The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms # 172
172. Internal Meaning of Daniel, Chapter 1(1)
1-2 When the church among the Jewish nation had been destroyed, Babylon appropriated to herself all things pertaining to it. (2)
2-21 She wished to know all things of the church, and to acquire an understanding of them, and this was the beginning of Babylon. (2)
Treasuries
'Treasuries' denote knowledge of good and truth, and, in the opposite sense, evil and falsity.
(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 6660)