Spiritual Experiences #5369

By Emanuel Swedenborg

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5369. 1 The English, however, appear a little forward to the right, higher up on a level above the head since they are of an entirely different nature and disposition. The light [lux] with them is seen more inwardly, and what is spiritual is received in it. They immediately perceive what flows in and also immediately take it in. Those of them who have thought about God from religious belief, and from this have acted honestly, see faith's truths quite clearly and do not descend into their earthly thinking since this [thinking] is not affected by such [religious] thought and is full of worldly things, and as a result in darkness just as with others. The reason is that they love honesty and act from honesty, and that doing this is ordinary for them.

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1. This paragraph is emphasized marginally by "N.B." and by "The English"

  
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Thanks to the Academy of the New Church, and Bryn Athyn College, for the permission to use this translation.