Divine Love and Wisdom (Harleys) n. 112

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112. This, however, may seem as it were to be of superior wisdom because it has been confirmed by means of the heavens and the angels. But yet it is the same with men. As to the interior things of their mind, men are warmed and enlightened by that same Sun. They become warm from its heat and are enlightened by its light to the extent in which they receive love and wisdom from the Lord. The difference between angels and men is that angels are under the spiritual Sun only, while men are not only under that Sun but are also under the sun of the world. For men's bodies cannot come into being and remain in being except under both suns. It is otherwise with angels' bodies which are spiritual.


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