 
minute things of his  affection and     
thought2 in the tone what pertains to   
his affection1  and in the words what   
pertains to his thought 7see above1  n4 
#bcd-bde74 ,but the rest of the senses  
with the angels are less  exquisite than
 the senses of seeing and hearing1 for  
the reason that  seeing and hearing     
serve their intelligence and wisdom1 and
 the rest  do not2 and if the other     
senses were equally exquisite they would
  detract from the light and joy of     
their wisdom1 and would let in the      
delight of pleasures pertaining to      
various appetites and to the body2  and 
so far as these prevail they obscure and
 weaken the  understanding4 ,this takes 
place in the world1 where men become    
gross  and stupid in regard to spiritual
 truths so far as they indulge the      

sense of taste and yield to the         
allurements of the sense of touch4  #c  
,from what has already been said and    
shown in the chapter on the  wisdom of  
the angels of heaven 7n4 #bfe-bge71 it  
can be seen that the  inner senses also 
of the angels of heaven1 which pertain  
to their  thought and affection1 are    
more exquisite and perfect than the     
senses  they had in the world4 ,but as  
regards the state of those that are in  
hell as compared with the state of those
 in the world there is also a  great    
difference1 for as great as is the      
perfection and excellence of  the outer 
and inner senses of the angels in       
heaven1 with those who  are in hell the 
imperfection is equally great4 ,but the 
state of these  will be treated of      
hereafter4      #dfb4 b4 ,that when a   
man leaves the world he takes with him  
all his  memory has been shown to me in 
many ways1 and many of the things ,i    
have seen and heard are worthy of       
mention1 some of which ,i will  relate  

in order4 ,there were some who denied   
their crimes and  villainies which they 
had perpetrated in the world2 and in    
consequence1 that they might not be     
believed innocent1 all their  deeds were
 disclosed and reviewed from their      
memory in order1 from  their earliest to
 their latest years2 these were chiefly 
adulteries  and whoredoms4 #b ,there    
were some who had deceived others by    
wicked  arts and had committed thefts4  
,the deceits and thefts of these were   
also enumerated in detail1 many of which
 were known to scarcely any  in the     
world except themselves4 ,these deeds   
they confessed1 because  they were      
plainly set forth1 with every thought1  
intention1 pleasure1  and fear which    
occupied their minds at the time4 #c    
,there were  others who had accepted    
bribes1 and had rendered venal          
judgments1 who  were similarly explored 
from their memory and from it everything
 they  had done from the beginning to   
the end of their office was reviewed4   

,every detail in regard to what and how 
much they had received1 as  well as the 
time1 and their state of mind and       
intention1 were brought  to their       
recollection and made visibly clear to  
the number of many  hundreds4 ,this was 
done with several and what is wonderful1
 in some  cases their memorandum-books1 
in which they had recorded these        
things1 were opened and read before them
 page by page4 #d ,others who  had      
enticed maidens to shame or had violated
 chastity were called to  a like        
judgment2 and the details of their      
crimes were drawn forth  from their     
memory and reviewed4 ,the very faces of 
the maidens and  women were also        
exhibited as if present1 with the       
places1 words and  intentions1 and this 
as suddenly as when a scene is presented
 to the  sight1 the exhibitions         
continuing sometimes for hours4 #e      
,there was  one who had made light of   
slandering others2 and ,i heard his     
slanders  recounted in order1 and his   

defamations1 with the very words1 and   
the  persons about whom and before whom 
they were uttered2 all of which  were   
produced and presented to the very life1
 although while he lived  in the world  
he had most carefully concealed         
everything4 #f ,there  was one who had  
deprived a relative of his inheritance  
under a  fraudulent pretext2 and he was 
in like manner convicted and judged2    
and what is wonderful1 the letters and  
papers that passed between  them were   
read in my hearing1 and it was said that
 not a word was  lacking4 #g ,the same  
person shortly before his death had also
  secretly poisoned his neighbor4 ,this 
was disclosed in this way4 ,he  appeared
 to be digging a trench under his feet1 
from which a man came  forth as out of a
 grave1 and cried out to him1 ,what have
 you done to  me8 ,then everything was  
revealed1 how the poisoner had talked   
with  him in a friendly manner1 and had 
held out the cup1 also what he  thought 
beforehand1 and what happened           

afterwards4 ,when all this had  been    
disclosed he was sentenced to hell4 #h  
,in a word1 to each evil  spirit all his
 evils1 villainies1 robberies1          
artifices1 and deceits  are made clear1 
and are brought forth from his very     
memory1 and his  guilt is fully         
established2 nor is there any possible  
room for  denial1 because all the       
circumstances are exhibited together4   
,moreover1 ,i have learned from a man's 
memory1 when it was seen and  inspected 
by angels1 what his thoughts had been   
for a month1 one day  after another1 and
 this without mistake1 the thoughts     
being recalled  just as they arose from 
day to day4 #i ,from these examples it  
can be  seen that man carries with him  
all of his memory1 and that nothing  can
 be so concealed in the world as not to 
be disclosed after death1  which is done
 in the presence of many1 according to  
the ,lord's words3         ,there is    
nothing concealed that shall not be     
uncovered1       and nothing secret that

 shall not be known2 therefore what     
ye have spoken in the dark shall be     
heard in the light and       what ye    
have spoken in the ear shall be         
proclaimed on the       housetops 7,luke
 #ab3b1 #c74      #dfc4 ,in disclosing  
his acts to a man after death1 the      
angels to whom  the office of searching 
is assigned look into his face1 and     
their  search extends through the whole 
body1 beginning with the fingers of     
each hand1 and thus proceeding through  
the whole4 ,as ,i wondered at  this the 
reason was given1 namely1 that as all   
things of the thought  and will are     
inscribed on the brain1 for their       
beginnings are there1  so are they      
likewise inscribed on the whole body1   
since all things of  thought and will   
extend from their beginnings into all   
things of the  body and there terminate 
as in their outmosts2 and this is why   
the  things that are inscribed on the   
memory from the will and consequent     
thought are inscribed not only on the   

brain1 but also upon the whole  man1 and
 there exist in order in accordance with
 the order of the  parts of the body4   
,it was thus made clear that man as a   
whole is such  as he is in his will and 
its thought1 even to the extent that an 
evil  man is his own evil1 and a good   
man his own good4#a ,this shows what  is
 meant by the book of man's life spoken 
of in the ,word1 namely1  that all      
things that he has done and all things  
that he has thought  are inscribed on   
the whole man1 and when they are called 
forth from  the memory they appear as if
 read in a book1 and when the spirit is 
viewed in the light of heaven1 they     
appear as in an image4 ,to all  this ,i 
would add something remarkable in regard
 to the continuance of  the memory after
 death1 by which ,i was assured that not
 only things  in general but also the   
minutest particulars that have entered  
the  memory remain and are never        
obliterated4 ,i saw books there         
containing  writings as in the world1   

and was told that they were from the    
memory  of those who wrote1 and that    
there was not a single word lacking in  
them that was in a book written by the  
same person in the world2 and  thus all 
the minutest particulars might be drawn 
from one's memory1  even those that he  
had forgotten in the world4 ,and the    
reason was  given1 namely1 that man has 
an external and an internal memory1 an  
external memory belonging to his natural
 man1 and an internal memory  belonging 
to his spiritual man2 and that every    
least thing that a man  has thought1    
willed1 spoken1 done or even heard and  
seen1 is  inscribed on his internal or  
spiritual memory2#b and that what is    
there is never erased1 since it is also 
inscribed on the spirit  itself and on  
the members of its body1 as has been    
said above2 and  that the spirit is thus
 formed in accordance with the thoughts 
and  acts of its will4 ,i know that this
 sounds like a paradox1 and is          
therefore difficult to believe2 but     

still it is true4 ,let no one  believe1 
then1 that there is any thing that a man
 has ever thought in  himself or done in
 secret that can be concealed after     
death2 but let  him believe that all    
things and each single thing are then   
laid open  as clear as day4             
,footnote #a ,a good man1 spirit1 or    
angel1 is his own good and    his own   
truth1 that is1 he is wholly such as his
 good and truth    are 7n4 #ajbih1      
#ajcfg74 ,this is because good is what  
makes the    will and truth the         
understanding2 and the will and         
understanding make everything of life in
 man1 spirit1 or angel    7n4 #cccb1    
#cfbc1 #fjfe74 ,it is the same thing to 
say that a man1    spirit1 or angel is  
his own love 7n4 #fhgb1 #ajagg1 #ajbhd74
      ,footnote #b ,man has two memories
 an outer and an inner1 or a    natural 
and a spiritual memory 7n4 #bdfi-bdid74 
,man does not    know that he has an    
inner memory 7n4 #bdgj1 #bdga74 ,how far
 the    inner memory surpasses the outer

 7n4 #bdgc74 ,the things    contained in
 the outer memory are in the light of   
the world1    but the things contained  
in the inner are in the light of        
heaven 7n4 #ebab74 ,it is from the inner
 memory that man is able    to think and
 speak intellectually and rationally 7n4
 #icid74 ,all    things and each thing  
that a man has thought1 spoken1 and     
done1    and that he has seen and heard1
 are inscribed on the inner    memory   
7n4 #bdgd1 #gcih74 ,that memory is the  
book of his life 7n4    #bdgd1 #ichf1   
#ihda1 #ajeje74 ,in the inner memory are
 the truths    that have been made      
truths of faith1 and the goods that have
    been made goods of love 7n4 #ebab1  
#hjfg74 ,those things that have         
become matters of habit and have come to
 be things of the life1    and have thus
 disappeared from the outer memory1 are 
in the    inner memory 7n4 #icid1 #igbc1
 #ihda74 ,spirits and angels speak      
from the inner memory and consequently  
have a universal    language 7n4 #bdgb1 

#bdgf1 #bdij1 #bdic74 ,the languages of 
the    world belong to the outer memory 
7n4 #bdgb1 #bdgf74      #dfd4 ,although 
the external or natural memory remains  
in man after  death1 the merely natural 
things in it are not reproduced in the  
other life1 but only the spiritual      
things adjoined to the natural by       
correspondences2 but when these are     
present to the sight they appear  in    
exactly the same form as they had in the
 natural world2 for all  things seen in 
the heavens have just the same          
appearance as in the  world1 although in
 their essence they are not natural but 
spiritual  7as may be seen in the       
chapter on ,representatives and         
,appearances in  ,heaven1 n4 #agj-agf74 
#b ,but the external or natural memory  
in  respect to the things in it that are
 derived from the material1 and  from   
time and space1 and from other          
properties of nature1 is not            
serviceable to the spirit in the way    
that it was serviceable to it in  the   

world1 for whenever man thinks in the   
world from his external  sensual1 and   
not at the same time from his internal  
or intellectual  sensual1 he thinks     
naturally and not spiritually2 but in   
the other  life when he is a spirit in  
the spiritual world he does not think   
naturally but spiritually1 and to think 
spiritually is to think  intellectually 
or rationally4 ,for this reason the     
external or natural  memory in respect  
to its material contents is then        
quiescent1 and  only those things that  
man has imbibed in the world by means of
  material things1 and has made         
rational1 come into use4 ,the external  
memory becomes quiescent in respect to  
material things because these  cannot   
then be brought forth1 since spirits and
 angels speak from  those affections and
 thoughts that are proper to their      
minds2 and are  therefore unable to give
 expression to any thing that is not in 
accord with their affections and        
thoughts as can be seen in what is  said

 about the speech of angels in heaven   
and their speech with man  7n4          
#bcd-beg74 #c ,because of this man after
 death is rational1 not in  the degree  
that he was skilled in languages and    
sciences in the  world1 but in the      
degree in which he became rational by   
means of  these4 ,i have talked with    
many who were believed in the world to  
be  learned because they were acquainted
 with ancient languages1 such as  the   
,hebrew1 ,greek1 and ,latin1 but had not
 cultivated their rational  faculty by  
what is written in those languages4     
,some of them were seen  to be just as  
simple as those who knew nothing of     
those languages1  and some even stupid1 
and yet they retained the conceit of    
being  wiser than others4 #d ,i have    
talked with some who had believed in    
the world that man is wise in the       
measure of the contents of his  memory1 
and who had stored up many things in    
their memory1 speaking  almost solely   
from the memory1 and therefore not from 

themselves but  from others1 and their  
rationality had not been at all         
perfected by  means of the things in    
their memory4 ,some of these were stupid
 and  some sottish1 not in the least    
comprehending whether a truth is true   
or not1 and seizing upon all falsities  
that are passed off for truths  by those
 who called themselves learned2 for from
 themselves they are  unable to see any 
thing1 whether it be true or not1 and   
consequently  are unable to see any     
thing rationally when listening to      
others4 #e  ,i have also talked with    
some who had written much in the world  
on  scientific subjects of every kind1  
and had thereby acquired a  worldwide   
reputation for learning4 ,some of these1
 indeed1 had the  ability to reason     
about truths1 whether they are true or  
not2 and  some1 when they had turned to 
those who were in the light of truth1   
had some comprehension that truths are  
true1 but still had no wish to          
comprehend them1 and therefore when they

 were in their own falsities1  and thus 
in themselves1 denied them4 ,some had no
 more wisdom than the  unlearned common 
people4 ,thus each differed from the    
other according  as he had cultivated   
his rational faculty by means of the    
knowledges  he had written about or     
collated4 ,but those who were opposed to
 the  truths of the church1 and who     
thought from mere knowledges and        
confirmed themselves thereby in         
falsities1 did not cultivate their      
rational faculty1 but cultivated only an
 ability to reason1 which in  the world 
is believed to be rationality4 ,but this
 ability is wholly  different from      
rationality2 it is an ability to prove  
any thing it  pleases1 and from         
preconceived principles and from        
fallacies to see  falsities and not     
truths4 ,such persons can never be      
brought to  acknowledge truths1 since   
truths cannot be seen from falsities2   
but  falsities may be seen from truths4 
#f ,the rational faculty of man is  like

 a garden or shrubbery1 or like fresh   
ground2 the memory is the  soil1 truths 
known and knowledges are the seeds1 the 
light and heat  of heaven cause them to 
grow2 without light and heat there is no
  germination2 so is it with the mind   
when the light of heaven1 which  is     
,divine truth1 and the heat of heaven1  
which is ,divine love1 are  not         
admitted2 rationality is solely from    
these4 ,it is a great grief  to the     
angels that learned men for the most    
part ascribe all things  to nature1 and 
have thereby so closed up the interiors 
of their minds  as to be unable to see  
any thing of truth from the light of    
truth1  which is the light of heaven4   
,in consequence of this such in the     
other life are deprived of their ability
 to reason that they may not            
disseminate falsities among the simple  
good and lead them astray2 and  are sent
 away into desert places4      #dfe4 ,a 
certain spirit was indignant because he 
was unable to remember  many things that

 he knew in the life of the body1       
grieving over the  lost pleasure which  
he had so much enjoyed1 but he was told 
that he  had lost nothing at all1 that  
he still knew each and everything that  
he had known1 although in the world     
where he now was no one was  permitted  
to call forth such things from the      
memory1 and that he  ought to be        
satisfied that he could now think and   
speak much better  and more perfectly   
than before1 and that his rational was  
not now  immersed as before in gross1   
obscure1 material and corporeal things1 
which are of no use in the kingdom into 
which he had now come2 also  that he now
 possessed everything conducive to the  
uses of eternal  life1 and that this is 
the only way of becoming blessed and    
happy2  and therefore it is the part of 
ignorance to believe that in this       
kingdom intelligence perishes with the  
removal or quiescence of the  material  
things in the memory2 for the real fact 
is that so far as  the mind can be      

withdrawn from things of sense          
pertaining to the  external man or the  
body1 so far it is elevated to things   
spiritual  and heavenly4      #dff4     
,what these two memories are is         
sometimes presented to view in  the     
other life in forms not elsewhere seen2 
for many things which in  man take the  
form of ideas are there presented as    
objects of sight4  ,the external memory 
there presents the appearance of a      
callus1 the  internal the appearance of 
a medullary substance like that in the  
human brain2 and from this what they are
 can be known4 ,with those  that have   
devoted themselves in the life of the   
body to the  cultivation of the memory  
alone1 and have not cultivated their    
rational faculty1 the callosity appears 
hard and streaked within as  with       
tendons4 ,with those that have filled   
the memory with falsities  it appears   
hairy and rough1 because of the confused
 mass of things in  it4 ,with those that
 have cultivated the memory with the    

love of self  and the world as an end it
 appears glued together and ossified4   
,with  those that have wished to        
penetrate into ,divine arcana by means  
of  learning1 especially of a           
philosophical kind1 with an             
unwillingness  to believe until         
convinced by such proofs1 the memory    
appears like a  dark substance1 of such 
a nature as to absorb the rays of light 
and  turn them into darkness4 ,with     
those that have practiced deceit and    
hypocrisy it appears hard and bony like 
ebony1 which reflects the  rays of      
light4 ,but with those that have been in
 the good of love and  the truths of    
faith there is no such callous          
appearance1 because  their inner memory 
transmits the rays of light into the    
outer2 and in  its objects or ideas as  
in their basis or their ground1 the rays
  terminate and find delightful         
receptacles2 for the outer memory is    
the out most of order in which1 when    
goods and truths are there1 the         

spiritual and heavenly things are gently
 terminated and find their  seat4       
#dfg4 ,men living in the world who are  
in love to the ,lord and charity  toward
 the neighbor have with them and in them
 angelic intelligence  and wisdom1 but  
it is then stored up in the inmosts of  
the inner  memory2 and they are not at  
all conscious of it until they put off  
corporeal things4 ,then the natural     
memory is laid asleep and they  awake   
into their inner memory1 and then       
gradually into angelic memory  itself4  
#dfh4 ,how the rational faculty may be  
cultivated shall also be told in  a few 
words4 ,the genuine rational faculty    
consists of truths and not  of          
falsities2 whatever consists of         
falsities is not rational4 ,there  are  
three kinds of truths1 civil1 moral1 and
 spiritual4 ,civil truths  relate to    
matters of judgment and of government in
 kingdoms1 and in  general to what is   
just and equitable in them4 ,moral      
truths pertain  to the matters of       

everyone's life which have regard to    
companionships  and social relations1 in
 general to what is honest and right1   
and in  particular to virtues of every  
kind4 ,but spiritual truths relate to   
matters of heaven and of the church1 and
 in general to the good of  love and the
 truth of faith4 #b ,in every man there 
are three degrees  of life 7see above1  
n4 #bfg74 ,the rational faculty is      
opened to the  first degree by civil    
truths1 to the second degree by moral   
truths1  and to the third degree by     
spiritual truths4 ,but it must be       
understood that the rational faculty    
that consists of these truths is  not   
formed and opened by man's knowing them1
 but by his living  according to them2  
and living according to them means      
loving them  from spiritual affection2  
and to love truths from spiritual       
affection  is to love what is just and  
equitable because it is just and        
equitable1 what is honest and right     
because it is honest and right1  and    

what is good and true because it is good
 and true2 while living  according to   
them and loving them from the bodily    
affection is loving  them for the sake  
of self and for the sake of one's       
reputation1 honor  or gain4             
,consequently1 so far as man loves these
 truths from a bodily  affection he     
fails to become rational1 for he loves1 
not them1 but  himself2 and the truths  
are made to serve him as servants serve 
their  ,lord2 and when truths become    
servants they do not enter the man and  
open any degree of life in him1 not even
 the first1 but merely rest  in the     
memory as knowledges under a material   
form1 and there conjoin  themselves with
 the love of self1 which is a bodily    
love4 #c ,all  this shows how man       
becomes rational1 namely1 that he       
becomes rational  to the third degree by
 a spiritual love of the good and truth 
which  pertain to heaven and the church2
 he becomes rational to the second      
degree by a love of what is honest and  

right2 and to the first degree  by a    
love of what is just and equitable4     
,these two latter loves also  become    
spiritual from a spiritual love of good 
and truth1 because  that love flows into
 them and conjoins itself to them and   
forms in  them as it were its own       
semblance4      #dfi4 ,spirits and      
angels1 equally with men1 have a memory1
 whatever  they hear1 see1 think1 will  
and do1 remaining with them1 and thereby
  their rational faculty is continually 
cultivated even to eternity4  ,thus     
spirits and angels1 equally with men1   
are perfected in  intelligence and      
wisdom by means of knowledges of truth  
and good4  ,that spirits and angels have
 a memory ,i have been permitted to     
learn  by much experience1 having seen  
everything that they have thought and   
done1 both in public and in private1    
called forth from their memories  when  
they were with other spirits2 and ,i    
have seen those that were in  some truth
 from simple good imbued with           

knowledges1 and thereby with            
intelligence1 and afterwards raised up  
into heaven4 ,but it must be  understood
 that such are not imbued with          
knowledges and thereby with             
intelligence beyond the degree of       
affection for good and for truth  that  
they have attained to while in the      
world2 for such and so much  of         
affection as any spirit or angel had in 
the world remains with  him2 and this   
affection is afterwards perfected by    
being filled out1  which goes on to     
eternity4 ,for everything is capable of 
being filled  out to eternity1 since    
everything is capable of infinite       
variation1  thus of enrichment by       
various things1 and consequently of     
multiplication and fructification4 ,to  
any thing good there is no  limit       
because it is from the ,infinite4 ,that 
spirits and angels are  being perfected 
unceasingly in intelligence and wisdom  
by means of  knowledges of truth and    
good may be seen above1 in the chapters 

on  the wisdom of the angels of heaven  
7n4 #bfe-bge72 on the heathen or  people
 outside the church in heaven 7n4       
#cah-cbh72 and on little  children in   
heaven 7n4 #cbi-cde72 and that this is  
done to that degree  of affection for   
good and for truth in which they had    
been in the  world1 and not beyond it1  
may be seen in n4 #cdi4      #dgj4      
,,xlix4 ,,man ,,after ,,death ,,is      
,,such ,,as ,,his ,,life ,,had ,,been   
,,in ,,the ,,world4    ,every ,christian
 knows from the ,word that one's own    
life awaits him  after death2 for it is 
there said in many passages that man    
will be  judged and rewarded according  
to his deeds and works2 and no one who  
thinks from good and from real truth can
 help seeing that he who  lives well    
goes to heaven and that he who lives    
wickedly goes to  hell4 ,but the evil   
man is unwilling to believe that his    
state after  death is according to his  
life in the world2 he thinks1 especially
  when he is sick1 that heaven is       

granted to everyone out of pure  mercy1 
whatever his life may have been1 and    
that this is done in  accordance with   
his faith1 which he separates from life4
      #dga4 ,that man will be judged and
 rewarded according to his deeds and    
works is declared in many passages in   
the ,word1 some of which ,i will  here  
quote3         ,the ,son of man shall   
come in the glory of ,his ,father with  
,his angels and then ,he will render    
unto everyone according       to his    
works 7,matt4 #af3bg74         ,blessed 
are the dead that die in the ,lord2 yea1
 saith the       ,spirit1 that they may 
rest from their labors1 for their       
works follow them 7,apoc4 #ad3ac74      
,i will give to everyone according to   
his works 7,apoc4       #b3bc74         
,i saw the dead1 small and great1       
standing before ,god2 and       the     
books were opened and the dead were     
judged out of the       things that were
 written in the books according to their
       works4 ,the sea gave up the dead 

that were in it1 and death       and    
hell gave up those that were in them1   
and they were       judged everyone     
according to their works 7,apoc4 #bj3ab1
       #ac74         ,behold ,i come1   
and ,my reward is with ,me1 to give to  
everyone according to his works 7,apoc4 
#bb3ab74         ,everyone that heareth 
,my words and doeth them ,i will liken  
to a prudent man2 but everyone that     
heareth ,my words and       doeth them  
not is likened to a foolish man 7,matt4 
#g3bd1       #bf74         ,not everyone
 that saith unto ,me1 ,lord1 ,lord1     
shall enter       into the kingdom of   
the heavens2 but he that doeth the      
will of ,my ,father who is in the       
heavens4 ,many will say       unto ,me  
in that day1 ,lord1 ,lord1 have we not  
prophesied in       ,thy name1 and      
through ,thy name cast out demons1 and  
in ,thy       name done many mighty     
works8 ,but then will ,i confess to     
them1 ,i know you not3 depart from ,me1 
ye workers of       iniquity 7,matt4    

#g3ba-bc74         ,then shall ye begin 
to say1 ,we have eaten and drunk before 
,thee2 ,thou hast taught in our streets4
 ,but ,he will say1 ,i       tell you ,i
 know you not1 ye workers of iniquity   
7,luke       #ac3be-bg74         ,i will
 recompense them according to their work
 and       according to the doing of    
their hands 7,jer4 #be3ad74             
,jehovah1 whose eyes are open upon all  
the ways of men1 to       give to       
everyone according to his ways and      
according to       the fruit of his     
works 7,jer4 #cb3ai74         ,i will   
visit upon his ways and recompense to   
him his works       7,hosea #d3i74      
,jehovah doeth with us according to our 
ways and according       to our works   
7,zech4 #a3f74    ,in foretelling the   
last judgment the ,lord recounts nothing
 but works1  teaching that those that   
have done good works will enter into    
eternal  life1 and those that have done 
evil works will enter into damnation1   
as in ,matthew 7#be3cb-df71 and in many 

other passages that treat of  the       
salvation and condemnation of man4 ,it  
is clear that works and  deeds          
constitute the outward life of man1 and 
that the quality of his  inward life is 
made evident in them4      #dgb4 ,but by
 deeds and works1 what they are inwardly
 is here meant1  and not the way they   
outwardly appear2 for everyone knows    
that every  deed and work goes forth    
from the man's will and thought2        
otherwise  it would be nothing but a    
movement like that of an automaton or   
image4 ,consequently1 a deed or work    
viewed in itself is merely an  effect   
that derives its soul and life from will
 and thought1 even to  the extent that  
it is nothing but will and thought in   
effect1 and  thus is will and thought in
 outward form4 ,from this it follows    
that a  deed or work is in quality such 
as are the will and thought that        
produce it4 ,if the thought and will are
 good the deeds and works are  good2 but
 if the thought and will are evil the   

deeds and works are  evil1 although in  
outward form they appear alike4 ,a      
thousand men may  act alike1 that is1   
may do like deeds1 so alike in outward  
form as to  be almost undistinguishable1
 and yet each one regarded in itself be 
different1 because from an unlike will4 
#b ,for example1 when one  acts honestly
 and justly with a companion1 one person
 may do it for  the purpose of appearing
 to be honest and just out of regard to 
himself and his own honor2 another out  
of regard to the world and  gain2 a     
third out of regard to reward and merit2
 a fourth out of  regard to friendship2 
a fifth from fear of the law and the    
loss of  reputation or employment2 a    
sixth that he may draw some one to his  
own side1 even when he is in the wrong2 
a seventh that he may  deceive2 and     
others from other motives4 ,in all these
 instances  although the deeds are good 
in appearance1 since it is a good thing 
to act honestly and justly with a       
companion1 they are nevertheless  evil1 

because they are done1 not out of regard
 to honesty and justice  and for the    
love of these1 but out of regard to love
 of self and the  world which are loved2
 and honesty and justice are made to    
serve that  love as servants serve a    
lord1 whom the lord despises and        
dismisses  when they fail to serve him4 
#c ,in outward form those act in a like 
way who act honestly and justly with a  
companion because they love  what is    
honest and just4 ,some of these act from
 the truth of faith or  from obedience1 
because the ,word so commands2 some from
 the good of  faith or from conscience1 
because from a religious motive2 some   
from  good of charity towards the       
neighbor because his good should be     
regarded2 some from the good of love to 
the ,lord because good should  be done  
for the sake of good1 as also what is   
honest and just should  be done for the 
sake of honesty and justice2 and this   
they love  because it is from the ,lord1
 and because the ,divine that goes forth

  from the ,lord is in it1 and          
consequently regarded in its very       
essence  it is ,divine4 ,the deeds or   
works of such are inwardly good1 and    
therefore are outwardly good also2 for1 
as has been said above1 deeds  or works 
are precisely such in quality as the    
thought and will from  which they       
proceed1 and apart from thought and will
 they are not  deeds and works1 but only
 inanimate movements4 ,all this explains
 what  is meant in the ,word by works   
and deeds4      #dgc4 ,as deeds and     
works are from the will and thought1 so 
are they  from the love and faith1      
consequently they are such as the love  
and  faith are2 for it is the same thing
 whether you say one's love or his      
will1 and it is the same thing whether  
you say one's faith or his  established 
thought2 for that which a man loves he  
wills1 and that  which a man believes he
 thinks2 and when a man loves what he   
believes  he also wills it and as far as
 possible does it4 ,everyone may know   

that love and faith are within man's    
will and thought1 and not  outside of   
them1 for love is what kindles the will1
 and the thought  is what it enlightens 
in matters of faith2 therefore only     
those that  are able to think wisely are
 enlightened1 and in the measure of     
their  enlightenment they think what is 
true and will it1 or what is the  same1 
they believe what is true and love it4#a
      ,footnote #a ,as all things that  
exist according to order in the         
universe have relation to good and      
truth1 so in man all things    have     
relation to will and understanding 7n4  
#hjc1 #ajabb74 ,for    the reason that  
the will is a recipient of good and the 
understanding a recipient of truth 7n4  
#cccb1 #cfbc1 #ebcb1 #fjfe1    #fabe1   
#gejc1 #icjj1 #iiie74 ,it amounts to the
 same whether you say    truth or faith1
 for faith belongs to truth and truth   
belongs to    faith2 and it amounts to  
the same whether you say good or love   
for love belongs to good and good       

belongs to love 7n4 #dcec1    #diig1    
#gagi1 #ajabb1 #ajcfg74 ,from this it   
follows that the    understanding is a  
recipient of faith1 and the will a      
recipient    of love 7n4 #gagi1 #ajabb1 
#ajcfg74 ,and since the understanding of
    man is capable of receiving faith in
 ,god and the will is    capable of     
receiving love to ,god1 man is capable  
of being    conjoined with ,god in faith
 and love1 and he that is capable of    
being conjoined with ,god in love and   
faith can never die 7n4    #debe1 #fcbc1
 #ibca74      #dgd4 ,but it must be     
understood that it is the will that     
makes the  man1 while thought makes the 
man only so far as it goes forth from   
the will2 and deeds and works go forth  
from both2 or what is the  same1 it is  
love that makes the man1 and faith only 
so far as it goes  forth from love2 and 
deeds or works go forth from both4      
,consequently1  the will or love is the 
man himself1 for whatever goes forth    
belongs  to that from which it goes     

forth4 ,to go forth is to be brought    
forth  and presented in suitable form   
for being perceived and seen4#a ,all    
this makes clear what faith is when     
separated from love1 namely1 that  it is
 no faith1 but mere knowledge1 which has
 no spiritual life in  it2 likewise what
 a deed or work is apart from love1     
namely1 that it  is not a deed or work  
of life1 but a deed or work of death1   
which  possesses an appearance of life  
from an evil love and a belief in  what 
is false4 ,this appearance of life is   
what is called spiritual  death4        
,footnote #a ,the will of man is the    
very being esse of his    life1 because 
it is the receptacle of love or good1   
and the    understanding is the outgo   
existere of life therefrom1    because  
it is the receptacle of faith or truth  
7n4 #cfai1 #ejjb1    #ibhb74 ,thus the  
life of the will is the chief life of   
man1 and    the life of the             
understanding proceeds therefrom 7n4    
#ehe1 #eij1    #cfai1 #gcdb1 #hhhe1     

#ibhb1 #ajjgf1 #ajaji1 #ajaaj74 ,in the 
same way    as light proceeds from fire 
or flame 7n4 #fjcb1 #fcad74 ,from this  
it follows that man is man by virtue of 
his will and his    understanding       
therefrom 7n4 #hiaa1 #ijfi1 #ijga1      
#ajjgf1 #ajaji1    #ajaaj74 ,every man  
is loved and esteemed by others in      
accordance    with the good of his will 
and of his understanding therefrom1     
for he that wills well and understands  
well is loved and    esteemed2 and he   
that understands well and does not will 
well    is set aside and despised 7n4   
#hiaa1 #ajjgf74 ,after death man        
continues to be such as his will is1 and
 his understanding    therefrom 7n1     
#ijfi1 #ijga1 #ichf1 #ajaec74           
,consequently after    death man        
continues to be such as his love is1 and
 his faith    therefrom2 and whatever   
belongs to his faith and not also to    
his love then vanishes1 because it is   
not in the man1 thus not    of the man  
7n4 #eec1 #bcfd1 #ajaec74      #dge4    

