5. The Connection Between Natural Objects And Spiritual Causes

From The Doctrines For Spiritual Christianity The reason a” quaking” or “motion” denotes a change of state, is that it takes place in space and in time and in the other life there is no idea of space and of time but in their stead there is state.  It is indeed true that in the …

4. The Material World Is Unnecessary For Sensation

From The Doctrines For Spiritual Christianity For in general, whatever appears in heaven has precisely the same appearance as the things which exist in our material world in its three kingdoms; and such things appear before the eyes of the angels in just the same way as the things of the three kingdoms appear before …

3. The Differences In Natural And Spiritual Perception

From The Doctrines For Spiritual Christianity All things that really appear in the spiritual world are correspondences, for they correspond to the interiors of angels, which are the things of their minds, that is, of their affection and of their thought therefrom, and therefore such things are signified by them.  For the spiritual, which is …

1. The Objects Of The Projections Of The Mind

From The Doctrines For Spiritual Christianity All things in heaven come forth from the Lord in correspondence with the interiors of the angels. For angels have both interiors and exteriors. All things in their interiors have relation to love and faith, thus to the will and understanding, since the will and understanding are their receptacles; …