9491. ‘Ab intra et ab extra obduces illam’: quod significet ubivis, constat a significatione ‘ab intra et ab extra’ quod sit ubivis, nempe circumcirca, nam dicitur ‘obduces illam’; intus enim erat lignum schittim, quod obducebatur auro, et per ‘lignum schittim’ significatur ipsum bonum procedens a Divino Humano Domini, n. 9472, 9486; ¹ ab extra autem et ab intra erat aurum, per quod etiam significatur bonum, sed tale quod coram sensu apparet; ita respective externum. Per ubivis circum circa ab intra et ab extra, cum de caelo, quod per arcam significatur, intelligitur caelum in communi, et ² omnis societas caelestis in particulari; caelum in communi est ab extra, et societates ³ caelestes sunt ab intra, quia ⁴ sunt intra caelum.

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“The eyes are the windows of the soul.” That's a sentiment with roots somewhere in murky antiquity, but one that has become hopelessly cliché because it is both poetic and obviously true. We feel that if we can look in someone's eyes, we can truly know what they are inside. And it's not just the eyes; really it is the face as a whole that conveys this. As Swedenborg puts it, the face is “man's spiritual world presented in his natural world” (Heaven and Hell, No. 91). Our faces reveal our interior thoughts and feelings in myriad ways, which is why psychologists, poker players and criminal investigators spend so much time studying them. It makes sense, then, that people's faces in the Bible represent their interiors, the thoughts, loves and desires they hold most deeply. We turn our faces to the ground to show humility when we bow in worship; we turn them to the mountains when seeking inspiration; we turn them toward our enemies when we are ready to battle temptation. When things are hard, we need to “face facts,” or accept them internally. When the topic is the Lord's face, it represents the Lord's interiors, which are perfect love and perfect mercy. And when people turn away from the Lord and refuse his love, it is described as the Lord “hiding his face.”

(რეკომენდაციები: Heaven and Hell 91)