Heaven and Hell #333

By Emanuel Swedenborg

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333. Little children have various dispositions, some that of the spiritual angels and some that of the celestial angels. Those who are of a celestial disposition are seen in that heaven to the right, and those of a spiritual disposition to the left. All little children in the Grand Man, which is heaven, are in the province of the eyes-those of a spiritual disposition in the province of the left eye, and those of a celestial disposition in the province of the right eye. This is because to the angels who are in the spiritual kingdom the Lord appears before the left eye, and before the right eye to those who are in the celestial kingdom (see above, 118). From the fact that in the Grand Man or heaven children are in the province of the eyes it is evident that they are under the immediate sight and auspices of the Lord.

  
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