The Washington herald., 1921-09-26

taught, that Heaven or "the King
dom of God is within you" duke
XVII. 2l.) Each one who by re-
pentance and regeneration has
Heaven to a greater or less extent
within him or her. constitutes an
individual Heaven: and consequent
ly a number-myriads- human
spirits. having Heaven within them
constitute Heaven in the aggregate.
There are three heavens, which
Swedenborg calls natural" spirit
ual" and celestial" the third being
that of which Paul speaks in II
natural or lowest heaven being in
mands. the second or spiritual
heaven being more reflective, and
though no less obedient. the angels
there see that the comma ndments
negative and positive, are truths
and laws OF life (see Ps. 119, IL,
105. 142. 1919; while the highest or
celestial Heaven is the Heaven Of
love-the love of goodness (see Ps,
11s. 113, 143. 15s. 1853. 1859
In regard to hell Swedenborg ex-
plains that II is also in human
spirits. It IS a spirit of disregard
to the Lords commandments, OF
seeking ones own natural and
sensual pleasure irrespective OF the
neighbor,. Of profanity. hatred. re-
venge extt to murder all unclean-
ntss and lust, fraud. lies and cOvet-
business. the love of domineering
and unjust and tyrannical rule
over others. from inordinate love OF
self, the flesh and the world.
In regard to the intermediate
worId-the world of spirits. he
shows it to be that part of the
spiritual world in which our own
spirits or spiritual bpdies are now
living, being in both good and evil.
truth and falsity. alternately: and
as we must finally relinquish evil
and falsity IL we have chosen
Heaven. or relinquish truth and the
semblance of good II we have
chosen hell (see Luke VIII. lSl
therefore. the world of spirits is
the place of judgment. which con-
sists of every ones gradually and
finally standing out as he really is
internally. according to the Lords
declaration in Luke XII. ?: There
is nothing covered that shall not
be revealed. nor hid that shall not
be known"
ton world, in which to learn to
evade or reject hell in temptation.
The First and Second Death.
The first death is the death or
surrender of the material body, the
temporary envelope of the human
soul or spirit: the second death
(eee Rev. XX, 6. II. 15). is the death
OF the soul, which is damnation.
Hell-fire is evil love: and many
in whom hell is, constitute hell in
the aggregate: and since each
emits a lurid flame from his burn
ing and evil spirit, this Internal ag-
gregate of devils and satsns. con-
stitutes the lake of fire" spoken of
in Rev. XIX. 20: Xxx, 10. Is: and
though not material, II Is a real
spiritual IRE. and so appears in the
spiritual world to others. The
burning birthstone or sulphur
which burns in that human or
rather inhuman flame. Is the lust of
suffocsting and so destroying all
good life. and which, sad to say,
these demoniac spirits are in the
lust of doing. And so they have to
be kept in prison and not allowed
freedom to destroy. and thus are
mi"Prable CRev. 1, Is: Xxx, 2, 3, -.
Nevertheless the devil and satan,
Swedc nborg explains, are not indi-
vidual persons but classes OF
wicked and false persons, all Of
whom xhave come from this world
the devils or the 'Devir' being
those who are primarily in the love
of evil and thence in what is false;
and satans or Satan" being those
who are primarily in the love Of
falsity. and thence In evil. When
mentioned together, as in Rev.
Xxx. 2. they mean those who are in
both loves or lusts.
These proceed from angels and
also from angelic men end women
in this world. and they bless others.
A few words may be opportune
here concerning the human soul.
The word soul (applied to mani is
generally, in the Word or Sacred
Scriptures, put for the whole spirit