Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 10173

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10173. What is done out of love that is indeed conjugial is done in freedom by both partners; for all freedom is rooted in love, and both partners are in freedom when one loves what the other thinks and what the other wills. For this reason the wish to dominate in marriage destroys true love because it takes away its freedom and thus also its delight. The delight to dominate which replaces it gives rise to disagreements, sets two minds at variance with each other, and causes evils to take root according to the nature of the domination by one partner and subservience by the other.


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