Heaven and Hell: The Portable New Century Edition

86 HEAVEN and HELL §156 c. Our self-image is loving ourselves: 694 , 731 , 4317 , 5660. This self-image must be detached from us ...

§159 angels’ changes of state 87 d. Angels are being made more perfect to eternity: 4803 , 6648. In heaven, there is never any s ...

88 HEAVEN and HELL §160 160 When angels are in this last state, which is when they are involved in their sense of self, they beg ...

§167 time 89 a. Expressions of time in the Word mean states: 2788 , 2837 , 3254 , 3356 , 4816 [ 4814 ], 4901 , 4916 , 7218 , 807 ...

90 HEAVEN and HELL §167 creation, from eternity. As my anxiety mounted because of this, I was raised into the sphere of heaven a ...

§171 representations & appearances 91 c. Unlike angels, we do not think without some concept of time: 3404. in hope or expec ...

92 HEAVEN and HELL §171 We may conclude that there are things like this in the heavens because of what the prophets saw—for exam ...

§176 representations & appearances 93 a. All the things that are visible to angels are representations: 1971 , 3213 – 3226 , ...

94 HEAVEN and HELL §177 a. Garments in the Word mean truths by reason of correspondence: 1073 , 2576 , 5319 , 5954 , 9212 , 9216 ...

§180 angels’ clothes 95 c. Pure white and soft white in the Word mean what is true, because they come from light in heaven: 3301 ...

96 HEAVEN and HELL §180 cast out into the outer darkness” (Matthew 22 : 12 – 13 [ 11 – 13 ]). The wed- ding house means heaven a ...

§184 angels’ homes 97 and houses—some because they do not see them, some because they do not realize that angels are people, som ...

98 HEAVEN and HELL §184 a. Angels have towns, palaces, and homes, described: 940 , 941 , 942 , 1116 , 1626 , 1627 , 1628 , 1630 ...

§188 angels’ homes 99 c. [Swedenborg’s note here refers the reader to the note in § 176 above.] d. In the highest sense, “the ho ...

100 HEAVEN and HELL §189 a. In the Word, places and spaces mean states: 2625 , 2837 , 3356 , 3387 , 7381 , 10578 [ 10580 ]; from ...

§196 space 101 c. Places and spaces are presented to view in response to the inner states of angels and spirits: 5604 [ 5605 ], ...

102 HEAVEN and HELL §196 discontinuities. This is even more the case for angels because their sight acts in unison with their th ...

§200 form & communication 103 d. In the Word, length means what is good: 1613 , 9487. Breadth means what is true: 1613 , 343 ...

104 HEAVEN and HELL §200 a. The whole heaven—specifi cally, all its angelic communities—is arranged by the Lord accord- ing to h ...

§203 form & communication 105 c. Divine truths are the laws of the design: 2247 [ 2447 ], 7995. To the extent that we live a ...