Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 9151

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9151. 'If the thief is caught' means recollection. This is clear from the meaning of 'being caught', when said of truths and factual knowledge taken away out of the memory, as recollection; and from the meaning of 'the thief' as that which has been taken away, for 'thief' has the same meaning as 'theft', 9125, 9126.


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