属天的奥秘 #1172
1172. “底但” 表对存在于仪式中的低级属天事物的认知. 这从以下圣言经文明显可知, 以西结书:
底但人与你交易, 许多海岛作你手下的商人; 以象牙角和乌木作送给你的贡物. (以西结书 27:15)
“象牙角和乌木” 表构成敬拜形式或仪式的外在良善. 同一先知书:
底但人用马车的斗篷与你交易. 亚拉伯人和基达的一切首领都作你的客商. (以西结书 27:20, 21)
此处 “马车的斗篷” 同样表外在良善, 或仪式的良善. 耶利米书:
他们的智慧变得腐朽不堪. 底但的居民哪, 要转身逃跑, 住在深密处. (耶利米书 49:7, 8)
此处, “底但” 的准确意义表没有发自内心对主的内在敬拜或爱慕的仪式, 论到这仪式, 经上说他们 “要转身逃跑, 住在深密处”. 从上述经文明显可知: “古实的儿子” 表对属灵事物的认知; “拉玛的儿子” 表对属天事物的认知.
Heaven and Hell #251
251. The influx of the Lord Himself with man is into his forehead, and thence into the whole face, because the forehead of man corresponds to love, and the face corresponds to all his interiors. 1 The influx of spiritual angels with man is into his head from every direction, from the forehead and temples to the whole part containing the cerebrum, because that region of the head corresponds to intelligence. The influx of celestial angels, however, is into that part of the head containing the cerebellum, and this is called the occiput, from the ears all round even to the neck, for that region corresponds to wisdom. All the speech of angels with man enters by these ways into his thought. By this means I have perceived what angels they were who spoke with me.
Notes de bas de page:
1. [Swedenborg's footnote] The "forehead" corresponds to celestial love, and consequently in the Word signifies that love (Arcana Coelestia 9936).
The "face" corresponds to the interiors of man, which belong to thought and affection (Arcana Coelestia 1568, 2988-2989, 3631, 4796-4797, 4800, 5165, 5168, 5695, 9306).
The face is formed to a correspondence of the interiors (Arcana Coelestia 4791-4805, 5695). Consequently the "face", in the Word, signifies the interiors (Arcana Coelestia 1999, 2434, 3527, 4066, 4796).
