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Ezechiel 1:17

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17 Na čtyři strany své jíti majíce, chodila, a neuchylovala se, když šla.

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Apocalypse Explained #1039

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1039. Full of names of blasphemy. That this signifies, which are adulterated and falsified, is evident from the signification of name, as denoting the quality of a thing and of a state (concerning which see n. 102, 148, 676, 695, 841); hence by full of names is signified the quality of the holy things of the Word; and from the signification of blasphemy, when said of the Word, as denoting the adulteration and falsification thereof (concerning which see n. 778).

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Arcana Coelestia #6314

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6314. As it is with light, so it is with the heat that is vital to a person's existence. In no way at all does that vital heat originate in the heat radiated by the sun in the world; rather, it originates in spiritual heat, which is love and radiates from the Lord. This heat is what angels have. Consequently the amount of vital heat a person has is determined by the amount of love he has. His body however is warmed by worldly heat, as is his sensory awareness within it; yet vital heat flows into that worldly heat and imparts life to it. Differences in the purity and intensity of this heat are akin to variations in the clarity of the light. This vital heat is what one should understand by the holy fires mentioned in the Word, and therefore heavenly loves are meant by those fires. But in a contrary sense that worldly heat is what one should understand by the fires of hell, and therefore hellish loves and the desires that go with them are meant when these fires are mentioned in the Word.

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