,again1 it must be understood that in   
deeds or works the whole  man is        
exhibited1 and that his will and thought
 or his love and  faith1 which are his  
interiors1 are not complete until they  
exist in  deeds or works1 which are his 
exteriors1 for these are the outmosts   
in which the will and thought terminate1
 and without such  terminations they are
 interminate1 and have as yet no        
existence1 that  is1 are not yet in the 
man4 ,to think and to will without      
doing1 when  there is opportunity1 is   
like a flame enclosed in a vessel and   
goes  out2 also like seed cast upon the 
sand1 which fails to grow1 and so       
perishes with its power of germination4 
,but to think and will and  from that to
 do is like a flame that gives heat and 
light all around1  or like a seed in the
 ground that grows up into a tree or    
flower and  continues to live4 ,everyone
 can know that willing and not doing1   
when  there is opportunity1 is not      
willing2 also that loving and not doing 

good1 when there is opportunity1 is not 
loving1 but mere thought that  one wills
 and loves2 and this is thought         
separate1 which vanishes and  is        
dissipated4 ,love and will constitute   
the soul itself of a deed or  work1 and 
give form to its body in the honest and 
just things that  the man does4 ,this is
 the sole source of man's spiritual     
body1 or the  body of his spirit2 that  
is1 it is formed solely out of the      
things  that the man does from his love 
or will 7see above1 n4 #dfc74 ,in a     
word1 all things of man and his spirit  
are contained in his deeds or  works4#a 
,footnote #a ,interior things flow in   
successively into exterior    things    
even down to the extreme or outmost1 and
 there they come    forth and have      
permanent existence 7n4 #fcd1 #fdea1    
#fdfe1 #ibae1    #ibaf74 ,they not only 
flow in1 but in the outmost they form   
the    simultaneous1 in what order 7n4  
#ehig1 #fdea1 #hfjc1 #ajjii74           
,thereby all interior things are held   

together in connection1    and have     
permanent existence 7n4 #ihbh74 ,deeds  
or works are the    outmosts which      
contain the interiors 7n4 #ajcca74      
,therefore    being recompensed and     
judged according to deeds and works is  
being recompensed and judged in         
accordance with all things of    one's  
love and faith1 or of his will and      
thought because these    are the        
interiors contained in deeds and works  
7n4 #cadg1 #cicd1    #fjgc1 #hiaa1      
#ajcca1 #ajccb74      #dgf4 ,all this   
makes clear what the life is that awaits
 man after  death1 namely1 that it is   
his love and his faith therefrom1 not   
only  in potency1 but also in act2 thus 
that it is his deeds or works1  because 
in these all things of man's love and   
faith are contained4      #dgg4 ,it is  
man's ruling love that awaits him after 
death1 and this is  in no way changed to
 eternity4 ,everyone has many loves2 but
 they are  all related to his ruling    
love1 and make one with it or together  

compose it4 ,all things of the will that
 are in harmony with the  ruling love   
are called loves1 because they are      
loved4 ,these loves are  both inner and 
outer2 some directly connected and some 
mediately2  some nearer and some more   
remote2 they are subservient in various 
ways4 ,taken together they constitute a 
kingdom1 as it were1 such  being the    
order in which they are arranged in man1
 although man knows  nothing what ever  
about that arrangement4 ,and yet        
something of it is  made manifest to him
 in the other life1 for the spread of   
his thought  and affection there is in  
accordance with the arrangement of his  
loves1 his thought and affection        
extending into heavenly societies  when 
the ruling love is made up of the loves 
of heaven1 but into  infernal societies 
when it is made up of the loves of hell4
 ,that all  the thought and affection of
 spirits and of angels has extension    
into  societies may be seen above1 in   
the chapters on the wisdom of the       

angels of heaven1 and on the form of    
heaven which determines  affiliations   
and communications there4      #dgh4    
,but what has been said thus far appeals
 only to the thought of  the rational   
man4 ,that it may also be presented to  
the perception  derived from the senses1
 ,i will add some experiences by which  
it may  be illustrated and confirmed4   
,first1 ,man after death is his own love
  or his own will4 ,second1 ,man        
continues to eternity such as his will  
or ruling love is4 ,third1 ,the man who 
has heavenly and spiritual love  goes to
 heaven1 while the man who has corporeal
 and worldly love1 and  no heavenly and 
spiritual love1 goes to hell4 ,fourth1  
,unless faith is  from heavenly love it 
does not endure in man4 ,fifth1 ,love in
 act1  that is1 the life of man1 is what
 endures4      #dgi4 7i7 ,man after     
death is his own love or his own will4  
,this has  been proved to me by manifold
 experience4 ,the entire heaven is      
divided into societies according to     

differences of good of love2 and  every 
spirit who is taken up into heaven and  
becomes an angel is  taken to the       
society where his love is2 and when he  
arrives there he  is1 as it were1 at    
home1 and in the house where he was     
born2 this the  angel perceives1 and is 
affiliated with those there that are    
like  himself4 ,when he goes away to    
another place he feels constantly a     
kind of resistance1 and a longing to    
return to his like1 thus to his  ruling 
love4 ,thus are affiliations brought    
about in heaven2 and in a  like manner  
in hell1 where all are affiliated in    
accordance with  loves that are the     
opposites of heavenly loves4 ,it has    
been shown  above 7n4 #da-ej and        
#bjj-bab7 that both heaven and hell are 
composed  of societies1 and that they   
are all distinguished according to      
differences of love4 #b ,that man after 
death is his own love might  also be    
seen from the fact that whatever does   
not make one with his  ruling love is   

then separated and as it were taken away
 from him4  ,from one who is good       
everything discordant or inharmonious is
  separated and as it were taken away1  
and he is thus let into his own  love4  
,it is the same with an evil spirit1    
with the difference that  from the evil 
truths are taken away1 and from the good
 falsities are  taken away1 and this    
goes on until each becomes his own love4
 ,this is  effected when the man-spirit 
is brought into the third state1 which  
will be described hereafter4 ,when this 
has been done he turns his  face        
constantly to his own love1 and this he 
has continually before  his eyes1 in    
whatever direction he turns 7see above1 
n4 #abc1 #abd74  #c ,all spirits1       
provided they are kept in their ruling  
love1 can be  led wherever one pleases1 
and are incapable of resistance1 however
  clearly they may see that this is     
being done1 and however much they  may  
think that they will resist4 ,they have 
often been permitted to  try whether    

they could do anything contrary to their
 ruling love1 but  in vain4 ,their love 
is like a bond or a rope tied around    
them1 by  which they may be led and from
 which they cannot loose themselves4 ,it
  is the same with men in the world who 
are also led by their love1 or  are led 
by others by means of their love2 but   
this is more the case  when they have   
become spirits1 because they are not    
then permitted to  make a display of any
 other love1 or to counterfeit what is  
not their  own4 #d ,all interaction in  
the other life proves that the spirit of
  man is his ruling love1 for so far any
 one is acting or speaking in  accord   
with the love of another1 to the same   
extent is the other  plainly present1   
with full1 joyous1 and lively           
countenance2 but when  one is speaking  
or acting contrary to another's love1 to
 that extent  the other's countenance   
begins to be changed1 to be obscured and
  undiscernible1 until at length he     
wholly disappears as if he had not  been

 there4 ,i have often wondered how this 
could be1 for nothing of  the kind can  
occur in the world2 but ,i have been    
told that it is the  same with the      
spirit in man1 which when it turns      
itself away from  another ceases to be  
within his view4 #e ,another proof that 
a spirit  is his ruling love is that    
every spirit seizes and appropriates all
  things that are in harmony with his   
love1 and rejects and repudiates  all   
that are not4 ,everyone's love is like a
 spongy or porous wood1  which imbibes  
such fluids as promote its growth1 and  
repels others4  ,it is also like animals
 of every kind1 which know their proper 
food  and seek the things that agree    
with their nature1 and avoid what       
disagrees2 for every love wishes to be  
nourished on what belongs to  it1 evil  
love by falsities and good love by      
truths4 ,i have sometimes  been         
permitted to see certain simple good    
spirits desiring to  instruct the evil  
in truths and goods2 but when the       

instruction was  offered them they fled 
far away1 and when they came to their   
own they  seized with great pleasure    
upon the falsities that were in         
agreement  with their love4 ,i have also
 seen good spirits talking together     
about  truths1 and the good who were    
present listened eagerly to the         
conversation1 but the evil who were     
present paid no attention to it1  as if 
they did not hear it4 ,in the world of  
spirits ways are seen1  some leading to 
heaven1 some to hell1 and each to some  
particular  society4 ,good spirits go   
only in the ways that lead to heaven1   
and to  the society there that is in the
 good of their love2 and do not see  the
 ways that lead elsewhere2 while evil   
spirits go only in the ways  that lead  
to hell1 and to the society there that  
is in the evil of  their love2 and do   
not see the ways that lead elsewhere2 or
 if they  see them have no wish to enter
 them4 ,in the spiritual world these    
ways are real appearances1 which        

correspond to truths or falsities2  and 
this is why ways have this signification
 in the ,word4#a ,by this  evidence from
 experience what has previously been    
affirmed on the  ground of reason is    
made more certain1 namely1 that every   
man after  death is his own love and his
 own will4 ,it is said one's own will   
because everyone's will is his love4    
,footnote #a ,a way1 a path1 a road1 a  
street1 and a    broad street1 signify  
truths leading to good1 or falsities    
leading to evil 7n4 #fbg1 #bccc1        
#ajdbb74 ,to sweep or prepare a    way  
means to prepare for the reception of   
truths 7n4 #cadb74    ,to make known the
 way means1 in respect to the ,lord1 to 
instruct in truths that lead to good 7n4
 #ajefe74      #dhj4 7ii7 ,man after    
death continues to eternity such as his 
will or  ruling love is4 ,this1 too1 has
 been confirmed by abundant experience4 
,i have been permitted to talk with some
 who lived two thousand years  ago1 and 
whose lives are described in history1   

and thus known2 and ,i  found that they 
continued to be just the same as they   
were described1  that is1 in respect to 
the love out of which and according to  
which  their lives were formed4 ,there  
were others known to history1 that had  
lived seventeen centuries ago1 others   
that had lived four centuries  ago1 and 
three1 and so on1 with whom ,i was      
permitted to talk2 and ,i  found that   
the same affection still ruled in them1 
with no other  difference than that the 
delights of their love were turned into 
such  things as correspond4 ,the angels 
declare that the life of the ruling     
love is never changed in any one even to
 eternity1 since everyone is  his love2 
consequently to change that love in a   
spirit is to take  away or extinguish   
his life2 and for the reason that man   
after death  is no longer capable of    
being reformed by instruction1 as in the
  world1 because the outmost plane1     
which consists of natural  knowledges   
and affections1 is then quiescent and   

not being spiritual  cannot be opened   
7see above1 n4 #dfd72 and upon that     
plane the  interiors pertaining to the  
mind and disposition rest as a house    
rests on its foundation2 and on this    
account such as the life of  one's love 
had been in the world such he continues 
to be to eternity4  ,the angels are     
greatly surprised that man does not know
 that everyone  is such as his ruling   
love is1 and that many believe that they
 may be  saved by mercy apart from      
means1 or by faith alone1 whatever their
  life may be2 also that they do not    
know that ,divine mercy works by  means1
 and that it consists in man's being led
 by the ,lord1 both in  the world and   
afterwards to eternity1 and that those  
who do not live  in evils are led by the
 ,divine mercy2 and finally that faith  
is  affection for truth going forth from
 heavenly love1 which is from the       
,lord4      #dha4 7iii7 ,the man who has
 heavenly and spiritual love goes to    
heaven2 while the man who has corporeal 

and worldly love and no  heavenly and   
spiritual love goes to hell4 ,this has  
been made evident  to me from all whom  
,i have seen taken up into heaven or    
cast into  hell4 ,the life of those     
taken up into heaven had been derived   
from a  heavenly and spiritual love1    
while the life of those cast into hell  
had been derived from a corporeal and   
worldly love4 ,heavenly love  consists  
in loving what is good1 honest1 and     
just1 because it is  good1 honest and   
just1 and in doing this from love2 and  
those that  have this love have a life  
of goodness1 honesty1 and justice1 which
  is the heavenly life4 ,those that love
 what is good1 honest1 and just1  for   
its own sake1 and who do this or live   
it1 love the ,lord above all  things1   
because this is from ,him2 they also    
love the neighbor1  because this is the 
neighbor who is to be loved4#a ,but     
corporeal  love is loving what is good1 
honest1 and just1 not for its own sake  
but for the sake of self1 because       

reputation1 honor1 and gain can  thus be
 acquired4 ,such1 in what is good1      
honest1 and just1 do not  look to the   
,lord and to the neighbor1 but to self  
and the world1 and  find delight in     
fraud2 and the goodness1 honesty and    
justice that  spring forth from fraud   
are evil1 dishonesty1 and injustice1 and
  these are what are loved by such in   
their practice of goodness1  honesty1   
and justice4 #b ,as the life of everyone
 is determined by  these different kinds
 of love1 as soon as men after death    
enter the  world of spirits they are    
examined to discover their quality1 and 
are  joined to those that are in a like 
love2 those that are in heavenly  love  
to those that are in heaven1 and those  
that are in corporeal  love to those    
that are in hell2 and after they have   
passed through  the first and second    
state they are so separated as to no    
longer see  or know each other2 for each
 one becomes his own love1 both in      
respect to his interiors pertaining to  

his mind1 and in respect to  his        
exteriors pertaining to his face1 body1 
and speech2 for everyone  becomes an    
image of his own love1 even in          
externals4 ,those that are  corporeal   
loves appear gross1 dusky1 black and    
misshapen2 while those  that are        
heavenly loves appear fresh1 bright1    
fair and beautiful4  ,also in their     
minds and thoughts they are wholly      
unlike1 those that  are heavenly loves  
being intelligent and wise1 while those 
that are  corporeal loves are stupid and
 as it were silly4 #c ,when it is       
granted to behold the interiors and     
exteriors of thought and  affection of  
those that are in heavenly love1 their  
interiors appear  like light1 and some  
like a flamy light1 while their         
exteriors appear  in various beautiful  
colors like rainbows4 ,but the interiors
 of those  that are in corporeal love   
appear as if black1 because they are    
closed up2 and the interiors of some who
 were interiorly in malignant  deceit   

appear like a dusky fire4 ,but their    
exteriors appear of a  dirty color1 and 
disagreeable to the sight4 7,the        
interiors and  exteriors of the mind and
 disposition are made visible in the    
spiritual world whenever the ,lord      
pleases47 #d ,those that are in         
corporeal love see nothing in the light 
of heaven2 to them the light  of heaven 
is thick darkness2 but the light of     
hell1 which is like  light from burning 
coals1 is to them as clear light4       
,moreover1 in the  light of heaven their
 inward sight is so darkened that they  
become  insane2 consequently they shun  
that light and hide themselves in dens  
and caverns1 more or less deeply in     
accordance with the falsities in  them  
derived from their evils4 ,on the other 
hand those who are in  heavenly love1   
the more interiorly and deeply they     
enter into the  light of heaven1 see all
 things more clearly and all things     
appear  more beautiful to them1 and they
 perceive truths more intelligently  and

 wisely4 #e ,again1 it is impossible for
 those who are in  corporeal love to    
live at all in the heat of heaven1 for  
the heat of  heaven is heavenly love2   
but they can live in the heat of hell1  
which  is the love of raging against    
others that do not favor them4 ,the     
delights of that love are contempt of   
others1 enmity1 hatred and  revenge2 and
 when they are in these delights they   
are in their life1  and have no idea    
what it is to do good to others from    
good itself and  for the sake of good   
itself1 knowing only what it is to do   
good from  evil and for the sake of     
evil4 #f ,those who are in corporeal    
love  are unable to breathe in heaven4  
,when any evil spirit is brought into   
heaven he draws his breath like one     
struggling in a contest2 while  those   
that are in heavenly love have a freer  
respiration and a fuller  life the more 
interiorly they are in heaven4 ,all this
 shows that  heaven with man is heavenly
 and spiritual love1 because on that    

love  all things of heaven are          
inscribed2 also that hell in man is     
corporeal and worldly love apart from   
heavenly and spiritual love1  because on
 such loves all things of hell are      
inscribed4 ,evidently1  then1 he whose  
love is heavenly and spiritual enters   
heaven1 and he  whose love is corporeal 
and worldly apart from heavenly and     
spiritual  love enters hell4            
,footnote #a ,in the highest sense1 the 
,lord is the neighbor1    because ,he is
 to be loved above all things2 but      
loving the ,lord    is loving what is   
from ,him1 because ,he ,himself is in   
everything    that is from ,him1 thus it
 is loving what is good and true 7n4    
#bdbe1 #cdai1 #fgjf1 #fgaa1 #fhai1      
#fhbc1 #habc74 ,loving what is good     
and true which is from the ,lord is     
living in accordance with    good and   
truth1 and this is loving the ,lord 7n4 
#ajadc1 #ajaec1    #ajcaj1 #ajccf1      
#ajegh1 #ajfde74 ,every man and every   
society1 also    one's country and the  

church1 and in a universal sense the    
,lord's kingdom1 are the neighbor1 and  
doing good to these from    a love of   
good in accord with their state is      
loving the    neighbor2 that is1 their  
good that should be consulted is the    
neighbor 7n4 #fhah-fhbd1 #habc74 ,moral 
good also1 which is    honesty1 and     
civil good1 which is justice1 are the   
neighbor2    and to act honestly and    
justly from the love of honesty and     
justice is loving the neighbor 7n4      
#biae1 #dgcj1 #habj-habc74 ,thus        
charity towards the neighbor extends to 
all things of the life    of man1 and   
loving the neighbor is doing what is    
good and just1    and acting honestly   
from the heart1 in every function and in
    every work 7n4 #bdag1 #haba1 #habd74
 ,the doctrine in the ,ancient          
,church was the doctrine of charity1 and
 from that they had    wisdom 7n4 #bche1
 #bdag1 #cdai1 #cdbj1 #dhdd1 #ffbh74    
#dhb4 7iv7 ,unless faith is from        
heavenly love it does not endure in     

man4 ,this has been made clear to me by 
so much experience that if  everything  
,i have seen and heard respecting it    
were collected1 it  would fill a volume4
 ,this ,i can testify1 that those who   
are in  corporeal and worldly love apart
 from heavenly and spiritual love  have 
no faith whatever1 and are incapable of 
having any2 they have  nothing but      
knowledge or a persuasion that a thing  
is true because it  serves their love4  
,some of those who claimed that they had
 faith were  brought to those who had   
faith1 and when they communicated with  
them  they perceived that they had no   
faith at all2 and afterwards they       
confessed that merely believing what is 
true and believing the ,word  is not    
faith1 but that faith is loving truth   
from heavenly love1 and  willing and    
doing it from interior affection4       
,moreover1 they were  shown that their  
persuasion which they called faith was  
merely like  the light of winter1 in    
which light1 because it has no heat in  

it1  all things on the earth are bound  
up in frost1 become torpid1 and lie     
buried under the snow4 ,as soon1        
therefore1 as the light of persuasive   
faith in them is touched by the rays of 
the light of heaven it is not  only     
extinguished but is turned into a dense 
darkness1 in which no  one can see      
himself2 and at the same time their     
interiors are so  obscured that they can
 understand nothing at all1 and at      
length  become insane from falsities4   
,consequently with such1 all the truths 
that they have known from the ,word and 
from the doctrine of the  church1 and   
have called the truths of their faith1  
are taken away2  and they imbibe in     
their place every falsity that is in    
accord with  the evil of their life4    
,for they are all let down into their   
loves  and into the falsities agreeing  
with them2 and they then hate and  abhor
 and therefore reject truths1 because   
they are repugnant to the  falsities of 
evil in which they are4 ,from all my    

experience in what  pertains to heaven  
and hell ,i can bear witness that all   
those who  from their doctrine have     
professed faith alone1 and whose life   
has  been evil1 are in hell4 ,i have    
seen many thousands of them cast down   
to hell4 7,respecting these see the     
treatise on ,the ,last ,judgment and    
the ,destruction of ,babylon47          
#dhc4 7v7 ,love in act1 that is1 the    
life of man1 is what endures4 ,this     
follows as a conclusion from what has   
just been shown from  experience1 and   
from what has been said about deeds and 
works4 ,love  in act is work and deed4  
#dhd4 ,it must be understood that all   
works and deeds pertain to moral  and   
civil life1 and therefore have regard to
 what is honest and  right1 and what is 
just and equitable1 what is honest and  
right  pertaining to moral life1 and    
what is just and equitable to civil     
life4 ,the love from which deeds are    
done is either heavenly or  infernal4   
,works and deeds of moral and civil     

life1 when they are done  from heavenly 
love1 are heavenly2 for what is done    
from heavenly love  is done from the    
,lord1 and everything done from the     
,lord is good4 ,but  the deeds and works
 of moral and civil life when done from 
infernal  love are infernal2 for what is
 done from this love1 which is the love 
of self and of the world1 is done from  
man himself1 and everything  that is    
done from man himself is in itself evil2
 for man regarded in  himself1 that is1 
in regard to what is his own1 is nothing
 but  evil4#a      ,footnote #a ,man's  
own consists in loving himself more than
    ,god1 and the world more than       
heaven1 and in making nothing of    his 
neighbor in comparison with himself1    
thus it consists in    the love of self 
and of the world 7n4 #fid1 #gca1 #dcag74
 ,man is    born into this own1 and it  
is dense evil 7n4 #baj1 #bae1 #gca1     
#hgd-hgf1 #ihg1 #ajdg1 #bcjg1 #bcjh1    
#ceah1 #cgja1 #chab1 #hdhj1 #heej1      
#ajbhc1 #ajbhd1 #ajbhf1 #ajgcb74 ,from  

what is man's own not only    every evil
 but also every falsity is derived 7n4  
#ajdg1 #ajbhc1    #ajbhd1 #ajbhf74 ,the 
evils that are from what is man's own   
are    contempt for others1 enmity1     
hatred1 revenge1 cruelty1 deceit    7n4 
#fffg1 #gcgj1 #gcgc1 #gcgd1 #icdh1      
#ajjch1 #ajgdb74 ,so far as what    is  
man's own rules1 the good of love and   
the truth of faith are    either        
rejected or suffocated or perverted 7n4 
#bjda1 #gdia1    #gdib1 #gfdc1 #hdhg1   
#ajdee1 #ajgdb74 ,what is man's own is  
hell in    him 7n4 #fid1 #hdhj74 ,the   
good that man does from what is his own 
is not good1 but in itself is evil 7n4  
#hdhj74      #dhe4 ,l4 ,,the ,,delights 
,,of ,,every ,,one',s ,,life ,,are      
,,changed ,,after ,,death ,,into        
,,things ,,that ,,correspond4    ,it has
 been shown in the preceding chapter    
that the ruling affection  or dominant  
love in everyone continues to eternity4 
,it shall now be  explained how the     
delights of that affection or love are  

changed into  things that correspond4   
,being changed into corresponding things
 means  into things spiritual that      
correspond to the natural4 ,that they   
are  changed into things spiritual can  
be seen from this1 that so long as  man 
is in his earthly body he is in the     
natural world1 but when he  leaves that 
body he enters the spiritual world and  
is clothed with a  spiritual body4 ,it  
has already been shown that angels1 and 
men after  death1 are in a complete     
human form1 and that the bodies with    
which  they are clothed are spiritual   
bodies 7n4 #gc-gg and #dec-dfj72 also   
what the correspondence is of spiritual 
things with natural 7n4  #hg-aae74      
#dhf4 ,all the delights that a man has  
are the delights of his ruling  love1   
for he feels nothing to be delightful   
except what he loves1  thus especially  
that which he loves above all things4   
,it means the  same whether you say the 
ruling love or that which is loved above
 all  things4 ,these delights are       

various4 ,in general1 there are as many 
as  there are ruling loves2 consequently
 as many as there are men1  spirits1 and
 angels2 for no one's ruling love is in 
every respect  like that of another4    
,for this reason no one has a face      
exactly like  that of any other2 for    
each one's face is an image of his mind2
 and  in the spiritual world it is an   
image of his ruling love4 ,in           
particular1 everyone's delights are of  
infinite variety4 ,it is  impossible for
 any one delight to be exactly like     
another1 or the  same as another1 either
 those that follow one after another or 
those  that exist together at the same  
time1 no one ever being the same as     
another4 ,nevertheless1 the particular  
delights in everyone have  reference to 
his one love1 which is his ruling love1 
for they compose  it and thus make one  
with it4 ,likewise all delights in      
general have  reference to one          
universally ruling love1 which in heaven
 is love to  the ,lord1 and in hell is  

the love of self4      #dhg4 ,only from 
a knowledge of correspondences can it be
 known what  spiritual delights         
everyone's natural delights are changed 
into after  death1 and what kind of     
delights they are4 ,in general1 this    
knowledge  teaches that nothing natural 
can exist without something spiritual   
corresponding to it4 ,in particular it  
teaches what it is that  corresponds1   
and what kind of a thing it is4         
,therefore1 any one that  has this      
knowledge can ascertain and know what   
his own state after  death will be1 if  
he only knows what his love is1 and what
 its  relation is to the universally    
ruling loves spoken of above1 to which  
all loves have relation4 ,but it is     
impossible for those who are in  the    
love of self to know what their ruling  
love is1 because they love  what is     
their own1 and call their evils goods2  
and the falsities that  they incline to 
and by which they confirm their evils   
they call  truths4 ,and yet if they were

 willing they might know it from others 
who are wise1 and who see what they     
themselves do not see4 ,this  however1  
is impossible with those who are so     
enticed by the love of  self that they  
spurn all teaching of the wise4 #b ,on  
the other hand1  those who are in       
heavenly love accept instruction1 and as
 soon as  they are brought into the     
evils into which they were born1 they   
see  them from truths1 for truths make  
evils manifest4 ,from truth which is    
from good any one can see evil and its  
falsity2 but from evil none  can see    
what is good and true2 and for the      
reason that falsities of  evil are      
darkness and correspond to darkness2    
consequently those that  are in         
falsities from evil are like the blind1 
not seeing the things  that are in      
light1 but shunning them instead like   
birds of night4#a  ,but as truths from  
good are light1 and correspond to light 
7see  above1 n4 #abf-acd71 so those that
 are in truths from good have sight  and

 open eyes1 and discern the things that 
pertain to light and  shade4 #c ,this1  
too1 has been proved to me by           
experience4 ,the angels  in heaven both 
see and perceive the evils and falsities
 that  sometimes arise in themselves1   
also the evils and falsities in  spirits
 in the world of spirits that are       
connected with the hells1  although the 
spirits themselves are unable to see    
their own evils and  falsities4 ,such   
spirits have no comprehension of the    
good of heavenly  love1 of conscience1  
of honesty and justice1 except such as  
is done  for the sake of self2 neither  
what it is to be led by the ,lord4 ,they
  say that such things do not exist1 and
 thus are of no account4 ,all  this has 
been said to the intent that man may    
examine himself and may  recognize his  
love by his delights2 and thus so far as
 he can make it  out from a knowledge of
 correspondences may know the state of  
his  life after death4      ,footnote #a
 ,from correspondence darkness in the   

,word    signifies falsities1 and thick 
darkness the falsities of evil    7n4   
#ahci1 #ahfj1 #gfhh1 #ggaa74 ,to the    
evil the light of heaven is    thick    
darkness 7n4 #ahfa1 #fhcb1 #haig74      
,those that are in the    hells are said
 to be in darkness because they are in  
falsities    of evil2 of such 7n4 #ccdj1
 #ddah1 #deca74 ,in the ,word the blind 
signify those that are in falsities and 
are not willing to be    taught 7n4     
#bchc1 #fiij74      #dhh4 ,how the      
delights of everyone's life are changed 
after death into  things that correspond
 can be known from a knowledge of       
correspondences2 but as that knowledge  
is not as yet generally known  ,i will  
try to throw some light on the subject  
by certain examples  from experience4   
,all who are in evil and who have       
established  themselves in falsities in 
opposition to the truths of the church1 
especially those that have rejected the 
,word1 flee from the light of  heaven   
and take refuge in caves that appear at 

their openings to be  densely dark1 also
 in clefts of rocks1 and there they hide
  themselves2 and this because they have
 loved falsities and hated  truths2 for 
such caves and clefts of rocks1#a well  
as darkness1  correspond to falsities1  
as light corresponds to truths4 ,it is  
their  delight to dwell in such places1 
and undelightful to dwell in the  open  
country4 #b ,those that have taken      
delight in insidious and  secret plots  
and in treacherous machinations do the  
same thing4 ,they  are also in such     
caves2 and they frequent rooms so dark  
that they are  even unable to see one   
another2 and they whisper together in   
the ears  in corners4 ,into this is the 
delight of their love changed4 ,those   
that have devoted themselves to the     
sciences with no other end than  to     
acquire a reputation for learning1 and  
have not cultivated their  rational     
faculty by their learning1 but have     
taken delight in the  things of memory  
from a pride in such things1 love sandy 

places1  which they choose in preference
 to fields and gardens1 because sandy   
places correspond to such studies4 #c   
,those that are skilled in the          
doctrines of their own and other        
churches1 but have not applied their    
knowledge to life1 choose for themselves
 rocky places1 and dwell  among heaps of
 stones1 shunning cultivated places     
because they  dislike them4 ,those that 
have ascribed all things to nature1 as  
well  as those that have ascribed all   
things to their own prudence1 and by    
various arts have raised themselves to  
honors and have acquired  wealth1 in the
 other life devote themselves to the    
study of magic  arts1 which are abuses  
of ,divine order1 and find in these the 
chief  delight of life4 #d ,those that  
have adapted ,divine truths to their    
own loves1 and thereby have falsified   
them1 love urinous things  because these
 correspond to the delights of such     
loves4#b ,those that  have been sordidly
 avaricious dwell in cells1 and love    

swinish filth  and such stenches as are 
exhaled from undigested food in the     
stomach4  #e ,those that have spent     
their life in mere pleasures and have   
lived  delicately and indulged their    
palate and stomach1 loving such things  
as the highest good that life affords1  
love in the other life  excrementitious 
things and privies1 in which they find  
their delight1  for the reason that such
 pleasures are spiritual filth4 ,places 
that  are clean and free from filth they
 shun1 finding them undelightful4  #f   
,those that have taken delight in       
adulteries pass their time in  brothels1
 where all things are vile and filthy2  
these they love1 and  chaste homes they 
shun1 falling into a swoon as soon as   
they enter  them4 ,nothing is more      
delightful to them than to break up     
marriages4  ,those that have cherished a
 spirit of revenge1 and have thereby    
contracted a savage and cruel nature1   
love cadaverous substances1 and  are in 
hells of that nature2 and so on4        

,footnote #a ,in the word a hole or the 
cleft of a rock    signifies obscurity  
and falsity of faith 7n4 #ajehb74       
,because a    rock signifies faith from 
the ,lord 7n4 #heha1 #ajehj72 and a     
stone the truth of faith 7n4 #aad1 #fdc1
 #abih1 #cgbj1 #fdbf1    #hfji1 #ajcgf74
      ,footnote #b ,the defilements of  
truth correspond to urine 7n4    #ecij74
      #dhi4 ,but the delights of life of
 those that have lived in the world  in 
heavenly love are changed into such     
corresponding things as exist  in the   
heavens1 which spring from the sun of   
heaven and its light1  that light       
presenting to view such things as have  
what is ,divine  inwardly concealed in  
them4 ,the things that appear in that   
light  affect the interiors of the minds
 of the angels1 and at the same time    
the exteriors pertaining to their       
bodies2 and as the ,divine light1  which
 is ,divine truth going forth from the  
,lord1 flows into their  minds opened by
 heavenly love1 it presents outwardly   

such things as  correspond to the       
delights of their love4 ,it has already 
been shown1  in the chapter on          
representatives and appearances in      
heaven 7n4  #agj-agf71 and in the       
chapter on the wisdom of the angels 7n4 
#bfe-bge71 that the things that appear  
to the sight in the heavens  correspond 
to the interiors of angels1 or to the   
things pertaining to  their faith and   
love and thus to their intelligence and 
wisdom4 #b  ,having already begun to    
establish this point by examples from   
experience1 to make clearer what has    
been previously said on the  ground of  
causes of things ,i will state briefly  
some particulars  respecting the        
heavenly delightful things into which   
the natural  delights of those that have
 lived in heavenly love in the world are
  changed4 ,those that have loved       
,divine truths and the ,word from an    
interior affection1 or from an affection
 for truth itself1 dwell in  the other  
life in light1 in elevated places that  

appear like  mountains1 where they are  
continually in the light of heaven4     
,they do  not know what darkness is1    
like that of night in the world2 they   
live  also in a vernal temperature2     
there are presented to their view       
fields filled with grain and vine-yards2
 in their houses everything  glows as if
 from precious stones2 and looking      
through the windows is  like looking    
through pure crystal4 ,such are the     
delights of their  vision2 but these    
same things are interiorly delightful   
because of  their being correspondences 
of ,divine heavenly things1 for the     
truths  from the ,word which they have  
loved correspond to fields of grain1    
vineyards1 precious stones1 windows1 and
 crystals4#a #c ,those that  have       
applied the doctrinals of the church    
which are from the ,word  immediately to
 life1 are in the inmost heaven1 and    
surpass all others  in their delights of
 wisdom4 ,in every object they see what 
is ,divine2  the objects they see indeed

 with their eyes2 but the corresponding 
,divine things flow in immediately into 
their minds and fill them with  a       
blessedness that affects all their      
sensations4 ,thus before their  eyes all
 things seem to laugh1 to play1 and to  
live 7see above1  n4 #bgj74 #d ,those   
that have loved knowledges and have     
thereby  cultivated their rational      
faculty and acquired intelligence1 and  
at  the same time have acknowledged the 
,divine-these in the other life  have   
their pleasure in knowledges1 and their 
rational delight changed  into spiritual
 delight1 which is delight in knowing   
good and truth4  ,they dwell in gardens 
where flower beds and grass plots are   
seen  beautifully arranged1 with rows of
 trees round about1 and arbors and      
walks1 the trees and flowers changing   
from day to day4 ,the entire  view      
imparts delight to their minds in a     
general way1 and the  variations in     
detail continually renew the delight2   
and as everything  there corresponds to 

something ,divine1 and they are skilled 
in the  knowledge of correspondences1   
they are constantly filled with new     
knowledges1 and by these their spiritual
 rational faculty is  perfected4 ,their 
delights are such because gardens1      
flower beds1  grass plots1 and trees    
correspond to sciences1 knowledges1 and 
the  resulting intelligence4#b #e ,those
 that have ascribed all things to  the  
,divine1 regarding nature as relatively 
dead and merely  subservient to things  
spiritual1 and have confirmed themselves
 in  this view1 are in heavenly light2  
and all things that appear before  their
 eyes are made by that light            
transparent1 and in their  transparency 
exhibit innumerable variegations of     
light1 which their  internal sight takes
 in as it were directly1 and from this  
they  perceive interior delights4 ,the  
things seen within their houses are  as 
if made of diamonds1 with similar       
variegations of light4 ,the walls  of   
their houses1 as already said1 are like 

crystal1 and thus also  transparent2 and
 in them seemingly flowing forms        
representative of  heavenly things are  
seen also with unceasing variety1 and   
this  because such transparency         
corresponds to the understanding when it
  has been enlightened by the ,lord and 
when the shadows that arise from  a     
belief in and love for natural things   
have been removed4 ,with  reference to  
such things and infinite others1 it is  
said by those  that have been in heaven 
that they have seen what eye has never  
seen2  and from a perception of ,divine 
things communicated to them by those    
who are there1 that they have heard what
 ear has never heard4 #f  ,those that   
have not acted in secret ways1 but have 
been willing to  have all that they have
 thought made known so far as civil life
 would  permit1 because their thoughts  
have all been in accord with what is    
honest and just from the ,divine-these  
in heaven have faces full of  light2 and
 in that light every least affection and

 thought is seen in  the face as in its 
form1 and in their speech and actions   
they are  like images of their          
affections4 ,such1 therefore1 are more  
loved than  others4 ,while they are     
speaking the face becomes a little      
obscured2  but as soon as they have     
spoken1 the things they have said become
  plainly manifest all at once in the   
face4 ,and as all the objects that      
exist round about them correspond to    
their interiors1 these assume  such an  
appearance that others can clearly      
perceive what they  represent and       
signify4 ,spirits that have found       
delight in clandestine  acts1 when they 
see such at a distance flee from them1  
and appear to  themselves to creep away 
from them like serpents4 #g ,those that 
have  regarded adulteries as abominable1
 and have lived in a chaste love of     
marriage1 are more than all others in   
the order and form of heaven1  and      
therefore in all beauty1 and continue   
unceasingly in the flower  of youth4    

