61. It will be shown in the next chapter or section [83-102] that conjugial love is the product of the marriage of good and truth. It is mentioned here only to show that this love, being of celestial, spiritual and holy origin, is celestial, spiritual and holy. In order to see that conjugial love originates from the marriage of good and truth, it is important for a short account of it to be given here.
I said just above [60] that the linking of good and truth is in every single created thing; and linking is impossible unless it is reciprocal, since a one-sided link not balanced by one on the other side falls apart of its own accord. Since then there is a linking between good and truth, and this is reciprocal, it follows that there is truth of good, that is, coming from good, and there is good of truth, that is, coming from truth. It will be seen in the next chapter that truth of good, that is, truth coming from good, is to be found in the male, and constitutes his masculinity; and good of truth, that is, coming from truth, is to be found in the woman, and constitutes her femininity. These two are linked in a marriage union. This is mentioned here to give some preliminary idea of the subject.
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