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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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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 God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first Day.
By OffTheLeftEye Staff
Swedenborg learned that the Biblical creation story is a parable about our spiritual development. See how that first light shining in the darkness represents the beginning of spiritual awareness.
'Look not back behind thee,' as in Genesis 19:17, means that Lot, who represents the good of charity, should not look to matters of doctrine. 'To look up,' is to look to celestial things. In Genesis 18:22, looking signifies thinking because seeing denotes understanding.
(References: Arcana Coelestia 2245)
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