10617. 'And proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, God, merciful and gracious' means the Divine itself, the Divine Human, and the Divine proceeding, the Source of everything good. This is clear from the meaning of 'proclaiming Jehovah' as worship of the Lord, dealt with in 440, 2724, whose Divinity consists in the Trinity of the Divine itself (called the Father), the Divine Human (called the Son), and the Divine proceeding (called the Holy Spirit), which explains the occurrence of the declaration here 'Jehovah, Jehovah, God' (the reason why 'Jehovah, Jehovah' refers to the Divine itself or the Father and to the Divine Human or the Son, while 'God' refers to the Divine proceeding, is that in respect of the Divine itself and the Divine Human the Lord is Divine Good, while in respect of the Divine proceeding He is Divine Truth; and this is why in references in the Word to Divine Good the Lord is called Jehovah, and in references to Divine Truth He is called God, see 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921(end), 4402, 9167, 10158); and from the meaning of 'merciful and gracious' as His being the Source of everything good. For 'showing mercy' means endowing with celestial good, and 'being gracious' endowing with spiritual good, both of which are dealt with in 10577. What celestial good is and what spiritual good is, see again in 10577.

4403. THE GRAND MAN AND CORRESPONDENCE - continued

IN THIS SECTION CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE EYE AND WITH LIGHT

I have also been allowed to become aware of and get to know the character of spirits and which province of the body they belonged to from their position and place in relation to myself, and also from the level they were on, and from how far away they were on that level. Those I saw close to me were for the most part the subordinates of whole communities, for communities send spirits from themselves to other spirits, and through these they perceive others' thoughts and affections, and in this manner communicate with others. But those subordinates so-called, or emissary spirits, will in the Lord's Divine mercy be taken as a separate subject. Concerning them I have made the following observations. Those to be seen over and close to my head are ones who teach and also readily allow themselves to be taught. Those beneath the back of my head are ones who act quietly and with circumspection, and those just away from my back act in a similar yet differing manner to these. Those close to my chest or breast are ones who are moved by charity; those close to the loins ones moved by conjugial love; those close to the feet ones who are natural; and those close to the soles of the feet are more inferior members of this last kind. But those close to my face vary in disposition, that variation being determined by their correspondence with the sensory organs located there. Those close to the nostrils, for example, excel in perception; those close to the ears are the obedient; those close to the eyes are the intelligent and wise; and so on.