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And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
'To open,' as in Revelation 9, signifies communication and conjunction.
(References: Apocalypse Explained 537)
The face of the deep (Genesis 1:2) signifies the lust of the unregenerate man, and the falsities that originate from it.
(References: Arcana Coelestia 018, Genesis 1)