Divine Love and Wisdom (Harleys) n. 94

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94. This spiritual fire, in which also there is light in its origin, becomes spiritual heat and light, which decrease in [their] going forth; and the decrease takes place by degrees which will be treated of in what follows. This was represented by the Ancients by circles glowing with fire and resplendent with light around God's head. And this representation is also common today, when God is presented in pictures as a Man.


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