Index to Heaven and Hell
The following index covers both the main text of Heaven and Hell and
Swedenborg’s footnotes. Reference numbers in this index correspond
to Swedenborg’s section numbers in Heaven and Hell; subsection num-
bers are separated from section numbers by a colon.A
Academicians, 488
Accepting
eternal life from the Lord, 5
everything good from the Lord, 5
Action and reaction, in the natural world,
589
Actions. See also Human action
intention fl owing spontaneously into, 212
Activities
good and useful, 361 , 405 , 517
malicious, 291
Adultery
breaking up marriages, 488
closing heaven to people committing,
384 – 385
memory of following us after death, 462 b
path toward hell through, 386
pleasures of, 386
rationalized within the church, 374
those who have rejected, 489
Affection, 110
angels’ language corresponding to their, 238
a corollary of love, 447 note d
after death enjoying every one we had,
461 – 469
devils fl owing into people’s, 579
expressed through the vowels in angelic
language, 261
people who counterfeit, 458
people who have had great, 349
reaching out around us, 203
Affi nities, people in heaven grouped according
to, 205
Africans in heaven, 326
After death. See also Eternal life; World of
spirits
being in a complete human form, 453 – 460
belief in a life after death, 183 , 452
conditions, 312 , 421 – 535
enjoying every sense, memory, thought,
and affection we had, 461 – 469
everyone remaining in same state of life, 330
importance of people understanding, 317 ,
406 , 420
leaving nothing behind except our earthly
body, 461 – 469
our becoming angels, 304
our dominant love as what we remain,
477 – 481
our fi rst state, 421 – 431 , 451 , 491 – 498
our second state, 499 – 511
our third state, of instruction for people
who are entering heaven, 512 – 520
our instinct concerning, 602
our nature depending on the kind of life we
led on earth, 470 – 484
our spirit looking the way it actually did on
earth, 100 , 459
peace of, 411
the pleasures of everyone’s life turned into
things that correspond, 485 – 490
repentance impossible, 527
sense of being awake, 440
sense of well-being turning into heavenly
pleasure, 401
Age. See also Boys; Children in heaven; Elderly
people; Infants; Young women
wisdom coming with advancing, 279
The age, close of, 1371