In the physical world, these two comparable things, the heat and the
light, that radiate from this sun are material and are called physical. So
are all the things in this world that come about from this heat and light.
[ 4 ] ( 4 ) In both worlds there are three levels. They are called vertical
levels. These result in the three areas where the three angelic heavens are
set up. They also result in the three levels of the human mind, which cor-
respond to the three angelic heavens. Everything else both here and there
also has three levels.
[ 5 ] ( 5 ) There is a correspondence between things in the spiritual
world and things in the physical world.
[ 6 ] ( 6 ) There is a design that has been built into each and every thing
in each world.
[ 7 ] ( 7 ) First we need to get an overall idea about the above. Other-
wise the human mind, in its utter ignorance of all this, easily slips into
the idea that the universe was created by nature; and only out of respect
for the authority of the church will it say that nature was created by God.
If people do not know how God created nature, when they take a deep
look at the subject they slip headfirst into a materialist philosophy that
denies God.
Now, because it would take a large volume to lay out and properly
demonstrate these seven points one by one, and because a section on that
topic would not be integral to the theological system laid out in this
book, I want to present only some memorable occurrences. From these
an idea of how God created the universe can be conceived, and after con-
ception some offspring representing that idea can be born.
The first memorable occurrence.One day I was in a meditation on the 76
creation of the universe. Angels who were above me to the right noticed
my meditation. Their region had had a number of meditations and debates
on that same subject. Therefore one of them came down and invited me to
join them. I came into my spirit and accompanied the angel.
After I entered their community I was brought to its leader. In the
leader’s court I saw a gathering of about a hundred, with the leader in
the middle. One of them said, “We became aware up here that you were
meditating on the creation of the universe. A number of times we have
been in similar meditations, but were unable to come to a conclusion.
This was because there was an idea stuck in our minds—an idea of
chaos as a great egg from which everything in the universe hatched in
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