,the delights of their love are         
ineffable1 and increase to  eternity2   
for all the delights and joys of heaven 
flow into that  love1 because that love 
descends from the conjunction of the    
,lord  with heaven and with the church1 
and in general from the conjunction  of 
good and truth1 which conjunction is    
heaven itself in general1 and  with each
 angel in particular 7see above1 n4     
#cff-chf74 ,what their  outward delights
 are it is impossible to describe in    
human words4  ,these are only a few of  
the things that have been told me about 
the  correspondences of the delights of 
those that are in heavenly love4        
,footnote #a ,in the ,word a field of   
corn signifies a state of    the        
reception and growth of truth from good 
7n4 #ibid74    ,standing corn signifies 
truth in conception 7n4 #iadf71         
,vineyards signify the spiritual church 
and the truths of that    church 7n4    
#ajfi1 #iaci74 ,precious stones signify 
the truths of    heaven and of the      

church transparent from good 7n4 #aad1  
#ihfc1    #ihfe1 #ihfh1 #ihgc1 #iije74  
,a window signifies the intellectual    
faculty which pertains to the internal  
sight 7n4 #fee1 #feh1    #ccia74        
,footnote #b ,a garden1 a grove1 and a  
park1 signify    intelligence 7n4 #ajj1 
#ajh1 #cbbj74 ,this is why the ancients 
celebrated holy worship in groves 7n4   
#bgbb1 #deeb74 ,flowers    and flower   
beds signify truths learned and         
knowledges 7n4    #ieec74 ,herbs1       
grasses1 and grass plots signify truths 
learned 7n4 #gega74 ,trees signify      
perception and knowledges    7n4 #ajc1  
#bafc1 #bfhb1 #bgbb1 #bigb1 #gfib74     
#dij4 ,all this makes evident that      
everyone's delights are changed  after  
death into their correspondences1 while 
the love itself  continues to eternity4 
,this is true of marriage love1 of the  
love of  justice1 honesty1 goodness and 
truth1 the love of sciences and of      
knowledges1 the love of intelligence and
 wisdom1 and the rest4 ,from  these     

loves delights flow like streams from   
their fountain2 and these  continue2 but
 when raised from natural to spiritual  
delights they are  exalted to a higher  
degree4        #dia4 ,,li4 ,,the ,,first
 ,,state ,,of ,,man ,,after ,,death4    
,there are three states that man passes 
through after death before he  enters   
either heaven or hell4 ,the first state 
is the state of his  exteriors1 the     
second state the state of his interiors1
 and the third  his state of            
preparation4 ,these states man passes   
through in the  world of spirits4 ,there
 are some1 however1 that do not pass    
through  them2 but immediately after    
death are either taken up into heaven or
  cast into hell4 ,those that are       
immediately taken up into heaven are    
those that have been regenerated in the 
world and thereby prepared  for heaven4 
,those that have been so regenerated and
 prepared that  they need simply to cast
 off natural impurities with the body   
are at  once taken up by the angels into

 heaven4 ,i have seen them so taken up  
soon after the hour of death4 ,on the   
other hand1 those that have been        
inwardly wicked while maintaining an    
outward appearance of goodness1  and    
have thus filled up the measure of their
 wickedness by artifices1  using        
goodness as a means of deceiving-these  
are at once cast into  hell4 ,i have    
seen some such cast into hell           
immediately after death1  one of the    
most deceitful with his head downward   
and feet upward1 and  others in other   
ways4 ,there are some that immediately  
after death are  cast into caverns and  
are thus separated from those that are  
in the  world of spirits1 and are taken 
out from these and put back again by    
turns4 ,they are such as have dealt     
wickedly with the neighbor under  civil 
pretences4 ,but all these are few in    
comparison with those that  are retained
 in the world of spirits1 and are there 
prepared in  accordance with ,divine    
order for heaven or for hell4      #dib4

 ,in regard to the first state1 which is
 the state of the  exteriors1 it is that
 which man comes into immediately after 
death4  ,every man1 as regards his      
spirit1 has exteriors and interiors4    
,the  exteriors of the spirit are the   
means by which it adapts the man's  body
 in the world1 especially the face1     
speech1 and movements1 to  fellowship   
with others2 while the interiors of the 
spirit are what  belong to its own will 
and consequent thought2 and these are   
rarely  manifested in face1 speech1 and 
movement4 ,for man is accustomed from   
childhood to maintain a semblance of    
friendship1 benevolence1 and  sincerity1
 and to conceal the thoughts of his own 
will1 thereby  living from habit a moral
 and civil life in externals1 whatever  
he  may be internally4 ,as a result of  
this habit man scarcely knows what  his 
interiors are1 and gives little thought 
to them4      #dic4 ,the first state of 
man after death resembles his state in  
the  world1 for he is then likewise in  

externals1 having a like face1 like     
speech1 and a like disposition1 thus a  
like moral and civil life2 and  in      
consequence he is made aware that he is 
not still in the world  only by giving  
attention to what he encounters1 and    
from his having  been told by the angels
 when he was resuscitated that he had   
become a  spirit7n4 #dej74 ,thus is one 
life continued into the other1 and death
  is merely transition4      #did4 ,the 
state of man's spirit that immediately  
follows his life in  the world being    
such1 he is then recognized by his      
friends and by  those he had known in   
the world2 for this is something that   
spirits  perceive not only from one's   
face and speech but also from the sphere
  of his life when they draw near4      
,whenever any one in the other life     
thinks about another he brings his face 
before him in thought1 and at  the same 
time many things of his life2 and when  
he does this the  other becomes present1
 as if he had been sent for or called4  

,this is  so in the spiritual world     
because thoughts there are shared1 and  
there is no such space there as in the  
natural world 7see above1  n4 #aia-aii74
 ,so all1 as soon as they enter the     
other life1 are  recognized by their    
friends1 their relatives1 and those in  
any way  known to them2 and they talk   
with one another1 and afterward         
associate in accordance with their      
friendships in the world4 ,i have  often
 heard that those that have come from   
the world were rejoiced at  seeing their
 friends again1 and that their friends  
in turn were  rejoiced that they had    
come4 ,very commonly husband and wife   
come  together and congratulate each    
other1 and continue together1 and this  
for a longer or shorter time according  
to their delight in living  together in 
the world4 ,but if they had not been    
united by a true  marriage love1 which  
is a conjunction of minds by heavenly   
love1  after remaining together for a   
while they separate4 ,or if their minds 

had been discordant and were inwardly   
adverse1 they break forth into  open    
enmity1 and sometimes into combat2      
nevertheless they are not  separated    
until they enter the second state1 which
 will be treated of  presently4         
#die4 ,as the life of spirits recently  
from the world is not unlike  their life
 in the natural world and as they know  
nothing about their  state of life after
 death and nothing about heaven and hell
 except  what they have learned from the
 sense of the letter of the ,word and   
preaching from it1 they are at first    
surprised to find themselves in  a body 
and in every sense that they had in the 
world1 and seeing like  things2 and they
 become eager to know what heaven is1   
what hell is1  and where they are4      
,therefore their friends tell them about
 the  conditions of eternal life1 and   
take them about to various places and   
into various companies1 and sometimes   
into cities1 and into gardens  and      
parks1 showing them chiefly such        

magnificent things as delight  the      
externals in which they are4 ,they are  
then brought in turn into  those notions
 about the state of their soul after    
death1 and about  heaven and hell1 that 
they had entertained in the life of the 
body1  even until they feel indignant at
 their total ignorance of such  things1 
and at the ignorance of the church also4
 ,nearly all are  anxious to know       
whether they will get to heaven4 ,most  
of them believe  that they will1 because
 of their having lived in the world a   
moral  and civil life1 never considering
 that the bad and the good live a  like 
life outwardly1 alike doing good to     
others1 attending public  worship1      
hearing sermons1 and praying2 and wholly
 ignorant that  external deeds and      
external acts of worship are of no      
avail1 but only  the internals from     
which the externals proceed4 ,there is  
hardly one  out of thousands who knows  
what internals are1 and that it is in   
them  that man must find heaven and the 

church4 ,still less is it known that    
outward acts are such as the intentions 
and thoughts are1 and the  love and     
faith in these from which they spring4  
,and even when taught  they fail to     
comprehend that thinking and willing are
 of any avail1  but only speaking and   
acting4 ,such for the most part are     
those that  go at this day from the     
,christian world into the other life4   
#dif4 ,such1 however1 are explored by   
good spirits to discover what  they are1
 and this in various ways2 since in this
 the first state the  evil equally with 
the good utter truths and do good acts1 
and for the  reason mentioned above1    
that like the good they have lived      
morally in  outward respects1 since they
 have lived under governments1 and      
subject to laws1 and have thereby       
acquired a reputation for justice  and  
honesty1 and have gained favor1 and thus
 been raised to honors1  and have       
acquired wealth4 ,but evil spirits are  
distinguished from  good spirits chiefly

 by this1 that the evil give eager      
attention to  whatever is said about    
external things1 and but little         
attention to  what is said about        
internal things1 which are the truths   
and goods of  the church and of heaven4 
,these they listen to1 but not with     
attention and joy4 ,the two classes are 
also distinguished by their  turning    
repeatedly in specific directions1 and  
following1 when left  to themselves1 the
 paths that lead in those directions4   
,from such  turning to certain quarters 
and going in certain ways it is known by
  what love they are led4      #dig4    
,all spirits that arrive from the world 
are connected with some  society in     
heaven or some society in hell1 and yet 
only as regards  their interiors2 and so
 long as they are in exteriors their    
interiors  are manifested to no one1 for
 externals cover and conceal internals1 
especially in the case of those who are 
in interior evil4 ,but  afterwards1 when
 they come into the second state1 their 

evils become  manifest1 because their   
interiors are then opened and their     
exteriors  laid asleep4      #dih4 ,this
 first state of man after death         
continues with some for  days1 with some
 for months1 and with some for a year2  
but seldom with  any one beyond a year2 
for a shorter or longer time with each  
one  according to the agreement or      
disagreement of his interiors with his  
exteriors4 ,for with everyone the       
exteriors and interior must make one    
and correspond4 ,in the spiritual world 
no one is permitted to think  and will  
in one way and speak and act in another4
 ,everyone there must  be an image of   
his own affection or his own love1 and  
therefore such  as he is inwardly such  
he must be outwardly2 and for this      
reason a  spirit's exteriors are first  
disclosed and reduced to order that they
  may serve the interiors as a          
corresponding plane4        #dii4 ,,lii4
 ,,the ,,second ,,state ,,of ,,man      
,,after ,,death4    ,the second state of

 man after death is called the state of 
his  interiors1 because he is then let  
into the interiors of his mind1  that   
is1 of his will and thought2 while his  
exteriors1 which he has  been in during 
his first state1 are laid asleep4       
,whoever gives any  thought to man's    
life and speech and action can see that 
everyone has  exteriors and interiors1  
that is1 exterior and interior thoughts 
and  intentions4 ,this is shown by the  
fact that in civil life one thinks      
about others in accordance with what he 
has heard and learned of them  by report
 or conversation2 but he does not talk  
with them in  accordance with his       
thought2 and if they are evil he        
nevertheless  treats them with civility4
 ,that this is so is seen especially in 
the  case of pretenders and flatterers1 
who speak and act in one way and  think 
and will in a wholly different way2 also
 in the case of  hypocrites1 who talk   
about ,god and heaven and the salvation 
of souls  and the truths of the church  

and their country's good and their      
neighbor as if from faith and love1     
although in heart they believe          
otherwise and love themselves alone4 #b 
,all this makes clear that  there are   
two kinds of thought1 one exterior and  
the other interior2  and that there are 
those who speak from exterior thought1  
while from  their interior thought they 
have other sentiments1 and that these   
two  kinds of thought are kept separate1
 since the interior is carefully        
prevented from flowing into the exterior
 and becoming manifest in any  way4 ,by 
creation man is so formed as to have his
 interior and  exterior thought make one
 by correspondence2 and these do make   
one in  those that are in good1 for such
 both think and speak what is good      
only4 ,but in those that are in evil    
interior and exterior thought do  not   
make one1 for such think what is evil   
and say what is good4 ,with  such there 
is an inversion of order1 for good with 
them is on the  outside and evil within2

 and in consequence evil has dominion   
over  good1 and subjects it to itself as
 a servant1 that it may serve it as  a  
means for gaining its ends1 which are of
 the same nature as their  love4 ,with  
such an end contained in the good that  
they seek and do1  their good is        
evidently not good1 but is infected with
 evil1 however  good it may appear in   
outward form to those not acquainted    
with their  interiors4 #c ,it is not so 
with those that are in good4 ,with such 
order is not inverted2 but good from    
interior thought flows into  exterior   
thought1 and thus into word and act4    
,into this order man was  created2 and  
in heaven1 and in the light of heaven1  
his interiors are  in this order4 ,and  
as the light of heaven is the ,divine   
truth that  goes forth from the ,lord1  
and consequently is the ,lord in heaven 
7n4  #abf-adj71 therefore such are led  
by the ,lord4 ,all this has been said   
to make known that every man has        
interior thought and exterior  thought1 

and that these are distinct from each   
other4 ,the term  thought includes also 
the will1 for thought is from the will1 
and  thought apart from willing is      
impossible4 ,all this makes clear what  
is meant by the state of man's exteriors
 and the state of his  interiors4       
#ejj4 ,when will and thought are        
mentioned will includes affection and   
love1 and all the delight and pleasure  
that spring from affection and  love1   
since all these relate to the will as to
 their subject2 for  what a man wills he
 loves and feels to be delightful or    
pleasurable2  and on the other hand1    
what a man loves and feels to be        
delightful or  pleasurable1 that he     
wills4 ,but by thought is then meant    
everything  by which affection or love  
is confirmed1 for thought is simply the 
will's form1 or that whereby what is    
willed may appear in light4 ,this  form 
is made apparent through various        
rational analyses1 which have  their    
origin in the spiritual world and belong

 properly to the spirit  of man4        
#eja4 ,let it be understood that man is 
wholly such as his interiors  are1 and  
not such as his exteriors are separate  
from his interiors4  ,this is because   
his interiors belong to his spirit1 and 
the life of  his spirit is the life of  
man1 for from it his body lives2 and    
because of this such as a man's         
interiors are such he continues to be   
to eternity4 ,but as the exteriors      
pertain to the body they are  separated 
after death1 and those of them that     
adhere to the spirit  are laid asleep1  
and serve purely as a plane for the     
interiors1 as  has been shown above in  
treating of the memory of man which     
continues  after death4 ,this makes     
evident what is man's own and what is   
not his  own1 namely1 that with the evil
 man nothing that belongs to his        
exterior thought from which he speaks1  
or to the exterior will from  which he  
acts1 is his own1 but only that which   
belongs to his  interior thought and    

will4      #ejb4 ,when the first state1 
which is the state of the exteriors     
treated of in the preceding chapter1 has
 been passed through1 the  man-spirit is
 let into the state of his interiors1 or
 into the state  of his interior will   
and its thought1 in which he had been in
 the  world when left to himself to     
think freely and without restraint4     
,into this state he unconsciously       
glides1 just as when in the world he    
withdraws the thought nearest to his    
speech1 that is1 from which he  speaks1 
towards his interior thought and abides 
in the latter4  ,therefore in this state
 of his interiors the man-spirit is in  
himself and in his very life2 for to    
think freely from his own  affection is 
the very life of man1 and is himself4   
#ejc4 ,in this state the spirit thinks  
from his very will1 thus from  his very 
affection1 or from his very love2 and   
thought and will then  make one1 and one
 in such a manner that he seems scarcely
 to think  but only to will4 ,it is     

nearly the same when he speaks1 yet with
 the  difference that he speaks with a  
kind of fear that the thoughts of  the  
will may go forth naked1 since by his   
social life in the world  this has come 
to be a part of his will4      #ejd4    
,all men without exception are let into 
this state after death1  because it is  
their spirit's own state4 ,the former   
state is such as  the man was in regard 
to his spirit when in company2 and that 
is not  his own state4 ,that this state1
 namely1 the state of the exteriors     
into which man first comes after death  
7as shown in the preceding  chapter7 is 
not his own state1 many things show1 for
 example1 that  spirits not only think  
but also speak from their affection1    
since  their speech is from their       
affection 7as has been said and shown in
  the chapter on the speech of angels1  
n4 #bcd-bde74 ,it was in this way  that 
man had thought while in the world when 
he was thinking within  himself1 for at 
such times his thought was not from his 

bodily words1  but he mentally saw the  
things1 and in a minute of time saw more
  than he could afterwards utter in half
 an hour4 ,again that the state  of the 
exteriors is not man's own state or the 
state of his spirit is  evident from the
 fact that when he is in company in the 
world he  speaks in accord with the laws
 of moral and civil life1 and at such   
times interior thought rules the        
exterior thought1 as one person  rules  
another1 to keep him from transgressing 
the limits of decorum  and good manners4
 ,it is evident also from the fact that 
when a man  thinks within himself1 he   
thinks how he must speak and act in     
order  to please and to secure          
friendship1 good will1 and favor1 and   
this in  extraneous ways1 that is1      
otherwise than he would do if he acted  
in  accordance with his own will4 ,all  
this shows that the state of the        
interiors that the spirit is let into is
 his own state1 and was his  own state  
when he was living in the world as a    

man4      #eje4 ,when the spirit is in  
the state of his interiors it becomes   
clearly evident what the man was in     
himself when he was in the world1  for  
at such times he acts from what is his  
own4 ,he that had been in  the world    
interiorly in good then acts rationally 
and wisely1 and  even more wisely than  
in the world1 because he is released    
from  connection with the body1 and thus
 from those earthly things that  caused 
obscurity and interposed as it were a   
cloud4 ,but he that was  in evil in the 
world then acts foolishly and insanely1 
and even more  insanely than in the     
world1 because he is free and under no  
restraint4 ,for while he lived in the   
world he was sane in outward            
appearance1 since by means of externals 
he made himself appear to be  a rational
 man2 but when he has been stripped of  
his externals his  insanities are       
revealed4 ,an evil man who in externals 
takes on the  semblance of a good man   
may be likened to a vessel shining and  

polished on the outside and covered with
 a lid1 within which filth of  all kinds
 is hidden1 in accordance with the      
,lord's saying3         ,ye are like    
whited sepulchers1 which outwardly      
appear       beautiful1 but inwardly are
 full of dead men's bones and       of  
all uncleanness 7,matt4 #bc3bg74        
#ejf4 ,all that have lived a good life  
in the world and have acted from        
conscience1 who are such as have        
acknowledged the ,divine and have  loved
 ,divine truths1 especially such as have
 applied those truths to  life1 seem to 
themselves1 when let into the state of  
their interiors1  like one aroused from 
sleep into full wakefulness1 or like one
  passing from darkness into light4     
,they then think from the light of      
heaven1 thus from an interior wisdom1   
and they act from good1 thus  from an   
interior affection4 ,heaven flows into  
their thoughts and  affections with an  
interior blessedness and delight that   
they had  previously had no knowledge   

of2 for they have communication with the
  angels of heaven4 ,they then          
acknowledge the ,lord and worship ,him  
from  their very life1 for being in the 
state of their interiors they are  in   
their proper life 7as has been said just
 above1 n4 #eje72 and as  freedom       
pertains to interior affection they then
 acknowledge and  worship the ,lord from
 freedom4 ,thus1 too1 they withdraw from
 external  sanctity and come into that  
internal sanctity in which worship      
itself  truly consists4 ,such is the    
state of those that have lived a        
,christian life in accordance with the  
commandments in the ,word4 #b  ,but the 
state of those that have lived an evil  
life in the world and  who have had no  
conscience1 and have in consequence     
denied the  ,divine1 is the direct      
opposite of this4 ,for everyone who     
lives an  evil life1 inwardly in himself
 denies the ,divine1 however much he may
  suppose when in external thought that 
he acknowledges the ,lord and  does not 

deny ,him2 for acknowledging the ,divine
 and living an evil  life are opposites4
 ,when such in the other life enter into
 the state  of their interiors1 and are 
heard speaking and seen acting1 they    
appear foolish2 for from their evil     
lusts they burst forth into all  sorts  
of abominations1 into contempt of       
others1 ridicule and  blasphemy1 hatred 
and revenge2 they plot intrigues1 some  
with a  cunning and malice that can     
scarcely be believed to be possible in  
any man4 ,for they are then in a state  
of freedom to act in harmony  with the  
thoughts of their will1 since they are  
separated from the  outward conditions  
that restrained and checked them in the 
world4 ,in  a word1 they are deprived of
 their rationality1 because their reason
  while they were in the world did not  
have its seat in their  interiors1 but  
in their exteriors2 and yet they seemed 
to themselves  to be wiser than others4 
#c ,this being their character1 while in
 the  second state they are let down by 

short intervals into the state of  their
 exteriors1 and into a recollection of  
their actions when they  were in the    
state of their interiors2 and some of   
them then feel  ashamed1 and confess    
that they have been insane2 some do not 
feel  ashamed2 and some are angry       
because they are not permitted to remain
  permanently in the state of their     
exteriors4 ,but these are shown what    
they would be if they were to continue  
in that state1 namely1 that  they would 
attempt to accomplish in secret ways the
 same evil ends1  and by semblances of  
goodness1 honesty1 and justice1 would   
mislead  the simple in heart and faith1 
and would utterly destroy themselves2   
for their exteriors would at length burn
 with the same fire as their  interiors1
 and their whole life would be consumed4
      #ejg4 ,when in this second state  
spirits become visibly just what they   
had been in themselves while in the     
world1 what they then did and  said     
secretly being now made manifest2 for   

they are now restrained by  no outward  
considerations1 and therefore what they 
have said and done  secretly they now   
say and endeavor to do openly1 having no
 longer any  fear of loss of reputation1
 such as they had in the world4 ,they   
are  also brought into many states of   
their evils1 that what they are may  be 
evident to angels and good spirits4     
,thus are hidden things laid  open and  
secret things uncovered1 in accordance  
with the ,lord's  words3         ,there 
is nothing covered up that shall not be 
revealed1       and hid that shall not  
be known4 ,whatsoever ye have said      
in the darkness shall be heard in the   
light1 and what ye       have spoken in 
the ear in the inner chambers shall be  
proclaimed on the housetops 7,luke      
#ab3b1 #c74    ,and elsewhere3          
,i say unto you1 that every idle word   
that men shall speak       they shall   
give account thereof in the day of      
judgment       7,matt4 #ab3cf74         
#ejh4 ,the nature of the wicked in this 

state cannot be described in a  few     
words1 for each one is insane in accord 
with his own lusts1 and  these are      
various2 therefore ,i will merely       
mention some special  instances from    
which conclusions may be formed         
respecting the rest4  ,those that have  
loved themselves above everything1 and  
in their  occupations and employments   
have looked to their own honor1 and have
  performed uses and found delight in   
them not for the use's sake but  for the
 sake of reputation1 that they might    
because of them be  esteemed more worthy
 than others1 and have thus been        
fascinated by  their reputation for     
honor1 are more stupid in this second   
state than  others2 for so far as one   
loves himself he is separated from      
heaven1  and so far as he is separated  
from heaven he is separated from        
wisdom4 #b ,but those that have not only
 been in self-love but have  been crafty
 also1 and have raised themselves to    
honors by means of  crafty practices1   

affiliate themselves with the worst of  
spirits1 and  learn magic arts1 which   
are abuses of ,divine order1 and by     
means of  these they assail and infest  
all who do not honor them1 laying       
snares1 fomenting hatred1 burning with  
revenge1 and are eager to vent  their   
rage on all who do not yield to them2   
and they rush into all  these enormities
 so far as their fiendish companions    
favor them2 and  at length they meditate
 upon how they can climb up into heaven 
to  destroy it1 or be worshiped there as
 gods4 ,to such length does their       
madness carry them4 #c ,papists of this 
character are more insane  than the     
rest1 for they cherish the notion that  
heaven and hell are  subject to their   
power1 and that they can remit sins at  
pleasure1  claiming to themselves all   
that is ,divine1 and calling themselves 
,christ4 ,this persuasion is such with  
them that wherever it flows in  it      
disturbs the mind and induces darkness  
even to pain4 ,such are  nearly the same

 in both the first and the second state2
 but in the  second they are without    
rationality4 ,of their insanities and   
their  lot after this state some        
particulars will be given in the        
treatise  on ,the ,last ,judgement and  
the ,destruction of ,babylon4 #d ,those 
that  have attributed creation to       
nature1 and have therefore in heart if  
not with the lips denied the ,divine1   
and thus all things of the  church and  
of heaven1 affiliate with their like in 
this second state1  and call everyone a 
god who excels in craftiness1 worshiping
 him even  with ,divine honors4 ,i have 
seen such in an assembly adoring a      
magician1 debating about nature1 and    
behaving like fools1 as if they  were   
beasts under a human form1 while among  
them there were some who  in the world  
had been in stations of dignity1 and    
some who had been  esteemed learned and 
wise4 ,so with others in other states4  
#e ,from  these few instances it may be 
inferred what those are who have the    

interiors of their minds closed         
heaven-wards1 as is the case with  all  
who have received no influx out of      
heaven through acknowledgment  of the   
,divine and a life of faith4 ,everyone  
can judge from himself  how he would act
 if1 being such1 he were left free to   
act with no  fear of the law and no fear
 in regard to his life1 and with no     
outward restraints1 such as fear of     
injury to one's reputation or of  loss  
of honor and gain and consequent        
pleasures4 #f ,nevertheless1  the       
insanity of such is restrained by the   
,lord that it may not rush  beyond the  
limits of use2 for even such spirits    
perform some use4 ,in  them good spirits
 see what evil is and its nature1 and   
what man is  when he is not led by the  
,lord4 ,another of their uses is their  
collecting together evil spirits like   
themselves and separating them  from the
 good2 and another1 that the truths and 
goods that the evil  had outwardly      
professed and feigned are taken away    

from them1 and  they are brought into   
the evils of their life and the         
falsities of  their evil1 and are thus  
prepared for hell4 #g ,for no one enters
  hell until he is in his own evil and  
the falsities of evil1 since no  one is 
permitted there to have a divided mind1 
that is1 to think and  speak one thing  
and to will another4 ,every evil spirit 
there must  think what is false from    
evil1 and speak from the falsity of     
evil1 in  both respects from the will1  
thus from his own essential love and its
  delight and pleasure1 in the same way 
that he thought while in the  world when
 he was in his spirit1 that is1 in the  
same way as he  thought in himself when 
he thought from interior affection4 ,the
  reason is that the will is the man    
himself1 and not the thought  except so 
far as it partakes of the will1 the will
 being the very  nature itself or       
disposition of the man4 ,therefore man's
 being let  into his will is being let  
into his nature or disposition1 and     

likewise into his life2 for by his life 
man puts on a nature2 and  after death  
he continues to be such as the nature is
 that he has  acquired by his life in   
the world2 and with the evil this nature
 can  no longer be amended and changed  
by means of the thought or by the       
understanding of truth4      #eji4 ,when
 evil spirits are in this second state1 
as they rush into  evils of every kind  
they are subjected to frequent and      
grievous  punishments4 ,in the world of 
spirits there are many kinds of         
punishment2 and there is no regard for  
person1 whether one had been  in the    
world a king or a servant4 ,every evil  
carries its punishment  with it1 the two
 making one2 therefore whoever is in    
evil is also in  the punishment of evil4
 ,and yet no one in the other world     
suffers  punishment on account of the   
evils that he had done in this world1   
but only on account of the evils that he
 then does2 although it  amounts to the 
same and is the same thing whether it be

 said that men  suffer punishment on    
account of their evils in the world or  
that they  suffer punishment on account 
of the evils they do in the other life1 
since everyone after death returns into 
his own life and thus into  like evils2 
and the man continues the same as he had
 been in the life  of the body 7n4      
#dgj-dhd74 ,men are punished for the    
reason that the  fear of punishment is  
the sole means of subduing evils in this
 state4  ,exhortation is no longer of   
any avail1 neither is instruction or    
fear  of the law and of the loss of     
reputation1 since everyone then acts    
from his nature2 and that nature can be 
restrained and broken only by           
punishments4 ,but good spirits1 although
 they had done evils in the  world1 are 
never punished1 because their evils do  
not return4  ,moreover1 ,i have learned 
that the evils they did were of a       
different  kind or nature1 not being    
done purposely in opposition to the     
truth1  or from any other badness of    

heart than that which they received by  
inheritance from their parents1 and that
 they were borne into this by  a blind  
delight when they were in externals     
separate from internals4      #eaj4     
,everyone goes to his own society in    
which his spirit had been in  the world2
 for every man1 as regards his spirit1  
is conjoined to some  society1 either   
infernal or heavenly1 the evil man to an
 infernal  society and the good man to a
 heavenly society1 and to that society  
he is brought after death 7see n4 #dch74
 ,the spirit is led to his  society     
gradually1 and at length enters it4     
,when an evil spirit is in  the state of
 his interiors he is turned by degrees  
toward his own  society1 and at length1 
before that state is ended1 directly to 
it2  and when that state is ended he    
himself casts himself into the hell     
where those are who are like himself4   
,this act of casting down  appears to   
the sight like one falling headlong with
 the head  downwards and the feet       

upwards4 ,the cause of this appearance  
is that  the spirit himself is in an    
inverted order1 having loved infernal   
things and rejected heavenly things4 ,in
 this second state some evil  spirits   
enter the hells and come out again by   
turns2 but these do not  appear to fall 
headlong as those do that are fully     
vastated4  ,moreover1 the society itself
 in which they had been as regards their
  spirit while in the world is shown to 
them when they are in the state  of     
their exteriors1 that they may thus     
learn that even while in the  life of   
the body they were in hell1 although not
 in the same state as  those that are in
 hell itself1 but in the same state as  
those who are  in the world of spirits4 
,of this state1 as compared with those  
that  are in hell1 more will be said    
hereafter4      #eaa4 ,in this second   
state the separation of evil spirits    
from good  spirits takes place4 ,for in 
the first state they are together1 since
  while a spirit is in his exteriors he 

is as he was in the world1 thus  the    
evil with the good and the good with the
 evil2 but it is  otherwise when he has 
been brought into his interiors and left
 to his  own nature or will4 ,the       
separation of evil spirits from good    
spirits  is effected by various means2  
in general by their being taken about   
to those societies with which in their  
first state they had  communication by  
means of their good thoughts and        
affections1 thus to  those societies    
that they had induced to believe by     
outward  appearances that they were not 
evil4 ,usually they are led about       
through a wide circle1 and everywhere   
what they really are is made  manifest  
to good spirits4 ,at the sight of them  
the good spirits turn  away2 and at the 
same time the evil spirits who are being
 led about  turn their faces away from  
the good towards that quarter where     
their  infernal society is1 into which  
they are about to come4 ,other methods  
of separation1 which are many1 will not 

now be mentioned4        #eab4 ,,liii4  
,,third ,,state ,,of ,,man ,,after      
,,death1 ,,which ,,is ,a ,,state ,,of   
,,instruction ,,for ,,those ,,who       
,,enter ,,heaven4    ,the third state of
 man after death1 that is1 of his       
spirit1 is a  state of instruction4     
,this state is for those who enter      
heaven and  become angels4 ,it is not   
for those who enter hell1 because such  
are  incapable of being taught1 and     
therefore their second state is also    
their third1 ending in this1 that they  
are wholly turned to their own  love1   
thus to that infernal society which is  
in a like love4 ,when  this has been    
done they will and think from that love 
and as that  love is infernal they will 
nothing but what is evil and think      
nothing  but what is false2 and in such 
thinking and willing they find their    
delights1 because these belong to their 
love2 and in consequence of  this they  
reject everything good and true which   
they had previously  adopted as         

serviceable to their love as means4 #b  
,good spirits1 on  the other hand1 are  
led from the second state into the      
third1 which  is the state of their     
preparation for heaven by means of      
instruction4  ,for one can be prepared  
for heaven only by means of knowledges  
of  good and truth1 that is1 only by    
means of instruction1 since one can     
know what spiritual good and truth are1 
and what evil and falsity  are1 which   
are their opposites1 only by being      
taught4 ,one can learn  in the world    
what civil and moral good and truth are1
 which are  called justice and honesty1 
because there are civil laws in the     
world  that teach what is just1 and     
there is interaction with others whereby
  man learns to live in accordance with 
moral laws1 all of which have  relation 
to what is honest and right4 ,but       
spiritual good and truth  are learned   
from heaven1 not from the world4 ,they  
can be learned from  the ,word and from 
the doctrine of the church that is drawn

 from the  ,word and yet unless man in  
respect to his interiors which belong to
  his mind is in heaven spiritual good  
and truth cannot flow into his  life2   
and man is in heaven when he both       
acknowledges the ,divine and  acts      
justly and honestly for the reason that 
he ought so to act  because it is       
commanded in the ,word4 ,this is living 
justly and  honestly for the sake of the
 ,divine1 and not for the sake of self  
and  the world1 as ends4 #c ,but no one 
can so act until he has been  taught1   
for example1 that there is a ,god1 that 
there is a heaven and  a hell1 that     
there is a life after death1 that ,god  
ought to be loved  supremely1 and the   
neighbor as oneself1 and that what is   
taught in  the ,word1 ought to be       
believed because the ,word is ,divine4  
,without a  knowledge and acknowledgment
 of these things man is unable to think 
spiritually2 and if he has no thought   
about them he does not will  them2 for  
what a man does not know he cannot      

think1 and what he does  not think he   
cannot will4 ,so it is when man wills   
these things that  heaven flows into his
 life1 that is1 the ,lord through       
heaven1 for the  ,lord flows into the   
will and through the will into the      
thought1 and  through both into the     
life1 and the whole life of man is from 
these4  ,all this makes clear that      
spiritual good and truth are learned not
  from the world but from heaven1 and   
that one can be prepared for  heaven    
only by means of instruction4 #d        
,moreover1 so far as the ,lord  flows   
into the life of any one ,he instructs  
him1 for so far ,he  kindles the will   
with the love of knowing truths and     
enlightens the  thought to know them2   
and so far as this is done the interiors
 of man  are opened and heaven is       
implanted in them2 and furthermore1 what
 is  ,divine and heavenly flows into the
 honest things pertaining to moral  life
 and into the just things pertaining to 
civil life in man1 and  makes them      

spiritual1 since man then does these    
things from the  ,divine1 which is doing
 them for the sake of the ,divine4 ,for 
the  things honest and just pertaining  
to moral and civil life which a man     
does from that source are the essential 
effects of spiritual life2  and the     
effect derives its all from the         
effecting cause1 since such  as the     
cause is such is the effect4      #eac4 
,instruction is given by the angels of  
many societies1 especially  those in the
 northern and southern quarters1 because
 those angelic  societies are in        
intelligence and wisdom from a knowledge
 of good and  truth4 ,the places of     
instruction are towards the north and   
are  various1 arranged and distinguished
 according to the kinds and  varieties  
of heavenly goods1 that all and each may
 be instructed  there according to their
 disposition and ability to receive2 the
  places extending round about to a     
great distance4 ,the good spirits  who  
are to be instructed are brought by the 

