HEAVEN IS IN SUCH A FORM

It was shown in ARCANA CAELESTIA that the entire heaven is distinguished as it were into provinces, answering to the uses of all the members, organs and viscera of the human body, and that it is known to angels in the heavens, in which province such and such societies are: what societies, for instance, are in the province of the eyes, what societies are in the province of the ears, of the nostrils, of the mouth and tongue, also what societies are in the province of the liver, of the pancreas, of the spleen, of the kidneys, of the ureters, and what societies are in the province of the organs of generation. All the societies in these provinces correspond exactly to the uses of the said members, organs and viscera in man. It is by reason of that correspondence that the entire heaven appears before the Lord as a single man, similarly each province of heaven, and each society in a province; it is for the same reason, also, that all angels and spirits are men, altogether like men in the world. The cause of this is that the Divine, proceeding forth from the Lord, which is life and form, is Man in the greatest things and in the least things, as has been frequently said before.

This correspondence in general and in particular, was treated of in ARCANA CAELESTIA, paragraphs

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That hell also may be in that form, every one there is compelled to do work, but because those in hell do not do work from a love of use, but from a need for food and clothing, therefore though they appear as a man, it is as a devil-man, concerning which see above.