Hearken
'To hearken,' as mentioned in Genesis 30:22, signifies providence. 'To hearken to father and mother,' as mentioned in Genesis 28:7, signifies obedience from affection.
See Obedience.
(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 3684)
Arcana Coelestia # 4624
4624. But to come to the correspondence of the sense of smell and therefore of the nostrils with the Grand Man. Those who belong to this province share the gift of perception of a more general kind, so that one may call them 'perceptions'. To these the sense of smell corresponds, as therefore does the organ serving that use. This also explains why 'smelling', 'scenting' and 'being sagacious', 1 also 'having a good nose', are used in everyday speech in reference to people whose predictions are usually correct, and also to those who are perceptive. For much of the inner content of the words a person uses has its origin in correspondence with the Grand Man, because as to his spirit he is in the company of spirits but as to his body he is with men.
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. Used here in the primary sense of 'Acute in perception, esp. by smell' (Shorter Oxford English Dictionary)
