The Spiritual Sun · Volume 2

Deutscher Text · Volume contents Heavenly and hellish principles [1] I already have another one, as you say, in the cross-hairs, who says: It is all right; the viewing of hell can be of use to some of us, but no sooner than until one knows when the hell that appears in man or in…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents Eleventh floor – love for God (Jesus) and out of that for the neighbor leads to the perfection of life [1] Now, since you had a good look around, you can start to say what you saw. You say: Dear friend and brother! We have seen a lot of the…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents Heavenly schoolhouse for geography and world history in the kingdom of children [1] Look, here is already another and by far larger house; what is taught here? We'll be right there. You know that these little children had never been able to know their place of birth, the earth, for…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents The Eighth commandment in the eighth hall – The material shell as a means to lie [1] We are in the eighth hall, and there we see on the round tablet, well known to us from all the earlier halls, clearly written: "Thou shalt not bear false testimony", saying as…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents What is the love unto God? [1] You have seen in these four points that the Lord, on the one hand, does not present the sole obedience to the law for the attainment of actual eternal life as sufficient and, in the fourth point, even indirectly abolishes it. [2] But…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents Heaven and Hell – Polarities in man [1] Now one will say: ‘It is indeed very probable that the matter will finally take such course and that each wound inflicted to the spirit, will become visible in its absolute condition and will react. But after the thorough explanation about the…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents Personal details of the apostles depicted by distinguishing insignia. [1] See, we are at the well-known city gates, which, like the wall around the city and the houses in the city, are all made of precious stones. [2] Look down the lane, which is called the main street, the street…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents Visual instruction in graduated departments in the children's kingdom [1] You have seen now how the immature children learn to speak; But what follows after speaking? See, there is another building before us. In this we shall enter, and it will immediately show what is happening with these children. We…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents Comments on social issues [1] It can now be asked, since the Lord never introduced a right of ownership, and therefore never gave any commandment by which one should specifically respect the accumulated fortune of so many stingy usurers, and that in contrast to a host of the very poorest…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents What does it mean to love God above all else? [1] I see one who comes and speaks: It would be all right, but how should one realize this one Divine word to God Himself? How could one truly love God, and above all else? Should one be so in…