Angelic wisdom concerning the divine love and concerning the divine wisdom

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Part I

The Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom appear in the idea world ‘as the sully.) vast er wes cee cs © hic cte de ake

From the sun which exists from the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom proceeds heat and light ......+++see

That sun is not God, but it is the proceeding from the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom of God-Man; as also are the heat and light from thatsun) .2../ oe: <ics ic si oie ome es

Spiritual heat and light, in proceeding from the Lord as a sun, make one, as His Divine Love and Divine Wisdom make one es ee Me Pe ee ee Be Be a ae oe eer e . se e e e e e °

The sun of the spiritual world appears in a middle altitude, distant from the angels as the sun of the world from men...

The distance between the sun and angels and between angels themselves in the spiritual world is an appearance according to

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The angels are in the Lord, and the Lordin them; and because the Angels are recipients, the Lord alone is heaven ... .

In the spiritual world the east is where the Lord appears as a sun, and the remaining quarters are determined from this. .

The quarters in the spiritual world are not from the Lord asa sun, but they are from the angels according to reception . .

The Angels always turn their faces to the Lord as a sun, and thus have the south to the right, the north to the left, and the west behind’ themi, qv"... 2 tee Sho hist) 9. | tel ned hada All the Interiors both of the mind and the body of angels are turned to ‘the: Uord’ag ajsutivn sy cs ian. ee ele dhis Watpettbe se

Every spirit, whatever may be his quality, turns in like manner to his ruling love Le el ee | aN e e e e e e ° e e e e e e e

The Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom which proceed from the Lord as a sun, and make heat and light in heaven, are the proceeding Divine, which is the Holy Spirit. .....

The Lord created the universe and all things of it by means of the sun which is the first Proceeding of the Divine Love and the Divine) Wisdom... 2... pae bite Maida Wa MeN inom tn ;

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The sun of the natural world is pure fire, and therefore dead; and nature,because it derives its origin from that sun, is dead Without two suns, the one living and the other dead, there can De DO CTESHON alc atrat sibel eine aisle) ahi oft et "aly o) etiel leva mee

The end of creation exists in ultimates, which end is that all things may return to the Creator, and that there may be con- WADCHON et iret ail cui cited oie MEM 6) ar oc oe geval. s\Gay ape

PART JI.

In the spiritual world there are atmospheres, waters, and earths, as in the natural world; but the former are spiritual, while Enmisatter OO NALULAL Lay aft et air oles Welk ay hata eu oil eh ee

There are degrees of love and wisdom, and hence degrees of heat and light, also degrees of atmospheres... . 2...

Degrees are of two kinds, degrees of altitude and degrees of RESALE 3 Was o's b's a Has wl ho) fafallveipdten ich eames Aber Vet's

Degrees of altitude are homogeneous, and one from another in a series, as are end, cause, and effect. . . . . « « 2 « 0 «

The first degree is the all in all things of the subsequent degrees es e e e e e e e e e e e @ e * . e e e e e ° ° e

All perfections increase and ascend with degrees and according to them e e e es ° se e es ° e e e e e e e . e s e e e

In successive order the first degree makes the highest, and the third the lowest; but in simultaneous order the first degree makes the innermost, and the third the outermost . ....

The ultimate degree is the complex, containant, and basis of the WIRIOELACRCES ci oo auleie ve lel eile ere oh ehey eo enek eis

The degrees of altitude are in fulness and in power in their ulti- Mate degree 5 6 6 See e Se ee ee ot ol eiimeiiers There are degrees of both kinds in the greatest and the smallest of all things that are created . . 2. 2 + 2 eee ee oe There are three infinite and uncreated degrees of altitude in the Lord, and there are three finite and created degrees in man .

