Heaven and Hell (Harley) n. 22

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22. The angels who constitute the celestial kingdom, because they receive the Divine of the Lord more interiorly, are called interior and also higher angels. Consequently, the heavens which they constitute are also called interior and higher heavens.# The reason they are termed higher and lower is because interior and exterior things are so called.## # The heavens that constitute the celestial kingdom are termed higher while those that constitute the spiritual kingdom are called lower (n. 10068). ## Interior things are portrayed by higher things, and higher things signify interior things (n. 2148, 3084, 4599, 5146, 8325).


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