Springtime of life, people continually pro-
gressing toward in heaven, 414
Standing with the leadership, different in
heaven, 407
Stars
correspondences with, 105
meaning in the Word, 1 note g, 119 note e
will fall from heaven, 1
Stomach, 299. See also Foods
service the sense of taste provides for, 402
Stone, meaning in the Word, 188 note g, 488
note b, 534 note a
Stone buildings, meaning in the Word, 186
note b, 223
Storge, 277
Street, meaning in the Word, 479 note d
Studious types, still reading and writing after
death, 461 : 2
Stupidity, of those who place merit in good
deeds, 10
Summits. See Mountaintops
Sun
appearance to angels, 122
correspondences with, 105 , 125
dimming of, 159
distance from the moon, 146
fi re and light from, 13 , 569
in heaven, 116 – 125 , 172
the Lord compared to, 119
meaning in the Word, 1 note e, 119
in our world, 13 , 172
ruddy halo around, 159
will be darkened, 1
Swedenborg
allowed to describe what he has heard and
seen, 1 , 229
allowed to experience dying, 448 – 449
allowed to experience the pleasures of heav-
enly joy, 413
allowed to look into the hells, 586 – 587
angels seeing the world through the eyes
of, 344
being lifted above the sensory level, 130
conversing with Cicero, 322
conversing with everyone he had ever met
on earth, 437
conversing with historical fi gures from the
past, 480
conversing with literary fi gures from the
past, 363 , 464 : 5
conversing with spirits, 248 , 310 , 357 , 360 ,
385 , 406 – 411 , 442 , 462 b: 5 – 8
conversing with writers, 464 : 5
experiencing correspondences directly, 109
explaining natural concepts to angels, 168
granted to be in the company of angels, 1 ,
16 – 18 , 46 , 74 , 174 , 222 , 234 , 239 , 312
led by the Lord into the heavens and other
planets, 192
receiving a small page from heaven, 260
visiting in the homes of angels, 184
Swedenborg’s preface, 1
Sycophants, 499 : 1T
Talking with spirits, 248 – 253
danger of, 249 note a
rarely allowed nowadays, 249
Taste, pleasures of, 402
Teachableness, 512
Teaching. See also Instruction
in heaven, 2
of the Lord, 5 , 11 , 16
Teeth, gnashing of, 566 – 575
Ten Commandments, 531
Thieves, those who are constantly looking at
themselves, 10
Thinking, our capacity for making us human,
444
Third (or central) heaven
angels of, 15 , 29 – 31 , 75 , 207 , 270 – 271
body parts comprising, 65
within each person and angel, 435
justice in, 348
love for the Lord characteristic of, 15
Third state after death
instruction for people who are entering
heaven, 512 – 520
none for people entering hell, 512
spirits stripped down in, 551
Thirst, meaning in the Word, 420 note b
Thought processes, outward vs. inward, 499 : 2
Thoughtful speech, in heaven, 2
Thoughtfulness
angels as forms of, 17 note e
importance of living a life of, 325396 HEAVEN and HELL