The Bible

Genesis 2:7

⁷ And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

From Swedenborg's Works

Arcana Coelestia #135

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135. Then it is told how celestial and spiritual life is joined to the proprium, so that this life and proprium appear to be one, verse 24.

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.