Secrets of Heaven, 1 , 263 , 305
references on different types of knowledge,
356
references on our freedom, infl ow, and the
spirits who are the means of communica-
tion, 603
references on the Lord and his divine
human, 86
Secular learning. See Learning
“Seers,” 76
The self
nothing good is intended or done by, 8
stupidity of those constantly looking at,
10 , 508
Self-examination, encouragement for, 487 : 3
Self-image
of angels, 158
fostering self-love, 283
must be detached from us for the Lord to
be present, 158 note c
not yet acquired by infants, 277 : 2
nothing but evil, 591 note c
source of everything evil and false, 484 note f
talking only on the basis of, 563
Selfi shness
heavenly angels free of any, 272
innate in us, 424
Self-love
agonies created by, 400
carrying off all other pleasures, 399
defi ning, 556
fi rst humans to feel the pleasures of, 252
hellfi re of, 118 note b, 283
and hypocrisy, 68
lack of understanding of on earth, 555
opposite of love for one’s neighbor, 558 b
people engaged in turning their backs to
the Lord, 17 – 18
people in hell absorbed in evils because of,
551 – 565
preventing knowledge of one’s dominant
love, 487
root of all evils, 359 note b, 555
running wild to the extent its reins are loos-
ened, 559
separating us from heaven, 400 : 4
Sense-oriented people, 85 , 267 note c, 353 , 461
having trouble understanding the appear-
ance of the spiritual world, 582
Senses
of angels, 170 , 462 a
after death enjoying every one we had,
461 – 469
inoperative during dying, 449
of people in heaven, 462 a
pleasures of service from each, 402
thoughts giving rise to our, 212
Sensory level
being lifted above, 130
described, 267 note c, 353 note d
how we are engrossed in, 267
illusions of, 356 : 11
Sensory observation, adding to rational
thought, 478
Separation, of the evil from the good, 511
Sermons in heaven, 221 , 222 , 225
Services
in the heavens, 388 , 391 – 392
putting self before, 563
Shame, 403
Shattering experiences, in the other life, 513
note a
Sheep, 110
Sight
after death, 462 a
pleasures of, 402
Sign of the Lord, appearing in the heavens, 1
Silver Age, 115
Simple people
arriving at angelic wisdom, 18 , 268
in heaven, 346 – 356 , 391
less ignorant than intellectuals, 183 : 2 , 602
among non-Christians, 322 , 324
protecting from corruption, 1
their view of the Lord, 82
Skepticism, dispelling, 1
Slanders, memory of following us after death,
462 b: 5
Smell. See also Odors
pleasures of, 402
Smoke, meaning in the Word, 570
Socinians, 3 , 83
Son of God, as divine truth from eternity, 86 : 5
Son of Humanity, 1
Sons, meaning in the Word, 382 b note g
Sons-in-law, meaning in the Word, 382 b note g
Sorting. See Judgment
Soul, what in us thinks, 432394 HEAVEN and HELL