Heaven and its Wonders and HellSwedenborg, Emanuel
Religion
Heaven and its Wonders and Hell
Swedenborg, Emanuel
Future life -- Christianity -- Early work to 1800; Heaven -- Christianity; Hell -- Christianity
{Footnote 1} In the Word the "breast" signifies charity (n.
3934, 10081, 10087). The "loins" and organs of generation
signify marriage love (n. 3021, 4280, 4462, 5050-5052). The
"arms" and "hands" signify the power of truth (n. 878, 3091,
4931-4937, 6947, 7205, 10019). The "feet" signify the natural
(n. 2162, 3147, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952). The "eye"
signifies understanding (n. 2701, 4403-4421, 4523-4534, 6923,
9051, 10569). The "nostrils" signify perception (n. 3577, 4624,
4625, 4748, 5621, 8286, 10054, 10292). The "ears" signify
obedience (n. 2542, 3869, 4523, 4653, 5017, 7216, 8361, 8990,
9311, 9397, 10061). The "kidneys" signify the scrutiny and
correction of truth (n. 5380-5386, 10032).
98. That there is such a correspondence of all things of heaven with
all things of man has been made clear to me by much experience, by so
much that I am as convinced of it as of any evident fact that admits
of no doubt. But it is not necessary to describe all this experience
here; nor would it be permissible on account of its abundance. It may
be seen set forth in the Arcana Coelestia, where correspondences,
representations, the influx of the spiritual world into the natural
world, and the interaction between soul and body, are treated of.{1}
{Footnote 1} The correspondence of all the members of the body
with the Greatest Man, or heaven, in general and in particular,
from experience (n. 3021, 3624-3649, 3741-3750, 3883-3895,
4039-4054, 4218-4228, 4318-4331, 4403-4421, 4523-4533,
4622-4633, 4652-4660, 4791-4805, 4931-4953, 5050-5061,
5171-5189, 5377-5396, 5552-5573, 5711-5727, 10030). The influx
of the spiritual world into the natural world or of heaven into
the world, and the influx of the soul into all things of the
body, from experience (n. 6053-6058, 6189-6215, 6307-6326,
6466-6495, 6598-6626). The interaction between soul and body,
from experience (n. 6053-6058, 6189-6215, 6307-6327, 6466-6495,
6598-6626).
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