Secrets of Heaven

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 6 · Contents 4949. There are some who have abodes under the soles of the feet, with whom I have occasionally conversed. I have seen some of them endeavoring to ascend, and it was also granted me to feel their endeavor, and this even to the knees; but they…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 8 · Contents 6128. And he provided them with bread [in exchange] for all their cattle. That this signifies sustenance through the influx of good from the internal, is evident from the signification of “providing with bread,” or giving them bread, as being the sustenance of the spiritual life…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 1 · Contents 81. THE INTERNAL SENSE. This chapter treats of the celestial man, as the preceding one did of the spiritual, who was formed out of a dead man. But as it is unknown at this day what the celestial man is, and scarcely what the spiritual man…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 10 · Contents 8113. I was able to recognize the presence of the spirits of Jupiter, not only from the gentleness and sweetness of their approach and influx, but also from the fact that they inflowed most especially into the face, and that they disposed it to be smiling…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 11 · Contents 9352. That the principal reason was for the sake of the Word, is because the Word is truth Divine itself, which teaches man that there is a God, that there is a heaven and a hell, and that there is a life after death; and which…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 12 · Contents 10614. And Jehovah descended in the cloud, and stood with him there. That this signifies the external of the Word in which is the Divine, is evident from the signification of “the cloud,” as being the sense of the letter of the Word, thus its external…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 10 · Contents 8193. Marching before the camp of Israel. That this signifies that was around the truths and goods of the church, is evident from the signification of “the camp,” as being truths and goods; for by “the camp” is signified the whole assemblage of Israel, and by…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 11 · Contents 9432. And on the seventh day He called unto Moses. That this signifies when truth has been conjoined with good, is evident from the signification of “the seventh day,” as being the second state, when truth has been conjoined with good, that is, when the man…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 12 · Contents 10694. And they feared to come near unto him. That this signifies that they could not endure the external of the church, of worship, and of the Word when it was of this nature, is evident from the signification of “fearing to come near,” as being…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 10 · Contents 8273. Jehovah is a man of war. That this signifies that the Lord protects against all evils and falsities that are from the hells, is evident from the signification of “a man of war,” as being one who fights against falsities and evils, that is, against…