These three degrees of altitude are in every man by birth, and they can be opened successively, and as they are opened, a man is in the Lord, and the Lordin him. .....+e.-, v1 CONTENTS

Spiritual light flows in with man through three degrees, but not spiritual heat, except so far as man shuns evils as sins and looks ‘to ‘the “0rd fe sat teks OF toile delice Din Mp Uo te mele % if If the higher degree, which is the spiritual, is not opened in man, he becomes natural and sensual ......-.-. pune

I. What the natural man is, and what the spiritual man .

II. What is the quality of the natural man in whom the spiritual déepree'is opened ©... «..\+. sewer teen

III. What is the quality of the natural man in whom the spiritual degree is not opened, but still not closed. .

IV. What is the quality of the natural man in whom the spiritual degree is entirely closed. . . . 2...

V. What the distinction is between the life of a merely natural man and the life of a beast. . . . . « « «

The natural degree of the human mind, considered in itself, is continuous, but by correspondence with the two higher degrees, while it is elevated, it appears as if it were discrete. .

The natural mind, since it is the covering and containant of the higher degrees of the human mind, is reactive; and if the higher degrees are not opened it acts against them, but if they are opened at acts with them'y sf. iv.) ss \ib Beene es a ans

The origin of evil is from the abuse of the faculties which are proper to man, and are called rationality and liberty . . . .

I. A bad man enjoys these two faculties equally with a POO MAN Lo. et et elise 's Tel ole Ea Leth eran ts Pies Ore

II. A bad man abuses these faculties to confirm evils and falsities, and a good man uses them to confirm goods and Truths hese eel eo eee os eile) wie lion «hein ie

Tit. Evils and falsities confirmed become permanent in a man, and come to be of his love and life .....

IV. Those things which have come to be of the love and thereby of the life, are engendered in the offspring .

V. Allevils and their falsities, both hereditary and acquired, reside in the matural mind /i()) 0 ue eee

Evils and falsities are in all opposition against goods and truths, because evils and falsities are diabolical and infernal, and goods and truths are Divine and heavenly ........

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I. The natural mind which is in evils and in falsities therefrom, is a form and image of hell ........

II. The natural mind which is a form or image of hell, de- Scends thraugm three degrees? jo) 6. FSP

III. The three degrees of the natural mind, which is a form and image of hell, are opposed to the three degrees of the spiritual mind, which is a form and image of BEAVER Tat clan eeiiatls aie Wei aie 5 i'n Alardbe reuR atta e

IV. The natural mind, which is a hell, is in all opposition against the spiritual mind, which isa heaven. . . .

All things which are of the three degrees of the natural mind are included in the works which are done by the acts of the body e e . e e e . e e e . e ° . ° . ° e . . . e es

PART IV.

The Lord from eternity, Who is Jehovah, created the universe and all things of it from Himself, and not from nothing . .

The Lord from eternity, or Jehovah, could not have created the universe and all things of it unless He werea Man ....

The Lord from eternity, or Jehovah, produced from Himself the sun of the spiritual world, and from it created the universe MIE ML CUPS OF Ih a 0 a oa ans | ve mit oeAv aut auhadi a elite? fan) we

There are three things in the Lord which are the Lord, the Divine of Love, the Divine of Wisdom, and the Divine of Use; and these three are presented in appearance outside the sun of the spiritual world, the Divine of Love by heat, the Divine of Wisdom by light, and the Divine of Use by atmosphere, which is the containant .... + +2 -+e eee

The Atmospheres, which are three in each world, the spiritual and the natural, in their ultimates terminate in substances and matters such as there are in the earths . . . 2. «2 ee we

In the substances and matters of which the earths consist, there is nothing of the Divine in itself, but still they are from the Morvinie in Tiself 5:6) he ets vs wire hig trad Natea tian gmat iw nett e\\ie

All uses, which are the ends of creation, are in forms, and they receive forms from substances and matters such as are in the earths . ° * . e e e J . . . ° . e ° . a Ter Pe, re Be . .

