Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 4157

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4157. 'And sat on them' means that they were interior - the teraphim being underneath her within the camel's straw. 'Camel's straw' means facts, as has been stated immediately above; and the truths meant by 'the teraphim' were not facts but contained within facts. For the interconnection of the three degrees of truths, dealt with just above in 4154, is that of interior truths within exterior; those degrees arrange themselves in that order.


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