,lord to these places when  they have   
completed their second state in the     
world of spirits1 and  yet not all2 for 
there are some that have been instructed
 in the  world1 and have been prepared  
there by the ,lord for heaven1 and these
  are taken up into heaven by another   
way-some immediately after death1  some 
after a short stay with good spirits1   
where the grosser things  of their      
thoughts and affections which they had  
contracted from  honors and riches in   
the world are removed1 and in that way  
they are  purified4 ,some first endure  
vastations1 which is effected in places 
under the soles of the feet1 called the 
lower earth1 where some  suffer         
severely4 ,these are such as had        
confirmed themselves in  falsities and  
yet had led good lives1 for when        
falsities have been  confirmed they     
inhere with much force1 and until they  
have been  dispersed truths cannot be   
seen1 and thus cannot be accepted4 ,but 
vastations and how they are effected    

have been treated of in the  ,arcana    
,coelestia1 from which the notes below  
have been collected4#a      ,footnote #a
 ,vastations are effected in the other  
life1 that    is1 those that pass into  
the other life from the world are       
vastated 7n4 #fih1 #gabb1 #gdgd1 #igfc74
 ,the well disposed are    vastated in  
respect to falsities1 while the evil are
 vastated    in respect to truths 7n1   
#gdgd1 #geda1 #gedb74 ,the well disposed
    undergo vastations that they also   
may be divested of what    pertains to  
the earth and the world1 which they had 
contracted    while living in the world 
7n4 #gahf1 #igfc74 ,also that evils and 
falsities may be removed1 and thus there
 may be room for the    influx of goods 
and truths out of heaven from the ,lord1
 and    ability to accept these 7n4     
#gabb1 #iccj74 ,elevation into heaven   
is impossible until such things have    
been removed1 because they    obstruct  
heavenly things and are not in harmony  
with them 7n4    #fibh1 #gabb1 #gahf1   

#geda1 #gedb1 #igfc74 ,those who are to 
be raised    up into heaven are thus    
prepared for it 7n4 #dgbh1 #gjij74 ,it  
is    dangerous to come into heaven     
before being prepared 7n4 #ecg1         
#ech74 ,the state of enlightenment and  
the joy of those who come    out of     
vastation and are raised up into heaven1
 and their    reception there 7n4 #bfii1
 #bgja1 #bgjd74 ,the region where those 
vastations are effected is called the   
lower earth 7n4 #dgbh1    #gjij74 ,that 
region is under the soles of the feet   
surrounded by    the hells2 its nature  
described 7n4 #didj-diea1 #gjij72 from  
experience 7n4 #fii74 ,what the hells   
are which more than others    infest and
 vastate 7n4 #gcag1 #gejb1 #gede74      
,those that have    infested and        
vastated the well disposed are          
afterwards afraid    of them1 shun them1
 and turn away from them 7n4 #ggfh74    
,these    infestations and vastations   
are effected in different ways in       
accordance with the adhesion of evils   

and falsities1 and they    continue in  
accordance with their quality and       
quantity 7n4    #aajf-aaac74 ,some are  
quite willing to be vastated 7n4 #aajg74
    ,some are vastated by fears 7n4     
#didb74 ,some by being infested    with 
the evils they have done in the world1  
and with the    falsities they have     
thought in the world1 from which they   
have    anxieties and pangs of          
conscience 7n4 #aajf74 ,some by         
spiritual    captivity1 which is        
ignorance of truth and interception of  
truth1 combined with a longing to know  
truths 7n4 #aaji1 #bfid74    ,some by   
sleep2 some by a middle state between   
wakefulness and    sleep 7n4 #aajh74    
,those that have placed merit in works  
seem to    themselves to be cutting wood
 7n4 #aaaj74 ,others in other ways1     
with great variety 7n4 #fii74      #ead4
 ,all who are in places of instruction  
dwell apart2 for each one  is connected 
in regard to his interiors with that    
society of heaven  which he is about to 

enter2 thus as the societies of heaven  
are  arranged in accord with the        
heavenly form 7see above1 n4 #bjj-bab71 
so  are the places there where          
instruction is given2 and for this      
reason  when those places are viewed    
from heaven something like a heaven in a
  smaller form is seen4 ,they are spread
 out in length from east to  west1 and  
in breadth from south to north2 but the 
breadth appears to  be less than the    
length4 ,the arrangement in general is  
as follows4 ,in  front are those who    
died in childhood and have been brought 
up in  heaven to the age of early youth2
 these after passing the state of  their
 infancy with those having charge of    
them1 are brought hither by  the ,lord  
and instructed4 ,behind these are the   
places where those are  taught who died 
in adult age1 and who in the world had  
an affection  for truth derived from    
good of life4 ,again1 behind these are  
those  who in the world were connected  
with the ,mohammedan religion1 and      

lived a moral life and acknowledged one 
,divine1 and the ,lord as the  very     
,prophet4 ,when these withdraw from     
,mohammed1 because he can give  them no 
help1 they approach the ,lord and       
worship ,him and acknowledge  ,his      
,divinity1 and they are then instructed 
in the ,christian religion4  ,behind    
these more to the north are the places  
of instruction of  various heathen      
nations who in the world have lived a   
good life in  conformity with their     
religion1 and have thereby acquired a   
kind of  conscience1 and have done what 
is just and right not so much from a    
regard to the laws of their government1 
as from a regard to the laws  of        
religion1 which they believed ought to  
be sacredly observed1 and  in no way    
violated by their doings4 ,when these   
have been taught they  are all easily   
led to acknowledge the ,lord1 because it
 is impressed  on their hearts that ,god
 is not invisible1 but is visible under 
a  human form4 ,these in number exceed  

all the rest1 and the best of them  are 
from ,africa4      #eae4 ,but all are   
not taught in the same way1 nor by the  
same  societies of heaven4 ,those that  
have been brought up from childhood  in 
heaven1 not having imbibed falsities    
from the falsities of  religion or      
defiled their spiritual life with the   
dregs pertaining to  honors and riches  
in the world1 receive instruction from  
the angels  of the interior heavens2    
while those that have died in adult age 
receive instruction mainly from angels  
of the lowest heaven1 because  these    
angels are better suited to them than   
the angels of the  interior heavens1 who
 are in interior wisdom which is not yet
  acceptable to them4 ,but the          
,mohammedans receive instruction from   
angels who had been previously in the   
same religion and had been  converted to
 ,christianity4 ,the heathen1 too1 are  
taught by their  angels4      #eaf4 ,all
 teaching there is from doctrine drawn  
from the ,word1 and not  from the ,word 

apart from doctrine4 ,christians are    
taught from  heavenly doctrine1 which is
 in entire agreement with the internal  
sense of the ,word4 ,all others1 as the 
,mohammedans and heathen1 are  taught   
from doctrines suited to their          
apprehension1 which differ from         
heavenly doctrine only in this1 that    
spiritual life is taught by  means of   
moral life in harmony with the good     
tenets of their religion  from which    
they had derived their life in the      
world4      #eag4 ,instruction in the   
heavens differs from instruction on     
earth in  that knowledges are not       
committed to memory1 but to life2 for   
the  memory of spirits is in their life1
 for they receive and imbibe  everything
 that is in harmony with their life1 and
 do not receive1  still less imbibe1    
what is not in harmony with it2 for     
spirits are  affections1 and are        
therefore in a human form that is       
similar to  their affections4 #b ,being 
such they are constantly animated by an 

affection for truth that looks to the   
uses of life2 for the ,lord  provides   
for everyone's loving the uses suited to
 his genius2 and  that love is exalted  
by the hope of becoming an angel4 ,and  
as all the  uses of heaven have relation
 to the general use1 which is the good  
of  the ,lord's kingdom1 which in heaven
 is the fatherland1 and as all  special 
and particular uses are to be valued in 
proportion as they  more closely and    
fully have regard to that general use1  
so all of  these special and particular 
uses1 which are innumerable1 are good   
and heavenly2 therefore in everyone an  
affection for truth is so  conjoined    
with an affection for use that the two  
make one2 and  thereby truth is so      
implanted in use that the truths they   
acquire are  truths of use4 ,in this way
 are angelic spirits taught and prepared
  for heaven4 #c ,an affection for truth
 that is suited to the use is           
insinuated by various means1 most of    
which are unknown in the world2  chiefly

 by representatives of uses which in the
 spiritual world are  exhibited in a    
thousand ways1 and with such delights   
and pleasures  that they permeate the   
spirit from the interiors of its mind to
 the  exteriors of its body1 and thus   
affect the whole2 and in consequence    
the spirit becomes as it were his use2  
and therefore when he comes  into his   
society1 into which he is initiated by  
instruction1 he is in  his life by being
 in his use4#a ,from all this it is     
clear that  knowledges1 which are       
external truths1 do not bring any one   
into  heaven2 but the life itself1 which
 is a life of uses implanted by  means  
of knowledges4      ,footnote #a ,every 
good has both its delight and its       
quality    from uses and in accordance  
with uses2 therefore such as the    good
 is such the use is 7n4 #cjdi1 #dihd1   
#gjch74 ,angelic life    consists in the
 goods of love and charity1 thus in     
performing    uses 7n4 #ded74 ,the ,lord
 and therefore the angels1 have regard  

to nothing in man but ends which are    
uses 7n4 #acag1 #afde1    #ehed74 ,the  
kingdom of the ,lord is a kingdom of    
uses 7n4 #ded1    #fif1 #aajc1 #cfde1   
#djed1 #gjch74 ,serving the ,lord is    
performing    uses 7n4 #gjch74 ,what man
 is1 such are his uses 7n4 #aefh1 #cegj1
    #djed1 #fega1 #fice1 #fich1 #ajbhd74
      #eah4 ,there were some spirits who
 had convinced themselves1 by  thinking 
about it in the world1 that they would  
go to heaven and be  received before    
others because of their learning and    
their great  knowledge of the ,word and 
of the doctrines of their churches1     
believing that they were wise in        
consequence1 and were such as are  meant
 by those of whom it is said that       
,they shall shine as the brightness of  
the firmament1 and       as the stars   
7,daniel #ab3c74    ,but these were     
examined to see whether their knowledges
 resided in  the memory or in the life4 
,such of them as had a genuine affection
 of  truth1 that is1 who had uses       

separated from what pertains to the body
  and the world as their end1 which are 
essentially spiritual  uses--these1 when
 they had been instructed1 were received
 into  heaven2 and it was then given    
them to know what it is that shines in  
heaven1 namely1 ,divine truth 7which is 
the light of heaven7 in use1  which is a
 plane that receives the rays of that   
light and turns them  into various      
splendors4 ,but those in whom knowledges
 resided merely  in the memory1 and who 
had acquired therefrom an ability to    
reason  about truths and to prove what  
they had already accepted as            
principles1 seeing such principles1     
after they had confirmed them1 as       
truths1 although they were falsities1   
these1 as they were in no  heavenly     
light1 and yet were in a belief derived 
from the conceit  that usually adheres  
to such intelligence that they were more
 learned  than others1 and would for    
that reason enter heaven and be served  
by  the angels1 in order that they might

 be withdrawn from their delusive       
faith1 were taken up to the first or    
outmost heaven to be introduced  into an
 angelic society4 ,but at the very      
threshold their eyes began  to be       
darkened by the inflowing of the light  
of heaven1 and their  understanding to  
be disturbed1 and at length they began  
to gasp as if  at the point of death2   
and as soon as they felt the heat of    
heaven1  which is heavenly love1 they   
began to be inwardly tormented4 ,they   
were therefore cast down1 and afterwards
 were taught that knowledges  do not    
make an angel1 but the life itself1     
which is gained by means  of knowledges1
 for knowledges regarded in themselves  
are outside of  heaven2 but life        
acquired by means of knowledges is      
within heaven4      #eai4 ,when spirits 
have been prepared for heaven by        
instruction in the  places above        
described1 which is effected in a short 
time on account  of their being in      
spiritual ideas that comprehend many    

particulars  together1 they are clothed 
with angelic garments1 which are mostly 
glowing white as if made of fine linen2 
and they are thus brought to  the way   
that leads upwards towards heaven1 and  
are delivered there to  angel guards1   
and afterwards are received by other    
angels and  introduced into societies   
and into many blessednesses there4      
,after  this each one is led by the     
,lord into his own society1 which is    
also  effected by various ways1         
sometimes by winding paths4 ,the ways by
  which they are led are not known to   
any angel1 but are known to the  ,lord  
alone4 ,when they come to their own     
society their interiors are  opened2 and
 as these are in conformity with the    
interiors of the  angels who are in that
 society they are immediately recognized
 and  received with joy4      #ebj4 ,to 
this ,i will add a memorable fact       
respecting the ways that  lead from     
these places to heaven1 by which the    
newly arrived angels  are introduced4   

,there are eight ways1 two from each    
place of  instruction1 one going up in  
an eastern direction the other towards  
the west4 ,those that enter the ,lord's 
celestial kingdom are  introduced by the
 eastern way1 while those that enter the
 spiritual  kingdom are introduced by   
the western way4 ,the four ways that    
lead to  the ,lord's celestial kingdom  
appear adorned with olive trees and     
fruit trees of various kinds2 but those 
that lead to the ,lord's  spiritual     
kingdom appear adorned with vines and   
laurels4 ,this is from  correspondence1 
because vines and laurels correspond to 
affection for  truth and its uses1 while
 olives and fruits correspond to        
affection  for good and its uses4       
#eba4 ,,liv4 ,,no ,,one ,,enters        
,,heaven ,,by ,,mercy ,,apart ,,from    
,,means4    ,those that have not been   
instructed about heaven and the way to  
heaven1 and about the life of heaven in 
man1 suppose that being  received into  
heaven is a mere matter of mercy1 and is

 granted to  those that have faith1 and 
for whom the ,lord intercedes2 thus that
 it  is an admission from mere favor2   
consequently that all men without       
exception might be saved if the ,lord so
 pleased1 and some even  believe that   
all in hell might be so saved4 ,but     
those who so think  know nothing about  
man1 that he is just such as his life   
is1 and that  his life is such as his   
love is1 both in respect to the         
interiors  pertaining to his will and   
understanding and in respect to the     
exteriors pertaining to his body2 also  
that his bodily form is merely  the     
external form in which the interiors    
exhibit themselves in  effect2          
consequently that one's love is the     
whole man 7see above1 n4  #cfc74 ,nor do
 they know that the body lives not from 
itself1 but from  its spirit1 and that a
 man's spirit is his essential          
affection1 and  his spiritual body is   
nothing else than his affection in human
 form1  and in such a form it appears   

after death 7see above1 n4 #dec-dfj74   
,so  long as man remains ignorant of all
 this he may be induced to believe  that
 salvation involves nothing but the     
,divine good pleasure1 which  is called 
mercy and grace4      #ebb4 ,but first  
let us consider what the ,divine mercy  
is4 ,the divine  mercy is pure mercy    
towards the whole human race1 to save   
it2 and it  is also unceasing towards   
every man1 and is never withdrawn from  
any  one2 so that everyone is saved who 
can be saved4 ,and yet no one can  be   
saved except by ,divine means1 which    
means the ,lord reveals in the  ,word4  
,the ,divine means are what are called  
,divine truths1 which teach  how man    
must live in order to be saved4 ,by     
these truths the ,lord  leads man to    
heaven1 and by them ,he implants in man 
the life of  heaven4 ,this the ,lord    
does for all4 ,but the life of heaven   
can be  implanted in no one unless he   
abstains from evil1 for evil obstructs4 
,so far1 therefore1 as man abstains from

 evil he is led by the ,lord  out of    
pure mercy by ,his ,divine means1 and   
this from infancy to the  end of his    
life in the world and afterwards to     
eternity4 ,this is what  is meant by the
 ,divine mercy4 ,and from this it is    
evident that the  mercy of the ,lord is 
pure mercy1 but not apart from means1   
that is1  it does not look to saving all
 out of mere good pleasure1 however     
they may have lived4      #ebc4 ,the    
,lord never does anything contrary to   
order1 because ,he  ,himself is ,order4 
,the ,divine truth that goes forth from 
the ,lord is  what constitutes order2   
and ,divine truths are the laws of      
order4 ,it  is in accord with these laws
 that the ,lord leads man4 ,consequently
 to  save man by mercy apart from means 
would be contrary to ,divine order1  and
 what is contrary to ,divine order is   
contrary to the ,divine4  ,divine order 
is heaven in man1 and man has perverted 
this in himself  by a life contrary to  
the laws of order1 which are ,divine    

truths4  ,into this order man is brought
 back by the ,lord out of pure mercy by 
means of the laws of order2 and so far  
as he is brought back into  this order  
he receives heaven in himself2 and he   
that receives heaven  in himself enters 
heaven4 ,this again makes evident that  
the ,lord's  ,divine mercy is pure      
mercy1 and not mercy apart from means4#a
      ,footnote #a ,divine truth going  
forth from the ,lord is the    source of
 order1 and ,divine good is the         
essential of order 7n4    #agbh1 #bbeh1 
#hgjj1 #hihh74 ,thus the ,lord is order 
7n4 #aiai1 #bjaa1    #eaaj1 #egjc1      
#ajccf1 #ajfai74 ,divine truths are the 
laws of order    7n4 #bddg1 #giie74 ,the
 whole heaven is arranged by the ,lord  
in    accordance with ,his ,divine order
 7n4 #cjch1 #gbaa1 #iabh1 #icch1        
#ajabe1 #ajaea1 #ajaeg74 ,therefore the 
form of heaven is a form in    accord   
with the ,divine order 7n4 #djdj-djdc1  
#ffjg1 #ihgg74 ,so far    as a man is   
living in accordance with order1 that   

is1 so far as    he is living in good in
 accordance with ,divine truths1 he is  
receiving heaven in himself 7n4 #dhci74 
,man is the being in whom    are brought
 together all things of ,divine order1  
and by    creation he is ,divine order  
in form1 because he is a recipient    of
 ,divine order 7n4 #cfbh1 #dbai1 #dbbj1 
#dbbc1 #debc1 #debd1 #ebad1    #fjac1   
#fjeg1 #ffje1 #ffbf1 #igjf1 #ajaef1     
#ajdgb74 ,man is not born    into good  
and truth but into evil and falsity1    
thus not into    ,divine order but into 
the opposite of order1 and for this     
reason he is born into pure ignorance2  
consequently it is    necessary for him 
to be born anew1 that is1 to be         
regenerated1    which is effected by the
 ,lord by means of ,divine truths1 that 
he may be brought back into order 7n4   
#ajdg1 #bcjg1 #bcjh1 #ceah1    #hdhj1   
#heej1 #ajbhc1 #ajbhd1 #ajbhf1 #ajgca74 
,when the ,lord forms    man anew1 that 
is1 regenerates him1 ,he arranges all   
things in    him in harmony with order1 

that is1 in the form of heaven 7n4      
#egjj1 #ffij1 #iica1 #ajcjc74 ,evils and
 falsities are contrary to    order2    
nevertheless those who are in them are  
ruled by the ,lord    not in accordance 
with order but from order 7n4 #dhci1    
#ghgg1    #ajggg74 ,it is impossible for
 a man who lives in evil to be    saved 
by mercy alone1 for that would be       
contrary to ,divine    order 7n4 #hgjj74
      #ebd4 ,if men could be saved by   
mercy apart from means all would be     
saved1 even those in hell2 in fact1     
there would be no hell1 because  the    
,lord is mercy itself1 love itself1 and 
goodness itself4 ,therefore  it is      
inconsistent with ,his ,divine to say   
that ,he is able to save all  apart from
 means and does not save them4 ,it is   
known from the ,word  that the ,lord    
wills the salvation of all1 and the     
damnation of no  one4      #ebe4 ,most  
of those who enter the other life from  
the ,christian world  bring with them   
this belief that they can be saved by   

mercy apart  from means1 and pray for   
that mercy2 but when examined they are  
found  to believe that entering heaven  
is merely gaining admission1 and that   
those who are let in are in heavenly    
joy4 ,they are wholly ignorant of  what 
heaven is and what heavenly joy is1 and 
consequently are told  that the ,lord   
denies heaven to no one1 and that they  
can be admitted  and can stay there if  
they desire it4 ,those who so desired   
were  admitted2 but as soon as they     
reached the first threshold they were   
seized with such anguish of heart from a
 draught of heavenly heat1  which is the
 love in which angels are1 and from an  
inflow of heavenly  light1 which is     
,divine truth1 that they felt in        
themselves infernal  torment instead of 
heavenly joy1 and struck with dismay    
they cast  themselves down headlong4    
,thus they were taught by living        
experience  that it is impossible to    
grant heaven to any one from mercy apart
  from means4      #ebf4 ,i have        

occasionally talked with angels about   
this1 and have told  them that most of  
those in the world who live in evil1    
when they talk  with others about heaven
 and eternal life1 express no other idea
 than  that entering heaven is merely   
being admitted from mercy alone4 ,and   
this is believed by those especially who
 make faith the only medium  of         
salvation4 ,for such from the principles
 of their religion have no  regard to   
the life and the deeds of love that make
 life1 and thus to  none of the other   
means by which the ,lord implants heaven
 in man and  renders him receptive of   
heavenly joy2 and as they thus reject   
every  actual mediation they conclude1  
as a necessary consequence of the       
principle1 that man enters heaven from  
mercy alone1 to which mercy  ,god the   
,father is believed to be moved by the  
intercession of the  ,son4 #b ,to all   
this the angels said that they knew such
 a tenet  follows of necessity from the 
assumption that man is saved by faith   

alone1 and since that tenet is the head 
of all the rest1 and since  into it1    
because it is not true1 no light from   
heaven can flow1 this  is the source of 
the ignorance that prevails in the      
church at this  day in regard to the    
,lord1 heaven1 the life after death1    
heavenly  joy1 the essence of love and  
charity1 and in general1 in regard to   
good and its conjunction with truth1    
consequently in regard to the  life of  
man1 whence it is and what it is2 when  
it should be known  that thought never  
constitutes any one's life1 but the will
 and the  consequent deeds2 and that the
 life is from the thought only to the   
extent that the thought is derived from 
the will2 neither is life  from the     
faith except so far as the faith is     
derived from love4  ,angels are grieved 
that these persons do not know that     
faith alone is  impossible in any one1  
since faith apart from its origin1 which
 is  love1 is nothing but knowledge1 and
 in some is merely a sort of  persuasion

 that has the semblance of faith 7see   
above1 n4 #dhb74 ,such  a persuasion is 
not in the life of man1 but outside of  
it1 since it  is separated from man     
unless it coheres with his love4 #c ,the
 angels  said further that those who    
hold to this principle concerning the   
essential means of salvation in man must
 needs believe in mercy apart  from     
means1 for they perceive both from      
natural light and from the  experience  
of sight that faith separate does not   
constitute the life  of man1 since those
 who lead an evil life are able to think
 and to be  persuaded the same as       
others2 and from this comes the belief  
that the  evil as well as the good can  
be saved1 provided that at the hour of  
death they talk with confidence about   
intercession1 and about the  mercy that 
is granted through that intercession4   
,the angels declared  that they had     
never yet seen any one who had lived an 
evil life  received into heaven from    
mercy apart from means1 whatever trust  

or  confidence 7which is preeminently   
meant by faith7 he had exhibited in  his
 talk in the world4 #d ,when asked about
 ,abraham1 ,isaac1 ,jacob1  ,david1 and 
the apostles1 whether they were not     
received into heaven  from mercy apart  
from means1 the angels replied that not 
one of them  was so received1 but       
everyone in accordance with his life in 
the  world2 that they knew where these  
were1 and that they were no more        
esteemed there than others4 ,they said  
that these persons are  mentioned with  
honor in the ,word for the reason that  
in the internal  sense the ,lord is     
meant by them--by ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and 
,jacob1 the  ,lord in respect to the    
,divine and the ,divine ,human2 by      
,david the ,lord  in respect to the     
,divine royalty2 and by the apostles the
 ,lord in  respect to ,divine truths2   
also that when the ,word is read by man 
the  angels have no perception whatever 
of these men1 for their names do  not   
enter heaven2 but they have instead a   

perception of the ,lord as  ,he has just
 been described2 consequently in the    
,word that is in  heaven 7see above1 n4 
#bei7 there are no such names mentioned1
 since  that ,word is the internal sense
 of the ,word that is in the world4#a   
,footnote #a ,in the internal sense of  
the ,word by ,abraham1    ,isaac1 and   
,jacob1 the ,lord in respect to the     
,divine itself and    the ,divine ,human
 is meant 7n4 #ahic1 #dfae1 #fjih1      
#fahe1 #fbgf1    #fhjd1 #fhdg74 ,in     
heaven ,abraham is unknown 7n4 #ahcd1   
#ahgf1    #cbbi74 ,by ,david the ,lord  
in respect to the ,divine royalty is    
meant 7n4 #ahhh1 #iied74 ,the twelve    
apostles represented the ,lord    in    
respect to all things of the church1    
that is1 all things    pertaining to    
faith and love 7n4 #babi1 #cced1 #cdhh1 
#cheh1 #fcig74    ,peter represented the
 lord in respect to faith1 ,james in    
respect to charity1 and ,john in respect
 to the works of charity    7n4 #cgej1  
#ajjhg74 ,the twelve apostles sitting on

 twelve thrones    and judging the      
twelve tribes of ,israel1 signified that
 the    ,lord will judge in accord with 
the truths and goods of faith    and    
love 7n4 #babi1 #fcig74 ,the names of   
persons and of places in    the ,word do
 not enter heaven1 but are changed into 
things and    states2 and in heaven     
these names cannot even be uttered 7n4  
#ahgf1 #ebbe1 #feaf1 #ajbaf1 #ajbhb1    
#ajdcb74 ,moreover1 the angels    think 
abstractedly from persons 7n4 #hcdc1    
#hihe1 #ijjg74      #ebg4 ,i can testify
 from much experience that it is        
impossible to  implant the life of      
heaven in those who in the world have   
lived a  life opposite to the life of   
heaven4 ,there were some who had        
believed  that when after death they    
should hear ,divine truths from the     
angels  they would readily accept them  
and believe them1 and consequently  live
 a different life1 and could thus be    
received into heaven4 ,but  this was    
tried with very many1 although it was   

confined to those who  held this belief1
 and was permitted in their case to     
teach them that  repentance is not      
possible after death4 ,some of those    
with whom the  experiment was made      
understood truths and seemed to accept  
them2 but  as soon as they turned to the
 life of their love they rejected them1 
and even spoke against them4 ,others    
were unwilling to hear them1 and  at    
once rejected them4 ,others wished to   
have the life of love that  they had    
contracted from the world taken away    
from them1 and to have  the angelic     
life1 or the life of heaven1 infused in 
its place4 ,this1  too1 was permitted to
 be done2 but as soon as the life of    
their love  was taken away they lay as  
if dead1 with their powers gone4 ,by    
these  and other experiments the simple 
good were taught that no one's life  can
 by any means be changed after death2   
and that an evil life can in  no way be 
converted into a good life1 or an       
infernal life into an  angelic life1 for

 every spirit from head to heel is such 
as his love  is1 and therefore such as  
his life is2 and to convert his life    
into  its opposite is to destroy the    
spirit completely4 ,the angels declare  
that it would be easier to change a     
night-owl into a dove1 or a  horned-owl 
into a bird of paradise1 than to change 
an infernal spirit  into an angel of    
heaven4 ,that man after death continues 
to be such as  his life had been in the 
world can be seen above in its own      
chapter  7n4 #dgj-dhd74 ,from all this  
it is evident that no one can be        
received  into heaven from mercy apart  
from means4        #ebh4 ,,lv4 ,,it ,,is
 ,,not ,,so ,,difficult ,,to ,,live     
,,the ,,life ,,that ,,leads ,,to        
,,heaven  ,,as ,,is ,,believed4         
,there are some who believe that to live
 the life that leads to  heaven1 which  
is called the spiritual life1 is        
difficult1 because  they have been told 
that man must renounce the world1 must  
divest  himself of the lusts called the 

lusts of the body and the flesh1 and    
must live spiritually2 and they         
understand this to mean that they  must 
discard worldly things1 which consist   
chiefly in riches and  honors2 that they
 must walk continually in pious         
meditation on ,god1  salvation1 and     
eternal life2 and must spend their life 
in prayers and  in reading the ,word and
 pious books4 ,such is their idea of    
renouncing  the world1 and living in the
 spirit and not in the flesh4 ,but that 
this is not at all true it has been     
given me to know by much  experience and
 from conversation with the angels4 ,i  
have learned1 in  fact1 that those who  
renounce the world and live in the      
spirit in  this manner acquire a        
sorrowful life that is not receptive of 
heavenly joy1 since everyone's life     
continues the same after death4  ,on the
 contrary1 to receive the life of heaven
 a man must needs live  in the world and
 engage in its business and employments1
 and by means  of a moral and civil life

 there receive the spiritual life4 ,in  
no  other way can the spiritual life be 
formed in man1 or his spirit  prepared  
for heaven2 for to live an internal life
 and not at the same  time an external  
life is like dwelling in a house that   
has no  foundation1 that gradually sinks
 or becomes cracked and rent asunder1   
or totters till it falls4      #ebi4    
,when the life of man is scanned and    
explored by rational insight  it is     
found to be threefold1 namely1          
spiritual1 moral1 and civil1  with these
 three lives distinct from each other4  
,for there are men  who live a civil    
life and not as yet a moral and         
spiritual life2 and  there are men who  
live a moral life and not as yet a      
spiritual life2  and there are those who
 live a civil life1 a moral life1 and a 
spiritual life at the same time4 ,these 
live the life of heaven2 but  the former
 live the life of the world separated   
from the life of  heaven4 ,this shows1  
in the first place1 that the spiritual  

