367. Marriage in the heavens is the union of two people into one mind. First, I need to explain the nature of this union. The mind consists of two parts, one called intellect and the other called volition. When these two parts are acting as one, we call them one mind. In heaven, the husband plays the role labeled intellect and the wife the role called volition. When this union - a union of their deeper natures - comes down into their lower, bodily natures, it is perceived and felt as love. That love is marriage love.
We can see from this that marriage love finds its source in the union of two people in one mind. In heaven, this is called "living together," and they are not called "two" but "one." Consequently two spouses in heaven are not called two angels but one angel. 1
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1. [Swedenborg's footnote] The nature and source of marriage love are unknown at the present time: 2727. Marriage love is willing what the other wills - mutually, then, and reciprocally: 2731. People who are immersed in marriage love are living together at the deepest level of their lives: 2732. It is a union of two minds so that they become one because of their love: 10168-10169; since the love of minds, which is a spiritual love, is a union: 1594, 2057, 3939, 4018, 5807, 6195, 7081-7086, 7501, 10130.