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I. In the earths there is an effort to produce uses in forms, Or forms Of 1868 [Pee 1%.) leuiey es ie lle peers ee

II. In all forms of uses there is an image of creation .. III. In all forms of uses there is an image of man... .

IV. In all forms of uses there is an image of the Infinite and the Eternal faye. te salts tsl's cs 0 0: ) oy stew amemne

All things of the created universe viewed from uses represent man in an image; and this testifies that Godisa Man... All things which have been created by the Lord are uses; and they are uses in the order, degree, and respect in which they are related to man, and through man to the Lord, from Whom they are e ° e e e ° e e e e e e e e e e e e ® e e ° e

Uses for sustaining the Body . ..s «1s - » ws 0» «eles Uses for perfecting the Rational ....... alte fe ts Uses for receiving the Spiritual from the Lord. ......

Evil uses were not created by the Lord, but originated together e with hell oo. is '< cookie se) eb oft Var bl ete eerie Wer enteT ats

I, What is meant by evil uses onthe earth ......

II. All things that are evil uses are in hell, and all things that are good tses'are In heaven) cuss) ce seston

III. There is continuous influx from the spiritual world into the natural World 2124) oyco ilo ier ws bah ss ie aera ine

IV. Influx from hell operates to produce those things that are evil uses in places where are such things as correspond e e e e e e e e e e e e e s e e e e e e

V. The lowest spiritual separated from its higher degree eflects thie Vien is)) o \ois lhe arts. te. swaLeaees mene

VI. There are two forms into which the operation by influx takes place, the vegetable form and the animal form .

VII. Each of these forms with existence receives the faculty of propagating its kind and the means of propaga- L800) RPP AAS Wome Coe i NER a) hb ot shee baer ater «

The visible things in the created universe testify that nature has produced nothing, and does produce nothing, but that the Divine produces all things from Itself and through the spirit- MAL World eo heel erat ee tie Patel cae emne nea enn arte

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PART V.

Two receptacles and abodes for Himself, which are called the Will and the Understanding, have been created and formed by the Lord in man; the Will for His Divine Love, and the Understanding for His Divine Wisdom. .........

The will and the understanding, which are the receptacles of love and wisdom, are in the brains, in the whole and in every part of them, and from these in the body, in the whole and RIP GVETY PAIC Ol IE Tp owey hele eo rei'e) 0 wie). a 0 [ei ,eleliels

I. Love and wisdom, and hence the will and the understanding, make the life itself of man .......

II. The life of man in first principles is in the brains and in derivatives in the body . . «2. 2 2. sees eee

III. Such as the life is in first principles, such it is in the whole and in every part of it . 2 2 6 se. 2

IV. The life through these first principles is in the whole from every part, and in every part from the whole. .

V. Such as the love is, such is the wisdom, and therefore such is the TOG iets he. elle 6" ele et wate Te ee key |

There is a correspondence of the will with the heart, and of the mcecstandiny with the lungs...) o/'e\ es) a lew ese edie

I. All things of the mind have relation to the will and understanding, and all things of the body to the heart BOE UNOS Glows «he te) eat of wa ett taller ss) oe

II. There is a correspondence of the will and understanding with the heart and lungs, and hence a correspondence of all things of the mind with all things of the body es e e e e . e s e e e e ° e s * s ° e ° e

III. The will corresponds to the heart ......2.-.. IV. The understanding corresponds to the lungs .....

V. Many arcana concerning the will andthe understanding, thus also concerning love and wisdom, may be discovered through this correspondence ...... «

VI. The mind of man is his spirit, and the spirit is a man, and the body is the external through which the mind or spirit feels and acts in its world... ....e.s-s

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VII. The conjunction of the spirit of man with the body is through the correspondence of his will and understanding with his heart and lungs, and disjunction by non-correspondence

All that can be known of the will and the understanding, or of love and wisdom, thus that can be known of the soul of man, may be known from the correspondence of the heart with the will and of the understanding with the lungs . . .....