Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 9843

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9843. 'Six of their names on one stone' means the entire essential nature of truths springing from good. This is clear from the meaning of the number 'six' as all, dealt with in 3960(end), 7973, 8148, at this point all the truths that spring from good, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'the names' as the essential nature, as immediately above in 9842; and from the meaning of 'on the stone' as being imprinted on the memory, also dealt with above, in 9841. The reason why all the truths springing from good are meant is that there were two stones on which the names of the sons of Israel were engraved. One stone went on the right shoulder and the other on the left shoulder, and things that exist on a person's right side correspond to the good from which truths spring, or to truths that spring from good, and those on a person's left side to truths through which good comes, see 9604 (end), 9736. Thus the names of the sons of Israel engraved on the stone that went on the right shoulder meant truths springing from good, and those on the one that went on the left meant truths through which good comes.


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