'Wilderness' signifies something with little life in it, as described in the internal sense in Luke 1:80 'Wilderness' signifies somewhere there is no good because there is no truth. 'Wilderness,' as in Jeremiah 23:10, signifies the Word when it is adulterated.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 1927)

4039. THE GRAND MAN AND CORRESPONDENCE - continued - IN THIS SECTION CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE CEREBRUM AND CEREBELLUM

The correspondence of the heart and lungs with the Grand Man or heaven was dealt with at the end of the previous chapter. In this section the correspondence of the cerebrum and cerebellum, and of the medullary parts which are joined on to them, is to be the subject. But before this correspondence is dealt with, some preliminary remarks must be made about the form of the brain in general, about the origin of that form, and what it represents.