Contents
Short Titles and Other Conventions Used in This Edition ix
Part I. Heaven and Hell
§ 1 [Author’s Preface] 3
[ 1 ] §§ 2 – 6 / The Lord Is God of Heaven 5
[ 2 ] §§ 7 – 12 / It Is the Lord’s Divine Nature That Makes Heaven 8
[ 3 ] §§ 13 – 19 / The Lord’s Divine Nature in Heaven Is Love
for Him and Thoughtfulness toward One’s Neighbor 10[ 4 ] §§ 20 – 28 / Heaven Is Divided into Two Kingdoms 15
[ 5 ] §§ 29 – 40 / There Are Three Heavens 18
[ 6 ] §§ 41 – 50 / The Heavens Are Made Up of Countless Communities 23
[ 7 ] §§ 51 – 58 / Each Community Is a Heaven in Smaller Form
and Each Angel a Heaven in Smallest Form 27[ 8 ] §§ 59 – 67 / The Whole Heaven, Grasped as a Single Entity,
Refl ects a Single Individual 32[ 9 ] §§ 68 – 72 / Each Community in the Heavens Refl ects
a Single Individual 36[ 10 ] §§ 73 – 77 / Therefore Every Angel Is in Perfect Human Form 38
[ 11 ] §§ 78 – 86 / It Is Owing to the Lord’s Divine Human That Heaven,
in Its Entirety and in Its Parts, Refl ects a Person 42References to Passages in Secrets of Heaven Concerning the Lord
and His Divine Human 46[ 12 ] §§ 87 – 102 / There Is a Correspondence of Everything
in Heaven with Everything in the Human Being 50[ 13 ] §§ 103 – 115 / There Is a Correspondence of Heaven
with Everything Earthly 56v