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World IL ~ hat love which shines ss sun That lie
actually appears IN heav ~ sun S v my my o"ca
sionaily to see.
The scenery Of heaven is also, according to
Swedenbore, spiritual
The object. witch appear IA heaven, although they
are for ,g os part ser 70 ,Hyse WIZ" aS he n On
Nhci are pesseu eAist from tao ,un OF heaven and
Inc '.ns ~. sS. from the . @ ma ., in
the tnlnss Whcl exl. IN heaven do mo-! exist a the
c1l from the Lord according 70 tneir CORE
XII, have both Interiors AID extgrers The tnings IN
t,lr Interiors Az hsve tela'on l.. love ana islth mus
TO VII aud standing Tor Will SUD understsnui9s
ar erreccp'acles out the exterors correspond TO
10 tuose VINO are ~ ntclgence there appear gardens
and parade fun Of trees and flowers Of every KIND
The trees planted III the beautiful order. and
50 as TO form ArDors WIN entrances OF YER
beauty as no language can describe They who are dis
bowers and weave garands with Which tney adOrn little
chi dren There are also species of trees and flowers
the world On the trees also fruits according to the
sCS II love M w sn ny I ns Hsyos are and
paradise, also fruit trees and flowers correspond to
concerning correspondcrces. have also been In
minate.t ' partiSaars both Win aud Without them
correspond g interior THINGS wncn are IN the angels
spends to their good aud tue yerou, hngs Shln II to
posed tie things OF tue houses correspond to
their rut4 which derived from good, anu also 10
| their perceptions aud AnOwledges.
Even the very garments OF the angels sym-
holical:
The garments with which the angels are clothed, IKE
all other thnss. correspond and because tnry corr
spond to their Intelligence. Therefore All IN heaven
appear clothed according to their intels az
| theV have more excellent garments.
have witnessed a thousand tmes | Inquired whence
they obtained them snd they Iod me irHn ~, aord;
| fh4f y.
sometime clothed without knewlug how. They also
of .neir STATE Iha. In the nIsi and second
fourth states r'incr more Gin ana that thus also is
from eorrespondeuee because ,eelr changes OF state
since every one n mo spiritual wSIa &c y tc
from winch his intelligence Is derived. therefore those
IN tn .cs being noat w he sbpsa! Sa ~ 9rn;
ns insanity Nor can tnry NS,r ns vths, Ing LSsS
| may not appear naked
Perhaps this last paragraph may explain why
the man in the parable was expelled from the
! marriage feast because be had not on wedding
garment. lie WAS In company where he did not
belong, and his apparel proclaimed the fact.
Concerning the occupations OF the angels, he
also tells a somewhat different story from that
often attributed to him;
There are societies whose cmpicymen,s consist in
empOyments to instruct aad educate them rs the'
cate b1ys and Girls who are Of good disposition from
educa Ion IA The woro. and who thence come into
heaven others who tcacn the simple good from the
Christsn world. aud lead them In the way heaven
ie nsoHs otS%rs Who defel aoyiiaie spirits those
who have rcceaty eolue from the worla-irom ini,sta
evil SPIRITS some waO are attendant on those
il the lover esrh some who are present with hose IN
ono tie pre.eriosd limits and some sho attend upon
lsose VINO are beng raised irom the dead. .. ,,ou
thai hey may guard them. and Withdraw them from
.pire them with good Oh eons SO fsr 9s they receive
RUE the dte, q Worss Of msn removing RON them
eVi Intentions a. iar a. psssi9is, c.. an. .,,,r.r,
IN hsayep ana so ny Ss g srco sp W.
XII, how many socvcr there be, are N The desh, OF
one from the love OF sex Or gaia Nor y any QUE LOU
osesa. ali tie nceesssres OF lie are given them gratis
their nanitatons, garments, and food.
In a similar manner he describes the arrange
ment and organization of heaven, saying that II
is divided into kingdoms and societies, and
that Its various parts correspond 70 the various
parts Of the human body, so that the whole
h aven. taken together, Ia u great human form.
lie also speaks Of the government Of heaven, OF
the divine worship there, Of the speech Of
angeis. Of their writings and books, OF the state
of infants and little children in heaven, OF the
condition Of the rich and the poor, and other
matters Of that kind He insists throughout
rs he does at the beginning, that all these
things are within this world, and In close con-
nection with men on earth. so that angels aud
spirits abide with the souls OF each one OF us and
influence cur thoughts. He also insists that all
ang Il are but the spirits Of just men made per
feet. and that none have been created such d.
rectly. In word he adopts as the literal truth
the Scrlytural yirs, The kingdom OF God il
within you" aud runs It out TO its extreme con-
sequences.
1t Is not our purposc N advocate swedenborg'i
views. We cen only say that there Is much II
what he advances in the volume before u'
worthy Of respectful attention. No one vii
undertake to dispute that II there be such I
region as heaven At all, It must be as SwedenoorI
say. Il T.. rot ia material space, but In aworld o
which our bodily senses give us no information
Nor will II he denied that a conception Of 1
which presents its IS IA joys of the spirit an'
not Of the body is more In consonance with rea
son than one which ~ axes 1t only sensual par
= adise. And II We concede, as seems equal
re- sunahle, that men after death are stlll mel
In nature and habits Of thought, all that :" eden
borg says OF It's arrangement, organization, AM
employnents conform to what might be expect
ed To be the truth. 1t Is a great pity, however
y that his account Of the matter cannot be teste
"a by other and independent observations for unit
l. II h undergone this ordeal, IL must necessaril
70 remain ia the position of an unsupported theorl