life is  not a life separated from      
natural life or the life of the world1  
but  is joined with it as the soul is   
joined with its body1 and if it were    
separated it would be1 as was said1 like
 living in a house that has  no         
foundation4 ,for moral and civil life is
 the active plane of the  spiritual     
life1 since to will well is the province
 of the spiritual  life1 and to act well
 of the moral and civil life1 and if the
 latter  is separated from the former   
the spiritual life consists solely of   
thought and speech1 and the will1 left  
with no support1 recedes2 and  yet the  
will is the very spiritual part of man4 
#ecj4 ,that it is not so difficult as   
some believe to live the life  that     
leads to heaven will now be shown4 ,who 
cannot live a civil and  moral life8    
,for everyone from his childhood is     
initiated into that  life1 and learns   
what it is by living in the world4      
,moreover1  everyone1 whether evil or   
good1 lives that life2 for who does not 

wish to be called honest1 and who does  
not wish to be called just8  ,almost    
everyone practices honesty and justice  
outwardly1 so far as to  seem to be     
honest and just at heart1 or to seem to 
act from real  honesty and justice4 ,the
 spiritual man ought to live in like    
manner1  and can do so as easily as the 
natural man can1 with this difference   
only1 that the spiritual man believes in
 the ,divine1 and acts  honestly and    
justly1 not solely because to so act is 
in accord with  civil and moral laws1   
but also because it is in accord with   
,divine  laws4 ,as the spiritual man1 in
 whatever he is doing1 thinks about     
,divine things1 he has communication    
with the angels of heaven2 and so  far  
as this takes place he is conjoined with
 them2 and thereby his  internal man1   
which regarded in itself is the         
spiritual man1 is  opened4 ,when man    
comes into this state he is adopted and 
led by the  ,lord1 although himself     
unconscious of it1 and then whatever he 

does  that is honest and just pertaining
 to moral and civil life1 is done  from 
a spiritual motive2 and doing what is   
honest and just from a  spiritual motive
 is doing it from honesty and justice   
itself1 or  doing it from the heart4 #b 
,his justice and honesty appear         
outwardly  precisely the same as the    
justice and honesty of natural men and  
even  of evil and infernal men2 but in  
inward form they are wholly unlike4     
,for evil men act justly and honestly   
solely for the sake of  themselves and  
the world2 and therefore if they had no 
fear of laws  and penalties1 or the loss
 of reputation1 of honor1 of gain1 and  
of  life1 they would act in every       
respect dishonestly and unjustly1 since 
they neither fear ,god nor any ,divine  
law1 and therefore are not  restrained  
by any internal bond2 consequently they 
would use every  opportunity to defraud1
 plunder1 and spoil others1 and this    
from  delight4 ,that inwardly they are  
such can be clearly seen from those  of 

the same character in the other life1   
while everyone's externals  are taken   
away1 and his internals in which he at  
last lives to  eternity are opened 7see 
above1 n4 #dii-eaa74 ,as such then act  
without  external restraints1 which are1
 as just said1 fear of the law1 of the  
loss of reputation1 of honor1 of gain1  
and of life1 they act  insanely1 and    
laugh at honesty and justice4 #c ,but   
those who have  acted honestly and      
justly from regard to ,divine laws1 when
 their  externals are taken away and    
they are left to their internals1 act   
wisely1 because they are conjoined to   
the angels of heaven1 from whom  wisdom 
is communicated to them4 ,from all this 
it can now be seen1 in  the first place1
 that when the internal man1 that is1   
the will and  thought1 are conjoined to 
the ,divine1 the civil and moral life of
 the  spiritual man may be wholly like  
the civil and moral life of the  natural
 man 7see above1 n4 #ceh-cfj74          
#eca4 ,furthermore1 the laws of         

spiritual life1 the laws of civil life1 
and the laws of moral life are set forth
 in the ten commandments of  the        
,decalogue2 in the first three the laws 
of spiritual life1 in the  four that    
follow the laws of civil life1 and in   
the last three the  laws of moral life4 
,outwardly the merely natural man lives 
in  accordance with the same            
commandments in the same way as the     
spiritual man does1 for in like manner  
he worships the ,divine1 goes  to       
church1 listens to preachings1 and      
assumes a devout countenance1  refrains 
from committing murder1 adultery1 and   
theft1 from bearing  false witness1 and 
from defrauding his companions of their 
goods4 ,but  all this he does merely for
 the sake of himself and the world1 to  
keep up appearances2 while inwardly such
 a person is the direct  opposite of    
what he appears outwardly1 since in     
heart he denies the  ,divine1 in worship
 acts the hypocrite1 and when left to   
himself and  his own thoughts laughs at 

the holy things of the church1 believing
  that they merely serve as a restraint 
for the simple multitude4 #b            
,consequently he is wholly disjoined    
from heaven1 and not being a  spiritual 
man he is neither a moral man nor a     
civil man4 ,for although  he refrains   
from committing murder he hates everyone
 who opposes him1  and from his hatred  
burns with revenge1 and would therefore 
commit  murder if he were not restrained
 by civil laws and external bonds1      
which he fears2 and as he longs to do so
 it follows that he is  continually     
committing murder4 ,although he does not
 commit adultery1  yet as he believes it
 to be allowable he is all the while an 
adulterer1 since he commits adultery to 
the extent that he has the  ability and 
as often as he has opportunity4         
,although he does not  steal1 yet as he 
covets the goods of others and does not 
regard fraud  and wicked devices as     
opposed to what is lawful1 in intent he 
is  continually acting the thief4 ,the  

same is true of the commandments        
relating to moral life1 which forbid    
false witness and coveting the  goods of
 others4 ,such is every man who denies  
the ,divine1 and who has  no conscience 
derived from religion4 ,that he is such 
is clearly  evident from those of like  
character in the other life when their  
externals have been removed and they are
 let into their internals4 ,as  they are
 then separated from heaven they act in 
unity with hell1 and  in consequence are
 affiliated with those who are in hell4 
#c ,it is  not so with those who in     
heart have acknowledged the ,divine1 and
 in  the actions of their lives have had
 respect to ,divine laws1 and have      
lived as fully in accord with the first 
three commandments of the  ,decalogue as
 they have in accordance with the       
others4 ,when the  externals of such are
 removed and they are let into their    
internals  they are wiser than they were
 in the world2 for entering into their  
internals is like entering from darkness

 into light1 from ignorance  into       
wisdom1 and from a sorrowful life into a
 happy life1 because  they are in the   
,divine1 thus in heaven4 ,this has been 
said to make  known what the one kind of
 man is and what the other is1 although 
they have both lived the same external  
life4      #ecb4 ,everyone may know that
 thoughts are led or tend in accord with
  the intentions1 that is1 in the       
directions that one intends2 for        
thought is man's internal sight1 and    
resembles the external sight in  this1  
that to whatever point it is directed or
 aimed1 thither it  turns and there it  
rests4 ,therefore when the internal     
sight or the  thought is turned towards 
the world and rests there1 the thought  
in  consequence becomes worldly2 when it
 turns to self and self-honor it        
becomes corporeal2 but when it is turned
 heavenwards it becomes  heavenly4 ,so1 
too1 when turned heavenwards it is      
elevated2 but when  turned selfward it  
is drawn down from heaven and immersed  

in what is  corporeal2 and when turned  
towards the world it is also turned     
down-wards from heaven1 and is spent    
upon those objects that are  presented  
to the natural sight4 #b ,man's love is 
what constitutes  his intention and     
determines his internal sight or thought
 to its  objects2 thus the love of self 
fixes it upon self and its objects1  the
 love of the world upon worldly objects1
 and the love of heaven  upon heavenly  
objects2 and when the love is known the 
state of the  interiors which constitute
 the mind can be known1 that is1 the    
interiors of one who loves heaven are   
raised towards heaven and are  opened   
above2 while the interiors of one who   
loves the world or who  loves himself   
are closed above and are opened         
outwardly4 ,from this  the conclusion   
follows that when the higher regions of 
the mind are  closed above1 man can no  
longer see the objects pertaining to    
heaven  and the church1 but those       
objects are in thick darkness to him2   

and  what is in thick darkness is either
 denied or not understood4 ,and  this is
 why those that love themselves and the 
world above all things  since the higher
 regions of their minds are closed1 in  
heart deny  ,divine truths2 and if from 
their memory they say anything about    
them  they nevertheless do not          
understand them4 ,moreover1 they regard 
them  in the same way as they regard    
worldly and corporeal things4 ,and      
being such they are able to direct the  
mind to those things only that  enter   
through the senses of the body1 and in  
these alone do they find  delight4      
,among these are also many things that  
are filthy1 obscene1  profane and       
wicked2 and these cannot be removed1    
because into the  minds of such no      
influx from heaven is possible1 since   
their minds1  as just now said1 are     
closed above4 #c ,man's intention1 by   
which his  internal sight or thought is 
determined1 is his will2 for what a man 
wills he intends1 and what he intends he

 thinks4 ,therefore when his  intention 
is heavenward his thought is determined 
heavenward1 and  with it his whole mind1
 which is thus in heaven2 and from      
heaven he  beholds the things of the    
world beneath him like one looking down 
from the roof of a house4 ,so the man   
that has the interiors of his  mind open
 can see the evils and falsities that   
are in him1 for these  are beneath the  
spiritual mind4 ,on the other hand1 the 
man whose  interiors are not open is    
unable to see his evils and falsities1  
because he is not above them but in     
them4 ,from all this one may  conclude  
whence man has wisdom and whence        
insanity1 also what a man  will be after
 death when he is left to will and think
 and to act and  speak in accordance    
with his interiors4 ,all this also has  
been said  in order to make clear what  
constitutes a man's interior character1 
however he may seem outwardly to        
resemble others4      #ecc4 ,that it is 
not so difficult to live the life of    

heaven as some  believe can now be seen 
from this1 that when any thing presents 
itself to a man that he knows to be     
dishonest and unjust1 but to  which his 
mind is borne1 it is simply necessary   
for him to think that  it ought not to  
be done because it is opposed to the    
,divine precepts4  ,if a man accustoms  
himself so to think1 and from so doing  
establishes  a habit of so thinking1 he 
is gradually conjoined to heaven2 and so
  far as he is conjoined to heaven the  
higher regions of his mind are  opened2 
and so far as these are opened he sees  
whatever is dishonest  and unjust1 and  
so far as he sees these evils they can  
be dispersed1  for no evil can be       
dispersed until it is seen4 ,into this  
state man is  able to enter because of  
his freedom1 for is not any one able    
from  his freedom to so think8 ,and when
 man has made a beginning the ,lord     
quickens all that is good in him1 and   
causes him not only to see  evils to be 
evils1 but also to refrain from willing 

them1 and finally  to turn away from    
them4 ,this is meant by the ,lord's     
words1         ,my yoke is easy and ,my 
burden is light 7,matt4 #aa3cj74    ,but
 it must be understood that the         
difficulty of so thinking and of        
resisting evils increases so far as man 
from his will does evils1 for  in the   
same measure he becomes accustomed to   
them until he no longer  sees them1 and 
at length loves them and from the       
delight of his love  excuses them1 and  
confirms them by every kind of fallacy1 
and  declares them to be allowable and  
good4 ,this is the fate of those who  in
 early youth plunge into evils without  
restraint1 and also reject  ,divine     
things from the heart4      #ecd4 ,the  
way that leads to heaven1 and the way   
that leads to hell  were once           
represented to me4 ,there was a broad   
way tending towards  the left or the    
north1 and many spirits were seen going 
in it2 but at  a distance a large stone 
was seen where the broad way came to an 

end4  ,from that stone two ways branched
 off1 one to the left and one in the    
opposite direction to the right4 ,the   
way that went to the left was  narrow or
 straitened1 leading through the west to
 the south1 and thus  into the light of 
heaven2 the way that went to the right  
was broad  and spacious1 leading        
obliquely downwards towards hell4 ,all  
at first  seemed to be going the same   
way until they came to the large stone  
at  the head of the two ways4 ,when they
 reached that point they divided2  the  
good turned to the left and entered the 
straitened way that led  to heaven2     
while the evil1 not seeing the stone at 
the fork of the  ways fell upon it and  
were hurt2 and when they rose up they   
ran on in  the broad way to the right   
which went towards hell4 #b ,what all   
this  meant was afterwards explained to 
me4 ,the first way that was broad1      
wherein many both good and evil went    
together and talked with each  other as 
friends1 because there was no visible   

difference between  them1 represented   
those who externally live alike honestly
 and  justly1 and between whom seemingly
 there is no difference4 ,the stone  at 
the head of the two ways or at the      
corner1 upon which the evil  fell and   
from which they ran into the way leading
 to hell1  represented the ,divine      
truth1 which is rejected by those who   
look  towards hell2 and in the highest  
sense this stone signified the  ,lord's 
,divine ,human4 ,but those who          
acknowledged the ,divine truth and  also
 the ,divine of the ,lord went by the   
way that led to heaven4 ,by  this again 
it was shown that in externals the evil 
lead the same kind  of life as the good1
 or go the same way1 that is1 one as    
readily as  the other2 and yet those who
 from the heart acknowledge the ,divine1
  especially those within the church who
 acknowledge the ,divine of the  ,lord1 
are led to heaven2 while those who do   
not are led to hell4 #c  ,the thoughts  
of man that proceed from his intention  

or will are  represented in the other   
life by ways2 and ways are visibly      
presented  there in exact accord with   
those thoughts of intention2 and in     
accord  with his thoughts that proceed  
from intention everyone walks4 ,for     
this reason the character of spirits and
 their thoughts are known  from their   
ways4 ,this also makes clear what is    
meant by the ,lord's  words3            
,enter ye in through the narrow gate2   
for wide is the gate       and broad is 
the way that leadeth to destruction1 and
 many       be they that enter in       
thereby2 for straitened is the way      
and narrow the gate that leadeth to     
life1 and few be they       who find it 
7,matt4 #g3ac1 #ad74    ,the way that   
leads to life is straitened not because 
it is difficult  but because there are  
few who find it1 as is said here4 ,the  
stone  seen at the corner where the     
broad and common way ended1 and from    
which two ways were seen to lead in     
opposite directions1 illustrated  what  

is signified by these words of the      
,lord3         ,have ye not read what is
 written8 ,the stone which the          
builders rejected was made the head of  
the corner4       ,whosoever shall fall 
upon that stone shall be broken         
7,luke4 #bj3ag1 #ah74    ,stone         
signifies ,divine truth1 and the stone  
of ,israel the ,lord in  respect to ,his
 ,divine ,human2 the builders mean those
 who are of the  church2 the head of the
 corner is where the two ways are2 to   
fall  and to be broken is to deny and   
perish4#a      ,footnote #a ,stone      
signifies truth 7n4 #aad1 #fdc1 #abih1  
#cgbj1    #fdbf1 #hfji1 #ajcgf74 ,for   
this reason the law was inscribed on    
tables of stone 7n4 #ajcgf74 ,the stone 
of ,israel means the    ,lord in respect
 to the ,divine truth and ,his ,divine  
,human 7n4    #fdbf74      #ece4 ,i have
 been permitted to talk with some in the
 other life who  had withdrawn from     
worldly affairs that they might live in 
a pious  and holy manner1 also with some

 who had afflicted themselves in        
various ways1 believing that they were  
thereby renouncing the world  and       
subduing the lusts of the flesh4 ,but as
 most of these have thus  acquired a    
sorrowful life and had withdrawn from   
the life of charity1  which life can be 
lived only in the midst of the world1   
they are  incapable of being affiliated 
with angels1 because the life of angels 
is a life of joy resulting from a state 
of blessedness1 and consists  in        
performing good deeds1 which are works  
of charity4 ,moreover1 those  who have  
lived a life withdrawn from worldly     
employments are inflamed  with the idea 
of their own merit1 and are continually 
desiring heaven  on that account1 and   
thinking of heavenly joy as a reward1   
utterly  ignorant of what heavenly joy  
is4 ,when such are admitted into the    
company of angels and into their joy1   
which discards merit and  consists in   
active labors and practical services1   
and in a  blessedness resulting from the

 good thereby accomplished1 they are    
astonished like one who has found out   
something quite foreign to his  belief2 
and since they are not receptive of that
 joy they go away and  ally themselves  
with spirits of their own kind that have
 lived in the  world a life like their  
own4 #b ,but those who have lived an    
outwardly holy life1 constantly         
attending church and praying and        
afflicting their souls1 and at the same 
time have thought constantly  of        
themselves that they would be esteemed  
and honored for all this  above others1 
and finally after death would be        
accounted saints--  such in the other   
life are not in heaven because they have
 done all  this for the sake of         
themselves4 ,and as they have defiled   
,divine  truths by the self-love in     
which they have immersed them1 some of  
them are so insane as to think          
themselves gods2 and are consequently   
in hell among those like themselves4    
,some are cunning and deceitful1  and   

are in the hells of the deceitful4      
,these are such as by means of  cunning 
arts and devices have maintained such   
pious conduct as  induced the common    
people to believe that they possessed a 
,divine  sanctity4 #c ,of this character
 are many of the ,roman ,catholic       
saints4 ,i have been permitted to talk  
with some of them1 and their  life was  
then plainly disclosed1 such as it had  
been in the world and  as it was        
afterwards4 ,all this has been said to  
make known that the  life that leads to 
heaven is not a life withdrawn from the 
world1 but  a life in the world2 and    
that a life of piety separated from a   
life  of charity1 which is possible only
 in the world1 does not lead to  heaven2
 but a life of charity does2 and a life 
of charity consists in  acting honestly 
and justly in every employment1 in every
 business1  and in every work1 from an  
interior1 that is1 from a heavenly1     
motive2 and this motive is in that life 
whenever man acts honestly  and justly  

because doing so is in accord with the  
,divine laws4 ,such a  life is not      
difficult4 ,but a life of piety separate
 from a life of  charity is difficult2  
and as much as such a life is believed  
to lead  towards heaven so much it leads
 away from heaven4#a      ,footnote #a  
,a life of piety separated from a life  
of charity    is of no avail1 but united
 with charity it is profitable for      
all things 7n4 #hbeb1 #hbec74 ,charity  
to the neighbor consists in    doing    
what is good1 just1 and right in every  
work and in every    employment 7n4     
#habj-habb74 ,charity to the neighbor   
takes in all    things and each thing   
that a man thinks1 wills1 and does 7n4  
#habd74 ,a life of charity is a life in 
accordance with the    ,lord's          
commandments 7n4 #cbdi74 ,living in     
accordance with the    ,lord's          
commandments is loving the ,lord 7n4    
#ajadc1 #ajaec1 #ajcaj1    #ajegh1      
#ajfde74 ,genuine charity claims no     
merit1 because it is    from interior   

affection and consequent delight 7n4    
#bcga1 #bchj1    #bdjj1 #chaf1 #chhg1   
#fchh-fcic74 ,man continues to be after 
death    such as was his life of charity
 in the world 7n4 #hbef74    ,heavenly  
blessedness flows in from the ,lord into
 a life of    charity 7n4 #bcfc74 ,mere 
thinking admits no one into heaven2 it  
must be accompanied by willing and doing
 good 7n4 #bdja1 #cdei74    ,unless     
doing good is joined with willing good  
and thinking good    there is no        
salvation nor any conjunction of the    
internal man    with the external 7n4   
#cihg74        #ecf4 ,,lvi4 ,,the ,,lord
 ,,rules ,,the ,,hells4    ,above1 in   
treating of heaven it has been          
everywhere shown 7especially  in n4     
#b-f7 that the ,god of heaven is the    
,lord1 thus that the whole  government  
of the heavens is the ,lord's           
government4 ,and as the  relation of    
heaven to hell and of hell to heaven is 
like the relation  between two opposites
 which mutually act contrary to each    

other1 and  from the action and         
re-action of which an equilibrium       
results1 which  gives permanence to all 
things of their action and reaction1 so 
in  order that all things and each thing
 may be kept in equilibrium it is       
necessary that ,he who rules the one    
should rule the other2 for unless  the  
same ,lord restrained the uprisings from
 the hells and checked  insanities there
 the equilibrium would perish and       
everything with it4      #ecg4 ,but     
something about that equilibrium shall  
first be told4 ,it is  acknowledged that
 when two things mutually act against   
each other1  and as much as one reacts  
and resists the other acts and impels1  
since there is equal power on either    
side1 neither has any effect1  and both 
can then be acted upon freely by a      
third4 ,for when the force  of the two  
is neutralized by equal opposition the  
force of a third  has full effect1 and  
acts as easily as if there were no      
opposition4  #b ,such is the equilibrium

 between heaven and hell4 ,yet it is not
 an  equilibrium like that between two  
bodily combatants whose strength is     
equal2 but it is a spiritual            
equilibrium1 that is1 an equilibrium of 
falsity against truth and of evil       
against good4 ,from hell falsity  from  
evil continually exhales1 and from      
heaven truth from good4 ,it is  this    
spiritual equilibrium that causes man to
 think and will in  freedom2 for        
whatever a man thinks and wills has     
reference either to  evil and falsity   
therefrom or to good and truth          
therefrom4 #c  ,therefore when he is in 
that equilibrium he is in freedom either
 to  admit or accept evil and its       
falsity from hell or to admit or accept 
good and its truth from heaven4 ,every  
man is held in this equilibrium  by the 
,lord1 because the ,lord rules both     
heaven and hell4 ,but why man  is held  
in this freedom by such an equilibrium1 
and why evil and  falsity are not taken 
away from him and good and truth        

implanted in  him by ,divine power will 
be told hereafter in its own chapter4   
#ech4 ,a perception of the sphere of    
falsity from evil that flows forth  from
 hell has often been granted me4 ,it was
 like a perpetual effort  to destroy all
 that is good and true1 combined with   
anger and a kind  of fury at not being  
able to do so1 especially an effort to  
annihilate and destroy the ,divine of   
the ,lord1 and this because all  good   
and truth are from ,him4 ,but out of    
heaven a sphere of truth from  good was 
perceived1 whereby the fury of the      
effort ascending from  hell was         
restrained4 ,the result of this was an  
equilibrium4 ,this  sphere from heaven  
was perceived to come from the ,lord    
alone1  although it appeared to come    
from the angels in heaven4 ,it is from  
the ,lord alone1 and not from the       
angels1 because every angel in  heaven  
acknowledges that nothing of good and of
 truth is from  himself1 but all is from
 the ,lord4      #eci4 ,in the spiritual

 world truth from good is the source of 
all  power1 and falsity from evil has no
 power whatever4 ,this is because  the  
,divine ,itself in heaven is ,divine    
good and ,divine truth1 and all  power  
belongs to the ,divine4 ,falsity from   
evil is powerless because  truth from   
good is the source of all power1 and in 
falsity from evil  there is nothing of  
truth from good4 ,consequently in heaven
 there is  all power1 and none in hell2 
for everyone in heaven is in truths from
  good1 and everyone in hell is in      
falsities from evil4 ,for no one is     
admitted into heaven until he is in     
truths from good1 neither is any  one   
cast down into hell until he is in      
falsities from evil1 7,that  this is so 
can be seen in the chapters treating of 
the first1 second1  and third states of 
man after death1 n4 #dia-ebj2 and that  
all power  belongs to truth from good   
can be seen in the chapter on the power 
of  angels in heaven1 n4 #bbh-bcc47     
#edj4 ,such1 then1 is the equilibrium   

between heaven and hell4 ,those  who are
 in the world of spirits are in that    
equilibrium1 for the  world of spirits  
is midway between heaven and hell4 ,from
 the same  source all men in the world  
are kept in a like equilibrium1 since   
men  in the world are ruled by the ,lord
 by means of spirits in the world  of   
spirits1 as will be shown hereafter in  
its own chapter4 ,no such  equilibrium  
would be possible unless the ,lord ruled
 both heaven and  hell and regulated    
both sides4 ,otherwise falsities from   
evil would  preponderate1 and would     
affect the simple good who are in the   
outmosts regions of heaven1 and who can 
be more easily perverted than  the      
angels themselves2 and thereby          
equilibrium would perish1 and with  it  
freedom in men4      #eda4 ,hell1 like  
heaven1 is divided into societies1 and  
into as many  societies as there are in 
heaven2 for every society in heaven has 
a  society opposite to it in hell1 and  
this for the sake of equilibrium4  ,but 

evils and falsities therefrom are what  
distinguish the societies  in hell1 as  
goods and truths therefrom are what     
distinguish the  societies in heaven4   
,that for every good there is an        
opposite evil1  and for every truth an  
opposite falsity may be known from this1
 that  nothing can exist without        
relation to its opposite1 and what      
anything  is in kind and degree can be  
known from its opposite1 and from this  
all perception and sensation is derived4
 ,for this reason the ,lord  continually
 provides that every society in heaven  
shall have an  opposite in some society 
of hell1 and that there shall be an     
equilibrium between the two4      #edb4 
,as hell is divided into the same number
 of societies as heaven1  there are as  
many hells as there are societies of    
heaven2 for as each  society of heaven  
is a heaven in smaller form 7see above1 
n4 #ea-eh71  so each society in hell is 
a hell in smaller form4 ,as in general  
there are three heavens1 so in general  

there are three hells1 a  lowest1 which 
is opposite to the inmost or third      
heaven1 a middle1  which is opposite to 
the middle or second heaven1 and a      
higher1 which  is opposite to the       
outmost or first heaven4      #edc4 ,how
 the hells are ruled by the ,lord shall 
be briefly explained4  ,in general the  
hells are ruled by a general outflow    
from the heavens  of ,divine good and   
,divine truth whereby the general       
endeavor flowing  forth from the hells  
is checked and restrained2 also by a    
particular  outflow from each heaven and
 from each society of heaven4 ,the hells
  are ruled in particular by means of   
the angels1 to whom it is granted  to   
look into the hells and to restrain     
insanities and disturbances  there2 and 
sometimes angels are sent to them who   
moderate these  insanities and          
disturbances by their presence4 ,but in 
general all in  the hells are ruled by  
means of their fears4 ,some are ruled by
 fears  implanted in the world and still

 inherent in them2 but as these fears   
are not sufficient1 and gradually       
subside1 they are ruled by fears of     
punishments2 and it is especially by    
these that they are deterred  from doing
 evil4 ,the punishments in hell are     
manifold1 lighter or  more severe in    
accordance with the evils4 ,for the most
 part the more  wicked1 who excel in    
cunning and in artifices1 and who are   
able to  hold the rest in subjection and
 servitude by means of punishments and  
consequent terror1 are set over them2   
but these governors dare not  pass      
beyond the limits prescribed to them4   
,it must be understood that  the sole   
means of restraining the violence and   
fury of those who are  in the hells is  
the fear of punishment4 ,there is no    
other way4      #edd4 ,it has been      
believed heretofore in the world that   
there is one  devil that presides over  
the hells2 that he was created an angel 
of  light2 but having become rebellious 
he was cast down with his crew  into    

hell4 ,this belief has prevailed because
 the ,devil and ,satan1 and  also       
,lucifer1 are mentioned by name in the  
,word1 and the ,word in  those places   
has been understood according to the    
sense of the  letter4 ,but by the devil 
and ,satan there hell is meant1 devil   
meaning the hell that is behind1 where  
the worst dwell1 who are  called evil   
genii2 and ,satan the hell that is in   
front1 where the  less wicked dwell1 who
 are called evil spirits2 and ,lucifer  
those  that belong to ,babel1 or        
,babylon1 who would extend their        
dominion  even into heaven4 ,that there 
is no one devil to whom the hells are   
subject is evident also from this1 that 
all who are in the hells1  like all who 
are in the heavens1 are from the human  
race 7see n4  #caa-cag72 and that those 
who have gone there from the beginning  
of  creation to this time amount to     
myriads of myriads1 and everyone of     
them is a devil in accord with his      
opposition to the ,divine while he      

lived in the world 7see above1 n4 #caa1 
#cab74        #ede4 ,,lvii4 ,,the ,,lord
 ,,casts ,,no ,,one ,,into ,,hell2 ,,the
 ,,spirit ,,casts ,,himself  ,,down4    
,an opinion has prevailed with some that
 ,god turns away ,his face from  man1   
casts man away from ,himself1 and casts 
him into hell1 and is  angry with him on
 account of his evil2 and some believe  
also that ,god  punishes man and does   
evil to him4 ,in this opinion they      
establish  themselves by the sense of   
the letter of the ,word1 where such     
things  are declared1 not knowing that  
the spiritual sense of the ,word1 by    
which the sense of the letter is made   
clear1 is wholly different2 and         
consequently that the genuine doctrine  
of the church1 which is from  the       
spiritual sense of the ,word1 teaches   
otherwise1 namely1 that ,god  never     
turns away ,his face from man1 and never
 casts man away from  ,himself1 that ,he
 casts no one into hell and is angry    
with no one4#a  ,everyone1 moreover1    

whose mind is enlightened perceives this
 to be  true when he reads the ,word1   
from the simple truth that ,god is good 
itself1 love itself1 and mercy itself2  
and that good itself cannot do  evil to 
any one1 and love itself and mercy      
itself can not cast man  away from      
itself1 because this is contrary to the 
very essence of  mercy and love1 thus   
contrary to the ,divine ,itself4        
,therefore those  who think from an     
enlightened mind clearly perceive1 when 
they read  the ,word1 that ,god never   
turns ,himself away from man2 and as ,he
 never  turns ,himself away from him ,he
 deals with him from goodness1 love1    
and mercy1 that is1 wills good to him1  
loves him1 and is merciful to  him4 ,and
 from this they see that the sense of   
the letter of the ,word1  in which such 
things are declared1 has stored up      
within itself a  spiritual sense1 and   
that these expressions that are used in 
the  sense of the letter in             
accommodation to man's apprehension and 

according to his first and general ideas
 are to be explained in  accordance with
 the spiritual sense4      ,footnote #a 
,in the ,word anger and wrath are       
attributed to the    ,lord1 but they are
 in man1 and it is so expressed because 
such    is the appearance to man when he
 is punished and damned 7n4    #gih1    
#egih1 #fiig1 #hbhd1 #hdhc1 #hhge1      
#icjf1 #ajdca74 ,evil also is           
attributed to the ,lord1 although       
nothing but good is from ,him    7n4    
#bddg1 #fjga1 #fiia1 #fiig1 #gecc1      
#gfcb1 #gfgi1 #gibf1 #hbbg1 #hbbh1      
#hfcb1 #icjf74 ,why it is so expressed  
in the ,word 7n4 #fjga1 #fiia1    #fiig1
 #gfcb1 #gfdc1 #gfgi1 #ggaj1 #gibf1     
#hbhb1 #ijaj1 #iabh74 ,the ,lord    is  
pure mercy and clemency 7n4 #fiig1      
#hhge74      #edf4 ,those who are       
enlightened see further that good and   
evil are two  opposites1 and are        
therefore opposed as heaven and hell    
are1 and that  all good is from heaven  
and all evil from hell2 and as it is the

