9933. 'And you shall place it on a cord of violet' means an influx into the truth of celestial love. This is clear from the meaning of 'violet' as the truth of celestial love, dealt with below. An influx into that truth is meant by the placing of the plate, on which 'Holiness to Jehovah' had been engraved, on a cord made from violet. For it thereby hung from the cord, having been attached to it, and being attached to and hanging from in the spiritual sense means flowing in, since any joining together in the spiritual world, whatever kind it may be, is accomplished through influx. The reason why the influx is into the truth of celestial love derived from the Lord's Divine Human, meant by 'Holiness to Jehovah', is that in that sphere of heaven where the truth of celestial love is, nothing Divine is perceived other than the Lord's Divine Human.
[2] The situation in all this is that there are three heavens, which are separated from one another by their degrees of good. In the inmost heaven there is the good of celestial love, which is the good of love to the Lord; in the second or middle heaven there is the good of spiritual love, which is the good of charity towards the neighbour; and in the first or lowest heaven there is the good of natural love from the spiritual and from the celestial, which is the good of faith and obedience. In each heaven there is an internal part and an external. The internal in the inmost heaven consists in the good of love to the Lord, as stated above; and the external there consists in the good of mutual love, which is that of the love of good for its own sake. This good is what should be understood by the truth of celestial love, meant by 'a cord of violet'. In the sphere where this kind of truth exists the perception reigns that the Lord's Human is God Himself in the heavens. Therefore as soon as an angel is raised into that sphere he also passes into that light. Such perception flows in from the Lord since the Lord's Divine Human composes heaven; and this influx is what is meant here. For the meaning of 'violet' as the celestial love of truth, or what amounts to the same thing, the truth of celestial love, see 9466, 9687, 9833.
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