The Bible

Genesis 2:11

¹¹ The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

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.