Heaven and Hell: The Portable New Century Edition

126 HEAVEN and HELL §244 words that yield meaning only the way they do when we on earth talk with each other. There is also a la ...

§248 how angels talk with us 127 exactly as though they themselves know everything we know, including our languages. [ 2 ] I hav ...

128 HEAVEN and HELL §248 a. It is possible for us to talk with spirits and angels, and the early people often did talk with them ...

§251 how angels talk with us 129 b. The forehead corresponds to heavenly love, and therefore means that love in the Word: 9936. ...

130 HEAVEN and HELL §251 c. Spirits cannot see, through us, anything that is in this subsolar world; but they have seen through ...

§255 how angels talk with us 131 common center (§ 124 ), or toward ourselves and therefore away from the Lord. The ones that are ...

132 HEAVEN and HELL §255 d. Spirits sent out by communities of spirits to other communities are called “agents”: 4403 , 5856. Co ...

§259 written materials 133 e. External or physical possession no longer occurs today the way it used to: 1983. Now, however, the ...

134 HEAVEN and HELL §259 truth from which both angels and people on earth get all their wisdom. It has in fact been spoken by th ...

§263 written materials 135 a. All the numbers in the Word mean particular things: 482 , 487 , 647 , 648 , 755 , 813 , 1963 , 198 ...

136 HEAVEN and HELL §263 specifi c ones. Since one general entity involves countless specifi c ones, numeric writing enfolds mor ...

§266 angels’ wisdom 137 love matters of divine and heavenly wisdom, that light radiates from heaven and provides them with enlig ...

138 HEAVEN and HELL §266 a. On angels’ wisdom—that it is incomprehensible and inexpressible: 2795 , 2796 , 2802 , 3314 , 3404 , ...

§269 angels’ wisdom 139 c. The sensory level is the outmost level of our life, associated with and resident in our bodies: 5077 ...

140 HEAVEN and HELL §269 d. The love that rules or governs throughout is present within us in the details of our life, so it is ...

§270 angels’ wisdom 141 e. Heavenly angels know countless things and are vastly wiser than spiritual angels: 2718. Heav- enly an ...

142 HEAVEN and HELL §270 [ 3 ] In contrast, angels of the fi rst or outmost heaven do not have divine truths engraved on their i ...

§271 angels’ wisdom 143 f. On the correspondence of the ear and hearing: 4652 – 4660. The ear corresponds to perception and obed ...

144 HEAVEN and HELL §271 g. Angels are being perfected to eternity: 4803 , 6648. The reason anything beyond this comes from evil ...

§277 angels’ innocence 145 food. In fact, information, intelligence, and wisdom are spiritual nour- ishment the way food is natu ...