6354. 'Into their secret place let my soul not come' means that spiritual good has no wish to know the evil intentions of their will. This is clear from the representation of Israel, who says this about himself, as spiritual good, dealt with in 6340; and from the meaning of 'into their secret place let there not come as having no wish to know - to know the evil intentions of their will, which are meant by 'Simeon and Levi', 6352. The expression 'my soul' is used because here 'soul' means the life of good that spiritual good possesses; the life of truth that it possesses is meant by 'glory', referred to immediately below.

6352. 'Simeon and Levi are brothers' means faith in the will and charity, but here the opposite since faith separated from charity is meant. This is clear from the representation of 'Simeon' as faith in the will, dealt with in 3869-3872, 4497, 4502, 4503, 5482, 5626, 5630; and from the representation of 'Levi' as charity, dealt with in 3875, 3877, but here the opposite of it since faith separated from charity is meant. For when such faith is represented by 'Reuben' as is evident from the explanations at verse 4, it follows that no faith present in the will, nor thus any charity, are what 'Simeon and Levi' represent; for these deficiencies follow in a chain of effects resulting from their initial cause. 'Simeon' therefore represents falsity in the will, and 'Levi' evil put into practice, for these are the opposites of faith in the will and charity. The fact that Simeon and Levi are cursed proves that those opposites are meant here.