Heaven (continued)
indescribable beauty of people in, 17 , 414 , 459
infants in, 277
infi nite variety in, 20 and note a, 41 note
a, 405
inhabited vs. uninhabited, 419
inner life as what constitutes, 33 , 319
innocence the heart of all the good of, 282 ,
285
instruction for people who are entering,
512 – 520
light and warmth in, 126 – 140
the Lord as the sum and substance of, 12
the Lord’s divine nature making, 7 – 12 , 250
lust leads away from, 379
“many dwellings” in, 51
multiple offi ces and departments in, 393 : 3
names not crossing over into, 526 : 4
no one denied entry into, 525
no one entering on the basis of mercy
alone, 54 , 364 note e, 480 , 521 – 527
non-Christians in, 318 – 328
palaces in, 185
paths leading to, 520
peace at the heart of the delight of, 285
people admitted into, 54 , 281 , 324 , 350 , 357 ,
416 , 481 , 512
people being taught in, 2
people continually progressing toward
springtime of life in, 414
people excluded from, 3
people speaking directly from thought in, 2
people there described as being in the
Lord, 8
people who have been transported into, 18 ,
491
perfect wholeness of, 56 , 59
perfected by numerical growth, 71
portraying itself in marriage love of the
good and the true, 382 a
reason it is separated from hell, 400
representations and appearances in, 170 – 176
respect in, 389
rich and poor people in, 357 – 365
seedbed of, 315
sermons in, 221 , 222 , 225
sign of the Son of Humanity in, 1
space in, 191 – 199
spirits being readied for, 430
spirits wanting to get into, 400 , 495
the state of innocence of angels in, 276 – 283
the state of peace in, 284 – 290
the sun in, 116 – 125
teaching provided in, 391
time in, 162 – 169
total assemblage of angels called, 7
united with the human race, 291 – 302 , 306
as the universal and divine human, 59
the vastness of, 415 – 420
virtues in, 387
what angels do in, 387 – 394
wise and simple people in, 346 – 356
written materials in, 258 – 264
Heaven and hell, 1 – 420
coming from the human race, 311 – 317
corresponding numbers of communities
in, 588
the equilibrium between, 537 , 589 – 596
the Lord holding us between, 603 : 3
our freedom depends on the balance
between, 537 , 597 – 603
our union with being mediated by spirits,
600
Swedenborg enabled to view what is in, 1
world of spirits halfway between, 422
Heaven-bound life, not that hard to lead,
528 – 535
Heavenly angels
the ancients in union with, 252
state of innocence of, 341
superior to spiritual angels, 270
vs. spiritual, 21 , 25 , 31
the wisdom of, 265 – 275
Heavenly fi re, 134
changed to hellfi re by the people who
receive it in hell, 569
Heavenly households, government in, 219
Heavenly infl ow. See Infl ow from heaven
Heavenly intelligence, 347
Heavenly joy, 286 , 395 – 414
coming from the heart, 413
conveying to another, 413
dwelling in our deeper levels, 409 – 410
indescribability of, 409
levels of, 410
people’s ignorance about, 395 , 398 , 412
as pleasures of service, 402
Heavenly kingdom
all people there involved in love for the
Lord, 596
vs. spiritual, 21
Heavenly love
deeper levels opened by, 272
defi ning, 557382 HEAVEN and HELL