34. It would be the same for the heavens where angels live if it were not for the world where we live. We, as human beings, are their foundation, container, and support, and we have the Word with us and in us.

Overall, the heavens are divided into two kingdoms, which are called the heavenly kingdom and the spiritual kingdom. These two kingdoms are founded upon the earthly kingdom where we live. A similar structure exists in the Word, which we have with us and in us.

See Heaven and Hell 20-28 on the division of the angelic heavens into two kingdoms, a heavenly one and a spiritual one.

4042. From this one may now see that through the human being alone is a descent from the heavens into the world possible, and an ascent from the world into the heavens. It is the brain and the interior parts of it by which the descent and ascent is effected; for there in the brain reside the very beginnings, or the first and final ends, from which every single thing in the body emanates and is derived. There also is the source of the thoughts which belong to the understanding, and the source of the affections which belong to the will.