106. But it was not permitted to know which and of what kind those societies are which belong to the individual reproductive organs, for they are interior. They have reference to the uses of those organs, which are hidden, and also removed from knowledge; for the reason is a dispensation of Providence, to prevent things which in themselves are most heavenly from being damaged by filthy thoughts belonging to lasciviousness, whorings, and adultery. These thoughts are called forth in many people as soon as those organs are named. From theArcana Coelestia 5055.

5055. But I have not been allowed to know the identity and essential nature of the communities that belong to specific organs of generation because those communities are far too internal for anyone in a lower sphere to discern. Those communities also correlate with hidden functions served by these organs, hidden and also unknown to science for the providential reason that things such as these, which in essence are utterly heavenly, must not suffer any damage from filthy thoughts. They must not be damaged by thoughts that accompany wantonness, whoredom, or adultery and that are aroused in most people by the mere mention of those organs. This being so, let me describe some things witnessed by me which took place further away.