Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 3967

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3967. 'And opened her womb' means the ability to receive and acknowledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'opening the womb' as conferring the ability to conceive and bear, and so in the internal sense the ability to receive and acknowledge the goods of truth and the truths of good. For 'conceiving and bearing' means reception and acknowledgement, as shown in various places above.


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