Arcana Coelestia #192

By Emanuel Swedenborg

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192. Consequently the serpent, which is the sensory part, persuaded the woman to probe into matters of faith in the Lord to see whether they were so. This is meant by eating from the tree of knowledge, and the fact that the rational of the member of the Church conceded is meant by the man (vir) eating, verses 1-6.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.