faith staying with us only when from, 482
the good of, 23 note e
people who have lived in, 489
vs. spiritual love, 23
Heavenly people, the ancients as, 115
The heavens. See also First heaven; Inmost
heaven; Second heaven; Third heaven;
Three heavens
angels of the third (or central), 8 , 29 – 31
angels raised by the Lord from lower to
higher, 35
association among angels of the same, 36
civic affairs in, 213 – 220 , 388
communication among, 35 , 206 – 210
correspondences with one another, 100
distanced from each other, 120
domestic affairs in, 183 – 190 , 366 – 386 , 388
each community as a heaven in smaller
form, 51 – 58 , 149 , 200
each community refl ecting a single indi-
vidual, 68 – 72 , 200
ecclesiastical affairs in, 221 – 227 , 388 , 393 : 1
empowerment in, 564
higher vs. lower (more inward vs. more
outward), 22
made up of countless communities, 41 – 50
many functions people have in, 387
rankings in, 390
ratios of details to generalizations in, 267
services in, 388
Swedenborg led by the Lord into, 192
two kingdoms of, 596
Heaven’s form. See also Divine design
angelic intelligence and wisdom fl owing
according to, 201 – 212 , 266
destroyed in us, 202
determining how people associate and com-
municate there, 200 – 212
intricacy and incomprehensibility of, 212
Heaven’s light
appearance of people in hell in, 131
appearing as darkness to those in hell, 584
rationality rendered productive by, 464 : 6
seeing love more clearly in, 15 , 462 a
Heaven’s union with us, through the Word,
303 – 310
Hebrew language, 237 , 241 , 260
Height, meaning in the Word, 197
Hell, 536 – 603. See also The hells; People in hell
boundaries around, 428
church people knowing practically nothing
about, 1
communities in, 204 , 560 , 573
constantly leading us into evil, 546
door to, 430
evil people united to, 295
gnashing of teeth in, 566 – 575
the good and the true transformed into,
when rejected or stifl ed, 9
hellfi re in, 134 , 566 – 575
infi nite variety in, 405
the Lord not casting anyone into, 545 – 550
no one born for, 318
people entering unable to be taught, 512
people entering voluntarily, 547 – 548
people who have been transported into,
491 , 579
pleasures of, 374 , 384
reason separated from heaven, 400
spirits being readied for, 430
spirits who are not yet united with, 299
Hellfi re, 118 note b, 134 , 566 – 575
meaning of, 134 , 401 , 571
not showing when hells are closed, 571
turning to intense cold when warmth fl ows
in from heaven, 572
Hellish freedom, 603
Hellish marriages, 377
Hellish spirits
all turning away from the Lord, 552 : 3
angels assigned to protect us from attacks
by, 391
cast into hell, 229
coming into company of good ones, 152
as devoted to evil as angels are to good, 577
each appearing in the form of her or his
own evil, 553
harboring murderous hatred for us, 249
impossibility of changing into angels, 527
intellectual faculty vs. volitional, 153
language of, 245
looking human to one another, 131 , 553 : 4
malice and unspeakable skills of, 576 – 581
possession by, 257 note e
seeming to be oriented to heaven’s direc-
tions, 153
separated from good spirits, 511
tormenting one another, 577
The hells
all people there involved in love for self, 596
appearance, location, and number of,
582 – 588
constantly attacking heaven, 595
government of, 220 , 536 – 544index to heaven and hell 383