  ,divine of the ,lord that makes heaven
 7n4 #g-ab71 nothing but good  flows    
into man from the ,lord1 and nothing but
 evil from hell2 thus  the ,lord is     
continually withdrawing man from evil   
and leading him to  good1 while hell is 
continually leading man into evil4      
,unless man  were between these two1 he 
could have no thought nor any will1     
still  less any freedom or any choice2  
for all these man has by virtue of  the 
equilibrium between good and evil2      
consequently if the ,lord  should turn  
,himself away1 leaving man to evil      
alone1 man would cease  to be man4 ,all 
this shows that the ,lord flows into    
every man with  good1 into the evil man 
as well as the good2 but with the       
difference  that the ,lord is           
continually withdrawing the evil man    
from evil and  is continually leading   
the good man to good2 and this          
difference lies  in the man himself1    
because he is the recipient4      #edg4 
,from this it is clear that it is from  

hell that man does evil1  and from the  
,lord that he does good4 ,but man       
believes that whatever  he does he does 
from himself1 and in consequence of this
 the evil  that he does sticks to him as
 his own2 and for this reason man is the
  cause of his own evil1 and in no way  
the ,lord4 ,evil in man is hell in  him1
 for it is the same thing whether you   
say evil or hell4 ,and since  man is the
 cause of his own evil he is led into   
hell1 not by the ,lord  but by himself4 
,for so far is the ,lord from leading   
man into hell  that it is ,he who       
delivers man from hell1 and this ,he    
does so far as  man does not will and   
love to be in his own evil4 ,all of     
man's will  and love continues with him 
after death 7n4 #dgj-dhd74 ,he who wills
  and loves evil in the world wills and 
loves the same evil in the  other life1 
but he no longer suffers himself to be  
withdrawn from it4  ,if1 therefore1 a   
man is in evil he is tied to hell1 and  
in respect to  his spirit is actually   

there1 and after death desires nothing  
so much  as to be where his evil is2    
consequently it is man who casts himself
  into hell after death1 and not the    
,lord4      #edh4 ,how this comes about 
shall also be explained4 ,when man      
enters  the other life he is received   
first by angels1 who perform for him    
all good offices1 and talk with him     
about the ,lord1 heaven1 and the        
angelic life1 and instruct him in things
 that are true and good4 ,but  if the   
man1 now a spirit1 be one who knew about
 these things in the  world1 but in     
heart denied or despised them1 after    
some conversation  he desires and seeks 
to get away from these angels4 ,as soon 
as the  angels perceive this they leave 
him4 ,after some interaction with       
others he at length unites himself with 
those who are in evil like  his own 7see
 above1 n4 #dde-deb74 ,when this takes  
place he turns  himself away from the   
,lord and turns his face towards the    
hell to  which he had been joined in the

 world1 in which those abide who are  in
 a like love of evil4 ,all this makes   
clear that the ,lord draws  every spirit
 to ,himself by means of angels and by  
means of influx  from heaven2 but those 
spirits that are in evil completely     
resist1  and as it were tear themselves 
away from the ,lord1 and are drawn by   
their own evil1 thus by hell1 as if by a
 rope4 ,and as they are so  drawn1 and  
by reason of their love of evil are     
eager to follow1 it is  evident that    
they themselves cast themselves into    
hell by their own  free choice4 ,men in 
the world because of their idea of hell 
are  unable to believe that this is so4 
,in fact1 in the other life before  the 
eyes of those who are outside of hell it
 does not so appear2 but  only so to    
those who cast themselves into hell1 for
 such enter of  their own accord4 ,those
 who enter from a burning love of evil  
appear  to be cast headlong1 with the   
head downwards and the feet upwards4 ,it
  is because of this appearance that    

they seem to be cast into hell by       
,divine power4 7,but about this more    
will be said below1 n4 #egd47 ,from  all
 this it can be seen that the ,lord     
casts no one into hell1 but  everyone   
casts himself into hell1 both while he  
is living in the  world and also after  
death when he comes among spirits4      
#edi4 ,the ,lord from ,his ,divine      
,essence1 which is goodness1 love1 and  
mercy1 is unable to deal in the same way
 with every man1 because  evils and     
their falsities prevent1 and not only   
quench ,his ,divine  influx but even    
reject it4 ,evils and their falsities   
are like black  clouds which interpose  
between the sun and the eye1 and take   
away the  sunshine and the serenity of  
its light2 although the unceasing       
endeavor of the sun to dissipate the    
opposing clouds continues1 for  it is   
operating behind them2 and in the       
meantime transmits something  of obscure
 light into the eye of man by various   
roundabout ways4 ,it  is the same in the

 spiritual world4 ,the sun there is the 
,lord and the  ,divine love 7n4         
#aaf-adj72 and the light there is the   
,divine truth 7n4  #abf-adj72 black     
clouds there are falsities from evil2   
the eye there  is the understanding4 ,so
 far as any one in that world is in     
falsities  from evil he is encompassed  
by such a cloud1 which is black and     
dense  according to the degree of his   
evil4 ,from this comparison it can be   
seen that the ,lord is unceasingly      
present with everyone1 but that ,he  is 
received variously4      #eej4 ,evil    
spirits are severely punished in the    
world of spirits in  order that by means
 of punishments they may be deterred    
from doing  evil4 ,this also appears to 
be from the ,lord2 and yet nothing of   
punishment there is from the ,lord1 but 
is from the evil itself2 since  evil is 
so joined with its own punishment that  
the two cannot be  separated4 ,for the  
infernal crew desire and love nothing so
 much as  doing evil1 especially        

inflicting punishments and torment upon 
others2 and they maltreat and inflict   
punishments upon everyone who  is not   
protected by the ,lord4 ,when1          
therefore1 evil is done from an  evil   
heart1 because it thereby discards all  
protection from the ,lord1  infernal    
spirits rush upon the one who does the  
evil1 and inflict  punishment4 ,this may
 be partly illustrated by evils and     
their  punishments in the world1 where  
the two are also joined4 ,for laws in   
the world prescribe a penalty for every 
evil2 therefore he that  rushes into    
evil rushes also into the penalty of    
evil4 ,the only  difference is that in  
the world the evil may be concealed2 but
 in the  other life it cannot be        
concealed4 ,all this makes clear that   
the ,lord  does evil to no one2 and that
 it is the same as it is in the world1  
where it is not the king nor the judge  
nor the law that is the cause  of       
punishment to the guilty1 because these 
are not the cause of the  evil in the   

evil doer4        #eea4 ,,lviii4 ,,all  
,,who ,,are ,,in ,,the ,,hells ,,are    
,,in ,,evils ,,and ,,in ,,falsities     
,,therefrom ,,derived ,,from ,,the      
,,loves ,,of ,,self ,,and ,,of ,,the    
,,world4    ,all who are in the hells   
are in evils and in falsities therefrom1
 and  no one there is in evils and at   
the same time in truths4 ,in the world  
evil men for the most part have some    
knowledge of spiritual truths1  which   
are the truths of the church1 having    
been taught them from  childhood and    
later by preaching and by reading the   
,word2 and  afterwards they have talked 
about them4 ,some have even led others  
to  believe that they are ,christians at
 heart because of their knowing  how to 
talk with pretended affection in harmony
 with the truth1 also  how to act       
uprightly as if from spiritual faith4   
,but those of this  class whose interior
 thoughts have been hostile to these    
truths1 and  who have refrained from    
doing the evils that were in harmony    

with  their thoughts only because of the
 civil laws1 or with a view to          
reputation1 honors1 and gain1 are all of
 them evil in heart1 and are  in truths 
and goods not in respect to their spirit
 but only in  respect to their body2 and
 consequently1 when their externals are 
taken away from them in the other life1 
and their internals which  pertain to   
their spirit are revealed1 they are     
wholly in evils and  falsities1 and not 
at all in truths and goods2 and it is   
thus made  clear that truths and goods  
resided only in their memory merely as  
things known about1 and that they       
brought them forth therefrom when       
talking1 putting on a semblance of good 
seemingly from spiritual love  and      
faith4 ,when such are let into their    
internals and thus into their  evils    
they are no longer able to speak what is
 true1 but only what is  false2 since   
they speak from evils2 for to speak what
 is true from  evils is then impossible1
 since the spirit is nothing but his own

  evil1 and from evil what is false goes
 forth4 ,every evil spirit is  reduced  
to this state before he is cast into    
hell 7see above1  n4 #dii-eab74 ,this is
 called being vastated in respect to    
truths and  goods4#a ,vastation is      
simply being let into one's internals1  
that  is1 into what is the spirit's own1
 or into the spirit itself 7see  above1 
n4 #dbe74      ,footnote #a ,before the 
evil are cast down into hell they are   
devastated of truths and goods1 and when
 these have been taken    away they are 
of themselves carried into hell 7n4     
#figg1 #gjci1    #ggie1 #hbaj1 #hbcb1   
#iccj74 ,the ,lord does not devastate   
them1 but    they devastate themselves  
7n4 #gfdc1 #gibf74 ,every evil has in it
    what is false2 therefore those who  
are in evil are also in    falsity1     
although some do not know it 7n4 #gegg1 
#hjid74 ,those    who are in evil must  
needs think what is false when they     
think    from themselves 7n4 #gdcg74    
,all who are in hell speak falsities    

from hell 7n4 #afie1 #gcea1 #gceb1      
#gceg1 #gcib1 #gfhi74      #eeb4 ,when  
man after death comes into this state he
 is no longer a  man-spirit1 as he was  
in his first state 7of which above1 n4  
#dia-dih71 but is truly a spirit2 for he
 is truly a spirit who has a  face and  
body that correspond to his internals   
which pertain to his  mind1 that is1 has
 an external form that is a type or     
effigy of his  internals4 ,a spirit is  
such after he has passed through the    
first and  second states spoken of      
above2 consequently when he is looked   
upon  his character is at once known1   
not only from his face and from his     
body1 but also from his speech and      
movements2 and as he is then in  himself
 he can be nowhere else than where his  
like are4 #b ,for in  the spiritual     
world there is a complete sharing of    
affections and  their thoughts1 and in  
consequence a spirit is conveyed to his 
like  as if of himself1 since it is done
 from his affection and its  delight4   

,in fact1 he turns himself in that      
direction2 for thus he  inhales his own 
life or draws his breath freely1 which  
he cannot do  when he turns another way4
 ,it must be understood that this       
sharing  with others in the spiritual   
world is effected in accordance with the
  turning of the face1 and that each one
 has constantly before his face  those  
who are in a love like his own1 and this
 in every turning of  the body 7see     
above1 n4 #aea7 #c ,in consequence of   
this all infernal  spirits turn         
themselves away from the ,lord toward   
the densely dark  body and the dark body
 that are there in place of the sun and 
moon of  this world1 while all the      
angels of heaven turn themselves to the 
,lord as the sun of heaven and as the   
moon of heaven 7see above1  n4 #abc1    
#adc1 #add1 #aea74 ,from all this it is 
clear that all who are in  the hells are
 in evils and in falsities therefrom2   
also that they are  turned to their own 
loves4      #eec4 ,all spirits in the   

hells1 when seen in any light of heaven1
  appear in the form of their evil2 for 
everyone there is an image of  his evil1
 since his interiors and his exteriors  
act as a one1 the  interiors making     
themselves visible in the exteriors1    
which are the  face1 body1 speech and   
movements2 thus the character of the    
spirit is  known as soon as he is seen4 
,in general evil spirits are forms of   
contempt of others and of menaces       
against those who do not pay them       
respect2 they are forms of hatreds of   
various kinds1 also of various  kinds of
 revenge4 ,fierceness and cruelty from  
their interiors show  through these     
forms4 ,but when they are commended1    
venerated1 and  worshiped by others     
their faces are restrained and take on  
an  expression of gladness from delight4
 #b ,it is impossible to describe  in a 
few words how all these forms appear1   
for no one is like  another1 although   
there is a general likeness among those 
who are in  the same evil1 and thus in  

the same infernal society1 from which1  
as  from a plane of derivation1 the     
faces of all are seen to have a  certain
 resemblance4 ,in general their faces   
are hideous1 and void of  life like     
those of corpses2 the faces of some are 
black1 others fiery  like torches1      
others disfigured with pimples1 warts1  
and ulcers2 some  seem to have no face1 
but in its stead something hairy or     
bony2 and  with some only the teeth are 
seen2 their bodies also are monstrous2  
and their speech is like the speech of  
anger or of hatred or of  revenge2 for  
what everyone speaks is from his        
falsity1 while his tone  is from his    
evil4 ,in a word1 they are all images of
 their own hell4  #c ,i have not been   
permitted to see what the form of hell  
itself in  general is2 ,i have only been
 told that as the entire heaven in one  
complex reflects a single man 7n4       
#ei-fg71 so the entire hell in one      
complex reflects a single devil1 and    
might be exhibited in an image  of a    

single devil 7see above1 n4 #edd74 ,but 
the forms of particular  hells or       
infernal societies ,i have often been   
permitted to see2 for  at their         
entrances1 which are called the gates of
 hell1 a monster  commonly appears that 
represents in a general way the form of 
those  within4 ,the fierce passions of  
those who dwell there are represented   
at the same time in horrible and hideous
 ways that ,i forbear to  describe4 #d  
,but it must be understood that this is 
the way infernal  spirits appear in the 
light of heaven1 while among themselves 
they  appear as men4 ,this is of the    
,lord's mercy1 that they may not appear 
as loathsome to one another as they     
appear before the angels4 ,but  this    
appearance is a fallacy1 for as soon as 
any ray of light from  heaven is let in1
 their human forms appear changed into  
monstrous  forms1 such as they are in   
themselves 7as has been described       
above74  ,for in the light of heaven    
everything appears as it is in itself4  

,for  this reason they shun the light of
 heaven and cast themselves down  into  
their own light1 which is like that from
 lighted coals1 and in  some cases like 
that from burning sulphur2 but this     
light also is  turned into mere thick   
darkness when any light from heaven     
flows in  upon it4 ,this is why the     
hells are said to be in thick darkness  
and  in darkness2 and why thick darkness
 and darkness signify  falsities derived
 from evil1 such as are in hell4        
#eed4 ,from an inspection of these      
monstrous forms of spirits in the  hells
 7which1 as ,i have said1 are all forms 
of contempt of others and  of menaces   
against those who do not pay them honor 
and respect1 also  forms of hatred and  
revenge against those who do not favor  
them71 it  became evident that in       
general they were all forms of the love 
of  self and the love of the world2 and 
that the evils of which these are  the  
specific forms have their origin in     
these two loves4 ,moreover1 ,i  have    

been told from heaven1 and it has been  
proved to me by much  experience1 that  
these two loves1 the love of self and   
the love of  the world1 rule in the     
hells and constitute the hells as love  
to the  ,lord and love towards the      
neighbor rule in the heavens and        
constitute  the heavens2 also that the  
two loves that are the loves of hell and
  the two loves that are the loves of   
heaven are diametrically opposite  to   
each other4      #eee4 ,at first ,i     
wondered how it is that love of self and
 love of the  world could be so         
diabolical1 and how those who are in    
these loves  could be such monsters in  
appearance2 for in the world not much   
thought is given to love of self1 but   
only to that elated state of  mind in   
external matters which is called        
haughtiness1 and that alone1  being so  
apparent to the sight1 is regarded as   
love of self4  ,furthermore1 love of    
self1 when it is not so displayed1 is   
believed  in the world to be the very   

fire of life by which man is stimulated 
to seek employment and to perform uses1 
and if he found no honor or  glory in   
these his mind would grow torpid4 ,it is
 asked1 ,who has ever  done any worthy1 
useful1 and distinguished deed except   
for the sake  of being praised and      
honored by others1 or regarded with     
esteem and  honor by others8 ,and can   
this be from any other source than the  
fire  of love for glory and honor1      
consequently for self4 ,for this reason1
  it is unknown in the world that love  
of self1 regarded in itself1 is  the    
love that rules in hell and constitutes 
hell in man4 ,this being  so ,i will    
first describe what the love of self is1
 and then will show  that all evils and 
their falsities spring from that love as
 their  fountain4      #eef4 ,the love  
of self is wishing well to oneself      
alone1 and to others  only for the sake 
of self1 even to the church1 one's      
country1 or any  human society4 ,it     
consists also in doing good to all these

 solely for  the sake of one's own      
reputation1 honor1 and glory2 and unless
 these  are seen in the uses he performs
 in behalf of others he says in his     
heart1 ,how does it concern me8 ,why    
should ,i do this8 ,what shall ,i get   
from it8 and therefore he does not do   
it4 ,evidently1 then1 he who is  in the 
love of self does not love the church or
 his country or  society1 nor any use1  
but himself alone4 ,his delight is      
solely the  delight of the love of self2
 and as the delight that comes forth    
from  his love is what constitutes the  
life of man1 his life is a life of      
self2 and a life of self is a life from 
what is man's own1 and what  is man's   
own1 regarded in itself1 is nothing but 
evil4 ,he who loves  himself loves also 
those who belong to him1 that is1 in    
particular1  his children and           
grandchildren1 and in general1 all who  
are at one  with him1 whom he calls his4
 ,to love these is to love himself1 for 
he  regards them as it were in himself1 

and himself in them4 ,among those  whom 
he calls his are also all who commend1  
honor1 and pay their  court to him4     
#eeg4 ,what love of self is can be seen 
by comparing it with heavenly  love4    
,heavenly love consists in loving uses  
for the sake of uses1 or  goods for the 
sake of goods1 which are done by man in 
behalf of the  church1 his country1     
human society1 and a fellow-citizen2 for
 this is  loving ,god and loving the    
neighbor1 since all uses and all goods  
are  from ,god1 and are the neighbor who
 is to be loved4 ,but he who loves      
these for the sake of himself loves them
 merely as servants1 because  they are  
serviceable to him2 consequently it is  
the will of one who  is in self-love    
that the church1 his country1 human     
societies1 and  his fellow citizens1    
should serve him1 and not he them1 for  
he places  himself above them and places
 them beneath himself4 ,therefore so far
  as any one is in love of self he      
separates himself from heaven1  because 

he separates himself from heavenly love4
      #eeh4 a4 ,furthermore1 so far as  
any one is in heavenly love1 which      
consists in loving uses and goods and   
being moved by delight of heart  when   
doing them for the sake of the church1  
country1 human society1  and ones       
fellow-citizens1 he is so far led by the
 ,lord1 because that  love is the love  
in which the ,lord is1 and which is from
 ,him4 ,but so  far as any one is in the
 love of self1 which consists in        
performing  uses and goods for the sake 
of himself1 so far he is led by himself2
  and so far as any one is led by       
himself he is not led by the ,lord4     
,and from this it also follows that so  
far as any one loves himself he         
separates himself from the ,divine1 thus
 also from heaven4 ,to be led  by one's 
self is to be led by what is one's own2 
and what is man's  own is nothing but   
evil2 for man's inherited evil consists 
in loving  self more than ,god1 and the 
world more than heaven4#a ,whenever man 

looks to himself in the good that he    
does he is let into what is his  own1   
that is1 into his inherited evils for he
 then looks from good to  himself and   
from himself to good1 and therefore he  
presents an image  of himself in his    
good1 and not an image of the ,divine4  
,that this is  so has also been proved  
to me by experience4 ,there are evil    
spirits  whose dwelling places are in   
the middle quarter between the north and
  the west1 beneath the heavens1 who are
 skilled in the art of leading          
well-disposed spirits into their nature 
proprium and thus into  evils of various
 kinds4 ,this they do by leading them   
into thoughts  about themselves1 either 
openly by praises and honors1 or        
secretly by  directing their affections 
to themselves2 and so far as this is    
done  they turn the faces of the        
well-disposed spirits away from heaven1 
and to the same extent they obscure     
their understanding and call  forth     
evils from what is their own4           

,footnote #a ,man's own1 which he       
derives by inheritance from    his      
parents1 is nothing but dense evil 7n4  
#baj1 #bae1 #gca1 #hgf1    #ihg1 #ajdg1 
#bcjg1 #bcjh1 #ceah1 #cgja1 #chab1      
#hdhj1 #heej1 #ajbhc1    #ajbhd1 #ajbhf1
 #ajgca74 ,man's own is loving self more
 than ,god1    and the world more than  
heaven1 and making nothing of one's     
neighbor in comparison with oneself1    
except for the sake of    self1 that is 
one's own self2 thus it consists in love
 of self    and of the world 7n4 #fid1  
#gca1 #dcag1 #effj74 ,all evils flow    
from    the love of self and the love of
 the world when these    predominate 7n4
 #acjg1 #acjh1 #acba1 #aeid1 #afia1     
#cdac1 #gbee1 #gcgf1    #gdhh1 #gdhi1   
#hcah1 #icce1 #icdh1 #ajjch1 #ajgdb74   
,these evils are    contempt of others1 
enmity1 hatred1 revenge1 cruelty1 deceit
    7n4 #fffg1 #gcgj1 #gcgd1 #icdh1     
#ajjch1 #ajgdb74 ,from these evils all  
falsity flows 7n4 #ajdg1 #ajbhc1 #ajbhd1
 #ajbhf74      #eeh4 b4 ,that the love  

of self is the opposite of love to the  
neighbor can be seen from the origin and
 essence of both4 ,the love of  the     
neighbor of one who is in the love of   
self begins with oneself1  for he claims
 that everyone is neighbor to himself2  
and it goes forth  from him as its      
center to all who make one with him1    
diminishing in  accordance with the     
degree of their conjunction with him by 
love4 ,all  outside of this circle are  
regarded as of no account2 and those who
  are opposed to those in the circle and
 to their evils are accounted  as       
enemies1 whatever their character may   
be1 however wise1 upright1  honest1 or  
just4 ,but spiritual love to the        
neighbor begins with the  ,lord1 and    
goes forth from ,him as its center to   
all who are conjoined  to ,him by love  
and faith1 going forth in accordance    
with the quality  of their love and     
faith4#a ,evidently1 then1 the love of  
the neighbor  that has its beginning in 
man is the opposite of the love to the  

neighbor that has its beginning in the  
,lord2 and the former proceeds  from    
evil because it proceeds from what is   
man's own1 while the  latter proceeds   
from good because it proceeds from the  
,lord1 who is  good itself4 ,evidently1 
also1 the love of the neighbor that     
proceeds  from man and from what is his 
own is corporeal1 while the love to the 
neighbor that proceeds from the ,lord is
 heavenly4 ,in a word1 in the  man in   
whom love of self prevails that love    
constitutes the head1 and  heavenly love
 constitutes the feet4 ,on that love he 
stands2 and if it  does not serve him he
 tramples it under foot4 ,this is the   
cause of  the appearance that those who 
are cast down into hell fall with the   
head downward towards hell1 and with the
 feet upwards towards heaven  7see      
above1 n4 #edh74      ,footnote #a      
,those who do not know what it is to    
love the    neighbor imagine every man  
to be a neighbor1 and that good is    to
 be done to everyone who is in need of  

help 7n4 #fgjd74 ,they    also believe  
that everyone is neighbor to himself1   
and thus    that love to the neighbor   
begins with self 7n4 #ficc74 ,those who 
love themselves above all things1 that  
is1 with whom self-love    prevails1    
also make love to the neighbor to begin 
with    themselves 7n4 #fgaj74 ,in what 
manner everyone is neighbor to          
himself1 explained 7n4 #ficc-fich74 ,but
 those who are    ,christians and who   
love ,god above all things make love to 
the    neighbor to begin with the ,lord1
 because ,he is to be loved    above all
 things 7n4 #fgjf1 #fgaa1 #fhai1 #fhbd74
 ,the distinctions    of neighbor are as
 many as the distinctions of good from  
the    ,lord1 and there should be       
distinction in doing good to everyone   
in accordance with the quality of his   
state1 and this is a    matter of       
,christian prudence 7n4 #fgjg1 #fgji1   
#fgaa1 #fhah74 ,these    distinctions   
are innumerable1 and for this reason the
 ancients1    who knew what is meant by 

the neighbor1 reduced the exercises     
of charity into classes1 which they     
denoted by suitable names1    and from  
this knew in what respect everyone was a
 neighbor1 and    in what manner good   
was to be done to everyone with prudence
    7n4 #bdag1 #ffbh1 #fgje1            
#gbei-gbfb74 ,the doctrine in the       
ancient    churches was the doctrine of 
charity towards the neighbor1 and       
from this they had wisdom 7n4 #bdag1    
#bche1 #cdai1 #cdbj1 #dhdd1    #ffbh74  
#eei4 ,again1 love of self is such that 
so far as the reins are given  it1 that 
is1 so far as external bonds are        
removed1 which are fears of  the law and
 its penalties1 and of the loss of      
reputation1 honor1  gain1 employment1   
and life1 so far it rushes on until it  
finally  longs to rule not only over the
 entire world but also over the entire  
heaven1 and over the ,divine ,himself1  
knowing no limit or end4 ,this          
propensity lurks hidden in everyone who 
is in love of self1 although  it is not 

manifest to the world1 where it is held 
in check by such  bonds as have been    
mentioned4 ,everyone can see examples of
 this in  potentates and kings who are  
subject to no such restraints and bonds1
  but rush on and subjugate provinces   
and kingdoms so far as they are         
successful1 and aspire to power and     
glory without limit2 and still  more    
strikingly in the ,babylon of this day1 
which has extended its  dominion into   
heaven1 and has transferred to itself   
all the ,divine  power of the ,lord1 and
 continually lusts for more4 ,that such 
men1  when they have entered after death
 the other life1 are directly  opposed  
to the ,divine and to heaven1 and are on
 the side of hell1 can  be seen in the  
little work on ,the ,last ,judgment and 
the ,destruction  of ,babylon4          
#efj4 ,picture to yourself a society of 
such persons1 all of whom love          
themselves alone and love others only so
 far as they make one with  themselves1 
and you will see that their love is     

precisely like the  love of thieves for 
each other1 who embrace and call one    
another  friends so long as they are    
acting together2 but when they cease to 
act together and discard their          
subordination to one another1 they  rise
 up against and murder one another4     
,when the interiors or the  minds of    
such are explored they will be seen to  
be full of bitter  hatred one against   
another1 and at heart will laugh at all 
justice  and honesty1 and likewise at   
the ,divine1 which they reject as of no 
account4 ,this is still more evident in 
the societies of such in the  hells     
treated of below4      #efa4 ,the       
interiors pertaining to the thoughts and
 affections of those  who love          
themselves above all things are turned  
towards themselves  and the world1 and  
thus are turned away from the ,lord and 
from  heaven2 and consequently they are 
obsessed with evils of every kind1  and 
the ,divine cannot flow in2 for if it   
does flow in it is instantly  submerged 

in thoughts of self1 and is defiled1 and
 is also mingled  with the evils that   
flow from what is their own4 ,this is   
why all such  in the other life look    
backwards away from the ,lord1 and      
towards the  densely dark body that is  
there in the place of the sun of the    
world1  and is diametrically opposite to
 the sun of heaven1 which is the ,lord  
7see above1 n4 #abc74 ,thick darkness   
signifies evil1 and the sun of  the     
world the love of self4#a      ,footnote
 #a ,the sun of the world signifies the 
love of self    7n4 #bdda74 ,in this    
sense to worship the sun signifies to   
worship those things that are           
antagonistic to heavenly love and    to 
the ,lord 7n4 #bdda1 #ajehd74 ,the sun's
 growing hot means an    increasing lust
 of evil 7n4 #hdhg74      #efb4 ,the    
evils of those who are in the love of   
self are1 in general1  contempt of      
others1 envy1 enmity against all who do 
not favor them1  and consequent         
hostility1 hatred of various kinds1     

revenge1 cunning1  deceit1              
unmercifulness1 and cruelty2 and in     
respect to religious  matters there is  
not merely a contempt for the ,divine   
and for ,divine  things1 which are the  
truths and goods of the church1 but also
  hostility to them4 ,when man becomes a
 spirit this hostility is turned  into  
hatred2 and then he not only cannot     
endure to hear these truths  and goods  
mentioned1 he even burns with hatred    
against all who  acknowledge and worship
 the ,divine4 ,i once talked with a     
certain  spirit who in the world had    
been a man in authority1 and had loved  
self to an unusual degree2 and when he  
simply heard some one mention  the      
,divine1 and especially when he heard   
him mention the ,lord1 he was  so       
excited by hatred arising from anger as 
to burn with the desire to  kill2 and   
when the reins of his love were loosened
 he wished to be  the devil himself1    
that from his love of self he might     
continually  infest heaven4 ,this is the

 desire also of some of the ,papist     
religion  when they perceive in the     
other life that the ,lord has all power 
and  they have none4      #efc4 ,certain
 spirits were seen by me in the western 
quarter towards  the south1 who said    
that they had been in positions of great
 dignity  in the world1 and that they   
deserved to be more highly esteemed than
  others and to rule over others4 ,their
 interior character was explored  by    
angels1 and it was found that in their  
offices in the world they  had not      
looked to uses but to themselves1 and   
thus that they had set  themselves      
before uses4 ,but as they were very     
eager and importunate  to be set over   
others they were allowed to associate   
with those who  were consulting about   
matters of great importance2 but it was 
perceived that they were unable to give 
any thought to the business  under      
discussion1 or to see matters as they   
are in themselves1 or to  speak with    
reference to the use of the thing1 but  

were able to speak  only with reference 
to self1 and that they wished to act    
from what is  pleasing on the ground of 
favor4 ,they were therefore dismissed   
from  that duty1 and left to seek       
employment for themselves elsewhere4    
,therefore they went further into the   
western quarter1 where they were        
received here and there1 but everywhere 
were told that they thought  only of    
themselves1 and of no business except   
with reference to self1  and for this   
reason were stupid and like merely      
sensual corporeal  spirits4 ,on this    
account wheresoever they went they were 
sent away4  ,some time afterwards they  
were seen reduced to a destitute state  
and  asking alms4 ,thus it was made     
clear that those who are in the love of 
self1 however from the fire of that love
 they may seem to speak in  the world   
wisely1 speak merely from the memory1   
and not from any  rational light4       
,therefore in the other life1 when they 
are no longer  permitted to bring forth 

the things of the natural memory1 they  
are  more stupid than others1 and for   
the reason that they are separated  from
 the ,divine4      #efd4 ,there are two 
kinds of dominion1 one of love towards  
the  neighbor and the other of love of  
self4 ,these two dominions in their     
essence are direct opposites4 ,one who  
rules from love towards the  neighbor   
wills good to all1 and loves nothing so 
much as uses1 that  is1 serving others2 
which is willing good to others and     
performing  uses1 either to the church1 
or to the country1 or to society1 or to 
a  fellow citizen4 ,this is his love and
 the delight of his heart4  ,moreover1  
so far as he is exalted to dignities    
above others he  rejoices1 not for the  
sake of the dignities but for the sake  
of the  uses he is then able to perform 
in greater abundance and of a higher    
order4 ,such dominion exists in the     
heavens4 #b ,but one who rules  from the
 love of self wills good to no one      
except himself2 the uses  he performs   

are for the sake of his own honor and   
glory1 which to him  are the only uses2 
his end in serving others is that he may
 himself  be served1 honored1 and       
permitted to rule2 he seeks dignities   
not for  the sake of the good offices he
 may render to his country and the      
church1 but that he may gain eminence   
and glory and thereby the  delight of   
his heart4 #c ,moreover this love of    
dominion continues  with everyone after 
his life in the world4 ,those that have 
ruled from  love towards the neighbor   
are entrusted with authority in the     
heavens2 but then it is not they who    
rule1 but the uses which they  love2 and
 when uses rule the ,lord rules4 ,but   
those who have ruled  while in the world
 are in hell1 and are there vile slaves4
 ,i have  seen those who had power in   
the world1 but who exercised dominion   
from love of self1 cast out among the   
most vile1 and some among those  who are
 in excrementitious places4      #efe4  
,but in respect to the love of the      

world3 it is a love opposed to  heavenly
 love in a less degree than love of     
self1 because the evils  hidden within  
it are lesser evils4 ,the love of the   
world consists in  one's desiring to    
secure to himself1 by any kind of       
artifice1 the  wealth of others1 and in 
setting his heart upon riches1 and      
permitting the world to draw him and    
lead him away from spiritual  love1     
which is love towards the neighbor1 and 
thus from heaven and  from the ,divine4 
,but this love is manifold4 ,there is a 
love of wealth  for the sake of being   
exalted to honors1 when these alone are 
loved4  ,there is a love of honors and  
dignities with a view to the increase   
of wealth4 ,there is a love of wealth   
for the sake of various uses  that give 
delight in the world4 ,there is a love  
of wealth merely for  the sake of       
wealth1 which is a miserly love2 and so 
on4 ,the end for  the sake of which     
wealth is sought is called its use2 and 
it is the  end or use that gives to love

 its quality2 for the love is such as is
  the end in view1 and all other things 
merely serve it as means4        #eff4  
,,lviv4 ,,what ,,hell ,,fire ,,is ,,and 
,,what ,,the ,,gnashing ,,of ,,teeth    
,,is4    ,what eternal fire is1 and what
 the gnashing of teeth is1 which are    
mentioned in the ,word in reference to  
those who are in hell1 scarcely  any one
 as yet has known1 because the contents 
of the ,word have been  thought about   
only in a material way1 and nothing has 
been known  about its spiritual sense4  
,so fire has been understood by some to 
mean material fire1 by others to mean   
torment in general1 by others  remorse  
of conscience1 and others have held that
 it is mentioned  merely to excite      
terror in the wicked4 ,likewise some    
have supposed  the gnashing of teeth to 
mean actual gnashing1 and some only a   
horror1 such as is excited when such a  
collision of teeth is heard4  ,but any  
one who is acquainted with the spiritual
 meaning of the ,word  may know what    

eternal fire is1 and what the gnashing  
of teeth is2 for  every expression and  
every meaning of the expressions in the 
,word  contains a spiritual meaning1    
since the ,word in its bosom is         
spiritual2 and what is spiritual can be 
set before man only in  natural forms of
 expression1 because man is in the      
natural world and  thinks from the      
things of that world4 ,therefore it     
shall now be told  what is meant by     
eternal fire and the gnashing of teeth  
into  which the spirits of evil men     
enter after death1 or which their       
spirits1 then in the spiritual world1   
endure4      #efg4 ,there are two       
origins of heat1 one the sun of heaven  
which is  the ,lord1 and the other the  
sun of the world4 ,the heat that is from
  the sun of heaven1 that is1 the ,lord1
 is spiritual heat2 and this in  its    
essence is love 7see above1 n4          
#abf-adj72 but the heat from the  sun of
 the world is natural heat1 and this in 
its essence is not  love1 but serves    

spiritual heat or love as a receptacle4 
,evidently  love in its essence is heat1
 since it is love1 in accord with its   
degree and quality1 that gives heat to  
the mind1 and thence to the  body2 and  
this man experiences as well in the     
winter as in the  summer4 ,the heating  
of the blood is from the same source4   
,that the  natural heat that springs    
from the sun of the world serves        
spiritual  heat as a receptacle is      
evident from the heat of the body1 which
 is  excited by the heat of its spirit1 
and is a kind of substitute for  that   
heat in the body4 ,it is especially     
evident from the spring and  summer heat
 in animals of every kind which then    
annually renew their  loves4 #b ,it is  
not the natural heat that produces this 
effect1 but  it disposes their bodies to
 receive the heat that flows into them  
from the spiritual world2 for the       
spiritual world flows into the  natural 
as cause into effect4 ,whoever believes 
that natural heat  produces these loves 

is much deceived1 for influx is from the
  spiritual world into the natural      
world1 and not from the natural  world  
into the spiritual2 and as all love     
belongs to the life itself  it is       
spiritual4 #c ,again1 he who believes   
that any thing comes  forth in the      
natural world without influx from the   
spiritual world is  deceived1 for what  
is natural comes forth and continues to 
exist only  from what is spiritual4     
,furthermore1 the subjects of the       
vegetable  kingdom derive their         
germinations from influx out of the     
spiritual  world4 ,the natural heat of  
spring time and summer merely disposes  
the  seeds into their natural forms by  
expanding and opening them so that      
influx from the spiritual world can     
there act as a cause4 ,these  things are
 mentioned to make clear that there are 
two kinds of heat1  spiritual heat and  
natural heat2 and that spiritual heat is
 from the  sun of heaven and natural    
heat from the sun of the world1 and that

