'Waters' particularly signify the spiritual parts of a person, or the intellectual aspects of faith, and also their opposites.

'The waters above the firmament,' as in Genesis 1:7, signify the knowledges in the internal self, and 'the waters beneath the firmament' signify the knowledges of the external self.

'Waters,' as in Ezekiel 47:9, refer to the New Jerusalem, and they signify spiritual things from a celestial origin.

'Many waters,' as in Revelation 17:1, signify truths of the Word adulterated. 'Waters' or 'rivers' signify spiritual, rational, or scientific things pertaining to truth.

'Waters … that go softly,' as in Isaiah 8:6-7, signify spiritual things, and 'waters … strong and many,' signify falsities.

'Waters,' as in Psalms 104:3, signify divine truths.

'Waters' signify truths in the natural self, and in the opposite sense, falsities.

'The waters were dried up from off the earth,' as in Genesis 8:7, signifies the apparent dissipation of falsities.

(Препратки: Apocalypse Explained 17; Apocalypse Revealed 50; Genesis 8)

1529. 来自那里, 即来自主的光如此之大, 这在天堂是众所周知的, 但在灵人界却不那么清楚. 值得注意的是, 主向第三层天的属天天使显为一轮太阳, 向属灵天使则显为一轮月亮. 光的本源只此一个. 不过, 天使所拥有的光的强度取决于他们所具有的属天, 属灵之物, 而这光的性质则取决于这些事物的性质. 因此, 主的属天, 属灵之物会凭借这光而显现在他们的外在视觉面前.