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In Psalm 107:27, this signifies to fall into such error as results when only what can be grasped sensuously is believed; and as such people search into the mysteries of faith by means of sensuous things, whether of memory or of philosophy, material things constantly cling to the thought. (Arcana Coelestia 1972)

In Isaiah 24:20, this signifies to be insane in spiritual things due to falsifying the truths of the Word. (Arcana Coelestia 1072, Apocalypse Revealed 331)

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Arcana Coelestia #4582

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4582. And poured oil thereon. That this signifies the Divine good of love, is evident from the signification of “oil,” as being the Divine good of love (see n. 886, 3728). By “setting up a pillar of stone and pouring out a drink-offering and oil upon it,” is described in the internal sense the process of advance from truth which is in the ultimate, to interior truth and good, and at last to the good of love. For the “pillar of stone” is truth in the ultimate of order (n. 4580), the “drink-offering” is interior truth and good (n. 4581), and the “oil” is the good of love. Such was the Lord’s process of advancement in making His Human Divine, and such also is that undergone by man when by regeneration the Lord makes him celestial.

  
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