In general, spices signify the celestial things of love, and the spiritual things of faith from love. (Arcana Coelestia 925[3])

In Genesis 37:25, this signifies interior natural truths conjoined with good. As the natural is perfected and amended through truths, healing is ascribed to spices of this kind. (Arcana Coelestia 4748)

In Genesis 43:11, this signifies the truth of good of the interior natural. (Arcana Coelestia 5621)

In Exodus 25:6, this signifies interior truths of good. (Arcana Coelestia 9474)

In Exodus 30:34, this signifies worship from truths and their affections. (Arcana Coelestia 10350)

'Spice,' in 1 Kings 10:2, signifies interior truths. 'Spice,' in Ezekiel 27:22, in an internal sense, is charity.

(참조: Arcana Coelestia 1171)

4749. 'Taking them down to Egypt' means teaching based on factual knowledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'Egypt' as facts, dealt with in 1164, 1165, 1462; and because 'spices, resin, and stacte' means interior truths based on the facts possessed by those in whom simple good is present, like that present in gentiles, therefore 'taking them down to that place' means receipt of teaching. The position is this: The facts meant by 'Egypt' are facts which contribute to spiritual life and correspond to spiritual truths, for in former times the Ancient Church had existed there also. But once the Church there had been turned into magic, facts which pervert spiritual things were meant after that by 'Egypt'. This explains why facts are meant in the Word, both in the good sense and in the contrary sense, by 'Egypt', see 1164, 1165, 1462; in this case in the good sense.

[2] The factual knowledge on which the interior truths meant by the spices, resin, and stacte which the Ishmaelites were carrying on their camels are based are not the kind of facts which the Church possesses but the kind found among gentiles. The truths obtained from these facts found among gentiles cannot receive correction and be made sound except by means of the facts which the genuine Church possesses, and so by instruction in those facts. These are the matters meant at this point.