245. And anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see. That this signifies that the understanding may be in some degree opened is evident from the signification of eyes, as being the understanding (concerning this, see above, n. 152). Hence by anointing the eyes that thou mayest see is signified that the understanding may be opened. It is said to anoint with eye-salve, because by eye-salve is signified an ointment made from flour and oil, and flour signifies the truth of faith, and oil the good of love. (That flour signifies the truth of faith, may be seen, Arcana Coelestia, n. 2177, 9995, and that oil signifies the good of love, n. 3728, 4582, 4638.) This is thus said, because the understanding sees nothing of truth unless the will is in good; for the truth in the understanding is nothing else but the form of the good which is in the will.