Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 5627

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5627. 'And rise up, return to the man' means the life received from spiritual truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'rising up' as a raising up to interior and therefore to spiritual things, dealt with in 2401, 2785, 2912, 2927, 3171, 4107, 4881; from the meaning of 'returning' as the life received from, dealt with above in 5614; and from the representation of Joseph, who is called 'the man', as spiritual truth, dealt with in 5584.


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