Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 3343

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3343. The communication of angels who belong to the interior heaven is even more beautifully and delightfully representative, but the ideas which take shape in representatives cannot be put into words. If they were to be put into any words at all they would go not only beyond what anyone is able to grasp but also beyond what anyone is able to believe. Spiritual representatives, which are those of truth, are effected by means of modifications of heavenly light which have affections within them that are wonderfully varied in unlimited ways; while celestial representatives, which are those of good, are effected by variations of heavenly flame or warmth. In this way they stir all the affections. Into this interior ability to communicate also man enters following his separation from the body, but this happens only to one in whom spiritual good, that is, the good of faith, is present, or what amounts to the same, to one in whom, while living in the world, charity towards the neighbour is present. For he has that charity within him even though he himself is not aware of it.


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