That the atmospheres, which are three in both the spi-
ritual and natural worlds, in their ultimates end in
substances and matters, like those on the earth.... 302
That in the substances and matters of which earths
consists, there is nothing of the Divine in itself,
but that still they are from the Divine in itself. . . . 305
That all uses, which are the ends of creation, are in
forms, and that they receive their forms from such
substances and matters as those on the earth...... 307
I. That in earths there is an endeavor to pro-
duce uses in forms, or forms of uses. .
III. That there is a certain image of man in all
forms of uses
II. That there is a certain image of creation in
all forms of uses. . . .
IV. That there is a certain image of infinite and
eternal in all forms of uses.
That all things in the created universe, viewed from
uses, represent man in an image; and that this testi-
fies that God is a man
That all things created by the Lord are uses; and that
they are uses in the order, degree, and respect, in
which they have relation to man, and by man to the
Lord their Creator.
Uses for sustaining the body
Uses for perfecting the rational principle
Uses for receiving a spiritual principle from the
That evil uses were not created by the Lord, but that
they originated together with hell..
I. What is meant by evil uses on earth.
II. That all things that are evil uses are in hell,
and all that are good uses in heaven . . .
III. That there is a continual influx from the spi-
ritual into the natural world ..
IV. That influx from hell operates those things
that are evil uses, in places where those
things are that correspond.
V. That the spiritual ultimate, separated from
its higher principle, operates this.
VI. That there are two forms on which operation
takes place by influx, the vegetable and the
animal form.
VII. That both forms, as long as they exist,
receive the means of propagation
That the visible things in the created universe testify,
that nature has produced nothing and does produce
nothing, but that the Divine has produced and does
produce all things from Himself, and through the
spiritual world...
That two receptacles and habitations for Himself, called
the will and understanding, have been created and
formed by the Lord in man; the will for His divine
love, and the understanding for His divine wisdom. 358
That the will and understanding, which are the recep-
tacles of love and wisdom, are in the brains, in the
whole and in every part thereof, and thence in the
body, in the whole and in every part thereof..
I. That love and wisdom, and hence the will
and understanding, constitute man's very
life
II. That man's life in its principles is in the
brains, and in its principiates in the body.. 365
III. That as the life is in its principles, such is
it in the whole and in every part
IV. That the life, by these principles, is from
every part in the whole, and from the whole
in every part..
V. That such as the love is, such is the wisdom,
and hence such is the man.
That there is a correspondence of the will with the
heart, and of the understanding with the lungs.... 371
I. That all things of the mind are referable to
the will and understanding, and all things of
the body to the heart and lungs.
II. That there is a correspondence of the will
and understanding with the heart and lungs,
and thence a correspondence of all things of
the mind with all things of the body..
III. That the will corresponds to the heart
IV. That the understanding corresponds to the
lungs
V. That this correspondence may be the means
of discovering many arcana concerning the
will and understanding, thus also concerning
love and wisdom..
VI. That a man's mind is his spirit, and that
the spirit is a man, and that the body is the
external by which the mind or spirit feels
and acts in the world
VII. That the conjunction of a man's spirit with
his body is by the correspondence of his will
and understanding with his heart and lungs,
and their disjunction by the non-correspond-
That all things that can be known of the will and un-
derstanding, or of love and wisdom, consequently
all that can be known of man's soul, may be known
from the correspondence of the heart with the will,
and of the understanding with the lungs.
I. That love or the will is a man's essential life 399
II. That love or the will constantly tends to the
human form, and to all things of the human
form...
III. That love or the will cannot do any thing by
its human form without a marriage with
wisdom or the understanding..
IV. That love or the will prepares a house or
bridal apartment for a future spouse, which
is wisdom or the understanding..
V. That love or the will also prepares all things
in its human form, that it may act conjointly
with wisdom or the understanding..
VI. That after the marriage, the first conjunction
is by the affection of knowing, whence comes
the affection of truth
VII. That the second conjunction is by the affec-
tion of understanding, whence comes the
perception of truth.
VIII. That the third conjunction is by the affec-
tion of seeing truth, whence comes thought ib.
IX. That love or the will by these three conjunc-
tions is in its sensitive and active life...... 406
X. That love or the will introduces wisdom or
the understanding to all things in its house. 408
XI. That love or the will does nothing but in
conjunction with wisdom or the understand-
ing
XII. That love or the will conjoins itself to wis-
dom or the understanding, and causes wis-
dom or the understanding to be reciprocally
conjoined to it. . . . . .
XIII. That wisdom or the understanding, by virtue
of the power given it by love or the will, may
be elevated, and receive the things which
are of the light of heaven, and perceive them 413
XIV. That love or the will can in like manner be
elevated, and perceive the things which are
of the heat of heaven, if it love its spouse in
that degree.
XV. That otherwise love or the will draws down
wisdom or the understanding from its eleva-
tion, to act as one with it
XVI. That love or the will is purified by wisdom
in the understanding, if they be elevated to-
gether
XVII. That love or the will is defiled in the under-
standing, and by it, if they be not elevated
together.
XVIII. That love purified by wisdom in the under-
standing becomes spiritual and celestial.... 422
XIX. That love defiled in and by the understand-
ing, becomes natural, sensual, and corporeal 424
XX. That the faculty of understanding, called
rationality, and the faculty of acting, called
liberty, still remain. . .
XXI. That spiritual and celestial love is love to-
wards the neighbor, and love to the Lord;
and that natural and sensual love is love of
the world and love of self....
XXII. That it is the same with charity and faith
and their conjunction, as with the will and
understanding and their conjunction...
The nature of a man's initiament at conception..
1. THAT LOVE IS THE LIFE OF MAN. the existence, but not of the nature, of love. He is aware of its existence from the use of the word in common speech, as when it is said, such a one loves me, the king loves his subjects and subjects love their king, the husband loves his wife and the mother her children, and vice versa; also when it is said that this or that person loves his country, his fellowcitizens, or his neighbor; in like manner when it is said of things abstracted from person, that we love this or that thing. Nevertheless, though the word love is so universally in the mouths of men, scarcely any one knows what love is: whilst meditating on it, since he cannot form any idea of thought concerning it, he says either that it is nothing real, or that it is only something that flows in through the sight, hearing, feeling, and conversation, and thereby affects him; he is altogether ignorant that it is his very life, not only the common life of his whole body, and the common life of all his thoughts, but also the life of all the particulars thereof. A wise man may perceive this from the following queries: If you remove the affection which is of love, can you think any thing? and can you do any thing? In proportion as the affection which is of love grows cold, do not thought, speech, and action grow cold also? and in proportion as it is heated, are not they also heated? But this a wise man perceives, not from a knowledge that love is the life of man, but from experience of this fact.
2. No one knows what is the life of man, unless he knows that it is love. If this be not known, one person may believe that the life of man consists only in feeling and in acting, another in thinking, when nevertheless thought is the first effect of life, and sensation and action are the second. It is said that thought is the first effect of life; but thought is of
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