A graven image, as in Exodus 20:4, which we are commanded not to make, signifies things we derive from our own thinking and not the Lord. An idea that we have devised in our intellectual proprium is called "a graven image," and a love we have formed in our voluntary proprium is called 'a molten image.' To adore them is to love above all things what proceeds from them. See Idol, Image.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 8869)