The Bible

Genesis 1:20

²⁰ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Commentary

Face of the deep

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)

Commentary

Birds

Photo by Brita Conroy

"Birds" represent rational concepts in the external man and intellectual concepts in the internal man.