  influx and consequent cooperation     
produce the effects that appear  before 
the eyes in the world4#a      ,footnote 
#a ,there is an influx from the         
spiritual world into    the natural     
world 7n4 #fjec-fjeh1 #fahi-fbae1       
#fcjg-fcbg1    #fdff-fdie1 #feih-ffbf74 
,there is also an influx into the lives 
of animals 7n4 #ehej74 ,and into the    
subjects of the vegetable    kingdom 7n4
 #cfdh74 ,this influx is a continual    
endeavor to act    in accordance with   
the ,divine order 7n4 #fbaa at the end74
      #efh4 ,spiritual heat in man is   
the heat of his life1 because1 as was   
said above1 it is in its essence love4  
,this heat is what is meant in  the     
,word by fire1 love to the ,lord and    
love towards the neighbor by  heavenly  
fire1 and love of self and love of the  
world by infernal  fire4      #efi4     
,infernal fire or love springs from a   
like origin as heavenly  fire or love1  
namely1 the sun of heaven1 or the ,lord2
 but it is made  infernal by those who  

receive it4 ,for all influx from the    
spiritual  world varies in accordance   
with reception1 that is1 in accordance  
with the forms into which it flows1 just
 as it is with the heat and  light from 
the sun of the world4 ,the heat from    
that sun flowing into  shrubberies and  
beds of flowers produces vegetation1 and
 draws forth  grateful and sweet odors2 
but the same heat flowing into          
excrementitious and decaying substances 
produces putrefactions1 and  draws forth
 rank and disgusting stenches4 ,in like 
manner the light  from the same sun     
produces in one subject beautiful and   
pleasing  colors1 in another unbeautiful
 and disagreeable colors4 ,the same is  
true of the heat and light from the sun 
of heaven1 which is love4  ,when the    
heat1 or love1 from that sun flows into 
good1 as it does in  good men and       
angels1 it makes their good fruitful2   
but when it flows  into the evil it     
produces a contrary effect1 for their   
evils either  suffocate it or pervert   

it4 ,in like manner when the light of   
heaven  flows into the truths of good it
 imparts intelligence and wisdom2 but   
when it flows into the falsities of evil
 it is turned into insanities  and      
phantasies of various kinds4 ,thus in   
every instance the result is  in        
accordance with reception4      #egj4   
,as infernal fire is the love of self   
and of the world it is also  every lust 
of these loves1 since lust is love in   
its continuity1 for  what a man loves he
 continually lusts after4 ,infernal fire
 is also  delight1 since what a man     
loves and lusts after he perceives1 when
 he  obtains it1 to be delightful4      
,man's delight of heart is from no other
  source4 ,infernal fire1 therefore1 is 
the lust and delight that spring  from  
these two loves as their origins4 ,the  
evils flowing from these  loves are     
contempt of others1 enmity1 and         
hostility against those who  do not     
favor them1 envy1 hatred1 and revenge1  
and from these  fierceness and cruelty2 

and in respect to the ,divine they are  
denial  and consequent contempt1        
derision1 and detraction of the holy    
things  of the church2 and after death1 
when man becomes a spirit1 these  evils 
are changed to anger and hatred against 
these holy things 7see  above1 n4 #efb74
 ,and as these evils breathe forth      
continually the  destruction and murder 
of those whom they account as enemies1  
and  against whom they burn with hatred 
and revenge1 so it is the delight  of   
their life to will to destroy and kill1 
and so far as they are  unable to do    
this1 to will to do mischief1 to injure1
 and to exercise  cruelty4 #b ,such is  
the meaning of fire in the ,word1 where 
the  evil and the hells are treated of1 
some passages from which ,i will  here  
quote in the way of proof3              
,everyone is a hypocrite and an evil    
doer1 and every mouth       speaketh    
folly4 ,for wickedness burneth as the   
fire2 it       devoureth the briers and 
thorns1 and kindleth in the             

thickets of the forests1 and they roll  
upward in the       rising of smoke2 and
 the people is become like food for     
fire2 no man spareth his brother 7,isa4 
#i3ag-ai74         ,i will show wonders 
in the heavens1 and in the earth blood  
and fire1 and pillars of smoke2 the sun 
shall be turned       into darkness     
7,joel #b3cj1 #ca74         ,the land   
shall become burning pitch2 it shall not
 be       quenched night nor day2 the   
smoke thereof shall go up       forever 
7,isa4 #cd3i1 #aj74         ,behold the 
day cometh burning as a furnace1 and all
 the       proud and every worker of    
wickedness shall be stubble2 and        
the day that cometh shall set them on   
fire 7,mal4 #d3a74         ,babylon is  
become a habitation of demons4 ,they    
cried out       as they saw the smoke of
 her burning4 ,her smoke goeth up       
unto the ages of the ages 7,apoc4 #ah3b1
 #ah2 #ai3c74         ,he opened the pit
 of the abyss1 and there went up a smoke
       out of the pit as the smoke of a 

great furnace2 and the       sun was    
darkened1 and the air1 by the smoke of  
the pit       7,apoc4 #i3b74            
,out of the mouth of the horses went    
forth fire and smoke       and          
brimstone2 by these was the third part  
of men killed1       by the fire and by 
the smoke and by the brimstone 7,apoc4  
#d3ag1 #ah74         ,if any one adores 
the beast he shall drink of the wine of 
the wrath of ,god mixed with unmixed    
wine in the cup of ,his       anger1 and
 shall be tormented with fire and       
brimstone       7,apoc4 #af3i1 #aj74    
,the fourth angel poured out his bowl   
upon the sun2 and it       was given    
unto it to scorch men with fire2        
therefore men       were scorched with  
great heat 7,apoc4 #af3h1 #i74          
,they were cast into a lake burning with
 fire and brimstone       7,apoc4       
#ai3bj2 #bj3ad1 #ae2 #ba3h74            
,every tree that bringeth not forth good
 fruit shall be       hewn down and cast
 into the fire 7,matt4 #c3aj2 ,luke     

#c3i74         ,the ,son of man shall   
send ,his angels1 and they shall        
gather out of ,his kingdom all things   
that cause stumbling       and them that
 do iniquity1 and shall cast them into a
       furnace of fire 7,matt4 #ac3da1  
#db1 #ej74         ,the ,king shall say 
to them that are on the left hand1      
,depart from ,me1 ye cursed1 into       
eternal fire1 prepared for       the    
devil and his angels 7,matt4 #be3da74   
,they shall be sent into everlasting    
fire1 into the hell of       fire1 where
 their worm shall not die1 and the fire 
shall       not be quenched 7,matt4     
#ah3h1 #i2 ,mark #i3dc-di74         ,the
 rich man in hell said to ,abraham that 
he was tormented       in flame 7,luke  
#af3bd74    ,in these and in many other 
passages fire means the lust pertaining 
to love of self and love of the world1  
and the smoke therefrom  means falsity  
from evil4      #ega4 ,as the lust of   
doing the evils that are from the love  
of self  and of the world is meant by   

infernal fire1 and as such is the lust  
of all in the hells 7as shown in the    
foregoing chapter7 so when the  hells   
are opened there is an appearance of    
fire with smoke1 such as  is seen in    
conflagrations1 a dense fire from the   
hells where the love  of self prevails1 
and a flaming fire from the hells where 
love of the  world prevails4 ,but when  
the hells are closed this fiery         
appearance  is not seen1 but in its     
place there is a kind of obscurity like 
a  condensation of smoke2 although the  
fire still rages within1 as can  be seen
 by the heat exhaling therefrom1 which  
is like the heat from  the burnt ruins  
after a fire1 and in some places like   
the heat from a  heated furnace1 in     
others like the heat from a hot bath4   
,when this  heat flows into man it      
excites lusts in him1 and in evil men   
hatred  and revenge1 and in the sick    
insanities4 ,such is the fire or such   
the  heat that affects those who are in 
the above-mentioned loves1 because  in  

respect to their spirit they are        
attached to those hells1 even  while    
living in the body4 ,but it must be     
understood that those who  are in the   
hells are not in fire2 the fire is an   
appearance2 those  there are conscious  
of no burning1 but only of a warmth like
 that  which they had felt when in the  
world4 ,this appearance of fire is  from
 correspondence1 since love corresponds 
to fire1 and all things  seen in the    
spiritual world are seen in accordance  
with  correspondences4      #egb4 ,it   
must be noted that this infernal fire or
 heat is changed into  intense cold when
 heat from heaven flows in2 and those   
who are in it  then shiver like those   
seized with chills and fever1 and are   
inwardly  distressed2 and for the reason
 that they are in direct opposition to  
the ,divine2 and the heat of heaven     
7which is ,divine love7  extinguishes   
the heat of hell 7which is the love of  
self71 and with  it the fire of their   
life2 and this is the cause of such cold

 and  consequent shivering and distress4
 ,this is accompanied by thick  darkness
 and by infatuation and mutual blindness
 therefrom4 ,but this  rarely happens1  
and only when outbreaks that have       
increased beyond  measure need to be    
repressed4      #egc4 ,since infernal   
fire means every lust for doing evil    
that flows  forth from the love of self1
 this fire means also such torment as   
exists in the hells4 ,for the lust from 
that love is a lust for  injuring others
 who do not honor1 venerate and worship 
oneself2 and  in proportion to the anger
 thereby excited1 and the hatred and    
revenge from that anger1 is there a lust
 for venting one's rage upon  them4     
,when such lust is active in everyone in
 a society1 and is  restrained by no    
external bond1 such as the fear of the  
law1 and of  the loss of reputation1    
honor1 gain1 and life1 everyone from the
  impulse of his own evil rushes upon   
another2 and so far as he  prevails     
subjugates the rest and subjects them to

 his dominion1 and  vents his rage with 
delight upon those who do not submit    
themselves4  ,this delight is so        
intimately united with the delight of   
bearing rule  that they exist in the    
same measure1 since the delight of doing
 harm  is contained in all enmity1 envy1
 hatred1 and revenge1 which as said     
above1 are the evils of that love4 ,all 
the hells are such societies1  and in   
consequence everyone there bears hatred 
in his heart against  others1 and from  
hatred bursts forth into cruelty so far 
as he has  power4 ,these cruelties and  
their torments are also meant by        
infernal  fire1 since they are the      
effects of lusts4      #egd4 ,it has    
been shown above 7n4 #edh7 that an evil 
spirit casts  himself into hell of his  
own accord4 ,it shall now be told in a  
few  words how this comes about1 when   
yet there are in hell such torments4    
,from every hell there exhales a sphere 
of the lusts of those who are  in it4   
,whenever this sphere is perceived by   

one who is in a like lust  he is        
affected at heart and filled with       
delight1 for lust and its  delight make 
one1 since whatever one lusts after is  
delightful to  him2 and because of this 
a spirit turns himself hellwards1 and   
from  delight of heart lusts to go      
thither1 since he does not yet know that
  such torments exist there1 although he
 who knows it still lusts to go  there4 
,for no one in the spiritual world can  
resist his lust1 because  his lust      
belongs to his love1 and his love       
belongs to his will1 and  his will      
belongs to his nature1 and everyone     
there acts from his  nature4 #b ,when1  
therefore1 a spirit of his own accord   
and from his  freedom drifts towards his
 hell and enters it1 he is received at  
first in a friendly manner1 which makes 
him believe that he has come  among     
friends4 ,but this continues for a few  
hours only4 ,in the  meanwhile he is    
explored in respect to his astuteness   
and consequent  ability2 and when this  

has been done they begin to infest him1 
and  this by various methods1 and with  
gradually greater severity and          
vehemence4 ,this is accomplished by     
introducing him more interiorly  and    
deeply into hell2 for the more interior 
and deeper the hell the  more malignant 
are the spirits4 ,after these           
infestations they begin  to treat him   
cruelly by punishments1 and this goes on
 until he is  reduced to the condition  
of a slave4 #c ,but rebellious movements
 are  continually springing up there1   
since everyone wishes to be greatest1   
and burns with hatred against the       
others2 and in consequence new          
uprisings occur1 and thus one scene is  
changed into another1 and  those who are
 made slaves are delivered that they may
 assist some new  devil to subjugate    
others2 and again those who refuse to   
submit and  render implicit obedience   
are tormented in various ways2 and so on
  continually4 ,such torments are the   
torments of hell1 which are called  hell

 fire4      #ege4 ,gnashing of teeth is 
the continual contention and combat of  
falsities with each other1 consequently 
of those who are in  falsities1 joined  
with contempt of others1 with enmity1   
mockery1  ridicule1 blaspheming2 and    
these evils burst forth into lacerations
  of various kinds2 since everyone      
fights for his own falsity and calls  it
 truth4 ,these contentions and combats  
are heard outside of these  hells like  
the gnashings of teeth2 and are also    
turned into gnashings  of teeth when    
truths from heaven flow in among them4  
,in these hells  are all who have       
acknowledged nature and have denied the 
,divine4 ,in  the deeper of these hells 
are those that have confirmed themselves
 in  such denials4 ,as such are unable  
to receive any thing of light from      
heaven1 and are thus unable to see any  
thing inwardly in themselves1  they are 
for the most part corporeal sensual     
spirits1 who believe  nothing except    
what they see with their eyes and touch 

with their  hands4 ,therefore all the   
fallacies of the senses are truths to   
them2  and it is from these that they   
dispute4 ,this is why their contentions 
are heard as gnashings of teeth2 for in 
the spiritual world all  falsities give 
a grating sound1 and the teeth          
correspond to the  outmost things in    
nature and to the outmost things in man1
 which are  corporeal sensual4#a 7,that 
there is gnashing of teeth in the hells 
may be seen in ,matthew #h3ab2 #ac3db1  
#ej2 #bb3ac2 #bd3ea2 #be3cj2 ,luke      
#ac3bh47      ,footnote #a ,the         
correspondence of the teeth 7n4         
#eefe-eefh74    ,those who are purely   
sensual and have scarcely anything of   
spiritual light correspond to the teeth 
7n4 #eefe74 ,in the ,word    a tooth    
signifies the sensual1 which is the     
outmost of the life    of man 7n4 #ijeb1
 #ijfb74 ,gnashing of teeth in the other
 life    comes from those who believe   
that nature is everything and the       
,divine nothing 7n4 #eefh74        #egf4

 ,,lx4 ,,the ,,malice ,,and ,,heinous   
,,artifices ,,of ,,infernal ,,spirits   
,in what way spirits are superior to men
 everyone can see and  comprehend who   
thinks interiorly and knows any thing of
 the operation  of his own mind2 for in 
his mind he can consider1 evolve1 and   
form  conclusions upon more subjects in 
a single moment than he can utter  or   
express in writing in half an hour4     
,this shows the superiority of  man when
 he is in his spirit1 and therefore when
 he becomes a spirit4  ,for it is the   
spirit that thinks1 and it is the body  
by which the  spirit expresses its      
thoughts in speech or writing4 ,in      
consequence of  this1 when man after    
death becomes an angel he is in         
intelligence and  wisdom ineffable in   
comparison with his intelligence and    
wisdom while  he lived in the world2 for
 while he lived in the world his spirit 
was  bound to his body1 and was thereby 
in the natural world2 and  therefore    
whatever he thought spiritually flowed  

into natural ideas1  which are          
comparatively general1 gross1 and       
obscure1 and which are  incapable of    
receiving innumerable things that       
pertain to spiritual  thought2 and which
 infold spiritual thought in the        
obscurities that  arise from worldly    
cares4 ,it is otherwise when the spirit 
is released  from the body and comes    
into its spiritual state1 which takes   
place  when it passes out of the natural
 world into the spiritual world to      
which it belongs4 ,from what has already
 been said it is evident that  the state
 of its thoughts and affections is then 
immeasurably  superior to its former    
state4 ,because of this the thoughts of 
angels  are ineffable and inexpressible1
 and are therefore incapable of         
entering into the natural thoughts of   
man2 and yet every angel was  born a    
man1 and has lived as a man1 and he then
 seemed to himself to  be no wiser than 
any other like man4      #egg4 ,in the  
same degree in which angels have wisdom 

and intelligence  infernal spirits have 
malice and cunning2 for the case is the 
same1  since the spirit of man when     
released from the body is in his good or
  in his evil--if an angelic spirit in  
his good1 and if an infernal  spirit in 
his evil4 ,every spirit is his own good 
or his own evil  because he is his own  
love1 as has been often said and shown  
above4  ,therefore as an angelic spirit 
thinks1 wills1 speaks1 and acts1 from   
his good1 an infernal spirit does this  
from his evil2 and to think1  will1     
speak1 and act from evil itself1 is to  
think1 will1 speak1 and  act from all   
things included in the evil4 #b ,so long
 as man lived in  the body it was       
different1 since the evil of the spirit 
was then  under the restraints that     
every man feels from the law1 from hope 
of  gain1 from honor1 from reputation1  
and from the fear of losing these2  and 
therefore the evil of his spirit could  
not then burst forth and  show what it  
was in itself4 ,moreover1 the evil of   

the spirit of man  then lay wrapped up  
and veiled in outward probity1 honesty1 
justice1  and affection for truth and   
good1 which such a man professes and    
counterfeits for the sake of the world2 
and under these semblances  the evil has
 lain so concealed and obscured that he 
himself scarcely  knew that his spirit  
contained so much malice and craftiness1
 that  is1 that in himself he was such a
 devil as he becomes after death1  when 
his spirit comes into itself and into   
its own nature4 #c ,such  malice then   
manifests itself as exceeds all belief4 
,there are  thousands of evils that then
 burst forth from evil itself1 among    
which are such as cannot be described in
 the words of any language4  ,what they 
are has been granted me to know and also
 to perceive by  much experience1 since 
it has been granted me by the ,lord to  
be in  the spiritual world in respect to
 my spirit and at the same time in  the 
natural world in respect to my body4    
,this ,i can testify1 that  their malice

 is so great that it is hardly possible 
to describe even  a thousandth part of  
it2 and so great that if man were not   
protected  by the ,lord he could never  
be rescued from hell2 for with every man
  there are spirits from hell as well as
 angels from heaven 7see above1  n4     
#bib1 #bic72 and yet the ,lord cannot   
protect man unless he  acknowledges the 
,divine and lives a life of faith and   
charity2 for  otherwise man turns       
himself away from the ,lord and turns   
himself to  infernal spirits1 and thus  
his spirit becomes imbued with a malice 
like theirs4 #d ,nevertheless1 man is   
continually withdrawn by the  ,lord from
 the evils that he attaches and as it   
were attracts to  himself by his        
affiliation with infernal spirits4 ,if  
he is not  withdrawn by the internal    
bonds of conscience1 which he fails to  
receive if he denies a ,divine1 he is   
nevertheless withdrawn by  external     
bonds1 which are1 as said above1 fears  
in respect to the law  and its          

penalties1 and fears of the loss of gain
 and the deprivation  of honor and      
reputation4 ,in fact1 such a man may be 
withdrawn from  evils by means of the   
delights of his love and through fear of
 the  loss or deprivation of those      
delights2 but he cannot be led thereby  
into spiritual goods4 ,for as soon as   
such a man is led into these he  begins 
to give his thought to pretenses and    
devices by simulating or  counterfeiting
 what is good1 honest1 and just1 for the
 purpose of  persuading and thus        
deceiving4 ,such cunning adjoins itself 
to the  evil of his spirit and gives    
form to it1 causing his evil to be of   
the same nature as itself4      #egh4   
,those are the worst of all who have    
been in evils from love of  self and at 
the same time inwardly in themselves    
have acted from  deceit2 for deceit     
penetrates more deeply into the thoughts
 and  intentions than other evils1 and  
infects them with poison and thus       
wholly destroys the spiritual life of   

man4 ,most of these spirits are  in the 
hells behind the back1 and are called   
genii2 and there they  delight to make  
themselves invisible1 and to flutter    
about others  like phantoms secretly    
infusing evil into them1 which they     
spread  around like the poison of a     
viper4 ,these are more direfully        
tormented  than others4 ,but those who  
are not deceitful1 and who have not been
  so filled with malignant craftiness1  
and yet are in the evils derived  from  
the love of self1 are also in the hells 
behind1 but in those  less deep4 ,on the
 other hand1 those that have been in    
evils from the  love of the world are in
 the hells in front1 and are called     
spirits4  ,these spirits are not such   
forms of evil1 that is1 of hatred and   
revenge1 as those are who are in evils  
from the love of self2 and  therefore do
 not have such malice and cunning2 and  
in consequence  their hells are milder4 
#egi4 ,i have been permitted to learn by
 experience what kind of malice  those  

possess who are called genii4 ,genii act
 upon and flow into the  affections1 and
 not the thoughts4 ,they perceive and   
smell out the  affections as dogs do    
wild beasts in the forest4 ,good        
affections1  when they perceive them in 
another1 they turn instantly into evil  
affections1 leading and bending them in 
a wonderful manner by means  of the     
other's delights2 and this so secretly  
and with such malignant  skill that the 
other knows nothing of it1 for they most
 carefully  guard against anything      
entering into the thought1 as thereby   
they  would be manifested4 ,the seat of 
these in man is beneath the back  part  
of the head4 ,in the world they were    
such as deceitfully  captivated the     
minds of others1 leading and persuading 
them by the  delights of their          
affections or lusts4 ,but such spirits  
are not  permitted by the ,lord to come 
near to any man of whose reformation    
there is any hope2 for they have the    
ability not only to destroy the         

conscience1 but also to stir up in man  
his inherited evils1 which  otherwise   
lie hidden4 ,therefore to prevent man's 
being led into these  evils1 these      
hells1 by the ,lord's provision1 are    
entirely closed up2  and when any man of
 such a character comes after death into
 the other  life1 he is at once cast    
into their hell4 ,when the deceit and   
craftiness of these spirits are clearly 
seen they appear as vipers4      #ehj4  
,the kind of malice infernal spirits    
possess is evident from  their nefarious
 arts1 which are so many that to        
enumerate them would  fill a volume1 and
 to describe them would fill many       
volumes4 ,these  arts are mostly unknown
 in the world4 ,one kind relates to     
abuses of  correspondences2 a second to 
abuses of the outmosts of ,divine order2
  a third to the communication and      
influx of thoughts and affections by    
means of turning towards another1 fixing
 the sight upon another1 and  by the    
instrumentality of other spirits apart  

from themselves1 and  spirits sent out  
by themselves2 a fourth to operations by
 phantasies2  a fifth to a kind of      
casting themselves out beyond themselves
 and  consequent presence elsewhere than
 where they are in the body2 a  sixth to
 pretenses1 persuasion1 and lies4 ,the  
spirit of an evil man  enters of itself 
into these arts when he is released from
 his body1  for they are inherent in the
 nature of the evil in which he then is4
  ,by these arts they torment each other
 in the hells4 ,but as all of  these    
arts1 except those that are effected by 
pretenses1 persuasions1  and lies1 are  
unknown in the world1 ,i will not here  
describe them in  detail1 both because  
they would not be comprehended1 and     
because they  are too abominable to be  
told4      #eha4 ,the ,lord permits     
torments in the hells because in no     
other way  can evils be restrained and  
subdued4 ,the only means of restraining 
and subduing evils and of keeping the   
infernal crew in bonds is the  fear of  

punishment4 ,it can be done in no other 
way2 for without the  fear of punishment
 and torment evil would burst forth into
 madness1  and everything would go to   
pieces1 like a kingdom on earth where   
there is no law and there are no        
penalties4        #ehb4 ,,lxi4 ,,the    
,,appearance1 ,,situation1 ,,and        
,,number ,,of ,,the ,,hells4    ,in the 
spiritual world1 that is1 in the world  
where spirits and  angels are1 the same 
objects appear as in the natural world1 
that is1  where men are4 ,in external   
appearance there is no difference4 ,in  
that  world plains and mountains1 hills 
and rocks1 and valleys between them  are
 seen2 also waters1 and many other      
things that are seen on earth4  ,and yet
 all these things are from a spiritual  
origin1 and all are  therefore seen by  
the eyes of spirits and angels1 and not 
by the eyes  of men1 because men are in 
the natural world4 ,spiritual beings see
  such things as are from a spiritual   
origin1 and natural beings such  things 

as are from a natural origin4           
,consequently man with his eyes  can in 
no way see the objects that are in the  
spiritual world unless  he is permitted 
to be in the spirit1 or after death when
 he becomes a  spirit4 ,on the other    
hand1 an angel or a spirit is unable to 
see any  thing at all in the natural    
world unless he is with a man who is    
permitted to speak with him4 ,for the   
eyes of man are fitted to  receive the  
light of the natural world1 and the eyes
 of angels and  spirits are fitted to   
receive the light of the spiritual      
world2  although the eyes of the two are
 exactly alike in appearance4 ,that  the
 spiritual world is such the natural man
 cannot comprehend1 and  least of all   
the sensual man1 who believes nothing   
except what he  sees with his bodily    
eyes and touches with his hands1 and    
therefore  takes in by sight and touch4 
,as his thought is from such things it  
is  material and not spiritual4 ,such   
being the likeness between the          

spiritual world and the natural world1  
man can hardly believe after  death that
 he is not in the world where he was    
born1 and from which  he has departed4  
,for this reason death is called simply 
a translation  from one world into      
another like it4 7,that the two worlds  
are thus  alike can be seen above1 where
 representatives and appearances in     
heaven have been treated of1 n4         
#agj-agf47      #ehc4 ,the heavens are  
in the higher parts of the spiritual    
world1 the  world of spirits in the     
lower parts1 and under both are the     
hells4  ,the heavens are visible to     
spirits in the world of spirits only    
when  their interior sight is opened2   
although they sometimes see them as     
mists or as bright clouds4 ,this is     
because the angels of heaven are  in an 
interior state in respect to            
intelligence and wisdom2 and for  this  
reason they are above the sight of those
 who are in the world of  spirits4 ,but 
spirits who dwell in the plains and     

valleys see one  another2 and yet when  
they are separated there1 which takes   
place  when they are let into their     
interiors1 the evil spirits do not see  
the good spirits2 but the good spirits  
can see the evil spirits4               
,nevertheless1 the good spirits turn    
themselves away from the evil  spirits2 
and when spirits turn themselves away   
they become invisible4  ,but the hells  
are not seen because they are closed up4
 ,only the  entrances1 which are called 
gates1 are seen when they are opened to 
let in other like spirits4 ,all the     
gates to the hells open from the  world 
of spirits1 and none of them from       
heaven4      #ehd4 ,the hells are       
everywhere1 both under the mountains1   
hills1 and  rocks1 and under the plains 
and valleys4 ,the openings or gates to  
the  hells that are under the mountains1
 hills1 and rocks1 appear to the  sight 
like holes and clefts in the rocks1 some
 extended and wide1 and  some straitened
 and narrow1 and many of them rugged4   

,they all1 when  looked into1 appear    
dark and dusky2 but the infernal spirits
 that are  in them are in such a        
luminosity as arises from burning coals4
 ,their  eyes are adapted to the        
reception of that light1 and for the    
reason  that while they lived in the    
world they were in thick darkness in    
respect to ,divine truths1 because of   
their denying them1 and were in  a sort 
of light in respect to falsities because
 of their affirming  them4 ,in this way 
did the sight of their eyes become so   
formed4 ,and  for the same reason the   
light of heaven is thick darkness to    
them1  and therefore when they go out of
 their dens they see nothing4 ,all  this
 makes it abundantly clear that man     
comes into the light of  heaven just to 
the extent that he acknowledges the     
,divine1 and  establishes in himself the
 things of heaven and the church2 and   
that  he comes into the thick darkness  
of hell just to the extent that he      
denies the ,divine1 and establishes in  

himself what is contrary to the  truths 
of heaven and the church4      #ehe4    
,the openings or gates to the hells that
 are beneath the plains  and valleys    
present to the sight different          
appearances4 ,some resemble  those that 
are beneath the mountains1 hills and    
rocks2 some resemble  dens and caverns1 
some great chasms and whirlpools2 some  
resemble  bogs1 and some standing water4
 ,they are all covered1 and are opened  
only when evil spirits from the world of
 spirits are cast in2 and  when they are
 opened there bursts forth from them    
either something  like the fire and     
smoke that is seen in the air from      
burning  buildings1 or like a flame     
without smoke1 or like soot such as     
comes  from a burning chimney1 or like a
 mist and thick cloud4 ,i have heard    
that the infernal spirits neither see   
nor feel these things1 because  when    
they are in them they are as in their   
own atmosphere1 and thus  in the delight
 of their life2 and this for the reason 

that these  things correspond to the    
evils and falsities in which they are1  
fire  corresponding to hatred and       
revenge1 smoke and soot to the falsities
  therefrom1 flame to the evils of the  
love of self1 and a mist or  thick cloud
 to falsities from that love4      #ehf4
 ,i have also been permitted to look    
into the hells and to see  what they are
 within2 for when the ,lord wills1 the  
sight of a spirit  or angel from above  
may penetrate into the lowest depths    
beneath and  explore their character1   
notwithstanding the coverings4 ,in this 
way ,i  have been permitted to look into
 them4 ,some of the hells appeared to   
the view like caverns and dens in rocks 
extending inward and then  downward into
 an abyss1 either obliquely or          
vertically4 ,some of the  hells appeared
 to the view like the dens and caves of 
wild beasts in  forests2 some like the  
hollow caverns and passages that are    
seen in  mines1 with caverns extending  
towards the lower regions4 ,most of the 

hells are threefold1 the upper one      
appearing within to be in dense         
darkness1 because inhabited by those who
 are in the falsities of  evil2 while   
the lower ones appear fiery1 because    
inhabited by those  who are in evils    
themselves1 dense darkness corresponding
 to the  falsities of evil1 and fire to 
evils themselves4 ,those that have      
acted interiorly from evil are in the   
deeper hells1 and those that  have acted
 exteriorly from evil1 that is1 from the
 falsities of evil1  are in the hells   
that are less deep4 ,some hells present 
an appearance  like the ruins of houses 
and cities after conflagrations1 in     
which  infernal spirits dwell and hide  
themselves4 ,in the milder hells there  
is an appearance of rude huts1 in some  
cases contiguous in the form  of a city 
with lanes and streets1 and within the  
houses are infernal  spirits engaged in 
unceasing quarrels1 enmities1 fightings1
 and  brutalities2 while in the streets 
and lanes robberies and  depredations   

are committed4 ,in some of the hells    
there are nothing  but brothels1        
disgusting to the sight and filled with 
every kind of  filth and excrement4     
,again1 there are dark forests1 in which
 infernal  spirits roam like wild beasts
 and where1 too1 there are underground  
dens into which those flee who are      
pursued by others4 ,there are also      
deserts1 where all is barren and sandy1 
and where in some places  there are     
ragged rocks in which there are caverns1
 and in some places  huts4 ,into these  
desert places those are cast out from   
the hells who  have suffered every      
extremity of punishment1 especially     
those who in  the world have been more  
cunning than others in undertaking and  
contriving intrigues and deceits4 ,such 
a life is their final lot4      #ehg4   
,as to the positions of the hells in    
detail1 it is something  wholly unknown 
even to the angels in heaven2 it is     
known to the ,lord  alone4 ,but their   
position in general is known from the   

quarters in  which they are4 ,for the   
hells1 like the heavens1 are            
distinguished by  their quarters2 and in
 the spiritual world quarters are       
determined in  accordance with loves2   
for in heaven all the quarters begin    
from the  ,lord as the sun1 who is the  
,east2 and as the hells are opposite to 
the heavens their quarters begin from   
the opposite point1 that is1  from the  
west4 7,on this see the chapter on the  
four quarters in  heaven1 n4 #ada-aec47 
#b ,for this reason the hells in the    
western  quarter are the worst of all1  
and the most horrible1 becoming         
gradually worse and more horrible by    
degrees the more remote they are  from  
the east4 ,in the western hells are     
those who in the world were  in the love
 of self1 and in consequent contempt of 
others1 and in  enmity against those who
 did not favor them1 also in hatred and 
revenge against those who did not render
 them respect and homage4 ,in  the most 
remote hells in that quarter are those  

that had belonged to  the ,catholic     
religion1 so called1 and that had wished
 to be worshiped  as gods1 and          
consequently had burned with hatred and 
revenge against  all who did not        
acknowledge their power over the souls  
of men and  over heaven4 ,these continue
 to have the same disposition1 that is1 
the same hatred and revenge against     
those who oppose them1 that they  had in
 the world4 ,their greatest delight is  
to practice cruelties2  but in the other
 life this delight is turned against    
themselves2 for  in their hells1 with   
which the western quarter is filled1 one
 rages  against everyone who detracts   
from his ,divine power4 7,but more will 
be said about this in the treatise on   
,the ,last ,judgment and the            
,destruction of ,babylon47 #c           
,nevertheless1 no one can know how the  
hells in that quarter are arranged1     
except that the most dreadful  hells of 
that kind are at the sides towards the  
northern quarter1 and  the less dreadful

 towards the southern quarter2 thus the 
dreadfulness  of the hells decreases    
from the northern quarter to the        
southern1 and  likewise by degrees      
towards the east4 ,towards the east are 
the  dwelling places of the haughty1 who
 have not believed in the ,divine1  and 
yet have not been in such hatred and    
revenge1 or in such deceit1  as those   
have who are in a greater depth in the  
western quarter4 #d  ,in the eastern    
quarter there are at present no hells1  
those that were  there having been      
transferred to the western quarter in   
front4 ,in the  northern and southern   
quarters there are many hells2 and in   
them are  those who while in the world  
were in love of the world1 and in       
various kinds of evil therefrom1 such as
 enmity1 hostility1 theft1  robbery1    
cunning1 avarice1 and unmercifulness4   
,the worst hells of  this kind are in   
the northern quarter1 the milder in the 
southern4  ,their dreadfulness increases
 as they are nearer to the western      

