82 HEAVEN and HELL §147
e. In the Word, the Lord’s “fl esh” means his divine human and the divine good of his love: 3813 ,
7850 , 9127 , 10283 ; and “the Lord’s blood” means divine truth and the holiness of faith: 4735 , 4978
[ 6978 ], 7317 , 7326 , 7846 , 7850 , 7877 , 9127 , 9393 , 10026 , 10033 , 10152 , 10204 [ 10210 ].“The Lord’s fl esh” means what is divine and good, and his “blood” means
what is divine and true.e148 All the people in the heavens live in different areas according to the
cardinal directions. People who are sensitive to the good that love does
live along the east-west axis: the ones who have a clear perception of this,
toward the east; and the ones who have a vague perception of it, toward
the west. People who are sensitive to the issues of wisdom that result
[from that good] live along the south-north axis: the ones in a clear light
of wisdom, toward the south; and the ones in a dim light of wisdom,
toward the north.
The dwelling arrangement for angels in the Lord’s spiritual kingdom
is like that of the ones in his heavenly kingdom, with a difference that
depends on the good that love does and the light of truth that comes
from the good. This is because the love in the heavenly kingdom is a love
for the Lord, and the light of truth from that love is wisdom. On the
other hand, the love in the spiritual kingdom is the love for our neighbor
that is called thoughtfulness, and the light of truth that comes from it is
intelligence, also called faith (see above, § 23 ). They also differ according
to the directions, since as just noted (§ 146 ), the directions in the two
kingdoms are thirty degrees apart.149 There is a similar dwelling arrangement for the angels in each partic-
ular community of heaven. The ones who are engaged in a greater degree
of love and thoughtfulness are toward the east, and the ones in less
toward the west; the ones who are in greater light of wisdom are toward
the south, and the ones in less toward the north. The reason for this
arrangement is that each community is a refl ection of heaven and is a
heaven in lesser form as well (see above, §§ 51 – 58 ). The same thing hap-
pens in meetings. They are brought into this arrangement by the form of
heaven, which enables every individual to know her or his place.
It is also provided by the Lord that there shall be all kinds of people
in each community, because heaven has a consistent form throughout.
Still, the arrangement of heaven as a whole does differ from that of a
community as a general entity differs from its details. That is, the com-
munities that are located toward the east are superior to those toward the
west, and those toward the south are superior to those toward the north.