Secrets of Heaven

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 11 · Contents 9512. And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. That this signifies the approach for celestial good and for spiritual good, is evident from the signification of a “cherub,” as being admission and approach to the Lord through the…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 12 · Contents 10774. Moreover the Divine Providence of the Lord is over the veriest singulars of man’s life; for there is one only fountain of life, which is the Lord, from whom we live and act and have our being. 10775. Those who think about the Divine Providence…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 10 · Contents 8353. And he cried unto Jehovah. That this signifies supplication to the Lord from grief, is evident from the signification of “crying,” as being imploration (see n. 6801), and also interior lamentation (n. 7782); consequently it also denotes supplication from grief. (That “Jehovah” in the Word…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 11 · Contents 9592. THE CONTENTS. In this chapter the second or middle heaven is represented by the Habitation and the Tent; and the celestial and spiritual things therein are represented by the things of which these were constructed. And afterward the Intermediate that unites this heaven and the…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 2 · Contents 1114. CHAPTER 10. CONCERNING THE MOST ANCIENT CHURCH, WHICH WAS CALLED MAN, OR ADAM Angels and spirits, or men after death, when permitted by the Lord, can meet all whom they have known in this world, or whom they have heard of-whomsoever they desire-can see them…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 3 · Contents 2375. Upon Lot exceedingly. That this signifies that they desired to offer violence especially to the good of charity, is evident from the signification of “Lot,” as being the good of charity (see above, n. 2324, 2351, 2371, 2373). From the very words-that they “pressed upon…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 4 · Contents 3614. Until thy brother’s wrath turn away. That this signifies until the state turns thereto; and that “until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee” signifies what is successive of the state with natural good, is evident from the signification of “wrath” and “anger,” as being…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 9 · Contents 7827. Saying, This month is to you the head of the months. That this signifies that this state is the principal of all states, is evident from the signification of “month,” as being the end of a former and the beginning of a following state, thus…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 10 · Contents 9073. And he hath killed a man or a woman. That this signifies if it has destroyed the truth and the good of faith, is evident from the signification of “killing,” as being to destroy; and from the signification of “man” [vir], as being the truth…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 12 · Contents 10294. And galbanum. That this signifies the affection of a truth still more interior, is evident from what was said just above (n. 10293). That “onycha” and “galbanum” denote truths successively more interior, can be confirmed in no other way than from their order, because they…