quarter1 and also as they are farther   
away from the southern quarter1  and    
decreases towards the eastern quarter   
and towards the southern  quarter4      
,behind the hells that are in the       
western quarter there are  dark forests1
 in which malignant spirits roam like   
wild beasts2 and  it is the same behind 
the hells in the northern quarter4 ,but 
behind  the hells in the southern       
quarter there are deserts1 which have   
been  described just above4 ,this much  
respecting the situation of the  hells4 
#ehh4 ,in regard to the number of the   
hells1 there are as many of them  as    
there are angelic societies in the      
heavens1 since there is for  every      
heavenly society a corresponding        
infernal society as its  opposite4 ,that
 the heavenly societies are numberless1 
and are all  distinguished in accordance
 with the goods of love1 charity1 and   
faith1 may be seen in the chapter that  
treats of the societies of  which the   
heavens consist 7n4 #da-ej71 and in the 

chapter on the  immensity of heaven 7n4 
#dae-dbj74 ,the like is true1 therefore1
 of the  infernal societies1 which are  
distinguished in accordance with the    
evils that are the opposites of those   
goods4 #b ,every evil1 as well  as every
 good1 is of infinite variety4 ,that    
this is true is beyond  the             
comprehension of those who have only a  
simple idea regarding  every evil1 such 
as contempt1 enmity1 hatred1 revenge1   
deceit1 and  other like evils4 ,but let 
them know that each one of these evils  
contains so many specific differences1  
and each of these again so  many        
specific or particular differences1 that
 a volume would not  suffice to         
enumerate them4 ,the hells are so       
distinctly arranged in  order in        
accordance with the differences of every
 evil that nothing  could be more       
perfectly ordered or more distinct4     
,evidently1 then1  the hells are        
innumerable1 near to and remote from one
 another in  accordance with the        

differences of evils generically1       
specifically1  and particularly4 #c     
,there are likewise hells beneath hells4
 ,some  communicate with others by      
passages1 and more by exhalations1 and  
this in exact accordance with the       
affinities of one kind or one  species  
of evil with others4 ,how great the     
number is of the hells ,i  have been    
permitted to realize from knowing that  
there are hells  under every mountain1  
hill1 and rock1 and likewise under every
 plain  and valley1 and that they       
stretch out beneath these in length and 
in  breadth and in depth4 ,in a word1   
the entire heaven and the entire  world 
of spirits are1 as it were1 excavated   
beneath1 and under them  is a continuous
 hell4 ,thus much regarding the number  
of the hells4        #ehi4 ,,lxii4 ,,the
 ,,equilibrium ,,between ,,heaven ,,and 
,,hell4    ,for any thing to have       
existence there must be an equilibrium  
of all  things4 ,without equilibrium is 
no action and reaction2 for  equilibrium

 is between two forces1 one acting and  
the other reacting1  and the state of   
rest resulting from like action and     
reaction is  called equilibrium4 ,in the
 natural world there is an equilibrium  
in  all things and in each thing4 ,it   
exists in a general way even in the     
atmosphere1 wherein the lower parts     
react and resist in proportion as  the  
higher parts act and press down4 ,again1
 in the natural world  there is an      
equilibrium between heat and cold1      
between light and  shade1 and between   
dryness and moisture1 the middle        
condition being  the equilibrium4 ,there
 is also an equilibrium in all the      
subjects of  the three kingdoms of      
nature1 the mineral1 the vegetable1 and 
the  animal2 for without equilibrium in 
them nothing can come forth and  have   
permanent existence4 ,everywhere there  
is a sort of effort acting  on the one  
side and reacting on the other4 #b ,all 
existence or all  effect is produced in 
equilibrium1 that is1 by one force      

acting and  another suffering itself to 
be acted upon1 or when one force by     
acting flows in1 the other receives and 
harmoniously submits4 ,in the  natural  
world that which acts and reacts is     
called force1 and also  endeavor or     
effort2 but in the spiritual world that 
which acts and  reacts is called life   
and will4 ,life in that world is living 
force1  and will is living effort2 and  
the equilibrium itself is called        
freedom4 ,thus spiritual equilibrium or 
freedom has its outcome and  permanence 
in the balance between good acting on   
the one side and  evil reacting on the  
other side2 or between evil acting on   
the one  side and good reacting on the  
other side4 #c ,with the good the       
equilibrium is between good acting and  
evil reacting2 but with the  evil the   
equilibrium is between evil acting and  
good reacting4  ,spiritual equilibrium  
is between good and evil1 because the   
whole  life of man has reference to good
 and to evil1 and the will is the       

receptacle4 ,there is also an           
equilibrium between truth and falsity1  
but this depends on the equilibrium     
between good and evil4 ,the  equilibrium
 between truth and falsity is like that 
between light and  shade1 in that light 
and shade affect the objects of the     
vegetable  kingdom only so far as heat  
and cold are in them4 ,that light and   
shade themselves have no effect1 but    
only the heat that acts through  them1  
is evident from the fact that light and 
shade are the same in  winter time and  
in spring time4 ,this comparison of     
truth and falsity  with light and shade 
is from correspondence1 for truth       
corresponds to  light1 falsity to shade1
 and heat to the good of love2 in fact1 
spiritual light is truth1 spiritual     
shade is falsity1 and spiritual  heat is
 good of love 7see the chapter where    
light and heat in heaven  are treated   
of1 n4 #abf-adj74      #eij4 ,there is a
 perpetual equilibrium between heaven   
and hell4 ,from  hell there continually 

breathes forth and ascends an endeavor  
to do  evil1 and from heaven there      
continually breathes forth and descends 
an endeavor to do good4 ,in this        
equilibrium is the world of spirits2    
which world is intermediate between     
heaven and hell 7see above1  n4         
#dba-dca74 ,the world of spirits is in  
this equilibrium because every  man     
after death enters first the world of   
spirits1 and is kept there  in a state  
like that which he was in while in the  
world1 and this  would be impossible if 
there were not a perfect equilibrium    
there2  for by means of this the        
character of everyone is explored1 since
  they then remain in the same freedom  
as they had in the world4  ,spiritual   
equilibrium is freedom in man and spirit
 7as has been said  just above1 n4      
#ehi74 ,what each one's freedom is the  
angels recognize  by a communication of 
affections and thoughts therefrom2 and  
it  becomes visible to the sight of     
angelic spirits by the ways in which    

the spirits go4 ,good spirits there     
travel in the ways that go towards      
heaven1 but evil spirits in the ways    
that go towards hell4 ,ways  actually   
appear in that world2 and that is the   
reason why ways in the  ,word signify   
the truths that lead to good1 or in the 
opposite sense  the falsities that lead 
to evil2 and for the same reason going1 
walking1 and journeying in the ,word    
signify progressions of life4#a  ,such  
ways ,i have often been permitted to    
see1 also spirits going and  walking in 
them freely1 in accord with their       
affections and thoughts4      ,footnote 
#a ,in the word to journey1 as well as  
to go1    signifies progression of life 
7n4 #ccce1 #dcge1 #deed1 #dehe1 #dhhb1  
#edic1 #efje1 #eiif1 #haha1 #hcde1      
#hcig1 #hdag1 #hdbj1 #heeg74 ,to go     
7and to walk7 with the ,lord means to   
receive spiritual life1    and to live  
with ,him 7n4 #ajefg74 ,to walk means to
 live 7n4    #eai1 #agid1 #hdag1 #hdbj74
      #eia4 ,evil continually breathes  

forth and ascends out of hell1 and  good
 continually breathes forth and descends
 out of heaven1 because  everyone is    
encompassed by a spiritual sphere2 and  
that sphere flows  forth and pours out  
from the life of the affections and the 
thoughts  therefrom4#a ,and as such a   
sphere flows forth from every           
individual1  it flows forth also from   
every heavenly society and from every   
infernal society1 consequently from all 
together1 that is1 from the  entire     
heaven and from the entire hell4 ,good  
flows forth from heaven  because all    
there are in good2 and evil flows forth 
from hell because  all there are in     
evil4 ,the good that is from heaven is  
all from the  ,lord2 for the angels in  
the heavens are all withheld from what  
is  their own1 and are kept in what is  
the ,lord's own1 which is good  itself4 
,but the spirits in the hells are all in
 what is their own1  and everyone's own 
is nothing but evil2 and because it is  
nothing but  evil it is hell4#b         

,evidently1 then1 the equilibrium in    
which angels  are kept in the heavens   
and spirits in the hells is not like the
  equilibrium in the world of spirits4  
,the equilibrium of angels in the       
heavens exists in the degree in which   
they have been willing to be in  good1  
or in the degree in which they have     
lived in good in the world1  and thus   
also in the degree in which they have   
held evil in aversion2  but the         
equilibrium of spirits in hell exists in
 the degree in which  they have been    
willing to be in evil1 or have lived in 
evil in the  world1 and thus in heart   
and spirit have been opposed to good4   
,footnote #a ,a spiritual sphere1 which 
is a sphere of life1    flows forth and 
pours forth from every man1 spirit1 and 
angel1    and encompasses him 7n4 #ddfd1
 #eagi1 #gded1 #hfcj74 ,it flows forth  
from the life of their affections and   
thoughts 7n4 #bdhi1 #ddfd1    #fbjf74   
,the quality of spirits is recognized at
 a distance from    their spheres 7n4   

#ajdh1 #ajec1 #acaf1 #aejd74 ,spheres   
from the    evil are the opposites of   
spheres from the good 7n4 #afie1        
#ajahg1 #ajcab74 ,such spheres extend   
far into angelic societies    in        
accordance with the quality and quantity
 of good 7n4    #feih-ffac1 #hjfc1      
#hgid1 #hgig74 ,and into infernal       
societies in    accordance with the     
quality and quantity of evil 7n4 #hgid74
      ,footnote #b ,man's self is       
nothing but evil 7n4 #baj1 #bae1 #gca1  
#hgd-hgf1 #ihg1 #ajdg1 #bcjg1 #bcjh1    
#ceah1 #cgja1 #chab1 #hdhj1 #heej1      
#ajbhc1 #ajbhd1 #ajbhf1 #ajgcb74 ,man's 
self is hell in him 7n4 #fhd1    #hdhj74
      #eib4 ,unless the ,lord ruled both
 the heavens and the hells there would  
be no equilibrium2 and if there were no 
equilibrium there would be no  heaven or
 hell2 for all things and each thing in 
the universe1 that  is1 both in the     
natural world and in the spiritual      
world1 endure by  means of equilibrium4 
,every rational man can see that this is

 true4  ,if there were a preponderance  
on one part and no resistance on the    
other would not both perish8 ,so would  
it be in the spiritual world if  good   
did not react against evil and          
continually restrain its  uprising2 and 
unless this were done by the ,divine    
,itself both heaven  and hell would     
perish1 and with them the whole human   
race4 ,it is said  unless the ,divine   
,itself did this1 because the self of   
everyone1  whether angel1 spirit1 or    
man1 is nothing but evil 7see above1  n4
 #eia72 consequently neither angels nor 
spirits are able in the least  to resist
 the evils continually exhaling from the
 hells1 since from  self they all tend  
towards hell4 ,it is evident1 then1 that
 unless the  ,lord alone ruled both the 
heavens and the hells no one could ever 
be  saved4 ,moreover1 all the hells act 
as one2 for evils in the hells are      
connected as goods are in the heavens2  
and the ,divine alone1 which  goes forth
 solely from the ,lord1 is able to      

resist all the hells1  which are        
innumerable1 and which act together     
against heaven and  against all who are 
in heaven4      #eic4 ,the equilibrium  
between the heavens and the hells is    
diminished  or increased in accordance  
with the number of those who enter      
heaven  and who enter hell2 and this    
amounts to several thousands daily4 ,the
  ,lord alone1 and no angel1 can know   
and perceive this1 and regulate  and    
equalize it with precision2 for the     
,divine that goes forth from  the ,lord 
is omnipresent1 and sees everywhere     
whether there is any  wavering1 while an
 angel sees only what is near himself1  
and has no  perception in himself of    
what is taking place even in his own    
society4      #eid4 ,how all things are 
so arranged in the heavens and in the   
hells  that each and all of those who   
are there may be in their equilibrium1  
can in some measure be seen from what   
has been said and shown above           
respecting the heavens and the hells1   

namely1 that all the societies  of      
heaven are distinctly arranged in       
accordance with goods and their  kinds  
and varieties1 and all the societies of 
hell in accordance with  evils1 and     
their kinds and varieties2 and that     
beneath each society  of heaven there is
 a society of hell corresponding to it  
from  opposition1 and from this opposing
 correspondence equilibrium  results2   
and in consequence of this the ,lord    
unceasingly provides  that no infernal  
society beneath a heavenly society shall
 gain any  preponderance1 and as soon as
 it begins to do so it is restrained by 
various means1 and is reduced to an     
exact measure of equilibrium4  ,these   
means are many1 only a few of which ,i  
will mention4 ,some of  these means have
 reference to the stronger presence of  
the ,lord2 some  to the closer          
communication and conjunction of one or 
more societies  with others2 some to the
 casting out of superabundant infernal  
spirits into deserts2 some to the       

transference of certain spirits  from   
one hell to another2 some to the        
reducing of those in the hells  to      
order1 and this also is effected in     
various ways2 some to the  screening of 
certain hells under denser and thicker  
coverings1 also  letting them down to   
greater depths2 besides other means2 and
 still  others that are employed in the 
heavens above the hells4 ,all this has  
been said that it may in some measure be
 perceived that the ,lord  alone        
provides that there shall be an         
equilibrium everywhere between  good and
 evil1 thus between heaven and hell2 for
 on such equilibrium  the safety of all 
in the heavens and of all on the earth  
rests4      #eie4 ,it should be known   
that the hells are continually          
assaulting  heaven and endeavoring to   
destroy it1 and that the ,lord          
continually  protects the heavens by    
withholding those who are in it from the
  evils derived from their self1 and by 
holding them in the good that  is from  

,himself4 ,i have often been permitted  
to perceive the sphere  that flows forth
 from the hells1 which was wholly a     
sphere of effort  to destroy the ,divine
 of the ,lord1 and thus heaven4 ,the    
ebullitions  of some hells have also at 
times been perceived1 which were efforts
  to break forth and to destroy4 ,but on
 the other hand the heavens  never      
assault the hells1 for the ,divine      
sphere that goes forth from  the ,lord  
is a perpetual effort to save all2 and  
as those who are in  the hells cannot be
 saved1 7since all who are there are in 
evil and  are antagonistic to the       
,divine of the ,lord17 so as far as     
possible  outrages in the hells are     
subdued and cruelties are restrained to 
prevent their breaking out beyond       
measure one against another4 ,this  also
 is effected by innumerable ways in     
which the ,divine power is  exercised4  
#eif4 ,there are two kingdoms into which
 the heavens are divided1 the  celestial
 kingdom and the spiritual kingdom 7of  

which see above1 n4  #bj-bh74 ,in like  
manner the hells are divided into two   
kingdoms1 one  of which is opposite to  
the celestial kingdom and the other     
opposite  to the spiritual kingdom4     
,that which is opposite to the celestial
  kingdom is in the western quarter1 and
 those who are in it are called  genii2 
and that which is opposite to the       
spiritual kingdom is in the  northern   
and southern quarters1 and those which  
are in it are called  spirits4 ,all who 
are in the celestial kingdom are in love
 to the  ,lord1 and all who are in the  
hells opposite to that kingdom are in   
the love of self2 while all who are in  
the spiritual kingdom are in  love      
towards the neighbor1 and all who are in
 the hells opposite to  that kingdom are
 in love of the world4 ,evidently1 then1
 love to the  ,lord and the love of self
 are opposites2 and in like manner love 
towards the neighbor and love of the    
world are opposites4 ,the ,lord         
continually provides that there shall be

 no outflowing from the hells  that are 
opposite the ,lord's celestial kingdom  
towards those who are  in the spiritual 
kingdom2 for if this were done the      
spiritual kingdom  would perish 7for the
 reason given above1 n4 #fgh1 #egi74    
,these are the  two general equilibriums
 that are unceasingly maintained by the 
,lord4        #eig4 ,,lxiii4 ,,by       
,,means ,,of ,,the ,,equilibrium        
,,between ,,heaven ,,and ,,hell ,,man   
,,is ,,in ,,freedom4    ,the equilibrium
 between heaven and hell has now been   
described1 and  it has been shown that  
it is an equilibrium between the good   
that is  from heaven and the evil that  
is from hell1 thus that it is a         
spiritual equilibrium1 which in its     
essence is freedom4 ,a spiritual        
equilibrium in its essence is freedom   
because it is an equilibrium  between   
good and evil1 and between truth and    
falsity1 and these are  spiritual4      
,therefore to be able to will either    
what is good or what  is evil and to    

think either what is true or what is    
false1 and to  choose one in preference 
to the other1 is the freedom which is   
here  treated of4 ,this freedom is given
 to every man by the ,lord1 and is      
never taken away2 in fact1 by virtue of 
its origin it is not man's  but the     
,lord's1 since it is from the ,lord4    
,nevertheless1 it is given  to man with 
his life as if it were his2 and this is 
done that man may  have the ability to  
be reformed and saved2 for without      
freedom there  can be no reformation or 
salvation4 ,with any rational intuition 
any  one can see that it is a part of   
man's freedom to be able to think       
wrongly or rightly1 sincerely or        
insincerely1 justly or unjustly2  also  
that he is free to speak and act        
rightly1 honestly1 and justly2  but not 
to speak and act wrongly1 insincerely1  
and unjustly1 because  of the spiritual1
 moral1 and civil laws whereby his      
external is held  in restraint4         
,evidently1 then1 it is man's spirit1   

which thinks and  wills1 that is in     
freedom1 and not his external which     
speaks and  acts1 except in agreement   
with the above mentioned laws4          
#eih4 ,man cannot be reformed unless he 
has freedom1 for the reason  that he is 
born into evils of every kind2 and these
 must be removed  in order that he may  
be saved2 and they cannot be removed    
unless he  sees them in himself and     
acknowledges them1 and afterwards ceases
 to  will them1 and finally holds them  
in aversion4 ,not until then are  they  
removed4 ,and this cannot be done unless
 man is in good as well  as in evil1    
since it is from good that he is able to
 see evils1 while  from evil he cannot  
see good4 ,the spiritual goods that man 
is capable  of thinking he learns from  
childhood by reading the ,word and from 
preaching2 and he learns moral and civil
 good from his life in the  world4 ,this
 is the first reason why man ought to be
 in freedom4 #b  ,another reason is that
 nothing is appropriated to man except  

what is  done from an affection of his  
love4 ,other things may gain entrance1  
but no farther than the thought1 not    
reaching the will2 and whatever  does   
not gain entrance into the will of man  
does not become his1 for  thought       
derives what pertains to it from memory1
 while the will  derives what pertains  
to it from the life itself4 ,only what  
is from  the will1 or what is the same1 
from the affection of love1 can be      
called free1 for whatever a man wills or
 loves that he does freely2             
consequently man's freedom and the      
affection of his love or of his  will   
are a one4 ,it is for this reason that  
man has freedom1 in order  that he may  
be affected by truth and good or may    
love them1 and that  they may thus      
become as if they were his own #c ,in a 
word1 whatever  does not enter into     
man's freedom has no permanence1 because
 it does  not belong to his love or     
will1 and what does not belong to man's 
love or will does not belong to his     

spirit2 for the very being esse  of the 
spirit of man is love or will4 ,it is   
said love or will1 since  a man wills   
what he loves4 ,this1 then1 is why man  
can be reformed  only in freedom4 ,but  
more on the subject of man's freedom may
 be seen  in the ,arcana ,coelestia in  
the passages referred to below4         
#eii4 ,in order that man may be in      
freedom1 to the end that he may be      
reformed1 he is conjoined in respect to 
his spirit both with heaven  and with   
hell4 ,for with every man there are     
spirits from hell and  angels from      
heaven4 ,it is by means of hell that man
 is in his own  evil1 while it is by    
means of angels from heaven that man is 
in good  from the ,lord2 thus is he in  
spiritual equilibrium1 that is1 in      
freedom4 ,that angels from heaven and   
spirits from hell are joined to  every  
man may be seen in the chapter on the   
conjunction of heaven  with the human   
race 7n4 #bia-cjb74      #fjj4 ,it must 
be understood that the conjunction of   

man with heaven  and with hell is not a 
direct conjunction with them1 but a     
mediate  conjunction by means of spirits
 who are in the world of spirits4       
,these spirits1 and none from hell      
itself or from heaven itself1 are  with 
man4 ,by means of evil spirits in the   
world of spirits man is  conjoined with 
hell1 and by means of good spirits there
 he is  conjoined with heaven4 ,because 
of this the world of spirits is         
intermediate between heaven and hell1   
and in that world is  equilibrium       
itself4 7,that the world of spirits is  
intermediate  between heaven and hell   
may be seen in the chapter on the world 
of  spirits1 n4 #dba-dca2 and that the  
essential equilibrium between  heaven   
and hell is there may be seen in the    
preceding chapter1  n4 #ehi-eif47 ,from 
all this the source of man's freedom is 
evident4      #fja4 ,something more must
 be said about the spirits that are     
joined  with man4 ,an entire society can
 have communication with another        

society1 or with an individual wherever 
he is2 by means of a spirit  sent forth 
from the society2 this spirit is called 
the subject of the  many4 ,the same is  
true of man's conjunction with societies
 in heaven1  and with societies in hell1
 by means of spirits from the world of  
spirits that are joined with man4 7,on  
this subject see also the  ,arcana      
,coelestia in the passages referred to  
below47      #fjb4 ,finally something   
must be said respecting man's intuition 
in  regard to his life after death which
 is derived from the influx of  heaven  
into man4 ,there were some of the simple
 common people who had  lived in the    
world in the good of faith who were     
brought back into a  state like that in 
which they had been in the world1 which 
can be  done with any one when the ,lord
 grants it2 and it was then shown what  
opinion they had held about the state of
 man after death4 ,they said  that some 
intelligent persons had asked them in   
the world what they  thought about their

 soul after the life on earth2 and they 
replied  that they did not know what the
 soul is4 ,they were then asked what    
they believed about their state after   
death2 and they said that they  believed
 that they would live as spirits4 ,again
 they were asked what  belief they had  
respecting a spirit2 and they said that 
he is a man4  ,they were asked how they 
knew this2 and they said that they knew 
it  because it is so4 ,those intelligent
 men were surprised that the  simple had
 such a faith1 which they themselves did
 not have4 ,this is  a proof that in    
every man who is in conjunction with    
heaven there is  an intuition respecting
 his life after death4 ,this intuition  
is from  no other source than an influx 
out of heaven1 that is1 through heaven  
from the ,lord by means of spirits from 
the world of spirits who are  joined    
with man4 ,this intuition those have who
 have not extinguished  their freedom of
 thinking by notions previously adopted 
and confirmed  by various arguments     

respecting the soul of man1 which is    
held to be  either pure thought1 or some
 vital principle the seat of which is   
sought for in the body2 and yet the soul
 is nothing but the life of  man1 while 
the spirit is the man himself2 and the  
earthly body which  he carries about    
with him in the world is merely an agent
 whereby the  spirit1 which is the man  
himself1 is enabled to act fitly in the 
natural world4      #fjc4 ,what has been
 said in this work about heaven1 the    
world of  spirits1 and hell1 will be    
obscure to those who have no interest in
  learning about spiritual truths1 but  
will be clear to those who have  such an
 interest1 and especially to those who  
have an affection for  truth for the    
sake of truth1 that is1 who love truth  
because it is  truth2 for whatever is   
then loved enters with light into the   
mind's  thought1 especially truth that  
is loved1 because all truth is in       
light4    ,,extracts ,,from ,,the       
,,arcana ,,coelestia ,,respecting ,,the 

,,freedom ,,of ,,man1  ,,influx1 ,,and  
,,the ,,spirits ,,through ,,whom        
,,communications ,,are ,,effected4      
,,freedom4         ,all freedom pertains
 to love or affection1 since whatever   
a man loves he does freely 7n4 #bhgj1   
#caeh1 #hihg1 #hiij1       #iehe1       
#ieia74         ,since freedom pertains 
to love it is the life of everyone      
7n4 #bhgc74         ,nothing appears to 
be man's own except what is from        
freedom 7n4 #bhhj74         ,there is   
heavenly freedom and infernal freedom   
7n4 #bhgj1       #bhgc1 #bhgd1 #iehi1   
#ieij74         #b ,heavenly freedom    
pertains to heavenly love1 or the       
love of good and truth 7n4 #aidg1 #bhgj1
 #bhgb74         ,and as the love of    
good and truth is from the ,lord freedom
       itself consists in being led by  
the ,lord 7n4 #hib1 #ije1       #bhgb1  
#bhhf1 #bhij-bhib1 #ijif1 #iehf1 #iehg1 
#iehi-ieia74         ,man is led into   
heavenly freedom by the ,lord through   
regeneration 7n4 #bhgd1 #bhge1 #bhhb1   

#bhib74         ,man must have freedom  
in order to be regenerated 7n4 #aicg1   
#aidg1 #bhgf1 #bhha1 #cade1 #cadf1      
#caeh1 #djca1 #hgjj74         ,in no    
other way can the love of good and truth
 be       implanted in man1 and         
appropriated by him seemingly as his    
own 7n4 #bhgg1 #bhgi1 #bhhj1 #bhhh74    
,nothing is conjoined to man in a state 
of compulsion 7n4       #bhge1 #hgjj74  
,if man could be reformed by compulsion 
all would be saved       7n4 #bhha74    
,in reformation compulsion is harmful   
7n4 #djca74         ,all worship from   
freedom is worship1 but worship from    
compulsion is not worship 7n4 #aidg1    
#bhhj1 #gcdi1 #ajjig74                  
,repentance must be effected in a free  
state1 and       repentance effected in 
a state of compulsion is of no          
avail 7n4 #hcib74         ,states of    
compulsion1 what they are 7n4 #hcib74   
#c ,it is granted to man to act from the
 freedom of       reason1 to the end    
that good may be provided for him1 and  

this is why man has the freedom to think
 and will even       what is evil1 and  
to do it so far as the laws do not      
forbid 7n4 #ajggg74         ,man is kept
 by the ,lord between heaven and hell1  
and thus       in equilibrium1 that he  
may be in freedom for the sake of       
reformation 7n4 #eihb1 #fdgg1 #hbji1    
#hihg74         ,what is implanted in   
freedom endures1 but not what is        
implanted under compulsion 7n4 #iehh74  
,for this reason no one is ever deprived
 of his freedom 7n4       #bhgf1 #bhha74
 ,the ,lord compels no one 7n4 #aicg1   
#aidg74         ,compelling one's self  
is from freedom1 but not being          
compelled 7n4 #aicg1 #aidg74         ,a 
man ought to compel himself to resist   
evil 7n4 #aicg1       #aidg1 #giad74    
,also to do good as if from himself1 and
 yet to acknowledge       that it is    
from the ,lord 7n4 #bhhc1 #bhia1 #bhib1 
#giad74         ,man has a stronger     
freedom in the temptation combats in    
which he conquers1 since he then compels

 himself more       interiorly to       
resist1 although it appears otherwise   
7n4       #aicg1 #aidg1 #bhha74         
#d ,infernal freedom consists in being  
led by the loves of       self and of   
the world and their lusts 7n4 #bhgj1    
#bhgc74         ,those who are in hell  
know no other freedom 7n4 #bhga74       
,heavenly freedom is as far removed from
 infernal freedom       as heaven is    
from hell 7n4 #bhgc1 #bhgd74            
,infernal freedom1 which consists in    
being led by the loves       of self and
 of the world1 is not freedom but       
servitude 7n4       #bhhd1 #bhij74      
,for servitude is in being led by hell  
7n4 #iehf1       #iehi-ieia74           
,,influx4         #e ,all things that   
man thinks and wills flow into him      
from experience 7n4 #ijd1 #bhhf-bhhh1   
#daea1 #dcai1 #dcbj1       #ehdf1 #ehdh1
 #fahi1 #faia1 #faid1 #faig-faii1 #fbac1
 #gadg1       #ajbai74         ,man's   
capacity to give attention to subjects1 
to think1       and to draw conclusions 

analytically1 is from influx 7n4        
#dcai1 #dcbj1 #ebhh74         ,man could
 not live a single moment if influx from
 the       spiritual world were taken   
away from him2 from experience       7n4
 #bhhg1 #ehdi1 #ehed1 #fcba74           
,the life that flows in from the ,lord  
varies in accordance       with the     
state of man and in accordance with     
reception 7n4       #bjfi1 #eihf1 #fdgb1
 #gcdc74         ,with those who are    
evil the good that flows in from the    
,lord is changed into evil1 and the     
truth into falsity2       from          
experience 7n4 #cfdb1 #dfcb74           
,the good and truth that continually    
flow in from the ,lord       are        
received just to the extent that they   
are not hindered       by evil and      
falsity 7n4 #bdaa1 #cadb1 #cadg1 #ehbh74
         #f ,all good flows in from the 
,lord1 and all evil from       hell 7n4 
#ijd1 #daea74         ,at the present   
day man believes that all things are in 
himself and are from himself1 when in   

fact they flow in2       and this he    
might know from the doctrine of the     
church1       which teaches that all    
good is from ,god1 and all evil from    
the devil 7n4 #dbdi1 #faic1 #fbjf74     
,but if man's belief were in accord with
 this doctrine he       would not       
appropriate evil to himself nor would he
 make       good to be his own 7n4      
#fbjf1 #fcbd1 #fcbe74         ,how happy
 man's state would be if he believed    
that all       good flows in from the   
,lord and all evil from hell4 7n4       
#fcbe74         ,those who deny heaven  
or who know nothing about it do not     
know that there is any influx from      
heaven 7n4 #dcbb1 #efdi1       #faic1   
#fdgi74         ,what influx is1        
illustrated by comparisons 7n4 #fabh1   
#faij1       #idjg74         #g         
,everything of life flows in from the   
first fountain of       life1 because   
that is the source of it2 and it        
continually       flows in thus         
everything of life is from the ,lord 7n4

       #cjja1 #ccah1 #cccg1 #ccch1      
#ccdd1 #cdhd1 #cfai1 #cgda-cgdc1        
#dcah-dcbj1 #ddag1 #debd1 #dhhb1 #ehdg1 
#eihf1 #fcbe1 #fdfh-fdgj1       #fdgi1  
#ibgf1 #ajaif74         ,influx is      
spiritual and not physical1 that is1    
influx is       from the spiritual world
 into the natural1 and not from         
the natural into the spiritual 7n4      
#cbai1 #eaai1 #ebei1 #edbg1       #edbh1
 #edgg1 #fcbb1 #iaaj74         ,influx  
is through the internal man into the    
external1 or       through the spirit   
into the body1 and not the reverse1     
because the spirit of man is in the     
spiritual world1 and       his body in  
the natural 7n4 #agjb1 #agjg1 #aidj1    
#aied1 #eaai1       #ebei1 #eggi1 #fcbb1
 #ichj74         ,the internal man is in
 the spiritual world and the            
external in the natural world 7n4 #igh1 
#ajae1 #cfbh1 #ddei1       #debc1 #debd1
 #fjeg1 #fcji1 #igja-igji1 #ajaef1      
#ajdgb74         ,there is an appearance
 that there is an influx from the       

externals of man into internals1 but    
this is a fallacy 7n4       #cgba74     
,with man there is influx into things   
rational1 and through       these into  
knowledges1 and not the reverse 7n4     
#adie1 #agjg1       #aidj74             
,what the order of influx is 7n4 #gge1  
#hhj1 #ajif1 #adie1       #gbgj74       
,there is direct influx from the ,lord1 
and likewise mediate       influx       
through the spiritual world or heaven   
7n4 #fjfc1       #fcjg1 #fdgb1 #ifhb1   
#ifhc74         ,the ,lord's influx is  
into the good in man1 and through       
good into truth1 and not the reverse 7n4
 #edhb1 #efdi1 #fjbg1       #hfhe1      
#hgja1 #ajaec74         ,good gives the 
capacity to receive influx from the     
,lord1       but truth without good does
 not 7n4 #hcba74         ,nothing that  
flows into the thought is harmful1 but  
only       what flows into the will1    
since this is what is       appropriated
 to man 7n4 #fcjh74         #h ,there is
 a general influx 7n4 #ehej74           

,this is a continual effort to act in   
accordance with order       7n4 #fbaa74 
,this influx is into the lives of       
animals 7n4 #ehej74         ,also into  
the subjects of the vegetable kingdom   
7n4 #cfdh74         ,it is in accord    
with this general influx that thought   
falls into speech with man1 and will    
into acts and       movements 7n4 #ehfb1
 #eiij1 #faib1 #fbaa74    ,,subject     
,,spirits4         #i ,spirits sent     
forth from societies of spirits to other
       societies and to other spirits1  
are called subjects 7n4       #ddjc1    
#ehef74         ,communications in the  
other life are effected by means of     
such emissary spirits 7n4 #ddjc1 #ehef1 
#eihc74         ,a spirit sent forth to 
serve as a subject does not think       
from himself1 but thinks from those by  
whom he is sent       forth 7n4         
#eihe-eihg74         ,many particulars  
relating to such spirits 7n4 #eihh1     
#eihi74