Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 1576

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1576. That 'Abram said to Lot' means that the internal man so addressed the external is clear from the representation of 'Abram' here as the internal man and from the representation of 'Lot' as the external man that was to be separated. The reason 'Abram' represents the internal man is that he is so relative to Lot, who is that element in the external man that was to be separated. In the external man, as has been stated, there are things that agree and those that do not. Here 'Lot' is those that do not agree, and therefore those that do are 'Abram', including those in the external man, for the latter form a single entity with the internal man and belong to the internal.


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